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Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
Petraeus investigation ensnares commander of U.S., NATO troops in Afghanistan — PERTH, Australia — The FBI probe into the sex scandal that prompted CIA Director David Petraeus to resign has expanded to ensnare Gen. John R. Allen, the commander of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan, the Pentagon announced early Tuesday.
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Max Read / Gawker:
A Flowchart of the Petraeus Affair's Love Pentagon, from the Shirtless FBI Agent to Chuck Klosterman — Since CIA director David Petraeus resigned on Friday over an extramarital affair uncovered by the FBI, the story has shifted from John Le Carré espionage novel to Vince Flynn right-wing thriller …
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New York Post:
Gen. John Allen also helped Jill Kelley's sister during custody battle — WASHINGTON — Both Gen. David Petraeus and Gen. John Allen intervened in the same nasty child custody battle involving Natalie Khawam, the “psychologically unstable” twin sister of Jill Kelley, whose bombshell claims …
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New York Post:
Petraeus helps whistleblower's ‘unstable’ twin in nasty custody fight
Petraeus helps whistleblower's ‘unstable’ twin in nasty custody fight
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Tara McKelvey / The Atlantic Online:
The Writer and the General: What the Petraeus Affair Exposed About D.C.
The Writer and the General: What the Petraeus Affair Exposed About D.C.
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Daily Mail and Jonathan Last Online
Andrew Malcolm / Investor's Business Daily:
Who's doing who in the Obama team's sex scandals: A handy guide
Who's doing who in the Obama team's sex scandals: A handy guide
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Chicago Boyz
NY Daily News:
David Petraeus sex scandal: FBI agent who began probing disgraced spy chief allegedly sent …
David Petraeus sex scandal: FBI agent who began probing disgraced spy chief allegedly sent …
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CNN, Business Insider, Associated Press, Capital New York, Shot in the Dark and Wired
Glenn Greenwald / Guardian:
FBI's abuse of the surveillance state is the real scandal needing investigation
FBI's abuse of the surveillance state is the real scandal needing investigation
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Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Carney: Obama certainly not ‘pleased’ with Petraeus events
Carney: Obama certainly not ‘pleased’ with Petraeus events
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John Aravosis / AMERICAblog:
Confirmed: ABC Denver misnames Petraeus book, “All up in my snatch” — Oh my. — A reader just sent me something that I didn't believe. Then he sent me a photo. Then he sent me a video. Then I found a comment on ABC Denver's Web site from another viewer who saw the same thing.
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Jonathan Karl / ABCNEWS:
Petraeus Personally Investigated Benghazi Attack — In late October, Petraeus traveled to Libya to conduct his own review of the Benghazi attack that killed four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens. — While in Tripoli, he personally questioned the CIA station chief …
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
ABC Affiliate Ran Phony Cover of Broadwell Book — ABC's Denver affiliate is coming under fire for accidentally running a phony cover of Paula Broadwell's biography of General David Petraeus. The cover read, All Up In My Snatch. The real book title is All In. — Here's a screen grab:
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EndPlay / TheDenverChannel.com:
Photoshopped book title from Paula Broadwell's Gen. David Petraeus' biography goes viral on web — ‘All In’ book title had been Photoshopped on web — A mistake that aired on Denver's 7 has gone viral on the internet. — On 7NEWS at 5 p.m. on Monday, the station reported …
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Talking Points Memo, New York Magazine and BuzzFeed
Kotaku:
This Is Awkward: David Petraeus Is In the Next Call of Duty As America's New Secretary of Defense
This Is Awkward: David Petraeus Is In the Next Call of Duty As America's New Secretary of Defense
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The Atlantic Online, Mashable!, FP Passport and The Raw Story
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Pat Robertson Excuses Petraeus: 'Here's a Good-Looking Lady Throwing Herself at Him'
Pat Robertson Excuses Petraeus: 'Here's a Good-Looking Lady Throwing Herself at Him'
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Robert Wright / The Atlantic Online:
The Real David Petraeus Scandal
The Real David Petraeus Scandal
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Mother Jones, Outside the Beltway, PRI's The World, Daily Kos and Prairie Weather
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Jindal: End ‘dumbed-down conservatism’ — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal on Monday called on Republicans to “stop being the stupid party” and make a concerted effort to reach a broader swath of voters with an inclusive economic message that pre-empts efforts to caricature the GOP as the party of the rich.
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Paul Ryan: I Didn't Lose Because Of The Issues, I Lost Because Of The ‘Urban’ Vote — In his first interview since losing the election, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) wouldn't admit that voters rejected his economic vision and instead chalked up President Obama's victory to a large turnout of the “urban vote.”
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Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Ryan Surprised by Voters in ‘Urban Areas’
Ryan Surprised by Voters in ‘Urban Areas’
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Paul Krugman and Plunderbund
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Rep. Ryan: GOP ticket didn't lose election on budget, Medicare
Rep. Ryan: GOP ticket didn't lose election on budget, Medicare
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Jgalloway / Political Insider:
Your daily jolt: An invitation to Allen West from the Ga. GOP — Though he has yet to concede, U.S. Rep. Allen West, a former Army lieutenant colonel and Republican firebrand, narrowly lost his re-election bid last week. — So what's in the cards for the coastal Florida congressman after his lame-duck duties are done?
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Politico, 2chambers, Election 2012, Weasel Zippers, The Daily Caller and theGrio
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Democrats Like a Romney Idea on Income Tax
Democrats Like a Romney Idea on Income Tax
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Robert E. Rubin / New York Times:
Op-Ed Contributor: Deluding Ourselves Over the Fiscal Cliff
Op-Ed Contributor: Deluding Ourselves Over the Fiscal Cliff
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Weekly Standard, Robert Reich, Off the Charts Blog, Wonkblog and The Daily Beast
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Broad Concern about ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Consequences — Public Is Skeptical Deal Will Be Reached — OVERVIEW — As the president and congressional leaders begin negotiations to avoid the “fiscal cliff” deadline at the end of the year, there is widespread public concern about the possible financial consequences.
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Ryan Tracy / Washington Wire:
Gov. O'Malley to GOP: Remove Tea Party ‘Stench’
Gov. O'Malley to GOP: Remove Tea Party ‘Stench’
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The PJ Tatler
Glenn Hubbard / Financial Times:
How the US can avoid falling off the fiscal cliff
How the US can avoid falling off the fiscal cliff
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Political Watch, Business Insider, Economist's View and FT Alphaville
Jim Nintzel / Tucson Weekly:
CD2 Update: Republicans Go to Cochise County Court To Block Counting of Provisional Ballots in Latino Precincts — As Congressman Ron Barber and GOP challenger Martha McSally continue to battle for every vote in a race that Barber leads by just 512 votes, attorneys were in Cochise County court today …
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Ryan J. Reilly / Talking Points Memo:
Arizona Republicans Sue To Block Ballots In Latino Precinct
Arizona Republicans Sue To Block Ballots In Latino Precinct
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The Huffington Post and Tucson Weekly
Rick Perlstein / The Nation:
Exclusive: Lee Atwater's Infamous 1981 Interview on the Southern Strategy — It has become, for liberals and leftists enraged by the way Republicans never suffer the consequences for turning electoral politics into a cesspool, a kind of smoking gun. The late, legendarily brutal campaign …
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Donklephant, Balloon Juice, The Mahablog and thenation.com/blogs/163253
Russell Berman / The Hill:
Norquist pledge takes election hit — Republicans might have held the House, but Grover Norquist's majority in Congress is all but gone. — Fewer incoming members of the House and Senate have signed the pledge against tax increases run by Norquist's Americans for Tax Reform …
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David Brooks / New York Times:
Obama the Dealmaker — During his first term, President Obama faced …
Obama the Dealmaker — During his first term, President Obama faced …
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
W.H. Petition Calls for Stripping Citizenship and Exile for Anyone Who Signs Petition to Secede — A White House petition gathering force calls for citizenship to be stripped and exile for anyone who signs a petition in favor of a state's secession. — “Mr. President, please sign …
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Erick Erickson / RedState:
Is It Time to Roll Up the Welcome Mat Here? — Barack Obama won the election. — He did not win by stealing the election. Voter irregularities always happen. It is one reason we support voter ID rules. But even in the worse scenario of reports out there, there were not enough tales of voter irregularities to matter nationwide.
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Talking Points Memo and Roger Ailes
Manu Raju / Politico:
Welcome to the Rand Paul evolution — He'll push to loosen marijuana penalties, legalize undocumented immigrants and pursue a less aggressive American foreign policy. — Call it the Rand Paul Evolution. — In the wake of Barack Obama's reelection win and ahead of a possible 2016 White House bid …
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The American Conservative
NationalJournal.com:
GOP Grapples With Embarrassing Polling Failures — It hurts to lose. It hurts even more when you don't see it coming. — In the weeks before Election Day, both Republicans and Democrats were nervous about their poll numbers. Both sides of the aisle have smart pollsters, they reasoned …
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