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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Sean Hannity Wants Boehner Out As Speaker After Scalise Revelations — Fox News host Sean Hannity wants Rep. Trey Gowdy to challenge John Boehner for Speaker of the House, but the South Carolina Republican says he isn't interested. — Hannity made his thoughts known in a pair of emails …
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Betsy Woodruff / Slate:
Did House Majority Whip Steve Scalise admit to speaking at a white supremacist event he never attended? — Rep. Steve Scalise may have just ineptly admitted to speaking at a white supremacist event that eyewitnesses say he never attended. Two event attendees say it's factually inaccurate …
New York Times:
When New York City Police Walk Off the Job — Many members of the New York Police Department are furious at Mayor Bill de Blasio and, by extension, the city that elected him. They have expressed this anger with a solidarity tantrum, repeatedly turning their backs to show their collective contempt.
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Jana Winter / The Intercept:
Sony Hackers Threaten U.S. News Media Organization — The hackers who infiltrated Sony Pictures Entertainment's computer servers have threatened to attack an American news media organization, according to an FBI bulletin obtained by The Intercept. — The threat against the unnamed news organization …
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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
FBI: Sony hackers threaten CNN in online message — An American news organization was recently threatened by a group of hackers who wreaked havoc on the computer network of Sony Pictures Entertainment in retaliation to a once-forthcoming film on North Korea, according to federal investigators.
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Gawker and The Dish, more at Mediagazer »
Terrence McCoy / Washington Post:
The inside story of how an Idaho toddler shot his mom at Wal-Mart — Veronica Rutledge and her husband loved everything about guns. They practiced at shooting ranges. They hunted. And both of them, relatives and friends say, had permits to carry concealed firearms.
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Spokesman.com, Ethics Alarms, Christian Science Monitor, Daily Mail, Raw Story and New York Times
Kevin Cirilli / The Hill:
Pope Francis splits with GOP — Pope Francis is increasingly driving a wedge between conservatives and the Catholic Church. — The magnetic pope has sparked new enthusiasm around the world for the church and has flexed his political muscles internationally, most recently by helping …
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Ron Boehmer / Governor O'Malley's Blog:
Governor O'Malley Issues Statement on the Four Remaining Inmates Sentenced to Death in Maryland — ANNAPOLIS, MD - Governor O'Malley today issued the following statement on the sentences of the four remaining inmates sentenced to death in Maryland:
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Maryland has no authority to execute its death-row inmates, attorney general says
Maryland has no authority to execute its death-row inmates, attorney general says
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WTOP, ThinkProgress, The Huffington Post and Bloomberg Politics
Hudson Hongo / Gawker:
Dumb Fox News Hashtag Generates Predictably Sarcastic Replies — On Tuesday, the account for 19th-century opinion program Fox & Friends asked Twitter users what stuff from 2014 they were “over,” kicking things off with the above (apparently un-ironic) image and the hashtag #OverIt2014.
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J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
Who Is Lena Dunham's Alleged Rapist? — Since its publication this fall, Lena Dunham's bestselling essay collection, Not That Kind of Girl, has inspired her fans and offered a different kind of inspiration to her foes. The right-wing press, in particular, has taken Dunham's discursive set …
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Alex Griswold / The Daily Caller:
Gawker Thinks They Found Lena Dunham's Alleged Rapist... And He's A Democrat
Gawker Thinks They Found Lena Dunham's Alleged Rapist... And He's A Democrat
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Hit & Run, RedState, The Other McCain and Ed Driscoll
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
A Year of Liberal Double Standards — Many conservatives finished the year angry about the same thing they were angry about at the beginning of the year: liberal double standards. — As I write this, GOP House whip Steve Scalise is in hot water over reports that he spoke to a group of racist poltroons in Louisiana twelve years ago.
Jonathon M. Seidl / TheBlaze.com:
Little Hellion Goes on Over Three-Minute Rampage Terrorizing a Store — Until One Person Gets Fed up and Does the Right Thing — It lasted over three minutes and didn't end until a bystander got fed up and decided to step in. — That's the scene that unfolded in a YouTube video going wild …
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Slantpoint and TPNN
Associated Press:
US releases 5 more Guantanamo Bay prisoners, sends them to Kazakhstan — The exterior of Camp Delta is seen at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay. (Reuters) — MIAMI - Five men who were held for a dozen years at the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have been sent …
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Hot Air, NOLA River, Gawker and Fox News Insider
Ben S. Carson / Washington Times:
‘The Interview’ is a free speech act of peace through strength — It was extremely encouraging to see the United States and Sony eventually stand up to the cyberbullying of the North Koreans by allowing the movie “The Interview” to be released in theaters around the country despite threats of retaliation.
RT:
‘CIA fingerprints’ all over Kiev massacre - Oliver Stone — The armed coup in Kiev is painfully similar to CIA operations to oust unwanted foreign leaders in Iran, Chile and Venezuela, said US filmmaker Oliver Stone after interviewing Ukraine's ousted president for a documentary.
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WCPO:
Leelah Alcorn suicide note sparks transgender discussion — Editor's note: WCPO does not customarily report suicides. However, we do report on suicides when there are extenuating circumstances. — KINGS MILL, Ohio — While family and friends are grieving the loss of a local teenager …
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