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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Burning the Beret — WASHINGTON — Monica Lewinsky says she would meet me for a drink. — I'm game. — In her new meditation in Vanity Fair, Monica mashes Hawthorne and Coleridge, proclaiming that she's ready to rip off her “scarlet-A albatross,” “reimagine” her identity and reclaim her narrative.
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Why Republicans should just leave the Monica Lewinsky story alone — Monica Lewinsky is back! — The one-time paramour of the sitting President of the United States is featured in Vanity Fair breaking her silence and telling her side of the story. Even though that story isn't out yet …
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Lynne Cheney Suggests Hillary Approved Monica Piece to ‘Get It Out of the Way’ — With Hillary Clinton almost assuredly running for president in 2016, Monica Lewinsky's Vanity Fair piece today set off a lot of people's conspiratorial alarm bells, with some suspicion anti-Clinton forces might have been behind it.
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David Weigel / Slate:
What's This “Silence” That Monica Lewinsky Is Breaking?
What's This “Silence” That Monica Lewinsky Is Breaking?
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The Federalist, Washington Monthly and Mediaite
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Gowdy: Benghazi probe could run into '16 — Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) said the special committee he'll lead on Benghazi could continue into the 2016 campaign, when Hillary Clinton might be running for the White House. — Asked about that posibility Wednesday on MSNBC's “Morning Joe,” …
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Trey Gowdy Says People Shouldn't Fundraise Off Benghazi, NRCC Apparently Disagrees — WASHINGTON — Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) on Wednesday morning urged his fellow lawmakers not to use the investigation he is leading into the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, to raise money, calling it a subject that “transcends politics.”
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
DCCC chair Steve Israel: Boycott the GOP's Benghazi probe, Dems
DCCC chair Steve Israel: Boycott the GOP's Benghazi probe, Dems
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Daily Kos, Bloomberg View, Talking Points Memo, The Huffington Post and Mediaite
Lauren French / Politico:
Police investigate threats against Trey Gowdy
Police investigate threats against Trey Gowdy
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The Gateway Pundit and National Review
Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times:
Putin Announces Pullback from Ukraine Border — MOSCOW — In an apparent attempt to halt the spiraling violence in southeastern Ukraine, President Vladimir V. Putin said on Wednesday that Russia was pulling troops back from the border, and he urged Ukrainian separatists to call off a referendum …
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Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
GOP struggles to land punches at ObamaCare insurance hearing — Republicans struggled to land punches against ObamaCare in a hearing Wednesday as responses from insurance companies deflated several lines of questioning. — Democratic lawmakers were emboldened to defend the Affordable Care Act …
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Insurance Companies Testify: Obamacare Website Still Not Fixed
Insurance Companies Testify: Obamacare Website Still Not Fixed
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Hot Air and Washington Free Beacon
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Insurers Say Most Who Signed Up Under Health Law Have Paid Up
Insurers Say Most Who Signed Up Under Health Law Have Paid Up
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Bloomberg, Daily Mail, Hit & Run, Washington Post, National Review and The New Republic
Ray Sanchez / CNN:
Nearly 80% of Americans think no one survived Flight 370, CNN poll finds — The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 — (CNN) — Most Americans believe the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 should continue, but roughly half the country thinks the arduous search …
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CNN:
Clay Aiken has slim edge in North Carolina primary — (CNN) - Clay Aiken, the American-Idol star-turned congressional hopeful, holds a razor-thin margin over opponent Keith Crisco in North Carolina's Democratic primary for a U.S. House seat, but CNN and other news organizations have not yet projected a winner.
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Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
Tillis Wins, Boosts GOP's 2014 Hopes
Tillis Wins, Boosts GOP's 2014 Hopes
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Eric Kelsey / Reuters:
A Minute With: Megyn Kelly on Fox News and foe Jon Stewart — (Reuters) - A decade ago Megyn Kelly was practicing law and moonlighting as a local TV reporter before Fox News Channel came calling, starting a relationship that would take her career from newbie legal correspondent to the host of her own prime-time gig.
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Gov. Scott Walker / JSOnline:
Federal judge halts John Doe probe into Walker recall — By Daniel Bice and Patrick Marley of the Journal Sentinel — A federal judge ordered a halt Tuesdayto the John Doe investigation into campaign spending and fundraising by Gov. Scott Walker's campaign and conservative groups …
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M.D. Kittle / Watchdog.org:
John Doe is dead: Judge stops WI prosecutors' probe into conservatives
John Doe is dead: Judge stops WI prosecutors' probe into conservatives
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Right Wing News, Fox News, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Overlawyered
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
FEC chair warns that conservative media like Drudge Report and Sean Hannity face regulation — like PACs — WASHINGTON SECRETS SUPREME COURT FEC MEDIA CONSERVATISM ELECTIONS CITIZENS UNITED ENDORSEMENTS DRUDGE REPORT JOHN PAUL STEVENS — Government officials, reacting to the growing voice …
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CNN, The Political Insider, PoliticusUSA and The Daily Caller
Brad Plumer / Vox:
Nine maps that show how climate change is already affecting the US — Climate change isn't just a problem for future generations — it's already affecting broad swaths of the United States. — That's the upshot of the National Climate Assessment, a massive new US government report detailing …
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Martin Longman / Washington Monthly:
Why Resentment is Key to Conservative Politics — Jay Nordlinger raised an issue yesterday that The Corner that is really a fundamental part of American politics that people should make sure to understand: … Obviously, this came up during the 2012 presidential campaign.
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National Review
GoFundMe:
A New Hope? — The Short Version: I would like short-term financial support to bridge a gap in health-insurance coverage while I explore an innovative option for treating my recurrent tongue cancer at the University of Chicago. That offers the possibility of preserving aspects of life …
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Holocaust School Assignment Sheet Included Text Lifted From Holocaust Denial Website — A disputed essay assignment that asked students in a California school district to argue “whether or not you believe the Holocaust was an actual event in history” incorporated a source that dismissed gassings …
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