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Michael C Bender / Bloomberg Politics:
Soldiers Relocate Wedding to Accommodate Obama's Golf Game — Natalie Heimel and her fiancé, Edward Mallue Jr., a pair of captains in the Army, were walking from their wedding rehearsal on Saturday at the 16th tee box at Kaneohe Klipper Golf Course in Hawaii when they were informed …
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Ashley Killough / CNN:
Obama vs. wedding, Round 2 — (CNN) — President Barack Obama apologized to a couple after his golf game in Hawaii forced the bride and groom to relocate their wedding Sunday. — According to a report out from Bloomberg, the couple — both captains in the Army — had previously invited Obama …
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The Gateway Pundit
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton Extend Run as Most Admired — Story Highlights — PRINCETON, N.J. — Americans continue to name Hillary Clinton as the woman living anywhere in the world whom they admire most, and name Barack Obama as the man they admire most.
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Beth Reinhard / Wall Street Journal:
Hillary Clinton Faces Uphill Fight for White, Rural Vote
Hillary Clinton Faces Uphill Fight for White, Rural Vote
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Washington Post, Taylor Marsh, The Daily Caller and Democratic Strategist
New York Post:
‘Traitor’ de Blasio booed at Police Academy graduation — Mayor Bill de Blasio was booed and heckled as he spoke to the city's newest cops Monday morning. — During a graduation ceremony for the latest class of graduates from the Police Academy, audience members shouted “Traitor!” …
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New York Post:
Scared NYPD cops letting minor crimes slide — Officers at slain cop Rafael Ramos' funeral. — With cops on edge following the assassination of two patrol officers on a Brooklyn street, many officers have started turning a blind eye to some minor crimes, sources told The Post …
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Washington Times, Daily Mail, PoliticusUSA, National Review, NBC News, Telegraph, Gothamist and Yahoo! News
Politico:
Steve Scalise office unsure if he spoke to white supremacist group — House Majority Whip Steve Scalise's office cannot definitively say whether he spoke to a white supremacist group in 2002, allegations that surfaced Sunday on a Louisiana blog. — But Scalise's office acknowledged …
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Little Green Footballs
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Lamar White, Jr / cenlamar.com:
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise Was Reportedly an Honored Guest at 2002 International White Supremacist Convention — According to recently uncovered posts on Stormfront, the Internet's oldest and most notorious white nationalist and neo-Nazi forum, the United States House Majority Whip …
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Margaret Talev / Bloomberg Politics:
Five Ways Obama Can Mess with Republicans in 2015 — President Barack Obama knows how to get under Republicans' skin (in so many ways, but in this case we're talking about going around Congress to get things done), and he ended 2014 with a bang: A climate deal with China. Executive action on immigration.
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Washington Monthly
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Josh Lederman / Associated Press:
Obama warns GOP he plans to use veto pen in 2015
Obama warns GOP he plans to use veto pen in 2015
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Hot Air, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The PJ Tatler and Balloon Juice
NPR:
Transcript: President Obama's Full NPR Interview — NPR's wide-ranging interview with President Obama covers recent executive actions on Cuba and immigration, race relations in the U.S., health care, the midterm elections and extending democracy in the Middle East.
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
2014: The Year The Liberal Lies Died — Every single thing liberals say is a lie. No exceptions. — We conservatives always knew it, but 2014 was the year when the rest of America began to understand. And 2014 was the year that Americans had to choose sides - would they stand with the liberal liars or with us conservatives?
Tracybloomktla / KTLA:
2 Police Officers Ambushed, Shot at in ‘Unprovoked Attack’ in South Los Angeles: LAPD — Los Angeles police called off an intense 8-hour manhunt Monday morning that began after two officers were ambushed in an “unprovoked attack” in the Vermont-Slauson neighborhood of South L.A. the previous night.
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BBC:
Mexican female bullfighter Karla de los Angeles gored — Mexican bullfighter Karla de los Angeles has been injured in a bullfight in Mexico City. — Ms de los Angeles was going in for the kill during Sunday's event when the bull tossed her over its head.
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Daily Mail
Pew Research Center:
In late spurt of activity, Congress avoids ‘least productive’ title — With the 113th Congress now in the history books, we conducted a final tally of our nation's legislative productivity — in terms of both total laws passed and of substance. Our calculation finds that the 113th …
Fern Shen / Baltimore Brew:
Episcopal bishop identified as driver in fatal bike crash — BREW EXCLUSIVE: Heather Cook, No. 2 official in the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland, was named in church communication — In an email to the clergy of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland, the Right Rev. Eugene Taylor Sutton …
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
WATCH: Fox Host Wonders If Metric System To Blame For Latest Missing Jet — After another jetliner mysteriously went missing without a trace on Sunday, cable news hosts are yet again filling time by speculating about what could have happened to Air Asia flight QZ8501 over the Java Sea.
Zoe Kleinman / BBC:
Politician's fingerprint ‘cloned from photos’ by hacker — Mr Krissler provided details of his technique at a convention in Hamburg — A member of the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) hacker network claims to have cloned a thumbprint of a German politician by using commercial software and images taken at a news conference.
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Big Think
New York Times:
Playing the Numbers Game With the Obamas' Christmas Vacation — Good morning on the last Monday of the year from Washington, where federal officials are awaiting calls for assistance involving AirAsia Flight 8501, and former Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida, fresh off his announcement that he is exploring …
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OnPolitics, Hot Air and msnbc.com
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
READ: Police Chief Tells Pro-Cop Critic To Respect Protesters In Powerful Letter — Nashville Police Chief Steve Anderson gave the perfect response Friday to a pro-cop resident who criticized his department for going soft on anti-police brutality protesters.
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Tennessean.com and Gawker
Sharona Schwartz / TheBlaze.com:
Here's What Shariah Law Apparently Has to Say About Women's Facebook Passwords — An Islamic preacher says that women who keep their social media and cellphone passwords secret from their husbands are violating shariah law, asserting that husbands are entitled to and must demand to know that information.
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Liberty Unyielding
John Woodrow Cox / Washington Post:
At FedEx Field, Redskins name protesters exchange sharp words with fans — In a year marked by significant moments for opponents of the Washington Redskins mascot, they achieved yet another one on Sunday, this time outside the 79,000-seat cathedral at which the name is most revered and its change most resisted: FedEx Field.
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Slantpoint and ThinkProgress
Lucy McCalmont / Politico:
Charles Koch calls for criminal justice reform — Conservative mega-donor Charles Koch, better known for his support of libertarian and Republican causes, is opening his wallet on an unexpected issue. — Koch, according to a story published Sunday by The Wichita Eagle, plans to increase his efforts on criminal justice reform.
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Addicting Info, CNN, The Huffington Post and Wichita Eagle
Mike / The Los Angeles Review of Books:
On “The New Republic” — FOR A MAGAZINE with a print circulation of just 42,000 (the same as Victorian Homes and BioSupply Trends Quarterly), The New Republic set off a tremendous media storm in December. Owner Chris Hughes's plans for restructuring led to the resignation of nearly all the top editors and writers.
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Hullabaloo, Brad DeLong's Grasping Reality and Corey Robin
BBC:
Debbie Purdy: Right-to-die campaigner dies — Right-to-die campaigner Debbie Purdy, who won a landmark ruling to clarify the law on assisted suicide, has died. — The 51-year-old from Bradford had lived with primary progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) for almost 20 years.
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National Review and Guardian