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Samantha Bee tears into Mitch McConnell for admitting he's 'a puppet of the NRA'

Full Frontal host Samantha Bee marveled on Monday at how much Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell would defer (R-KY) to the National Rifle Association.

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Noam Chomsky breaks down how the tech economy was fueled by the military industrial complex

Last month, Noam Chomsky participated in a talk, presented at Harvard-Epworth Church, Cambridge, MA. Chomsky addressed the fundamentals of the American economy and the Pentagon's key role.

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Van Jones turns Trump's mass shooting policy on its head: 'Start racially profiling white men'

CNN contributor Van Jones responded to Donald Trump's call to racially profile Muslims on Monday by pointing out that Americans were "seven times more likely to be killed by a right-wing extremist."

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Texas officer and 11-year-old boy killed during high speed chase over sidewalk urination

A high speed chase that began over reports of sidewalk urination ended with the death of a police officer and an 11-year-old boy on Father's Day.

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'Satan made gays': Georgia church sign attacks LGBT people after Orlando shooting

A Georgia church came under fire following the mass shooting of LGBT people at an Orlando night club after the pastor refused to take down a sign claiming that "Satan made gays and transgender."

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Trump insiders disappointed Orlando shooting didn't give him a 'bump in the polls': report

People close to Donald Trump are reportedly scrambling to come up with a political strategy to save his campaign after last week's mass shooting in Orlando failed to give the candidate a "bump in the polls" as his aides had hoped.

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Trump backer defends gun rights for terrorists: 'You don't blame spoons for people getting fat'

Former Navy SEAL and Trump super PAC spokesperson Carl Higbie suggested on Monday that people on the terrorist watch list should be in jail instead of being stripped of gun rights.

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Fox host: Anderson Cooper choked up after Orlando shooting because 'gay journalists' are biased

Fox News media critic Howard Kurtz suggested on Sunday that CNN's Anderson Cooper had provided biased coverage of the recent Orlando nightclub massacre because he is a gay man like many of the victims.

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'They're coming': NRA's Wayne LaPierre responds to Orlando shooting with unhinged fearmongering

In the wake of the massacre at Pulse night club in Orlando, National Rifle Association (NRA) Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre argued on Sunday that American families should arm themselves because terrorists were "on the verge of overwhelming us."

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Chuck Todd exposes Paul Ryan's Trump support: 'You made a case for party over country'

NBC's Chuck Todd accused House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) of putting "party over country" because Ryan continues to support Donald Trump even though he claims not to share the presumptive GOP nominee's values.

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Fox News host: Orlando shooter could use a 'crock pot' if assault weapons were banned

Fox News host Tucker Carlson asserted over the weekend that a ban on military-style assault weapons would have have been ineffective at stopping the massacre at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando because the shooter could have used a "crock pot" instead.

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Bill Maher: If Hillary insulted McCain like Trump, 'they'd be burning pantsuits in effigy'

Bill Maher closed out Real Time on Friday by hammering on the apparent double standard given to Donald Trump compared to other political figures.

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Bill Maher: Orlando shooting response exposed Trump for 'what he is -- a narcissist'

Real Time host Bill Maher argued on Friday that Donald Trump had done his presidential campaign in within the past week by letting his selfishness come through.

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