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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Chris Wallace: Establishment groups are threatening to primary House conservatives who oppose Paul Ryan — Via Breitbart, this is the kind of claim that big-media types would sneer at as right-wing propaganda designed to build grassroots opposition to Ryan becoming Speaker ... if it wasn't a big-media type who was reporting it.
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BREITBART.COM, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Fox News and Washington Examiner
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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Latest Unease on Right: Ryan Is Too Far Left — WASHINGTON — Far-right media figures, relatively small in number but potent in their influence, have embarked on a furious Internet expedition to cover Representative Paul D. Ryan in political silt. — In 2012 when Mitt Romney picked Mr. Ryan …
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BREITBART.COM, National Review, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The Week and Hullabaloo
Brian Beutler / New Republic:
The Adults Take the Stage in the Democratic Debate
The Adults Take the Stage in the Democratic Debate
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RedState and Slantpoint
Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Nudes Are Old News at Playboy — Last month, Cory Jones, a top editor at Playboy, went to see its founder Hugh Hefner at the Playboy Mansion. — In a wood-paneled dining room, with Picasso and de Kooning prints on the walls, Mr. Jones nervously presented a radical suggestion: the magazine …
David Freedlander / Bloomberg Business:
Bernie Sanders Isn't Socialist Enough for Many Socialists — The organized left is atwitter with talk of the Vermont senator's candidacy. Much of it is negative. — How to define the political philosophy Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders? — On Meet the Press on Sunday …
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Hillary donors worry: ‘All the energy is with Bernie’
Hillary donors worry: ‘All the energy is with Bernie’
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New York Times and Towleroad
Arit John / Bloomberg Business:
Martin O'Malley Has the Most to Prove and Least to Lose at Tuesday's Debate
Martin O'Malley Has the Most to Prove and Least to Lose at Tuesday's Debate
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Politico and Baltimore Sun
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Democratic Debate Will Reveal Subtle Divides, if Not Wide Gaps — After watching two viscerally divisive debates among the Republican presidential contenders, Americans are about to witness a confrontation by the Democrats that will most likely center on differences of degree, not direction …
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Politico, The Week, Washington Post and OnPolitics
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Sidelined by Democrats, Larry Lessig considers running against them
Sidelined by Democrats, Larry Lessig considers running against them
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BillMoyers.com, Salon, CNN, Liberal Values, New York Times, The Hill and Guardian
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Anderson Cooper prepares ‘pointed questions’ for first Democratic debate
Anderson Cooper prepares ‘pointed questions’ for first Democratic debate
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BizPac Review and Real Clear Politics
New Jersey Online:
Is the Jersey Devil in Galloway Township? | Paranormal Corner — Little Egg Harbor resident Dave Black captured this photo in Galloway. He believes it may be the Jersey Devil. What do you think? (Photo provided by Dave Black) — For more than 200 years, people living …
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Rare, Slantpoint, FOX2now.com, KFOR-TV and Hollywood Life
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Russia and Iran running neck-and-neck in Obama-humiliating sweepstakes — Iran and Russia are competing to see which nation can humiliate President Obama more. Russia got off to a flying start with its intervention in Ukraine and its “assistance” to Obama in the non-enforcement …
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Washington Post, CNN, Front Page Magazine, Wall Street Journal and KQED News
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Michael Crowley / Politico:
Rift in Obama administration over Putin — <p>Vladimir Putin's intervention in Syria is creating new rifts inside an exhausted and in some cases demoralized Obama national security team, where officials pushing for bolder action see the president as stubbornly unwilling to assume new risk …
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Doug Ross
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Top Clinton aide worked on Abu Dhabi project while at State — Hilary Clinton's former chief of staff spent some of her time at the State Department working part time to build a campus for New York University (NYU) in Abu Dhabi. — Cheryl Mills disclosed the details of the special arrangement …
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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
While at State, Clinton chief of staff held job negotiating with Abu Dhabi
While at State, Clinton chief of staff held job negotiating with Abu Dhabi
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Betsy's Page, Daily Mail, Talking Points Memo and Hot Air
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama: Those taking religion seriously are often suspicious of others — President Obama lamented the rancorous, divided state of U.S. politics in a wide-ranging interview with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Marilynne Robinson. — In the unusual discussion, Obama revealed …
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JustOneMinute and Weekly Standard
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Rich Lowry / New York Post:
Dan Rather's Big Lie hits the big screen — There are many things that real people do to become the subject of sympathetic movies. Make a flawless emergency landing in the Hudson River with a disabled jet full of passengers. Survive a devastating storm atop Mt. Everest.
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Power Line and Jewish World Review
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Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:
Hope fades on Obama's vow to bring troops home before presidency ends — In meeting after meeting this spring and summer, President Obama insisted that the last American troops in Afghanistan would return home by the end of his presidency, definitively ending the longest war in American history.
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New York Times and Prairie Weather
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New York Times:
Is the Pentagon Telling the Truth About Afghanistan?
Is the Pentagon Telling the Truth About Afghanistan?
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CNBC, Hot Air and Jihad Watch
Los Angeles Times:
Documents, former players point to Steve Sarkisian's alcohol use at Washington — Steve Sarkisian's strange behavior in the days surrounding high-pressure, high-profile college football games isn't unique to his time at USC. — Some regarded the coach's conduct, specifically the use of alcohol …
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Daily Bruin, CollegeFootballTalk, SBNation.com and The Week
10NEWS:
Florida woman Periscopes while drunk driving — LAKELAND, FL - Lakeland police believe a local woman is lucky to be alive today after going on a drunk driving trip she recorded and broadcast live on her own phone. On Saturday, LPD took in 911 calls about a possible drunk driver using …
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Orlando Sentinel, WFLA-TV, Raw Story, Mashable and Mediaite
Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: Clinton server's software had hacking risk — 1 photo — WASHINGTON (AP) — The private email server running in Hillary Rodham Clinton's home basement when she was secretary of state was connected to the Internet in ways that made it more vulnerable to hackers …
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Political Wire and Fox News
Robert A. Cronkleton / Kansas City Star:
Two firefighters dead after building collapse in Kansas City — Apartment building in 2600 block of Independence Avenue burns, then collapses — Some people rescued from the burning building with ladders … Two firefighters were killed and two hurt after a burning building …
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Associated Press and Slantpoint
Rare:
On Tuesday Rand Paul will become the first candidate to live stream an entire day on the campaign trail — Have you ever wondered what it would be like to hit the campaign trail with a presidential candidate? Typically, only staffers, maybe a few select reporters and the candidate themselves would know.
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Hit & Run, Mashable and The Week
New York Times:
U.S.-Made Weaponry Is Turning Syrian Conflict Into Proxy War With Russia — BEIRUT, Lebanon — Insurgent commanders say that since Russia began air attacks in support of the Syrian government, they are receiving for the first time bountiful supplies of powerful American-made antitank missiles.
Katie Zezima / Washington Post:
Ted Cruz: The military shouldn't be a ‘cauldron for social experiments’ — SAC CITY, Iowa - Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) said Monday that the military's moves to include transgender soldiers in its ranks had shifted its focus away from its core mission. — The military will soon allow transgender soldiers to serve, noted Cruz.
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