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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 …
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Eliza Collins / Politico:
Gillibrand: I bet Biden will run for president — <p>Joe Biden may be noticeably missing from the Democratic debate in Las Vegas Tuesday night, but Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is betting the vice president will get into the 2016 race eventually. </p><p>"If I was a betting woman, I'd say he would.
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Democratic Debate Will Reveal Subtle Divides, if Not Wide Gaps
Democratic Debate Will Reveal Subtle Divides, if Not Wide Gaps
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Politico, The Week, Washington Post and OnPolitics
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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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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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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Brian Beutler / New Republic:
The Adults Take the Stage in the Democratic Debate — It may be boring compared to the Trump Show, but the contrast will be striking — Relative to the two Republican presidential primary debates already behind us, Tuesday night's Democratic primary debate is expected to draw a modest TV audience.
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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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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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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
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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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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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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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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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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Is the Pentagon Telling the Truth About Afghanistan?
Is the Pentagon Telling the Truth About Afghanistan?
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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
Sundance / The Last Refuge:
Busted ! CNN Uses Jeb Bush Staffer Planted In Audience To Frame Donald Trump Narrative/Hit Job.... During an appearance at a Jon Huntsman “No Labels” event, a female audience member named Lauren Batchelder played the role of a female antagonist toward candidate Donald Trump.
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Michael Kinsley / Vanity Fair:
The Serious Problem with Treating Donald Trump Seriously
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.
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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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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Annie Karni / Politico:
A ‘Cancer’ on the Clinton Candidacy — <p>Halfway through her long and humbling summer, Hillary Clinton ran into an old friend who wanted to know how she was bearing up under the pressure of near-daily revelations about the use of her private email server during her time in the State Department.