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The Black Commentator

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BC Editorial Board member Julian Bond Calls Tea Party Groups ‘Taliban wing of American politics’ – Watch MSNBC Video

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Below is the complete text of the MSNBC report on the interview. Despite maintaining that the NAACP was unfairly targeted by the Internal Revenue Service in 2004, the civil rights organization’s former chairman now finds the IRS’s special scrutiny of Tea Party groups “entirely legitimate.” “I don’t think there are any parallels to what we’re…

Below is the complete text of the MSNBC report on the interview. Despite maintaining that the NAACP was unfairly targeted by the Internal Revenue Service in…

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President Barack Obama: Remove Assata Shakur from the FBI’s “Most Wanted Terrorists” List – A Petition

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Sign this petition Dear President Obama: We write to urge you to overrule the FBI’s decision to put Assata Shakur, aka Joanne Chesimard, on the “Most Wanted Terrorists List, with $1 Million FBI Reward Offered for Information Leading to Her Capture and Return,” as phrased by the FBI’s May 2, 2013 announcement. This $1 million…

Sign this petition Dear President Obama: We write to urge you to overrule the FBI’s decision to put Assata Shakur, aka Joanne Chesimard, on the “Most…

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