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Dylan Byers / Politico:
White House holds ‘deep background’ Benghazi briefing  —  The White House held a “deep background” briefing with reporters on Friday afternoon to discuss recent revelations about the Benghazi investigation, sources familiar with the meeting tell POLITICO.  —  The meeting was conducted on …
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Jonathan Karl / ABCNEWS:
Exclusive: Benghazi Talking Points Underwent 12 Revisions, Scrubbed of Terror Reference  —  When it became clear last fall that the CIA's now discredited Benghazi talking points were flawed, the White House said repeatedly the documents were put together almost entirely by the intelligence community …
Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
GOP Sen. Inhofe: Obama could be impeached over Benghazi ‘cover-up’  —  “People may be starting to use the I-word before too long,” Inhofe said on a radio program.  —  Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) suggested that President Obama could be impeached over what he alleged was a White House cover-up after last year's attack in Benghazi, Libya.
Justin Sink / The Hill:
White House denies misleading public on Benghazi talking points  —  White House press secretary Jay Carney maintained Friday he did not mischaracterize the White House and State Department's role in developing of talking points regarding the attack on the American diplomatic post in Benghazi.
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Susan Rice Barely Discussed The Possibility That Al-Qaeda Was Involved In Benghazi When She Was On Sunday Shows
Discussion: Weekly Standard
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
White House holds Benghazi briefing with reporters …
Stephen Ohlemacher / bigstory.ap.org:
IRS APOLOGIZES FOR TARGETING CONSERVATIVE GROUPS  —  You are here  —  Home » United States government » IRS apologizes for targeting conservative groups  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service is apologizing for inappropriately flagging conservative political groups …
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Washington Post:
IRS admits targeting conservatives for tax scrutiny in 2012 election  —  The Internal Revenue Service on Friday acknowledged that it flagged political groups with “tea party” or “patriot” in their names for special scrutiny when they applied for tax-exempt status, an admission …
Aaron Blake / The Fix:   'I'm not good at math': The IRS's public relations disaster
David Weigel / Slate:
Jason Richwine Resigns from the Heritage Foundation  —  The Heritage Foundation tells without much more detail.  The full explanation: … Some background: I'd been asking whether Heritage read Richwine's dissertation, or talked about any of the potentially explosive IQ research, before hiring him.
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Mike Allen / Politico:
Jason Richwine, Heritage immigration expert quits  —  The Heritage Foundation announced the resignation Friday of senior policy analyst Jason Richwine, co-author of a controversial report critical of the Senate's immigration reform bill.  After Heritage issued the report this week …
Neil King Jr / Washington Wire:
Author of Heritage Immigration Report Quits
Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog
David Weigel / Slate:
The IQ Test  —  Jason Richwine's friends warned him about …
Michele McPhee / ABCNEWS:
‘Mounting Evidence’ Boston Bombers Involved in 2011 Triple Murder  —  Massachusetts investigators have developed what they call “mounting evidence,” bolstered by “forensic hits,” that point to the possible involvement of both Tamerlan Tsarnaev and his younger brother Dzhokhar in a gruesome …
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Wesley Lowery / Boston Globe:
Virginia woman who coordinated Tamerlan Tsarnaev's burial says protests showed ‘America at its worst’  —  The secret transport of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev's body from Worcester to a small community near Richmond, Va., was set in motion by a woman who said she was upset …
Discussion: Daily Mail, Gawker and Weasel Zippers
Wesley Lowery / Boston Globe:
Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev is buried in Muslim cemetery in Doswell, Va.
Discussion: Politico
Hayes Brown / ThinkProgress:
EXCLUSIVE: Embassy Staff Undercut ‘Whistleblower’ Testimony On Benghazi  —  Staff who served in Libya with Gregory Hicks, the GOP's primary “whistleblower” in this week's hearing on the Benghazi terror attacks, undercut his story that State Department officials demoted him as retribution for speaking out …
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Justin Gillis / New York Times:
Carbon Dioxide Level Is at Its Highest in Human History  —  The level of the most important heat-trapping gas in the atmosphere, carbon dioxide, has passed a long-feared milestone, scientists reported on Friday, reaching a concentration not seen on the earth for millions of years.
Josh Eidelson / thenation.com/blogs/171221:
Fast Food Strike Wave Spreads to Detroit  —  Two updates appear below.  —  Hundreds of Detroit fast food workers plan to walk off the job beginning at 6 AM today, making the motor city the fourth in five weeks to see such strikes.  Organizers expect participants from at least 60 stores …
Discussion: ThinkProgress, Daily Kos and Colorlines
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Ned Resnikoff / msnbc.com:   Largest fast food strike yet as workers walk out in Michigan
Daniel Winn / Local News:
Movie theater publicity stunt triggers officers to respond to active shooter situation  —  Movie theater publicity stunt triggers police response  —  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -  —  Management at the Goodrich Capital 8 Theaters is defending what it calls a publicity stunt at the movie theaters this past weekend.
Rick Gladstone / New York Times:
Pakistan Orders Times Reporter to Leave  —  Pakistan's Interior Ministry has ordered the expulsion of The New York Times bureau chief in Islamabad on the eve of national elections, the newspaper said Friday.  The Times has strongly protested the move and is seeking his reinstatement.
Jon Hilsenrath / Wall Street Journal:
Fed Maps Exit From Stimulus  —  Timing of Wind-Down Is Uncertain, but Focus Is on Managing Unpredictable Market Expectations  —  Federal Reserve officials have mapped out a strategy for winding down an unprecedented $85 billion-a-month bond-buying program meant to spur the economy …
Mark DeCambre / New York Post:
Goldman Sachs employees concerned Bloomberg news reporters are using terminals to snoop  —  Talk about a nanny state.  —  Irked Goldman Sachs brass recently confronted Bloomberg LP over concerns reporters at the business news service have been using the company's ubiquitous terminals …
Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:
Elon Musk and David Sacks Depart Fwd.us, Mark Zuckerberg's Political Action Group  —  Elon Musk and David Sacks, two of the Silicon Valley stars behind Fwd.us, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's political action committee, have left the group, according to sources familiar with the matter.
 
 
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