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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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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
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
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
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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Salon, CNN, Liberal Values, New York Times and The Hill
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
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 …
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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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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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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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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New York Times:
Is the Pentagon Telling the Truth About Afghanistan? — New data from the United Nations on the military advances by a resurgent Taliban is alarming for what it says about the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan — and what it suggests about the American military's honesty about what is happening there.
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CNBC, Hot Air and Jihad Watch
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Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:
Hope fades on Obama's vow to bring troops home before presidency ends
Hope fades on Obama's vow to bring troops home before presidency ends
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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
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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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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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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Jonathan Rauch / The Atlantic:
Amateurs in the Oval Office … The presidency, it's often said, is a job for which everyone arrives unprepared. But just how unprepared is unprepared enough? — Political handicappers weigh presidential candidates' partisanship, ideology, money, endorsements, consultants, and, of course, experience.
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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Rebecca Ford / Hollywood Reporter:
Volkswagen Scandal Movie in the Works From Paramount, Leonardo DiCaprio — The film will be based on a proposal for a book by Jack Ewing. — The Volkswagen scandal is heading to the big screen. — Paramount and Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way have acquired the rights to a book proposal by Jack Ewing.
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