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Alex Moe / NBC News:
Paul Ryan Won't Run for President in 2016 — In an interview with NBC News, the former VP nominee says he can make a “huge difference” as House Ways and Means Committee chairman instead.
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Politico:
The selling of Mitt 3.0 — Romney is promising he'll be ‘different’ this time. — Getty — Shortly after Election Day in 2012, a Mitt Romney supporter moaned to POLITICO about the failed GOP nominee's performance: “We had no message, and we gave it to the worst communicator in the world.”
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Washington Post:
Romney moves to reassemble campaign team for ‘almost certain’ 2016 bid — Mitt Romney is moving quickly to reassemble his national political network, calling former aides, donors and other supporters over the weekend and on Monday in a concerted push to signal his seriousness about possibly launching a 2016 presidential campaign.
Seema Mehta / Los Angeles Times:
Atty. Gen. Harris to announce U.S. Senate bid on Tuesday — California Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris will announce Tuesday that she is running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Barbara Boxer, according to a Harris advisor. — “She's not testing the waters. She's charting the course.
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Bill / The Hill:
Bill Press: New Gold Rush — Barbara Boxer's announcement that she will not seek reelection to the Senate has set off a frenzy in California not seen since the Gold Rush. Anybody could win. All you need is a pick, an ax and the ability to raise or cough up a minimum $40 million. — Wanna play?
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Gavin Newsom's California power play — How one rising star forced another's hand in the high-stakes chess match for the state's top offices. — SAN FRANCISCO — By Sunday evening, California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom had made up his mind: He wanted to be governor, not senator.
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Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
Kamala Harris To Run For Senate
Kamala Harris To Run For Senate
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
White House: 'It's fair to say' we were wrong on Paris unity rally — The White House said Monday that it made a mistake in not sending President Obama or a top administration official to the weekend unity march in Paris, a rare concession that it had botched the optics of an important international event.
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Wall Street Journal:
Lafayette, We Are Not Here — It was not a missed public relations opportunity.
Lafayette, We Are Not Here — It was not a missed public relations opportunity.
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
White House was out of step as Paris march grew
White House was out of step as Paris march grew
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Mary Bruce / ABC News:
Paris Terror Attack: White House Defends President Obama's No-Show at Rally
Paris Terror Attack: White House Defends President Obama's No-Show at Rally
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Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
Dems' next big issue — Democrats are seizing on the fight for mandatory paid leave in the United States as their next big pocketbook issue. — The Obama administration has for months called upon Congress to require employers to offer paid leave, with Labor Secretary Tom Perez relentlessly pressing …
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Bill Clark / Roll Call:
Can Democrats Win the House in 2016? — Democrats have a better chance of winning control of the House next year than they did at any time in 2014. That's true even though they now need to gain 30 seats, almost twice what they needed last year. — No, I'm not suggesting Democrats will win the House in 2016.
Carlos Lozada / Washington Post:
The time Obama walked in on a staffer who had a friend in bed — Reggie Love knows how to put the body in “bodyman.” — In a memoir due out in early February, Love recounts his years working for Barack Obama - in the Senate, on the 2008 campaign and in the White House.
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney.com:
The return of Charlie Hebdo: Magazine gets ready to publish again — If the Charlie Hebdo attackers thought they could eliminate the magazine, they're about to be proven wrong a million times over. — Editors of the Paris-based satirical magazine released the cover of their next issue on Monday night …
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Rachel Donadio / New York Times:
Charlie Hebdo's New Issue Has Muhammad on the Cover
Charlie Hebdo's New Issue Has Muhammad on the Cover
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Peter Moore / YouGov US Opinion Center News:
Free speech more important than protecting religious beliefs
Free speech more important than protecting religious beliefs
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Ben White / Politico:
Elizabeth Warren wins on Antonio Weiss nomination — Antonio Weiss pulls out of Treasury slot; will instead serve as counselor. — NEW YORK — Antonio Weiss, the Wall Street banker who President Barack Obama had picked to be the third-ranking official at the Treasury Department …
David Weigel / Bloomberg Politics:
Not a Single Person Has Donated to Dick Morris's Anti-Hillary Super PAC — Sixteen months ago, to some fanfare, Dick Morris re-entered the anti-Clinton fray with a new PAC. He launched Dick Morris's Just Say No to Hillary PAC, registering it from Tampa. From time to time …
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Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:
James Risen, New York Times Reporter, Will Not Be Called to Testify in Leak Case — WASHINGTON — James Risen, a New York Times reporter, will not be called to testify at a leak trial, lawyers said Monday, ending a seven-year legal fight over whether he could be forced to identify his confidential sources.
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Coralie Febvre / Agence France-Presse:
25,000 attend German anti-Islam march, but counter-protests bigger — Dresden (Germany) (AFP) - A record 25,000 people joined an anti-Islamic march in Germany on Monday, claiming their stance was vindicated by last week's Paris jihadist attacks. — However, the impressive turnout was dwarfed …
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Everett Rosenfeld / CNBC:
FBI investigating Central Command Twitter hack — Centcom Twitter, YouTube accounts hacked — CNBC's Eamon Javers reports on the hack on the Centcom Twitter account. — The Twitter account for U.S. Central Command was hacked on Monday, with pro-ISIS messages plastering the account's profile.
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Randy.Today:
A Peaceful Disclosure - I Am Gay — I have read many stories of people who have “come out again” or accepted they are gay after some time in the ex-gay world. Many of their stories are compelling and well-written. But, sometimes I wish they would get to the point right off the bat.
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Radley Balko / Washington Post:
What Dallas's historically low murder rate can teach us about policing — Here at The Watch, we've praised Dallas Police Chief David Brown and his staff for the department's community-oriented approach to policing, openness and transparency about excessive force, its rejection of law enforcement …
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The Reality-Based Community and NOLA River
The Columbus Dispatch:
Tear gas disperses revelers around campus after Ohio State win — Authorities used tear gas early today to disperse thousands of Buckeye fans on N. High Street along campus celebrating Ohio State's win over Oregon. — Three canisters were used in front of the Ohio Union around 1:15 …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Republicans' inconsistent attacks on Obama's Paris response — There is a certain je ne sais quoi in conservatives' criticism of the Obama administration over last week's terrorist attack in France. — A decade ago, Republicans in Congress were renaming French fries “freedom fries” …
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