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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.
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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.
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.
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Wjac Web / WJAC-TV:
4 dead in Blair Co. shooting; 3 troopers injured — Sponsored Links — BLAIR COUNTY, Pa. — The Blair County district attorney said that four people, including the alleged gunman, are dead after a series of shootings along a rural road on Friday. — The district attorney …
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Wall Street Journal:
NRA Calls for Arms in School
NRA Calls for Arms in School
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
NRA Blames Everything Except Guns: Outdated Video Games, Hurricanes, And Corporate Media Led To Newtown
NRA Blames Everything Except Guns: Outdated Video Games, Hurricanes, And Corporate Media Led To Newtown
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The BRAD BLOG and Gawker
Melissa Hayes / NorthJersey.com:
Christie: Armed guards won't make schools safer
Christie: Armed guards won't make schools safer
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Post Politics and Mediaite
The Altoona Mirror:
DA: 4 dead, 3 troopers hurt in shootings
DA: 4 dead, 3 troopers hurt in shootings
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CBS Pittsburgh, Mediaite, The Hinterland Gazette and The Raw Story
Steve Kornacki / Salon:
The humiliation of John Boehner — He's powerless, and his own party continues to make him look like a fool. Maybe he'll just walk away — Last night was hardly the first public humiliation that John Boehner has suffered at the hands of his fellow Republicans, but it's probably the most stark.
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama: 'We're going to have to find some common ground' — President Barack Obama urged urged congressional leaders to consider a scaled-back plan to avoid the so-called “fiscal cliff” as he headed to Hawaii for his annual Christmas vacation. — The president said that legislators …
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Politico
John Parkinson / ABCNEWS:
‘God Only Knows’ Fiscal Cliff Solution, Boehner Says
‘God Only Knows’ Fiscal Cliff Solution, Boehner Says
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Joe Picard / The Hill:
Despite defeat, Boehner's grip on Speaker's gavel appears secure
Despite defeat, Boehner's grip on Speaker's gavel appears secure
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The Gateway Pundit
Billy House / NationalJournal.com:
Trouble for Boehner's Speakership?
Trouble for Boehner's Speakership?
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Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:
Boehner Points — Subtly — Toward A Way Forward After Failure Of Plan B
Boehner Points — Subtly — Toward A Way Forward After Failure Of Plan B
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Daily Kos
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Obama Nominates Kerry for Secretary of State — WASHINGTON — President Obama nominated Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts as secretary of state, choosing an elder of the Democratic Party's foreign policy establishment and a crucial political ally in the Senate to succeed Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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Julie Pace / Associated Press:
OBAMA NOMINATES KERRY FOR SECRETARY OF STATE
OBAMA NOMINATES KERRY FOR SECRETARY OF STATE
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Jonathan Easley / Ballot Box:
Scramble is on for Kerry's Senate seat
Scramble is on for Kerry's Senate seat
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Mj Lee / Politico:
Frank not saying ‘no’ to Senate appointment
Frank not saying ‘no’ to Senate appointment
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CNN:
John Kerry will be nominated for secretary of state, official says
John Kerry will be nominated for secretary of state, official says
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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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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
James Hormel: I question the sincerity of Chuck Hagel's ‘so-called apology’
James Hormel: I question the sincerity of Chuck Hagel's ‘so-called apology’
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BuzzFeed, Towleroad News #gay, National Review and Post Politics
Jennifer Rubin / Right Turn:
EXCLUSIVE: Top Republican Senator will oppose Hagel nomination
EXCLUSIVE: Top Republican Senator will oppose Hagel nomination
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Outside the Beltway, Post Politics and Washington Free Beacon
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.
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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.
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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?
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Kylie Atwood / CBS News:
Affleck leaves door open for Senate run
Affleck leaves door open for Senate run
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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 …
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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 …
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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.
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Power Line and Sense of Events
CNN:
Community Resource Officer Called to “Back Lot” — Jefferson County Sheriff's Deputy Neil Gardner soon would complete his second year as the uniformed community resource officer assigned to Columbine High School. Gardner, a 15-year veteran of the Sheriff's Office, normally ate his lunch …
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Hartford Courant:
Michelle Obama's Letter To Newtown: ‘Holding You In Our Hearts’ — Over the past week, we as Americans have been united in our grief as Newtown has laid to rest so many beautiful, innocent children, along with the heroic educators who worked every day to help them achieve their dreams.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Obama uses Clinton's playbook to exploit shooting
Obama uses Clinton's playbook to exploit shooting
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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Marijuana, Not Yet Legal for Californians, Might as Well Be — LOS ANGELES — Let Colorado and Washington be the marijuana trailblazers. Let them struggle with the messy details of what it means to actually legalize the drug. Marijuana is, as a practical matter, already legal in much of California.
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Hit & Run, The Raw Story and The BLT
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 …
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch and The Other McCain