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Mark Fallon / Politico:
Dick Cheney Was Lying About Torture — The Senate report confirms it doesn't work. As those of us on the inside knew. — It's official: torture doesn't work. Waterboarding Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind of 9/11, did not in fact “produce the intelligence that allowed us to get Osama bin Laden …
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Daniel W. Drezner / Washington Post:
The insane narrative you are supposed to believe about the torture report
The insane narrative you are supposed to believe about the torture report
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Los Angeles Times, CNN, The Intercept, New York Times, The Dish, NBC News, Balloon Juice, CBS News, Techdirt and The Agonist
Reuters:
Sexual threats, other CIA methods detailed in Senate report
Sexual threats, other CIA methods detailed in Senate report
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Associated Press, Tucson News Now and Reuters
Jose A. Rodriguez Jr. / Washington Post:
Today's CIA critics once urged the agency to do anything to fight al-Qaeda
Today's CIA critics once urged the agency to do anything to fight al-Qaeda
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Foreign Policy, The Huffington Post, New York Times, Hit & Run and NO QUARTER USA NET
Pew Research Center:
Sharp Racial Divisions in Reactions to Brown, Garner Decisions — Many Blacks Expect Police-Minority Relations to Worsen — The public has very different reactions to the recent grand jury decisions in two police-related deaths that have sparked protests in cities across the country.
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Susan Page / USA Today:
Poll: Americans back charges in Eric Garner death — WASHINGTON - Americans by nearly 3-1 say the white police officer responsible for the death of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man being arrested for selling cigarettes, should have faced charges from a Staten Island grand jury, a nationwide USA TODAY/Pew Research Center poll finds.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Why Eric Garner is the turning point Ferguson never was
Why Eric Garner is the turning point Ferguson never was
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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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American Spectator, Mediaite, Hot Air, Daily Signal, National Review and Ed Driscoll
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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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The Moderate Voice, Mediaite and Washington Post
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / Associated Press:
When rape matters, and when it doesn't: Column — In the eyes of the media, all rapes are equal. But some rapes are more equal than others. — Rape is a terrible crime and deserves the harshest punishment and condemnation. Yet, in the public sphere, all rapes are not created equal.
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National Review and Hot Air
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Tina Daunt / Hollywood Reporter:
Street Artist Sabo Blasts Lena Dunham, Bill Clinton in Fake Rolling Stone Covers
Street Artist Sabo Blasts Lena Dunham, Bill Clinton in Fake Rolling Stone Covers
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AMERICAN DIGEST and Power Line
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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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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Eugene Volokh / Washington Post:
Lena Dunham's publisher says her alleged rapist “Barry” wasn't actually named Barry
Lena Dunham's publisher says her alleged rapist “Barry” wasn't actually named Barry
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Betsy's Page, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Twitchy and Ed Driscoll
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic Online:
How The New Republic Lost Its Place — The strangest thing about the calamity that last week struck my old magazine, The New Republic, is this: It wasn't about politics. When I was coming of age in the 1980s and 1990s, TNR was known for its intramural ideological brawls.
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
Clare Foran / The Atlantic Online:
The Plan to Get Climate-Change Denial Into Schools — “As the amounts of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases increase, the Earth warms. Scientists warn that climate change, caused by this warming, will pose challenges to society.” — That language—featured in a fifth-grade Texas …
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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Allen McDuffee / The Atlantic Online:
De Blasio: Giuliani ‘Fundamentally Misunderstands the Reality’ of Race — The New York mayor today addressed the week in protests, and experience with his own son. — New York Mayor Bill de Blasio on Sunday admonished former Mayor Rudy Giuliani for his repeated recent comments that …
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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
Applying ‘Broken Windows’ to the Police — In poorer neighborhoods, overly aggressive officers are too often a source of community anxiety. Their misbehavior contributes to disorder. — One of the most influential policing concepts of our era, the broken-windows theory …
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Balloon Juice
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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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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