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Rolling Stone and UVA: The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Report — A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR: Last November, we published a story, ‘A Rape on Campus’ [RS 1223], that centered around a University of Virginia student's horrifying account of her alleged gang rape at a campus fraternity house.

Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:

Rolling Stone Article on Rape at University of Virginia Failed All Basics, Report Says — Rolling Stone magazine retracted its article about a brutal gang rape at a University of Virginia fraternity after the release of a report on Sunday that concluded the widely discredited piece was the result …

New York Times:

Statement From Writer of Rolling Stone Rape Article, Sabrina Erdely — Sabrina Rubin Erdely, the author of a now-discredited article in Rolling Stone magazine about a rape at a University of Virginia fraternity, issued this statement: — “The past few months, since my Rolling Stone article …

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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Rolling Stone's Rape Hoax: Why Did It Happen?

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CNNMoney:
Major ‘failures’ found in Rolling Stone's ‘A Rape on Campus’

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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:

Jeb Bush's Deep Ties to Hispanics Show Even in Voter Form — In a 2009 voter-registration application, obtained from the Miami-Dade County Elections Department, Jeb Bush said he was Hispanic.Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images — There is little doubt that Jeb Bush possesses strong credentials for appealing to Hispanic voters.

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New York Times:

Jeb Bush's 2009 Voter-Registration Application — Florida state law requires signatures, social security numbers and driver's license numbers to be redacted from voter-registration applications before being released. The New York Times separately redacted Mr. Bush's telephone number and address information as a courtesy.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Hot Air, New York Magazine, The Huffington Post and Political Wire

Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:

The Obama Doctrine and Iran — President Obama talks with Thomas L. Friedman about the calculations that informed the Iran nuclear framework and what they say about his overall approach to foreign policy. — April 5, 2015. Photo by Todd Heisler/The New York Times. — In September 1996, I visited Iran.

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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:

Paul seeks Republican revolution — Sen. Rand Paul wants to change the GOP from the inside by becoming the party's standard-bearer in 2016. — The Kentucky Republican poised to launch a presidential bid on Tuesday thinks he can capture the Oval Office prize that eluded his father by pulling the GOP in a more libertarian direction.

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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Rand Paul's first tech test

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Washington Post:
Rand Paul seems to stray from libertarian roots as he courts GOP base

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George Packer / New Yorker:

Mute Button — One morning last week, as Washiqur Rahman, a shy, boyish-looking twenty-six-year-old Bangladeshi, left his house in Dhaka and started walking to the travel agency where he worked, three men set upon him with machetes and hacked him to death. The blows rendered his face unrecognizable.

Discussion: Althouse

Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:

Federal report: Vegan diet best for planet — A federal panel that helps set federal dietary guidelines is recommending Americans eat less meat because it's better for the environment, sparking outrage from industry groups representing the nation's purveyors of beef, pork and poultry.

Mike Allen / Politico:

EXCLUSIVE: Rand Paul's slogan, themes - MIKE BLOOMBERG gives his theory of philanthropy — ‘THE RESIDENCE’: Hillary fury, and love of mocha cake — B'DAY: Scott Reed, Glenn Thrush, Ron Brownstein — By Mike Allen (@mikeallen; mallen@politico.com), with Daniel Lippman (@dlippman; dlippman@politico.com)

Lauren French / Politico:

The center-right fights back — American Action Network launches campaign backing House leaders against the right. — The center-right is putting more money into the game — and taking fresh aim at the conservatives bent on dragging the House to the right.

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News

John Fund / National Review:

Smash the ‘Bamboo Ceiling’ of Racial Quotas — One Indian American says he overcame anti-Asian bias and got into med school by claiming he was black. — A group of Asian-American students has filed suit against Harvard's admissions policy, charging that it seeks to limit the number …

Discussion: Raw Story, New York Post and The Daily Caller

Juan Williams / The Hill:

What Reid got right — Let Republicans now praise Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.). — Since there is silence, let me help. — Sen. Mitch McConnell (R- Ky.), the new Senate Majority Leader, famously promised that once he won control of the Senate, the good old days would return — not just for his party, but for the institution.