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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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Tina Daunt / Hollywood Reporter:
Street Artist Sabo Blasts Lena Dunham, Bill Clinton in Fake Rolling Stone Covers — The controversial artist papered L.A. early Monday with posters featuring a photo of Dunham and the headline “Rape Fantasies and Why We Perpetuate Them” — Los Angeles' most controversial street artist …
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Hanna Rosin / Slate:
Trolls Are Outing UVA's “Jackie.” That's Rolling Stone's Fault Too. — It's probably inevitable that the name of the victim from Rolling Stone's story about gang rape at the University of Virginia would come out. Once again, we have Rolling Stone to blame for that.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Friend of UVA/Rolling Stone rape accuser: It's not a hoax
Friend of UVA/Rolling Stone rape accuser: It's not a hoax
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Margaret Talbot / New Yorker:
Reporting on Rape — Last month, Rolling Stone ran an article …
Reporting on Rape — Last month, Rolling Stone ran an article …
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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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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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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Can GOP Donors Clear '16 Field?
Can GOP Donors Clear '16 Field?
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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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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
By the Numbers: Half of the Senators Who Voted for Obamacare Will be Gone in 2015
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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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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Why Eric Garner is the turning point Ferguson never was — Ferguson, Mo., has captured the nation's attention for the better part of the past four months. But in just a few short days in the national news, Eric Garner has become the political rallying point that Ferguson never has.
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Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
No comments. An experiment in elevating the conversation — For the next two months, we are turning off the comment function on all editorials, columns and letters in the opinion section. — Why? — Ferguson. — Last Sunday, we challenged our region to have the serious discussion …
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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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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The Democratic Party's long term problem is worse than you think — As I noted this morning, anyone who cares about the future of the Democratic Party needs to ask whether the party's elders and wise men are thinking hard enough about how to regain ground on the state level.
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Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:
McConnell Plots a Functional, Bipartisan Senate — Sen. Mitch McConnell wants to hit the ground running in January — and he thinks Democrats are ready to join him in crafting a more open, functional Senate. — In an exclusive interview in his Capitol office suite, the incoming majority …
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Steve Kraskethe / Kansas City Star:
Democrats secretly backed independent Greg Orman in race for U.S. Senate in Kansas
Democrats secretly backed independent Greg Orman in race for U.S. Senate in Kansas
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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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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
California quake — Up-and-comers are already jockeying ahead of Boxer's possible retirement. — A parade of ambitious California public figures, who've spent years itching for a shot at the state's top political offices, are anticipating a shake-up of the state's political hierarchy …
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Politico:
Warren criticizes Obama pick for Treasury in session with donors — During a meeting with nearly 50 of her top Boston-area donors Sunday night, Sen. Elizabeth Warren strongly criticized President Barack Obama's Treasury Department pick Antonio Weiss and said Hispanic and African-American families were …
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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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Raf Sanchez / Telegraph:
White House to reporters: no selfies with Prince William — The President's aides warn the press against taking pictures of themselves during Obama's meeting with the Duke of Cambridge — The White House politely but firmly asked reporters not to take selfies in the Oval Office during …
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