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De Blasio's nightmare — New York's mayor has lost the police — and maybe much more than that. — Bill de Blasio, like his progressive political idol Barack Obama, is finding out that you can't do the New Politics if you don't pay attention to the old politics.
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No More Mister Nice Blog, The PJ Tatler, Washington Post and Hullabaloo
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New York Times:
Mr. de Blasio's Call for Harmony — First, do no harm. That principle applies to those who command the public's attention at this moment of heightened tension in New York City. — Two families in Brooklyn — and the larger family of New Yorkers and the New York Police Department …
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Daily Kos, CNN, Reason, Washington Post and Crooked Timber
New York Post:
Shamed De Blasio begs New Yorkers to report threats on cops — Anti-cop demonstrators outside City Hall on December, 19. — It took the execution of two cops for Mayor de Blasio to finally denounce violent rhetoric against the NYPD and urge New Yorkers to “call 911” if they suspect someone is planning to attack an officer.
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Power Line, Fox News and The Hugh Hewitt Show
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Dem: Cops should focus on gun control — Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) on Monday said police union leaders should be more focused on keeping guns from the insane than pointing fingers at politicians over the murder of two New York City policemen. — Rangel offered criticism …
Bernard B. Kerik / TIME:
Bernie Kerik: War Is Being Waged on Our Homeland
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City Journal, Fox News Insider and Slantpoint
CNN:
NYC mayor meets with families of slain police officers
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Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
De Blasio, With Bratton by Side, Seeks Balance After 2 Killings
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New York Times:
North Korea Loses Its Link to the Internet — SAN FRANCISCO — A strange thing happened to North Korea's already tenuous link to the Internet on Monday: It stopped. — While perhaps a coincidence, the failure of the country's computer connections began only hours after President Obama declared Friday …
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Sam Biddle / Gawker:
A Lot of Smart People Think North Korea Didn't Hack Sony
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Lucy McCalmont / Politico:
Mitch McConnell: Senate 'didn't do squat for years' — Incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says his biggest challenge will be righting the course of Congress, adding — in a swipe at outgoing Majority Leader Harry Reid — that his own chamber “basically didn't do squat for years.”
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Mitch McConnell's New Senate Goal: Turn Republican Dial to Yes
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Political Wire
Richard Cowan / Reuters:
Exclusive: Senate Republican leader McConnell opposes Obama on Cuba
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Capitol Hill Cubans and Slantpoint
John Marzulli / NY Daily News:
Rep. Michael Grimm to plead guilty to felony count of tax evasion, sources say — The Staten Island Republican was charged in a 20-count indictment with hiding more than $1 million in income and wages at a Manhattan restaurant he co-owned — Rep. Michael Grimm will plead guilty on Tuesday …
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David Weigel / Bloomberg.com:
Republicans Block Reappointment of CBO Chief Doug Elmendorf — (Bloomberg) — Incoming Republican leaders in Congress won't reappoint Doug Elmendorf to another term as head of the Congressional Budget Office, according to a party aide briefed on the decision.
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Political Wire and Talking Points Memo
CBS News:
How do Americans feel about reestablishing relations with Cuba? — Shares - — In the wake of President Obama's surprise announcement of an agreement to normalize diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cuba, 54 percent of Americans approve of reestablishing both diplomatic …
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Bloomberg Politics, Hot Air, PoliticusUSA and New York Times
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Supreme Court to hear ObamaCare subsidy challenge in March — The highly anticipated case challenging ObamaCare's subsidies will officially reach the Supreme Court on March 4. — Justices will hear arguments in King v. Burwell in just under three months, according to the court's schedule posted Monday afternoon.
Rod Nordland / New York Times:
Taliban Push Into Afghan Districts That U.S. Had Secured — LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan — In a large swath of the Taliban heartland in southern Afghanistan, government centers are facing a long-dormant concern this winter: Four years after the American troop surge helped make such places relatively secure …
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Weekly Standard, Hot Air and Prairie Weather
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Third-Quarter GDP Revised Up to 5.0% Growth — WASHINGTON—The U.S. economy posted its strongest growth in more than a decade during the third quarter, supported by robust consumer spending and business investment. — Gross domestic product, the broadest measure of goods …
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Mediaite, Political Wire and U.S. Bureau …
Nealjriley / CBS Boston:
Chicopee Man Faces Charges For ‘Put Wings On Pigs’ Facebook Post — CHICOPEE (CBS/AP) — A Chicopee man is facing charges after posting “Put Wings on Pigs” to Facebook, police say. — Chicopee police said Monday that local residents alerted them to the “very disturbing post” by 27-year-old Charles DiRosa.
Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Joe Cocker, Raspy-Voiced Rock Star With Distinctive Moves, Is Dead at 70 — Joe Cocker, the gravelly British singer who became one of pop's most recognizable interpreters in the late 1960s and ‘70s with passionate, idiosyncratic takes on songs like the Beatles’ “With a Little Help From My Friends …
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Outside the Beltway, Ultimate Classic Rock and Power Line
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Jason Koebler / Motherboard:
Sony Threatens to Sue Twitter Unless It Removes Tweets Containing Hacked Emails — Sony's battle on people disseminating its hacked and leaked emails has extended from news outlets to random Twitter users to, now, Twitter itself. Sony's lawyer has threatened Twitter with legal action …
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The Hill, Engadget, The Verge and VentureBeat, more at Mediagazer »
Patrick Howley / The Daily Caller:
BOMBSHELL REPORT: IRS Targeted ‘Icky’ Conservative Groups — Top IRS officials specifically targeted tea party groups and misled the public about its secret political targeting program led by ex-official Lois Lerner, according to a bombshell new congressional report.
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CNN, Power Line, Ed Driscoll and Washington Examiner
Jim Finkle / Reuters:
Apple pushes first ever automated security update to Mac users — (Reuters) - Apple Inc has pushed out its first-ever automated security update to Macintosh computers to help defend against newly identified bugs that security researchers have warned could enable hackers to gain remote control of machines.
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The Verge, VentureBeat, Mashable and Engadget
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