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McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Whisper Campaigns And “Zipper Problems”: How Jeb Bush's Allies Tried — And Failed — To Stop Marco Rubio — On the night of the 2010 midterm elections, a portly, silver-haired Jeb Bush stood on a stage in the courtyard of Miami's luxe Biltmore Hotel, appearing to choke back tears.
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
As Cruz gains, GOP senators rally for Rubio — Ted Cruz has built his Senate career and presidential campaign on his willingness to stick it to the Republican establishment. And now that he's gaining momentum in the primary, his many GOP nemeses in Congress are returning the favor by quietly coalescing behind Marco Rubio.
Glenn Thrush / Politico:
5 takes on 2016 as the campaign kicks into high gear
5 takes on 2016 as the campaign kicks into high gear
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Common Dreams, Slantpoint, Hit & Run and Bloomberg.com news
Herman Cain / Best of Cain:
Politics: Hey Jeb: Before you talk about my ‘fall,’ try getting as far as I got
Politics: Hey Jeb: Before you talk about my ‘fall,’ try getting as far as I got
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Politico and OnPolitics
Alice Ollstein / ThinkProgress:
Black Pastors Rail Against Closed-Door Meeting With Trump, Citing Racist Language And Incitement — Dozens of African American pastors gathered behind closed doors with GOP frontrunner Donald Trump at his office in New York City on Monday. The Trump campaign originally told press the pastors …
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Donald Trump's Big Endorsement Event Quietly Becomes a Private Meeting
Donald Trump's Big Endorsement Event Quietly Becomes a Private Meeting
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Washington Post, Politico, Associated Press, Reuters, Daily Kos, Mediaite, The Daily Beast, The Week and Towleroad
Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune:
1 in custody in threat at University of Chicago linked to Laquan McDonald shooting — University of Chicago security officers patrol the Hyde Park campus quad on Nov. 30, 2015. … An online threat to kill 16 white male students or staff in retaliation for the shooting of Laquan McDonald forced …
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Vanessa Friedman / New York Times:
The 2016 Pirelli Calendar May Signal a Cultural Shift — When Agnes Gund, the 77-year-old philanthropist and president emerita of the Museum of Modern Art, got the call, she thought: “That's odd. What's that got to do with someone like me?” — When Fran Lebowitz, the 65-year-old author …
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Jezebel and The Frisky
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Christina Cauterucci / Slate:
Amy Schumer and Serena Williams' Nude Photoshoot Is a Big Middle Finger to Trolls — For more than half a century, Italian tire maker Pirelli has released an annual calendar full of photos of supermodels in pin-up poses wearing skimpy lingerie or nothing at all.
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New York's PIX11
Irin Carmon / MSNBC:
Abortion opponents defend their movement after Colorado shooting — In the wake of Friday's deadly shooting at a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood clinic, groups that oppose abortion are defending themselves against the charge that their rhetoric helped inspire the killer.
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Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
GOP chairwoman defends abortion probe after Planned Parenthood shootings
GOP chairwoman defends abortion probe after Planned Parenthood shootings
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Politico and PoliticusUSA
Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Obamacare repeal may finally land on Obama's desk — Republicans are closer than ever to putting a repeal of Obamacare on the president's desk. — After an all-out effort by emissaries and allies of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell over the past two weeks to woo skeptical GOP senators …
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New York Times:
Obama and World Leaders Open Paris Climate Talks, Seeking a Deal — LE BOURGET, France — The largest gathering of world leaders in history on Monday began a multinational effort toward forging what many called the planet's last, best hope to stave off the worst consequences of climate change.
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Obama casts climate talks as world's last best chance
Obama casts climate talks as world's last best chance
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The Hill, ThinkProgress, Breitbart and Independent Journal
Nick Stockton / Wired:
The Paris Climate Talks Will Emit 300,000 Tons of CO2, by Our Math. Hope It's Worth It
The Paris Climate Talks Will Emit 300,000 Tons of CO2, by Our Math. Hope It's Worth It
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The Daily Caller, Infowars and American Spectator
New York Times:
Sheldon Silver, Ex-New York Assembly Speaker, Is Found Guilty on All Counts — Sheldon Silver, an assemblyman who rose from the Lower East Side of Manhattan to become one of New York State's most powerful politicians, was found guilty on Monday in a federal corruption trial …
Walker Bragman / Salon:
More like Reagan than FDR: I'm a millennial and I'll never vote for Hillary Clinton — I never thought I'd be encouraging people to not vote for the Democratic nominee for president. But I am — I am a 27-year-old, politically active, progressive millennial voter.
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Independent Journal
Associated Press:
Clinton opened State Department office to dozens of corporate donors, Dem fundraisers — WASHINGTON - As secretary of state, Hillary Rodham Clinton opened her office to dozens of influential Democratic party fundraisers, former Clinton administration and campaign loyalists …
Spiegel Online:
Ex-US Intelligence Chief on Islamic State's Rise: — ‘We Were Too Dumb’ — Interview Conducted By Matthias Gebauer and Holger Stark — Without the Iraq war, Islamic State wouldn't exist today, former US special forces chief Mike Flynn openly admits. In an interview …
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Raw Story, Slantpoint, Common Dreams and Sputnik International
William Saletan / Slate:
Forget Syria. The most dangerous religious extremists are migrants from North and South Carolina. — Another terrorist attack. Another grim tally of the dead and wounded. Another killer full of hate, from a land that breeds such men. Like millions of migrants before him, the perpetrator crossed the border unchallenged.
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New York Times, Daily Kos, Mediaite and Wall Street Journal
Devin Henry / The Hill:
White House presses GOP on ISIS — The White House is pushing congressional Republicans to formally authorize military action against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and institute new rules to prevent terrorism in the United States. — The press comes in the wake …
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Politico, Talking Points Memo and ABC News
Josh Blackman / Josh Blackman's Blog:
Posner: The 14th Amendment is “Old, Cryptic, or Vague.” But What About Article III? — The Yale Journal asked Judge Richard Posner to re-review William Eskridge's 1996 Book, The Case for Same-Sex Marriage. In his initial review in 1997, Posner rejected the right to same-sex marriage as a constitutional matter.
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Washington Post and Instapundit
Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune:
State sues prisoners to pay for their room, board — Melvin Moore is a paroled inmate being sued by the Illinois Department of Corrections to recoup the costs of incarceration. … The $31,690 Johnny Melton received to settle a lawsuit over his mother's death was going to help him start life anew after prison.
Alissa Scheller / The Huffington Post:
2 Degrees Will Change The World — More Floods, More Drought Inevitable. How Bad Do We Want It To Get? — World leaders are meeting in Paris this month in what amounts to a last-ditch effort to avert the worst ravages of climate change. Climatologists now say that the best case scenario …
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Slantpoint
Daniel Bates For / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Juror in the Jodi Arias trial fell in love with murderess and held out against the death penalty, claims prosecutor - who also discloses she had knives, condoms and a gun in her car — Juan Martinez led case against Jodi Arias through trial and two death penalty hearings when ended in her escaping capital punishment
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