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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 …
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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 …
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Washington Monthly and Hot Air
David Cohen / Politico:
Obama marks Afghanistan milestone — President Barack Obama on Sunday praised the official end of the 13-year U.S. combat mission in Afghanistan, offering his remarks to coincide with a handover ceremony there. — “On this day,” Obama said in a statement, “we give thanks to our troops …
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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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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 …
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Associated Press:
AirAsia plane missing with 161 people on board
AirAsia plane missing with 161 people on board
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Facebook:
[News Update] AIRASIA INDONESIA FLIGHT QZ8501
[News Update] AIRASIA INDONESIA FLIGHT QZ8501
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CNN:
AirAsia plane loses contact with traffic control in Indonesia
AirAsia plane loses contact with traffic control in Indonesia
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Business Insider and The Daily Caller
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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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
De Blasio Delivers Quiet Eulogy to Crowd of Unfriendly Faces, and Many Backs
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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 …
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Jyoti Thottam / Al Jazeera America:
The Year in Ebola: How to stop the next outbreak — After 2014's epidemic devastated West Africa, the need for investing in health infrastructure is clear — On Dec. 28, 2013, a one-year-old boy named Emile Ouamouno died of Ebola in Meliandou, Guinea. After Emile died — he was the …
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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:
GOP puts up a bigger tent for minority challenge — 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 …