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6:15 AM ET, December 22, 2012

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Neetzan Zimmerman / Gawker:
While the NRA Was on TV Talking About the Need for More Guns Some Guy Was Walking Up and Down a Road in Pennsylvania Shooting People  —  The National Rifle Association today held its first press conference since last week's deadly shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary, and the takeaway was clear: We need more guns.
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Washington Post:
Remarks from the NRA press conference on Sandy Hook school shooting, delivered on Dec. 21, 2012 (Transcript)  —  Video: After a week of silence in the wake of the Newtown shootings, the National Rifle Association finally spoke out Friday defending guns and decrying violence.
Charlotte Allen / National Review:
Newtown & My Critics  —  Well, at least no one is calling for my “head on a stick” — but that's probably because Prof. Erik Loomis of the University of Rhode Island is about the only person or entity that hasn't denounced me for pointing out in NRO's Sandy Hook symposium that the school …
Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:
Journalists slam NRA throughout press conference  —  When National Rifle Association Wayne LaPierre leader took the stage on Friday to address the media about last week's elementary school massacre, he made it clear multiple times that the organization has issues with how the press reports on guns.
Wall Street Journal:
NRA Calls for Arms in School  —  Mum on Gun Controls, Powerful Lobby Focuses on Violent Movies and Videogames  —  WASHINGTON—The nation's biggest gun-rights lobby called Friday for placing an armed security guard at every school, as it for the first time entered the re-energized public debate …
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
NRA Blames Everything Except Guns: Outdated Video Games, Hurricanes, And Corporate Media Led To Newtown
Discussion: The BRAD BLOG and Gawker
Melissa Hayes / NorthJersey.com:
Christie: Armed guards won't make schools safer
Discussion: Post Politics and Mediaite
Joe Picard / The Hill:
Despite defeat, Boehner's grip on Speaker's gavel appears secure  —  The House Republican conference didn't deliver the votes to pass Boehner's “Plan B,” sapping his leverage in fiscal cliff negotiations.  —  John Boehner's grip on the Speaker's gavel appears to be secure …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama: 'We're going to have to find some common ground'
Discussion: CNN and Politico
Steve Kornacki / Salon:
The humiliation of John Boehner
John Parkinson / ABCNEWS:
‘God Only Knows’ Fiscal Cliff Solution, Boehner Says
Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:
Boehner Points — Subtly — Toward A Way Forward After Failure Of Plan B
Discussion: Daily Kos
Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Talk radio host Dana Loesch files suit in St. Louis against Breitbart.com  —  • By Robert Patrick rpatrick@post-dispatch.com 314-621-5154  —  ST. LOUIS  • Conservative talk radio host and commentator Dana Loesch sued the owner of the conservative website Breitbart.com Friday …
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BuzzFeed:
Breitbart.com Star Dana Loesch Sues Site  —  Internal tensions erupt.  Loesch seeks $75,000 and her walking papers in a federal lawsuit, below.  —  Source: danaloesch.com  —  The internal disputes roiling the website founded by the late conservative provocateur Andrew Breitbart broke …
David M. Martosko / The Daily Caller:
Former ‘BigJournalism’ star sues Breitbart empire for $75k, demands release from contract  —  In a lawsuit signifying a schism in the house that Andrew Breitbart built, former BigJournalism.com editor Dana Loesch has sued Breitbart.com LLC, claiming the company refused to release her from a contract …
Mike Allen / Politico:
Chuck Hagel apologizes for gay slur  —  Former Sen. Chuck Hagel, seeking to preserve his viability for nomination as secretary of Defense, on Friday issued a strong apology for a gay slur in 1998 that turned some top Democratic activists against his potential selection.
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Julie Pace / Associated Press:
OBAMA NOMINATES KERRY FOR SECRETARY OF STATE
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
James Hormel: I question the sincerity of Chuck Hagel's ‘so-called apology’
Jennifer Rubin / Right Turn:
EXCLUSIVE: Top Republican Senator will oppose Hagel nomination
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Obama Waking Up From Dream of Grand Bargain  —  “Call me a hopeless optimist,” said President Obama at his press conference tonight, in which he pleaded for Republicans to join him in averting the “fiscal cliff,” “but I still think we can get this done.”  —  Okay.  You're a hopeless optimist, President Obama.
ABCNEWS:
Iowa Court: Bosses Can Fire ‘Irresistible’ Workers  —  The Iowa Supreme Court says a dentist did not commit gender discrimination when he fired an attractive female assistant he viewed as a threat to his marriage.  —  The court ruled Friday that a boss can fire an employee he considers an …
Jonathan Easley / Ballot Box:
Scramble is on for Kerry's Senate seat  —  President Obama's nomination of Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) for secretary of State on Friday will set off a mad scramble — particularly among Democrats — to fill the Massachusetts Senate seat in a special election to be held next year.
Discussion: Politico and FiveThirtyEight
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Obama Nominates Kerry for Secretary of State
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama calls Kerry ‘perfect choice’ to succeed Clinton
Discussion: Politico and CNN
Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
The Case For Going Over The Cliff Remains Strong  —  WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 20: U.S. President Barack Obama walks to the White House December 20, 2012 in Washington, DC.  —  I wrote earlier today that I think the failure of Plan B makes a deal more likely than it would have been had the bill passed.
Chris Heath / GQ:
GQ Exclusive!  Ben Affleck on Politics: “Ugly.”  “Toxic.”  “Horrendous.”  “Complete Bullsh-t.”  “I Don't Want To Run For Office.”  —  All this feverish speculation that Ben Affleck is ready to put himself forward as a candidate if John Kerry vacates his senate seat, does it really come from somewhere?
Discussion: ABCNEWS and New York Magazine
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Slate:
How Many People Have Been Killed by Guns Since Newtown?  —  Slate partners with @GunDeaths for an interactive, crowdsourced tally of the toll firearms have taken since Dec. 14.  —  Since the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 14, we at Slate have been wondering …
Monster Hunter Nation:
An opinion on gun control  —  I didn't want to post about this, because frankly, it is exhausting.  I've been having this exact same argument for my entire adult life.  It is not an exaggeration when I say that I know pretty much exactly every single thing an anti-gun person can say.
Discussion: Power Line and Sense of Events
 
 
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Erik Wasson / The Hill:
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Rolling Stone:
Glenn Hubbard, Leading Academic and Mitt Romney Advisor, Took $1200 an Hour to Be Countrywide's Expert Witness
Discussion: Firedoglake
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Marijuana, Not Yet Legal for Californians, Might as Well Be
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