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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
House majority whip Scalise acknowledges speaking at white nationalist event in 2002 — Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.), the House majority whip, acknowledged Monday that he spoke at a gathering hosted by white nationalist leaders while serving as a state representative in 2002 …
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Mediaite and 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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Washington Post:
House Majority Whip Scalise confirms he spoke to white nationalists in 2002 — Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.), the newly elected House majority whip, acknowledged Monday that he spoke at a gathering hosted by white nationalist leaders while serving as a state representative in 2002 …
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Talking Points Memo, RedState and National Review
Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Report: GOP Whip Spoke At White Nationalist Meeting In 2002 — House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) spoke at a 2002 meeting hosted by a white nationalist group, the Washington Post reported Monday. — The Post reported that Scalise “confirmed through an adviser that he once appeared …
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Booman Tribune
New York Times:
Louisiana Congressman Steve Scalise Acknowledges Addressing Racist Group in 2002
Louisiana Congressman Steve Scalise Acknowledges Addressing Racist Group in 2002
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The Huffington Post, Political Wire and msnbc.com
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
No. 3 House Republican leader spoke to white supremacist group
No. 3 House Republican leader spoke to white supremacist group
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Washington Post
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
Dan Friedman / NY Daily News:
Michael Grimm has decided to resign from Congress days after pleading guilty: sources — EXCLUSIVE: The Staten Island Republican, who won reelection in the fall, has decided to vacate his seat after speaking with Rep. John Boehner. — WASHINGTON — Rep. Michael Grimm has decided to resign …
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Politico:
Michael Grimm resignation expected soon — New York GOP Rep. Michael Grimm — who pleaded guilty to a felony tax charge last week — is expected to resign from Congress this week, possibly as early as Tuesday, Republican sources said. — Grimm talked to House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Monday, the sources said.
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Political Wire and Daily Kos
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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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Why Hillary Clinton doesn't need to win the white working class
Why Hillary Clinton doesn't need to win the white working class
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Wall Street Journal and Washington Monthly
Brian Beutler / The New Republic:
Obama Went on the War Path in 2014 Not Just for His Legacy, But Hillary's Too
Obama Went on the War Path in 2014 Not Just for His Legacy, But Hillary's Too
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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Natasha Vargas-Cooper / The Intercept:
Exclusive: Jay, Key Witness from ‘Serial’ Tells His Story for First Time, Part 1 — On Jan. 13, 1999, Hae Min Lee, an 18-year-old high school student from Baltimore, went missing. About a month later, police uncovered her body in a nearby park; an autopsy would later find that she was choked to death.
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Gawker, Raw Story, Business Insider, PopWatch and Mashable
Channel NewsAsia:
LIVE BLOG: Missing AirAsia flight QZ8501 day 3 — The search and locate operations for the missing AirAsia flight QZ8501 continues on day 3, Tuesday (Dec 30). About 30 ships and 15 aircraft have been mobilised for a multi-national search. — PHOTOS
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Mashable, The Daily Banter, Slate and RT
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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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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?
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Obama nominees in doubt — Democrats pushed through dozens in December, but Republicans have all the leverage now. — Democrats are still dancing in the end zone after running up the score on dozens of President Barack Obama's nominees during the lame duck.
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Ted Cruz is billed as a Passover vacation attraction — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, a likely Republican presidential candidate and a vocal pro-Israel hawk, is being advertised as a featured attraction at a string of ritzy resort vacation getaways catering to religious Jews.
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.