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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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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 …
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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 …
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Fox News:
US posts on alert over potential backlash from CIA report, lawmaker warns of ‘violence’
US posts on alert over potential backlash from CIA report, lawmaker warns of ‘violence’
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Bush and C.I.A. Ex-Officials Rebut Torture Report
Bush and C.I.A. Ex-Officials Rebut Torture Report
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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.
Trolls Are Outing UVA's “Jackie.” That's Rolling Stone's Fault Too.
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Rolling Stone managing editor in 2006: 'We'll write what we believe'
Rolling Stone managing editor in 2006: 'We'll write what we believe'
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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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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
White House to reporters: no selfies with Prince William
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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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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.
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Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:
McConnell Plots a Functional, Bipartisan Senate
McConnell Plots a Functional, Bipartisan Senate
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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”
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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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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 …
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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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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 …
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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.
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