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2:55 PM ET, December 28, 2014

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Stephen Sherrill / GQ:
America's 20 Craziest Politicians  —  How do you feel about facts?  Do you hate them?  Are they super annoying, like science?  Are you frightened of communists, Muslims, and vaginas?  Good news!  This month, America is inaugurating a new class of elected representatives …
Discussion: The PJ Tatler and Power Line
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Kyle Smith / New York Post:
Hey GQ, can't find any crazy Democrats?  Here's 16  —  Photo: Getty Images; AP; WireImage; Getty Images; Getty Images; Reuters  —  In a survey of the “Craziest Politicians of 2014,” GQ had difficulty locating any Democrats.  Seventeen out of 20 on the list were Republicans …
David McCabe / The Hill:
CNN bumps politics to cover missing plane  —  CNN bumped its normal political coverage on Sunday morning to cover the missing AirAsia flight.  —  Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) were both scheduled to appear on the channel's flagship Sunday political talk show …
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and Mediaite
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Associated Press:
AirAsia plane missing with 161 people on board  —  JAKARTA, Indonesia — An AirAsia plane with 161 people aboard lost contact with ground control on Sunday after takeoff from Indonesia on the way to Singapore, and search and rescue operations were underway.  —  The plane lost communication …
Discussion: NBC News and Scared Monkeys
Facebook:
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Reuters:
AirAsia flight carrying 155 people from Indonesia to Singapore missing: officials
RT:
AirAsia flight from Indonesia to Singapore confirmed missing
Discussion: Slantpoint
John Vidal / Observer:
Pope Francis's edict on climate change will anger deniers and US churches  —  Pontiff hopes to inspire action at next year's UN meeting in Paris in December after visits to Philippines and New York  —  He has been called the “superman pope”, and it would be hard to deny that Pope Francis has had a good December.
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John Amato / Latest from Crooks and Liars:   Pope Francis Is Set To Get Tough On Climate Change
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Giuliani urges de Blasio to apologize for police remarks  —  Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani on Sunday rebuked police officers who have turned their backs on Mayor Bill de Blasio but urged his Democratic successor to apologize for remarks that infuriated the police amid searing tension among the department and communities of color.
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
De Blasio Delivers Quiet Eulogy to Crowd of Unfriendly Faces, and Many Backs
Discussion: ABC News, Gothamist and New York Post
Josh Lederman / Associated Press:
Obama: Longest war in US history is ending  —  HONOLULU (AP) — President Barack Obama says the longest war in American history is coming to a responsible conclusion.  —  Obama is welcoming the end of U.S. combat operations in Afghanistan.  The war came to a formal end Sunday with a ceremony in Kabul.
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Associated Press:
U.S. and NATO Formally End War in Afghanistan
Discussion: Gawker and Slantpoint
David Rogers / Politico:
Nothing funny about ‘The Interview’  —  Just when did assassination become a subject for American humor?  —  This is a nation which still mourns Abraham Lincoln, John Kennedy, and Martin Luther King — all assassinated.  It is living through a period of renewed racial violence …
CBS St. Louis:
Ferguson Officer Admits Calling Memorial “A Piece of Trash”  —  FERGUSON (KMOX) - Police public information officer Tim Zoll is on unpaid leave after the city says he did make degrading comments about a memorial to Michael Brown, despite his early denials.  —  The makeshift memorial …
Charles Fishman / The Atlantic Online:
5,200 Days in Space  —  An exploration of life aboard the International Space Station, and the surprising reasons the mission is still worthwhile  —  When humans move to space, we are the aliens, the extraterrestrials.  And so, living in space, the oddness never quite goes away.
Politico:
Can Carter make a defense difference?  —  He will face the likely return of sequestration.  —  Ash Carter faces a double-barreled challenge if he's the next Defense secretary: leading a Pentagon handicapped by a Congress unwilling to go along with military-proposed spending reforms …
Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
A bigger tent?  GOP faces minority challenge  —  Associated Press 1 hr ago  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The faces of the Republican Party's most ambitious members are changing.  —  Long criticized as the party of old white men, the GOP's next class of presidential contenders may include two Hispanic senators …
 
 
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Pope gunman visits late pontiff's tomb
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Pave the rainforests!
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When Will We See a #Millennial Congress?
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Arizona Gov. Brewer leaving legacy of battling Washington
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
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