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2:40 AM ET, January 7, 2015

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Boehner takes revenge  —  Foes find themselves losing plum committee posts.  —  John Boehner is getting revenge.  —  He secured his third term as speaker Tuesday afternoon, losing 25 votes on the House floor to three relatively unknown members of the House Republican Conference.
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
House Republican slams anti-Boehner movement hard.  Like, really hard.  —  The last time there was a speaker vote, Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.) didn't vote for John A. Boehner, protesting against the Ohio Republican by voting for no one.  —  On Tuesday, he did vote for Boehner.
Scott Wong / The Hill:
New Congress begins with Republican infighting
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Boehner Fends Off Dissent as G.O.P. Takes the Reins
Washington Post:
Boehner survives leadership challenge from conservative members
Laura Barron-Lopez / The Hill:
White House threatens Keystone veto  —  The White House said on Tuesday that President Obama would veto legislation that approves construction of the Keystone XL pipeline if it passes Congress.  —  “If this bill passes this Congress the president won't sign it either,” …
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Meredith Shiner / Yahoo! News:
Republicans quietly set to approve continuation of controversial Benghazi committee
Discussion: Daily Kos
ABC News:
White House Issues Veto Threat on Keystone XL Pipeline Bill
Fox News:
White House issues veto threat over Keystone pipeline bill
Discussion: RedState
Glenn Thrush / Politico:
The Prisoner of Capitol Hill
Frederick News-Post:
Discussion: Fox News and Mediaite
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Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:   Md. Politician Kirby Delauter: Reporters Can't Use My Name Without Permission!
Eugene Volokh / Washington Post:
This post shamelessly uses Frederick County (Md.) Council Member Kirby Delauter's name without authorization
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Apple's next major Mac revealed: the radically new 12-inch MacBook Air  —  Apple is preparing an all-new MacBook Air for 2015 with a radically new design that jettisons standards such as full-sized USB ports, MagSafe connectors, and SD card slots in favor of a markedly thinner and lighter body with a higher-resolution display.
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Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
New GOP Congress Fires Shot At Social Security On Day One  —  With a little-noticed proposal, Republicans took aim at Social Security on the very first day of the 114th Congress.  —  The incoming GOP majority approved late Tuesday a new rule that experts say could provoke an unprecedented crisis …
Jacob Gershman / Wall Street Journal:
‘Jane Doe’ Lawyers Sue Dershowitz for Defamation  —  Alan Dershowitz has vowed to slap a defamation suit on the two lawyers who claimed in a court document that Florida financier Jeffrey Epstein arranged sexual liaisons for him with an underage prostitute.  —  Those lawyers have beaten him to the punch.
Washington Post:
Robert F. McDonnell sentenced to two years in prison … A federal judge sentenced former Virginia governor Robert F. McDonnell to two years in prison Tuesday — a term far lower than what prosecutors had sought and one that means the popular politician will be free before his 63rd birthday.
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
OK, So What Really Happened to Harry Reid?  —  We wrote here about Harry Reid's supposed close encounter with a piece of exercise equipment, which handed him in the hospital.  The equipment was later claimed by Reid's office to be an elastic exercise band.  This is how the accident allegedly happened:
Discussion: CNN
Kevin Sheehan / New York Post:
Cop wounded in shootout not happy about de Blasio's visit  —  One of the cops wounded in a wild Bronx shootout didn't appreciate a hospital sympathy visit from Mayor Bill de Blasio, the wounded officer's dad told The Post on Tuesday.  —  The mayor accompanied NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton …
Mallory Ortberg / The Toast:
I'd Love To Help My Wife Do The Dishes, But I'm Trapped Under Something Heavy  —  Previously, from the same author.  —  When my employer called me into his office and granted me paternity leave on the birth of my first child, I had no idea what I was in for.
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Ben Carson's History Book Plagiarizes SocialismSucks.Net And Many Other Sources  —  “If it is determined that additional citations or attribution are required, the appropriate revisions will be made in subsequent printings.”  —  Ben Carson Facebook  —  Several sections of potential …
Discussion: Mediaite
Virginia Postrel / Bloomberg View:
The Glamour of Islamic State  —  The Pentagon is trying to figure out why Islamic State has been so successful at attracting followers.  “What makes I.S. so magnetic, inspirational?”  Major General Michael Nagata, who commands U.S. special operations forces in the Middle East …
Discussion: Instapundit
Laura Barron-Lopez / The Hill:
Tribes, activists protest Keystone permit in SD  —  A coalition of landowners, tribal leaders, and activists are protesting the Keystone XL oil pipeline's route through South Dakota this week.  —  The No KXL Dakota coalition is pushing back against renewing pipeline developer TransCanada's permit …
Discussion: The Week and The Nation
Wall Street Journal:
Christie Faces Scrutiny Over Gifts From Cowboys Owner  —  Governor's Aides Said Gifts Acceptable Under State Policy  —  New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie accepted a plane ride to Dallas and a seat at a Cowboys playoff football game in a luxury suite from team owner Jerry Jones …
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Ron Fournier / National Journal:
This Is What Functioning Government Looks Like  —  After an embarrassing start, public-private sector leaders get their acts together on Ebola.  —  When the first person diagnosed with Ebola on U.S. soil died in October, I suggested there was something scarier than the prospect of an outbreak.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Reed: Atlanta fire chief terminated following book controversy  —  Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran — the subject of recent controversy over inflammatory remarks made in a self-published religious book — has been terminated from the Atlanta Fire Rescue Department, Mayor Kasim Reed announced today.
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
This Letter Could Restart The Case Against Darren Wilson  —  The NAACP Legal Defense Fund* wrote an open letter to Missouri Judge Maura McShane asking her to investigate Ferguson prosecutor Bob McCulloch and his team for misconduct.  The NAACP notes that, under Missouri law …
 
 
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Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:
Budget scorekeeper awaits GOP decision
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