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Dylan Byers / Politico:
David Gregory will not host this Sunday's ‘Meet The Press’ — NBC's David Gregory, the subject of a now-popular police investigation, is on vacation and will not host this Sunday's edition of “Meet The Press.” — The Washington Metropolitan Police Department launched an investigation …
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Washington Post:
Police: NBC asked to use high-capacity clip — Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy — During an interview with NRA Chief Wayne LaPierre on “Meet the Press,” David Gregory held up a high-capacity ammunition magazine.
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Cops told NBC not to use gun clip — NBC was told by the Washington, D.C., police that it was “not permissible” to show a high-capacity gun magazine on air before Sunday's “Meet the Press,” according to a statement Wednesday from the cops. — “NBC contacted [the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department] …
Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
The White House's Kent Conrad problem — On Fox News Sunday, Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.), the outgoing chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, made a proposal to solve the “fiscal cliff.” The proposal isn't going anywhere, but its specifics explain something important about the White House's negotiating strategy.
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Rick Manning / Pundits Blog:
Time to be the Speaker — I have a simple plea to John Boehner - be the Speaker. — The Speaker of the House can dictate what spending gets done and what doesn't, if he uses his constitutional powers. — The president can merely sign or reject anything passed by the Congress.
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Norman J. Ornstein / Washington Post:
Look beyond the Capitol for the next speaker
Look beyond the Capitol for the next speaker
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Americans' Optimism Wanes About Averting “Fiscal Cliff”
Americans' Optimism Wanes About Averting “Fiscal Cliff”
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Josh Margolin / New York Post:
Benghazi penalties are bogus — The four officials supposedly out of jobs because of their blunders in the run-up to the deadly Benghazi terror attack remain on the State Department payroll — and will all be back to work soon, The Post has learned. — The highest-ranking official caught …
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Give Chuck a Chance — In case you haven't heard, President Obama is considering appointing Chuck Hagel, a former United States senator from Nebraska and a Purple Heart winner, as the next secretary of defense — and this has triggered a minifirefight among Hagel critics and supporters.
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Robert Wright / The Atlantic Online:
Chuck Hagel Gets His Second Wind
Chuck Hagel Gets His Second Wind
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Ben Armbruster / ThinkProgress:
Bipartisan Group Of Former National Security Advisers Condemn Attacks On Hagel
Bipartisan Group Of Former National Security Advisers Condemn Attacks On Hagel
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Starbucks Coffee Company:
Let's Come Together, America — Posted by Howard S., Starbucks chairman, president and chief executive officer — There are moments in our lives when we have an opportunity to ignite tremendous positive change—not just in the lives of the customers and communities we serve every day, but in our country.
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Lisa Baertlein / Reuters:
Starbucks to use cups to send ‘fiscal cliff’ message to lawmakers
Starbucks to use cups to send ‘fiscal cliff’ message to lawmakers
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Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
FreedomWorks tea party group nearly falls apart in fight between old and new guard — The day after Labor Day, just as campaign season was entering its final frenzy, FreedomWorks, the Washington-based tea party organization, went into free fall. — Richard K. Armey, the group's chairman …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Court punts on recess appointments — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has declined to wade into the issue of whether President Barack Obama had the authority to make four recess appointments earlier this year when the Senate was not officially in recess.
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Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Liberals Panic As They Lose the Gun Narrative — When you argue for a living, you can tell how an argument is going for you. The evidence and my gut both tell me that the liberals have lost control of the gun control narrative. — Not for lack of trying - it was almost as if they were poised …
New York Post:
‘Killing people is what I like best’: Firefighter-slay lunatic's suicide screed — The homicidal maniac who torched his upstate neighborhood and gunned down two responding firefighters in an elaborate ambush left behind a twisted suicide note that revealed his bloodlust, authorities said yesterday.
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Zachary A. Goldfarb / Washington Post:
Democrats push for tax cuts they once opposed — Democrats seeking a deal to avert the year-end “fiscal cliff” are trying to etch into stone the signature economic achievement of Republican President George W. Bush by permanently extending tax cuts enacted during his tenure.
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CNN:
Bush 41 spends Christmas in hospital — (CNN) - Former President George H.W. Bush spent Christmas with his family in a Houston hospital and is in good spirits, though doctors have not yet discussed when he may be released, his spokesman told CNN. — “The president has made very slight improvement …
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