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Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Dems, It's Time to Dump Dixie — With Mary Landrieu's ignominious exit, the Democrats will have lost their last senator in the Deep South. And that's a good thing. They should write it off—because they don't need it. — I don't remember a much sadder sight in domestic politics …
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Greg Giroux / Bloomberg Politics:
By the Numbers: Half of the Senators Who Voted for Obamacare Will be Gone in 2015 — Louisiana Republican Bill Cassidy's double-digit ousting of Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu on Saturday was, in the words of the senator-elect, an “exclamation mark” on a 2014 election that saw the Republicans win control of the Senate.
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Scott Bland / National Journal:
White Flight From Southern Democrats Doomed Landrieu
White Flight From Southern Democrats Doomed Landrieu
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Michael R. Crittenden / Wall Street Journal:
The South Is Now Almost a Democrat-Free Zone
Emily Clark / The Cavalier Daily:
A letter from a friend: Jackie's story is not a hoax — My name is Emily, and I was Jackie's suitemate first year. I am writing to you in regards to Rolling Stone's recent statement of “misplaced trust” in Jackie. I feel this statement is backwards, as it seems it was Jackie who misplaced her trust in Rolling Stone.
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Hot Air, Mediaite, New York Magazine and Talking Points Memo
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Margaret Talbot / New Yorker:
Reporting on Rape — Last month, Rolling Stone ran an article about an alleged gang rape at a University of Virginia fraternity house, based on interviews with a student identified only as “Jackie.” It now appears that key details of the story, reported by Sabrina Rubin Erdely, may not be true.
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JustOneMinute, Feministing, Globe and Mail, Guardian, New York Magazine, The Dish, Addicting Info and Mashable
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
UVA Rape Victim's Roommate Says Her Story Is Not A ‘Hoax’
UVA Rape Victim's Roommate Says Her Story Is Not A ‘Hoax’
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New York Times, Raw Story, The Federalist, Politico and The Huffington Post
Politico:
The Kochs eclipse the RNC — Meet the guys behind the right's best data shop. — The Koch brothers and their allies are pumping tens of millions of dollars into a data company that's developing detailed, state-of-the-art profiles of 250 million Americans, giving the brothers' political operation all the earmarks of a national party.
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BillMoyers.com, Daily Kos, Balloon Juice and Prairie Weather
Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
G.O.P. Donors Seek to Narrow Field of Presidential Candidates to One — Dozens of the Republican Party's leading presidential donors and fund-raisers have begun privately discussing how to clear the field for a single establishment candidate to carry the party's banner in 2016 …
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Lisa Lerer / Bloomberg Politics:
Clinton Trumps Republican Rivals on Leadership, Vision for 2016
Clinton Trumps Republican Rivals on Leadership, Vision for 2016
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Los Angeles Times:
Massive downtown L.A. fire burns 3 towers; freeways begin to reopen — A massive fire in downtown Los Angeles early Monday engulfed an apartment tower under construction, damaged two other buildings and left freeways and roads closed. — The northbound 110 Freeway remained closed as of 5 a.m. …
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Juan Williams / The Hill:
Racial politics in plain sight — America's racial tensions, hot after the painful non-indictments in Ferguson and New York, bubbled up on Capitol Hill last week. The occasion was a House Judiciary hearing on President Obama's executive authority to limit deportations of illegal immigrants.
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Daily Mail:
Killer 'shot his newly-married stepdaughter so he could video himself having sex with her dead body - then buried her behind his shed' — Gregory Graf recorded himself sexually abusing the body of Jessica Padgett, Northampton County District Attorney John Morganelli said on Friday
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Recovery at Last? — Last week we got an actually good employment report — arguably the first truly good report in a long time. The U.S. economy added well over 300,000 jobs; wages, which have been stagnant for far too long, picked up a bit. Other indicators, like the rate at which workers are quitting …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Bush and C.I.A. Ex-Officials Rebut Torture Report — WASHINGTON — A long-awaited Senate report condemning torture by the Central Intelligence Agency has not even been made public yet, but former President George W. Bush's team has decided to link arms with former intelligence officials and challenge its conclusions.
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David Nather / Politico:
Will Jonathan Gruber topple Obamacare? — The health economist's controversial remarks could undo him and the law he worked so hard to create. — Why the hell did Jonathan Gruber say that? And that? And that? And (sigh) the other thing? Those are the questions on the minds …
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Emily Yoffe / Slate:
The College Rape Overcorrection — Sexual assault on campus is a serious problem. But efforts to protect women from a putative epidemic of violence have led to misguided policies that infringe on the civil rights of men. — An Accusation — Drew Sterrett couldn't know that when his friend slipped …
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Chris Hughes / Washington Post:
Crafting a sustainable New Republic — The writer is owner and publisher of the New Republic. — Last week, about a dozen members of the editorial staff of the New Republic walked out in protest over new leadership. By their account, this was a clash of cultures : Silicon Valley versus tradition, and everyone must choose a side.
Hope Hodge Seck / Home I Military Times …:
AMERICA'S MILITARY: A force adrift — HOW THE NATION IS FAILING TODAY'S TROOPS AND VETERANS — A worsening morale crisis — AFTER 13 YEARS OF WAR, TROOPS FEEL BURNED OUT AND WITHOUT A SENSE OF MISSION. MORE DOUBT THEIR LEADERS AND THEIR JOB SECURITY.
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Emma Dumain / Roll Call:
Democrats Irrelevant? Don't Be So Sure, Pelosi Promises — Nancy Pelosi insists she doesn't gloat when House Republicans can't shore up the votes among their own members to pass any number of critical bills, and it's Democrats who get to swoop in and call themselves the heroes.
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Linh Ta / Des Moines Register:
Sarah Palin to return to Iowa for summit — Former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin will take part in the Iowa Freedom Summit in Des Moines on Jan. 24. — The inaugural event is being held by Citizens United and Congressman Steve King. The summit will serve as a place …
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