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Will Dana / Rolling Stone:
A Note to Our Readers — To Our Readers: — Last month, Rolling Stone published a story titled “A Rape on Campus” by Sabrina Rubin Erdely, which described a brutal gang rape of a woman named Jackie at a University of Virginia fraternity house; the university's failure to respond to this alleged assault …
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T. Rees Shapiro / Washington Post:
U-Va. fraternity to rebut claims of gang rape in Rolling Stone — A lawyer for the University of Virginia fraternity whose members were accused of a brutal gang rape said Friday that the organization will release a statement rebutting the claims printed in a Rolling Stone article about the incident.
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JustOneMinute, The Daily Caller, The Intercept, Gawker, The Reality-Based Community, RedState, Mediaite, National Review, Hot Air, Talking Points Memo, The College Fix, The Daily Banter, Los Angeles Times, The Huffington Post, Bloomberg View, New York Times, Hit & Run, The Dish and Shots in the Dark, more at Mediagazer »
Daily Mail:
Father left speechless after NYPD tell him they are ‘too busy with Eric Garner protests’ to search for his suicidal son — A father was left speechless after police told him they are ‘too busy’ dealing with Eric Garner protests to search for his suicidal son.
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Liberaland and FOX News Radio
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Jelani Cobb / New Yorker:
No Such Thing as Racial Profiling — Coming just two weeks after the non-indictment of Officer Darren Wilson in the death of Michael Brown, the non-indictment of Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of Eric Garner has the feel of a grim serial filled with redundant plot lines …
New York Times:
U.S. to Continue Racial, Ethnic Profiling in Border Policy — WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will soon issue new rules curtailing the use of profiling, but federal agents will still be allowed to consider race and ethnicity when stopping people at airports, border crossings …
David Boaz / Associated Press:
Eric Garner could spark American Spring: Column
Eric Garner could spark American Spring: Column
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Informed Comment, Wall Street Journal, Liberal Values, alicublog, New York Times, National Review, Guns.com and Washington Post
Eric Bradner / CNN:
George W. Bush: Garner decision ‘hard to understand’
George W. Bush: Garner decision ‘hard to understand’
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theGrio, Politico and CANNONFIRE
Ashley Southall / New York Times:
Protesters Fill the Streets Across the Country Over Decision in Eric Garner Case
Protesters Fill the Streets Across the Country Over Decision in Eric Garner Case
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Daily Kos and Washington Post
Max Fisher / Vox:
The New Republic and the Beltway media's race problem — There's little doubt that The New Republic's young owner, Chris Hughes, treated its beloved editor, Frank Foer, poorly. Hughes' new CEO, Guy Vidra, criticized Foer's leadership while sitting right next to him at an all-staff meeting.
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Esquire, Bloomberg Politics, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Booman Tribune and Brad DeLong's Grasping Reality
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
After shake-up, New Republic staffers resign en masse — The majority of The New Republic's masthead resigned en masse on Friday following the owner's decision to force out the editorial leadership, move the magazine to New York, and rebrand the venerable, century-old publication as a “digital media company.”
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The Dish, Power Line and Talking Points Memo, more at Mediagazer »
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Facebook Prince Purges The New Republic: Inside the Destruction of a 100-Year-Old Magazine
Facebook Prince Purges The New Republic: Inside the Destruction of a 100-Year-Old Magazine
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Mass Exodus At ‘The New Republic’
Mass Exodus At ‘The New Republic’
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National Review, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Gawker, Poynter, New York Magazine and Politico
Leah Finnegan / Gawker:
White Men Upset Wrong White Man Placed in Charge of White-Man Magazine
White Men Upset Wrong White Man Placed in Charge of White-Man Magazine
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New York Times, Mashable, Ed Driscoll, Crooked Timber, Hit & Run, The Federalist and Washington Monthly
Rocco Parascandola / NY Daily News:
EXCLUSIVE: Rookie NYPD officer who shot Akai Gurley in Brooklyn stairwell was texting union rep as victim lay dying — In the six and a half minutes after Peter Liang discharged a single bullet that struck Gurley, 28, he and his partner couldn't be reached, sources told the Daily News.
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New York Times, New York's PIX11, Hit & Run, Gothamist, Mediaite, Hinterland Gazette, Runnin' Scared, CBS New York, Jezebel, Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
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Randy E. Barnett / USA Today:
Randy Barnett: How to finally kill Obamacare — The Supreme Court is more likely to act if Republicans have an alternative bill ready. — Thanks to four justices of the Supreme Court, there is now a clear path to repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act next year, finally bringing Obamacare to an end.
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Washington Monthly and Washington Post
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Josh Rogin / Bloomberg View:
Kerry Puts Brakes on CIA Torture Report — Secretary of State John Kerry personally phoned Dianne Feinstein, chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Friday morning to ask her to delay the imminent release of her committee's report on CIA torture and rendition during …
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The Intercept, Politico, Hot Air, The Verge, New York Times, Hit & Run, Techdirt, Balloon Juice, The Dish and Hullabaloo
David McCabe / The Hill:
22 people had to approve Romney tweets — Aides to Mitt Romney's presidential team in 2012 are airing their frustrations with the campaign, alleging that tweets had to be approved by nearly two dozen people by the end of the race. — “So whether it was a tweet, Facebook post, blog post …
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Taegan Goddard / Political Wire:
Romney Tweets Needed to be Approved by 22 People — A new study on the use of Twitter during the 2012 presidential campaign reports that Mitt Romney's digital team “had to go through an extensive vetting process for all of its public communications, meaning that the temporal workflow …
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Daily Kos and FOX News Radio
Jen Yamato / Deadline:
Obama Romance Movie In Works - Who Will Play Young Barack? — EXCLUSIVE: The White House legend that is Barack and Michelle Obama's romance is heading to the screen. Southside With You, a drama in the vein of Before Sunrise, chronicles the summer 1989 afternoon when the future President …
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Inside Movies, Jezebel, Mediaite, UPROXX, American Spectator, Mashable and theGrio
David Weigel / Bloomberg Politics:
The Last Days of Democratic Politics In Louisiana Are Here — But Mary Landrieu and Edwin Edwards are raging against the dying of the light. — NEW ROADS, La.—Every day brings at least three campaign stops, outside, under the cool December sky. Every stop is the same …
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PJ Media, Hot Air, New York Times, RedState, Washington Post and The Atlantic Online
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Jonathan Oosting / MLive.com:
Michigan House approves Religious Freedom Restoration Act in party-line vote — Michigan House Speaker Jase Bolger, R-Marshall (MLive File Photo) — LANSING, MI — Michigan's Republican-led House on Thursday approved a proposed “Religious Freedom Restoration Act,” which supporters …
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Daily Kos, National Review and ThinkProgress
Steve Strunsky / New Jersey Online:
Christie bridge scandal report cannot determine if governor was involved — TRENTON — An interim report by the joint legislative panel investigating last year's controversial lane closures at the George Washington Bridge could not determine if Gov. Chris Christie had any direct involvement …
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Politico
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Shawn Boburg / NorthJersey.com:
GWB probe finds no evidence of link to Christie; legislative panel blames his appointees
GWB probe finds no evidence of link to Christie; legislative panel blames his appointees
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WNYC News, Washington Post, National Review and CNN