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11:50 PM ET, December 8, 2014

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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?
Lisa Lerer / Bloomberg Politics:
Clinton Trumps Republican Rivals on Leadership, Vision for 2016
Discussion: Daily Kos, Hot Air and Taylor Marsh
Reuters:
Sexual threats, other CIA methods detailed in Senate report  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Graphic details about sexual threats and other harsh interrogation techniques the CIA meted out to captured militants will be detailed by a Senate Intelligence Committee report on the spy agency's anti-terror tactics …
Discussion: Associated Press and Reuters
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Daniel W. Drezner / Washington Post:
The insane narrative you are supposed to believe about the torture report  —  On Friday, Bloomberg View's Josh Rogin reported that Secretary of State John F. Kerry had quite the conversation with Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.): … The State Department pushed back somewhat on that story …
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
Discussion: AMERICAN DIGEST and Power Line
Scott Whitlock / NewsBusters:
Ann Compton on Obama: He Launches ‘Profanity-Laced’ Tirades Against Press  —  Share it Tweet it  —  According to retired ABC News journalist Ann Compton, Barack Obama launches into “profanity-laced” tirades against the press in off-the-record meetings with reporters.
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Raf Sanchez / Telegraph:
White House to reporters: no selfies with Prince William
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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Eric Bradner / CNN:
McConnell ‘almost certainly’ endorsing Rand Paul in 2016  —  Washington (CNN) — Soon-to-be Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he plans to endorse his Kentucky colleague, Rand Paul, in his widely expected bid for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination.
Discussion: Political Wire and Mediaite
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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 …
Tony Maglio / The Wrap:
Lena Dunham's Publisher Fires Back at Breitbart With Clarification of ‘Barry One’ Rape Allegations (Exclusive)  —  Random House tells TheWrap: “The name ‘Barry’ referenced in the book is a pseudonym.  Random House, on our own behalf and on behalf of our author, regrets the confusion”
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.
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Creedence Clearwater Members Sue John Fogerty Over Use of Band's Name  —  Former band members are now on the offensive against Fogerty  —  A long-festering dispute over who gets to use the name of the popular 1960s rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival has done a 180 with lead singer John Fogerty …
Discussion: FOX News Radio
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 …
Ben Terris / Washington Post:
Meet the ghost hunter and horror novelist who writes Sen. Rob Portman's speeches  —  Sen. Rob Portman's communications director is the anti-Christ.  —  More accurately, Caitlin Conant (née Caitlin Dunn) is the namesake of the anti-Christ in her co-worker's latest work of horror fiction.
Discussion: Mediaite and FOX News Radio
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Senior Dem withdraws opposition to FOIA update  —  Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) withdrew opposition to an update to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Monday, just hours before the measure would have died for the year.  —  Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), the author of the FOIA Improvement Act …
Eliott C. McLaughlin / CNN:
Mom: Sister cuffed after cop shot boy  —  (CNN) — As Tamir Rice's 14-year-old sister rushed to her brother's side upon learning he'd been shot, police officers “tackled” her, handcuffed her and placed her in a squad car with the Cleveland officer who shot Tamir, her mother and a Rice family attorney told reporters Monday.
 
 
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Video Shows Cops Putting Man in Headlock, Hitting Him with Batons
Discussion: Raw Story and FOX News Radio
Reuters:
The Echo Chamber
Discussion: SCOTUSblog
James Hamilton / Econbrowser:
New estimates of the effects of the minimum wage
Discussion: Cafe Hayek
Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
No comments. An experiment in elevating the conversation
Discussion: Mediaite, New York Magazine and Poynter
Lawrence Summers / Washington Post:
People have lost faith with companies and governments
Paul Sperry / New York Post:
Eric Holder believes all cops are racists, targets ‘unconscious bias’
Discussion: Truth Revolt
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
CBC Member: Ben Carson Supporters Have “Vein Of Ignorance,” Are “Like A Lynch Mob”
Discussion: Mediaite
Jonathan Tepper / New York Times:
Why I'm Giving Up My Passport  —  LONDON — THE mayor of London …
Discussion: Hot Air
Emily Yoffe / Slate:
The College Rape Overcorrection
Sen. Orrin Hatch / Politico:
Don't Change the Filibuster Again
Colum Lynch / Foreign Policy:
U.S. Accuses Iran of Secretly Breaching U.N. Nuclear Sanctions
Politico:
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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