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Steve Scalise / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
‘I detest any kind of hate group’ — Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise said he doesn't support “any of the things I read about” a white supremacist group that organized an event at which Scalise appeared in 2002. — In an exclusive interview Monday with NOLA.com |
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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 …
Washington Post:
House Majority Whip Scalise confirms he spoke to white nationalists in 2002 — Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.), the House majority whip, acknowledged Monday that he spoke at a gathering hosted by white-supremacist leaders while serving as a state representative in 2002, thrusting a racial controversy …
Bill Clark / Roll Call:
What Scalise and Vitter Told Roll Call About David Duke in 1999
What Scalise and Vitter Told Roll Call About David Duke in 1999
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Daily Kos, Slantpoint, RedState and Little Green Footballs
Matt Sledge / The Huffington Post:
Majority Whip Steve Scalise Struggles To Distance Himself From David Duke
Majority Whip Steve Scalise Struggles To Distance Himself From David Duke
Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Report: GOP Whip Spoke At White Nationalist Meeting In 2002
Report: GOP Whip Spoke At White Nationalist Meeting In 2002
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Washington Post and Booman Tribune
New York Times:
Representative Steve Scalise of Louisiana Acknowledges Addressing Racist Group in 2002
Representative Steve Scalise of Louisiana Acknowledges Addressing Racist Group in 2002
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The Huffington Post
Politico:
Steve Scalise's office: Likely he spoke to white supremacist group
Steve Scalise's office: Likely he spoke to white supremacist group
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msnbc.com and Hinterland Gazette
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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Bloomberg Politics, ABC News, Washington Post, NPR, The PJ Tatler and Wall Street Journal
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.
Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
Michael Grimm, in a Reversal, Will Resign From Congress
Michael Grimm, in a Reversal, Will Resign From Congress
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Outside the Beltway and Balloon Juice
New York Times:
Police Respect Squandered in Attacks on de Blasio — Mayor Bill de Blasio has spent weeks expressing his respect and admiration for the New York Police Department, while calling for unity in these difficult days, but the message doesn't seem to be sinking in.
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BillMoyers.com, Mediaite, The Huffington Post and Gothamist
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New York Post:
Arrests plummet following execution of cops — It's not a slowdown — it's a virtual work stoppage. — NYPD traffic tickets and summonses for minor offenses have dropped off by a staggering 94 percent following the execution of two cops — as officers feel betrayed by the mayor and fear for their safety, The Post has learned.
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Mediaite and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Fox News:
At least 40 bodies, debris found in search for missing AirAsia plane — At least 40 bodies have been found in the area where AirAsia Flight 8501 last made contact with air traffic controllers, along with debris from the plane. — The bodies were found in the Java Sea about six miles from the plane's last known point of contact.
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, CNN, The Huffington Post, Scared Monkeys and ABC News
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abc7.com:
Autopsy reveals Ezell Ford was shot in arm, back, abdomen — An autopsy report, released on Monday, revealed Ezell Ford was shot three times: in the right arm, right back and right abdomen. — The report was made public more than four months after Ford, 25, was fatally shot by LAPD officers …
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Talking Points Memo
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Tal Kopan / Politico:
FBI briefed on alternate Sony hack theory — FBI agents investigating the Sony Pictures hack were briefed Monday by a security firm that says its research points to laid-off Sony staff, not North Korea, as the perpetrator — another example of the continuing whodunit blame game around the devastating attack.
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Lawfare and Firedoglake
Caitlin Emma / Politico:
Testing under fire — Republicans may consider slashing the number of federally required tests. — Republicans on the Hill are finding unusual common ground with teachers unions about an overthrow of the annual testing mandate embedded in No Child Left Behind.
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Hullabaloo
Suzanne Daley / New York Times:
Greek Patience With Austerity Nears Its Limit — NEA IONIA, Greece — Alexandra Nikolovieni, 55, lost her job escorting young children on a school bus four years ago and has not been able to find another one since. To help financially, her daughter and her son-in-law, who have two children, moved into her house.
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Eschaton and Lawyers, Guns & Money
New York Times:
U.S. Said to Investigate Sheldon Silver, New York Assembly Speaker, Over Payments — Federal authorities are investigating substantial payments made to the State Assembly speaker, Sheldon Silver, by a small law firm that seeks real estate tax reductions for commercial and residential properties …
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Wall Street Journal, Gothamist, Gawker, Slantpoint and The PJ Tatler
Politico:
2015, the year the GOP strikes back at Obama food policies — The Obama administration is becoming increasingly involved in what Americans put on their dinner plates and in their cereal bowls, from requiring school children to be served fruit to eliminating trans fats in doughnuts.
Allie Grasgreen / Politico:
Colleges: Game plan set for student, faculty travel to Ebola-affected regions — It's the most wonderful time of the year on college campuses, as finals conclude and students and faculty flock home for the holidays. But when their destination involves Ebola-stricken nations, things get a little more complicated.
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Why Hillary Clinton doesn't need to win the white working class — Few questions in American political debate recur with the regularity of this one: Can Democrats win the white working class? — As soon as it's time to start contemplating the next election, commentators begin to ask this question …
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Wall Street Journal, Taylor Marsh, Washington Monthly and The Daily Caller
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