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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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TMZ.com:
‘Meet the Press’ Got the Green Light for Magazine Demo with David Gregory — For Magazine Demo — EXCLUSIVE — An official from the D.C. police told a member of the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives that David Gregory COULD display a high capacity magazine on “Meet the Press” Sunday ... TMZ has learned.
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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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Dana Bash / CNN:
Source: Reid looking for votes on fiscal cliff package — Washington (CNN) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, in conjunction with the White House, is working to see if the scaled back fiscal cliff package President Barack Obama laid out last week can get through Congress before December 31st.
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Rick Manning / Pundits Blog:
Time to be the Speaker — I have a simple plea to John Boehner - be the Speaker.
Time to be the Speaker — I have a simple plea to John Boehner - be the Speaker.
Luke Johnson / The Huffington Post:
Timothy Geithner: Debt Limit Will Be Reached December 31
Timothy Geithner: Debt Limit Will Be Reached December 31
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Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Treasury Secretary: U.S. To Hit Debt Ceiling On Monday
Treasury Secretary: U.S. To Hit Debt Ceiling On Monday
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Derrick DePledge / Honolulu Star-Advertiser:
Schatz picked by Abercrombie to replace Inouye in U.S. Senate — Gov. Neil Abercrombie today selected Lt. Gov. Brian Schatz to replace the late U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye in the Senate. — Schatz, 40, said he will fly to Washington tonight and be sworn in Thursday so he can participate …
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Sarah Parnass / ABCNEWS:
Hawaii Gov. Names Sen. Inouye Replacement — A supporter congratulates then-Lt. Gov.-elect Brian Schatz, center, as his wife Linda looks on at the Neil Abercrombie-Brian Schatz Hawaii governor's post election party in Honolulu, Nov. 3, 2010. Schatz was appointed by Gov. Neil Abercrombie …
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Keoki Kerr / Hawaii News Now:
Dems choose Hanabusa, Kiaaina, Schatz as finalists for Inouye Senate seat
Dems choose Hanabusa, Kiaaina, Schatz as finalists for Inouye Senate seat
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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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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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Erin Mulvaney / Houston Chronicle:
Ex-President Bush in guarded condition in ICU with elevated fever — Former President George H.W. Bush was in the intensive care unit of a Houston hospital Wednesday night battling a fever, his spokesman said. — The 41st president has been at Methodist hospital for more than a month now.
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Bush 41 spends Christmas in hospital
Bush 41 spends Christmas in hospital
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Robert Wright / The Atlantic Online:
Chuck Hagel Gets His Second Wind — Tom Friedman, in this morning's New York Times, endorses Chuck Hagel for secretary of defense. Friedman finds it “disgusting” that Hagel has been “smeared as an Israel hater at best” by his detractors (some neoconservatives).
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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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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 …
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Kristinn Taylor / BREITBART.COM:
PSY CHRISTMAS SHOW BOMBS — The 31st annual “Christmas in Washington” concert on TNT December 21 suffered a dramatic 25 percent loss in viewers from the previous year, according to Nielsen Media Research. The 2011 cablecast of “Christmas in Washington” drew 1.5 million viewers.
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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
A cost savings everyone should endorse — The cliff talks have disintegrated, victim of the Crazy Caucus also known as the Republican House. But eventually they will resume, and with them discussion of a way to raise billions in tax revenue — an approach on which House Speaker John Boehner …
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Los Angeles Times:
Boy Scout files on suspected abuse published by The Times — Viewable online: about 1,200 previously unpublished files kept by the Boy Scouts of America on volunteers and employees expelled for suspected sexual abuse. — In this June 14, 2012, file photo, attorney Kelly Clark speaks …
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