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Extremist radio host Pete Santilli is defending and reiterating his  inflammatory attacks  on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, stating on his program that he wants “to shoot her in the vagina and let her suffer right before my eyes.” In a May 17 rant  captured  by Right Wing Watch, Santilli called for the Bush family and President Obama to be shot and for Clinton to be “shot in the vagina.” The Secret Service  told TPM Media  that they would investigate Santilli’s comments in order to “determine what a person’s intent is when making comments like this.” SANTILLI: You need to understand that what I said was very clear. I didn’t want Hillary Clinton to die. I want her to suffer painfully, right in front of me, after she’s convicted for committing crimes against humanity.

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Fox News has repeatedly invoked the Boston bombings to suggest that immigration reform could exacerbate existing problems within the immigration system. However, their commentary actually highlights shortcomings that the bipartisan Senate bill will address in full. Fox Uses Boston Bombings To Highlight Flaws In Immigration System Center For Immigration Studies Fellow Michael Cutler: “Think About The National Security Nightmare” Immigration Reform Would Create.  On the May 2 edition of Fox News’ America Live , guest and Center for Immigration Studies fellow Michael Cutler conflated the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program with the Senate immigration bill in a discussion on the visa status of the Boston bombing suspects

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Fox News and other conservatives are busy attacking  Attorney General Eric Holder for assuring the public that law enforcement will not tolerate any acts of violence or discrimination in the wake of the Boston Marathon terror attack. But their latest feigned outrage ignores that hate crimes against Muslims are a very real concern.  Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly covered the story on the April 30 edition of America Live ,  hosti ng Fox contributor Michelle Malkin, who mocked the “phantom threats of hate crime epidemics that have never happened.” (This was the second straight day Kelly had devoted a segment to expressing outrage about Holder’s common sense comments.)  Other conservatives  lashed out  at Holder for his vow to defend religious minorities in America.

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Despite initial reports to the contrary, FBI agents did not read Boston Bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev his Miranda rights immediately after he was taken into custody. Instead, they invoked what is known as the “ public safety exception ” to delay reading those rights to the alleged bomber

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Law enforcement officials believe that one suspect in Monday’s bombing of the Boston Marathon was killed Friday morning after a shootout and car chase with police, while the other is still on the loose.

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Fox News co-host Greg Gutfeld echoed statistics used by a Republican congressman to suggest right-to-carry laws decrease violent crime — but studies have shown no such correlation. Gutfeld also hyped the debunked claim that there are “2.5 million instances each year” in which a gun is used in self-defense.

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The Florida’s Ethics Commission said Wednesday that it found 11 potential ethics violations by freshman Rep. David Rivera (R-FL) from his time as a state legislator.

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HEADLINE: As NATO Meets in Chicago, Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn Condemn “Militarized Arm of the 1 Percent” DEMOCRACY NOW LINK: http://www.democracynow.org/2012/5/16/as_nato_meets_in_chicago_activists …

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A U.S. citizen is suing the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security after the fingerprint-sharing program Secure Communities incorrectly identified him as an undocumented immigrant

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In an attempt to reassess the validity of the nation’s crime labs, the Justice Department and the FBI have launched a sweeping review of thousands of criminal cases.

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