BET Wire: Donald Sterling Thinks Obama Should Stay Out of His Business

Clippers owner doesn't want Obama talking about him.

In Case You Missed It - Republicans leave President Obama scratching his head; Ben Carson kind of blames the spread of measles on immigrants; one lawmaker thinks it's OK if your food service worker doesn't wash his hands after a bathroom break — and more. — Joyce Jones (@BETpolitichick)

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In Case You Missed It - L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling doesn't appreciate President Obama's comments about him; Jennifer Carroll breaks her silence about what it was like to work for Gov. Rick Scott; Newark has a new mayor – and more.

MYOB - Beleaguered Clippers owner Donald Sterling doesn't want Obama commenting on his business and suggesting he's racist. "Why would he [Obama] make a comment without talking either to Magic [Johnson] or somebody here?" Sterling reportedly said in yet another uncovered recording. "Or review the papers. I think that was such bad judgment on his part to make a flippant comment from Malaysia. Wasn’t that? How does he know what the facts are?"   (Photo: CNN)

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MYOB - Beleaguered Clippers owner Donald Sterling doesn't want Obama commenting on his business and suggesting he's racist. "Why would he [Obama] make a comment without talking either to Magic [Johnson] or somebody here?" Sterling reportedly said in yet another uncovered recording. "Or review the papers. I think that was such bad judgment on his part to make a flippant comment from Malaysia. Wasn’t that? How does he know what the facts are?"   (Photo: CNN)

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A Different Direction - In what some may view as a referendum on Newark's former mayor, now U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, the city has elected as his replacement the anti-Booker. "We are the mayor!" said city councilman Ras Baraka, after beating his opponent with more than 50 percent of the vote. "The time is now for us to move forward as one city, to move forward together." (Photo: AP Photo)

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A Different Direction - In what some may view as a referendum on Newark's former mayor, now U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, the city has elected as his replacement the anti-Booker. "We are the mayor!" said city councilman Ras Baraka, after beating his opponent with more than 50 percent of the vote. "The time is now for us to move forward as one city, to move forward together." (Photo: AP Photo)

Should the US Negotiate With Boko Haram?  - New York Rep. Peter King, a former chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, is arguing against negotiating with terrorists for the release of the abducted Nigerian girls. "This is one of those terribly difficult decisions — morally difficult — but I would say no, that we cannot negotiate," King said in an interview on CNN. "If it were my daughter or my wife or my sister, I realize the human impact. But the fact is once you start negotiating with terrorists, it just leads to more violence." (Photo: CNN)

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Should the US Negotiate With Boko Haram?  - New York Rep. Peter King, a former chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, is arguing against negotiating with terrorists for the release of the abducted Nigerian girls. "This is one of those terribly difficult decisions — morally difficult — but I would say no, that we cannot negotiate," King said in an interview on CNN. "If it were my daughter or my wife or my sister, I realize the human impact. But the fact is once you start negotiating with terrorists, it just leads to more violence." (Photo: CNN)

Bench Work - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Sen. Dick Durbin have each issued concerns about Michael Boggs, one of Obama's picks for the federal bench in Georgia. In addition to supporting a Confederate symbol on the state flag, while a legislator, Boggs cast some troubling votes against gay and women's rights. The two lawmakers plan to chat with civil rights icon and Georgia Rep. John Lewis before making a decision about whether to confirm Boggs. (Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

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Bench Work - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Sen. Dick Durbin have each issued concerns about Michael Boggs, one of Obama's picks for the federal bench in Georgia. In addition to supporting a Confederate symbol on the state flag, while a legislator, Boggs cast some troubling votes against gay and women's rights. The two lawmakers plan to chat with civil rights icon and Georgia Rep. John Lewis before making a decision about whether to confirm Boggs. (Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

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Not So Good Ol' Boys Network - Florida's former lieutenant governor Jennifer Carroll is speaking out about the good ol' boy network in Gov. Rick Scott's administration. "I still stayed as a team player. I still followed their rules and so forth, and when it came time that I would have expected [Scott] to give me the common courtesy that he gave to his male counterparts there, his chief of staff, who had wrongdoing, he had supported and defended them," she said. "Me, with no wrongdoing, [he] utilized an excuse and asked me to leave office for no reason." (Photos from left: Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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Not So Good Ol' Boys Network - Florida's former lieutenant governor Jennifer Carroll is speaking out about the good ol' boy network in Gov. Rick Scott's administration. "I still stayed as a team player. I still followed their rules and so forth, and when it came time that I would have expected [Scott] to give me the common courtesy that he gave to his male counterparts there, his chief of staff, who had wrongdoing, he had supported and defended them," she said. "Me, with no wrongdoing, [he] utilized an excuse and asked me to leave office for no reason." (Photos from left: Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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A Veteran's Rookie Mistake - The campaign of longtime Michigan Congressman John Conyers has failed to get the number of valid signatures required to get on the August primary ballot. Some of the signatures were collected by two campaign workers who are unregistered voters, which violates state law, and were challenged by Conyers's rival. According to Wayne County Clerk Cathy M. Garrett, he is short by more than 400 signatures. The lawmaker can appeal the decision and if unsuccessful, run as a write-in candidate. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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Is the GOP Scared of Hillary 2016? - Karl Rove, a GOP political operative also known as [George W.] "Bush's Brain," suggested that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton may have suffered brain damage last year after a fall in her house, which delayed her testifying on Capitol Hill about the Benghazi attacks. "Thirty days in the hospital? And when she reappears, she's wearing glasses that are only for people who have traumatic brain injury?" he said at a recent conference. He also suggested that Clinton, who spent just four days in the hospital, may be too old to be the next president. If elected, however, she would be the same age as Ronald Reagan when he won his first White House bid. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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Is the GOP Scared of Hillary 2016? - Karl Rove, a GOP political operative also known as [George W.] "Bush's Brain," suggested that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton may have suffered brain damage last year after a fall in her house, which delayed her testifying on Capitol Hill about the Benghazi attacks. "Thirty days in the hospital? And when she reappears, she's wearing glasses that are only for people who have traumatic brain injury?" he said at a recent conference. He also suggested that Clinton, who spent just four days in the hospital, may be too old to be the next president. If elected, however, she would be the same age as Ronald Reagan when he won his first White House bid. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)