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USA Today:
Giffords and Kelly: Fighting gun violence — Our new campaign will launch a national dialogue and raise funds to counter influence of the gun lobby. — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — The children of Sandy Hook deserve our efforts to stop gun violence. — In response to a horrific series …
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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Giffords launches new gun-control initiative — Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) on Tuesday launched a new effort to promote gun control, on the two year anniversary of her shooting at a constituent event in Tucson, Ariz. — In an op-ed in USA Today Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly …
Evan McMorris-Santoro / Talking Points Memo:
The White House Just Set Gun Rights Activists Ablaze — Over the weekend, the Washington Post reported the gun violence task force led by Vice President Biden is considering gun legislation “far broader and more comprehensive...than simply reinstating an expired ban on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition.”
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CANNONFIRE, Washington Post and Townhall.com
Billy Hallowell / TheBlaze.com:
HAVE YOU HEARD THERE WILL BE A ‘GUN APPRECIATION DAY’?
HAVE YOU HEARD THERE WILL BE A ‘GUN APPRECIATION DAY’?
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Strange Bedfellows, BuzzFeed, msnbc.com, Post Politics and The Raw Story
New York Sun:
Hagel and the Jews — A friend and admirer of Senator Hagel called the other day to ask whether we'd ever met the nominee to be secretary of defense. We expressed our regrets that we hadn't. Our friend wanted us to know that Mr. Hagel does not dislike the Jews.
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Right Turn and BuzzFeed
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Lee Enterprises / Lincoln Journal Star:
Exclusive: Hagel says critics distort his views on Israel, Iran
Exclusive: Hagel says critics distort his views on Israel, Iran
Steven Hayward / Power Line:
Hagel the Kyoto-Slayer — So far most of the critical discussion …
Hagel the Kyoto-Slayer — So far most of the critical discussion …
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Right Turn and AEIdeas
Lanny J. Davis / The Hill:
Hagel must address ‘Jewish lobby’ comment
Hagel must address ‘Jewish lobby’ comment
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The Atlantic Wire, Daily Dot, TBogg and Right Turn
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
John Brennan, “Arabist” — By the standards of the Obama administration, John Brennan, its nominee for CIA director, will not be noteworthy for lack of warm feelings towards the State of Israel. In a normal administration, though, he would stand out for this reason.
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Carlo Muñoz / The Hill:
Obama's CIA nominee to face tough questions about ‘enhanced interrogation’ — President Obama's pick to head the CIA could face a rough road to confirmation in the Senate due to his involvement in the “enhanced interrogation” techniques of the George W. Bush administration.
WOWT-TV:
Fast-Food Worker Hours Cut, New Health Care Law Blamed — A fast-food chain is slashing employee hours so franchise owners don't have to pay health benefits. Around 100 local Wendy's workers have learned their hours are being cut. A spokesperson says a new health care law is to blame.
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Rebecca Leber / ThinkProgress:
Wendy's Franchise Cuts Employee Hours To Part-Time To Avoid Obamacare — Not long after the owner of the Olive Garden and Red Lobster chains admitted their anti-Obamacare campaigns hurt more than helped, the owner of a Wendy's franchise in Omaha, Nebraska plans to cut 300 employees' hours …
Carlo Muñoz / The Hill:
'Don't ask, don't tell' dischargees to receive full back pay from DOD — In a landmark settlement, the Pentagon has agreed to give full back pay to U.S. service members who were discharged due to their sexual orientation under the military's “Don't ask, don't tell” policy.
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Windy City / Windy City Media Group:
Former gay servicemembers to get full separation pay
Former gay servicemembers to get full separation pay
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Daily Kos, Advocate, Towleroad News #gay and Joe. My. God.
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Bill Kristol's big plans start with Hagel nomination — In the weeks since Election Day — as Mitt Romney faded into obscurity, John Boehner lost control of the House GOP and tea partiers turned on one another — Bill Kristol has been busy charting the future of the Republican Party.
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Hayes Brown / ThinkProgress:
FLASHBACK: Bill Kristol Wanted Chuck Hagel To Be Vice President
FLASHBACK: Bill Kristol Wanted Chuck Hagel To Be Vice President
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msnbc.com, Salon, PERRspectives and Talking Points Memo
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
AIPAC's Uncertain Role in the Upcoming Hagel Nomination
AIPAC's Uncertain Role in the Upcoming Hagel Nomination
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News Desk, The Daily Caller, Business Insider, Hot Air, ABCNEWS and ABCNEWS
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Most in U.S. Say Politics in Washington Cause Serious Harm — Slight majority optimistic that things will improve over next 10 years — PRINCETON, NJ — More than three-quarters of Americans (77%) say the way politics works in Washington these days is causing serious harm to the United States …
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The Hill, Politico and Mother Jones
Rick Green / Capitol Watch:
State Rep. DebraLee Hovey to Gabby Giffords: Stay Out — State Rep. DebraLee Hovey, who represents Newtown and Monroe, posted this on her public FB page. From Florida. (Note: Hovey removed the post from her public Facebook page on Sunday afternoon). — Giffords visited local officials …
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No More Mister Nice Blog, msnbc.com and Gawker
Wall Street Journal:
Watchdog to Set Loan Rules — The federal government's consumer watchdog plans to unveil new home-lending rules, potentially reshaping the U.S. mortgage market by ushering in more standardization and preventing a return of the exotic loans that powered the housing bubble.
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Calculated Risk
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Politico:
Score begins weekly editions for 2013—NRCC tweaks Dems on $1 trillion coin—McDonald taps McCleary for NYC mayoral campaign—Frank angles for Mass. Senate appointment—Corbett approval rating stays l — (eschultheis@politico.com; Twitter: @emilyrs) and (jhohmann@politico.com; Twitter: @jameshohmann)
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Washington Examiner
Adam Harrington / CBS New York:
New Jersey Senate President: Christie May Have ‘Prayed’ For Sandy To Come — TRENTON, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — New Jersey Senate President Stephen Sweeney (D-Gloucester) said Monday that Gov. Chris Christie might have “prayed” for Superstorm Sandy, because it has provided cover for what Sweeney …
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NO QUARTER USA NET, Gretawire and Ed Driscoll
Ben Geman / The Hill:
Energy Department, EPA nominations may be on tap — Now that President Obama has proposed new national security Cabinet members, the White House may be able to move to the Energy Department and Environmental Protection Agency. — Obama's energy team is going to be remade just like his national security …
Numbers / Pew Research Center for the People …:
Obama Viewed as Fiscal Cliff Victor; Legislation Gets Lukewarm Reception — OVERVIEW — Barack Obama is viewed as the clear political winner in the fiscal cliff negotiations, but the legislation itself gets only a lukewarm reception from the public: As many disapprove as approve …
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Daily Kos, The Hill, Texas on the Potomac, Firedoglake, CNN and Prairie Weather
Al Baker / New York Times:
Teachers Irate as Bloomberg Likens Union to the N.R.A. — Of all the polarizing things Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has said and done over the years, from banning large sugary drinks to supporting congestion pricing, few have generated the sort of viral backlash that has unexpectedly mounted after his weekly radio show on Friday.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, Gothamist and Capital New York
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Ashley Killough / CNN:
Bloomberg: Biden no ‘shrinking violet’ on gun control
Bloomberg: Biden no ‘shrinking violet’ on gun control
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Hot Air and Weasel Zippers