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12:20 AM ET, December 30, 2014

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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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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 …
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Politico:   Steve Scalise's office: Likely he spoke to white supremacist group
New York Times:
Representative Steve Scalise of Louisiana Acknowledges Addressing Racist Group in 2002
Discussion: Political Wire and msnbc.com
Matt Sledge / The Huffington Post:
Majority Whip Steve Scalise Struggles To Distance Himself From David Duke
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
No. 3 House Republican leader spoke to white supremacist group
Discussion: Washington Post
The Huffington Post:
New Republican Whip Allegedly Addressed Supremacist Group in 2002
Discussion: Roll Call and Washington Monthly
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.
Discussion: ABC News, Political Wire and Daily Kos
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 sorry golf schedule changed wedding location  —  (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 …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Mediaite
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  —  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 …
Brian Beutler / The New Republic:
Obama Went on the War Path in 2014 Not Just for His Legacy, But Hillary's Too
Discussion: US News and NPR
Dave Barry / Washington Post:
THERE'S JUST NO EXPLAINING 2014  —  It was a year of mysteries.  To list some of the more baffling ones:  —  A huge airliner simply vanished, and to this day nobody has any idea what happened to it, despite literally thousands of hours of intensive speculation on CNN.
Discussion: Ordinary Times and Gawker
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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.
CNN:
Officers shot at in Florida and Los Angeles  —  (CNN) — Two Los Angeles police officers were shot at Sunday night while they drove their patrol car in the southern part of the city, police said.  The officers returned fire, authorities said, and no one was injured.
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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.
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?
 
 
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New York Times:
U.S. Said to Investigate Sheldon Silver, New York Assembly Speaker, Over Payments
Discussion: Gawker, Slantpoint and The PJ Tatler
Hadas Gold / Politico:
The media's volatile year
Tal Kopan / Politico:
FBI briefed on alternate Sony hack theory
Discussion: Firedoglake
David Carr / New York Times:
Media Companies (and Executives) on the Hot Seat in 2015
Fox News:
Family of murdered Marine suing military over alleged cover-up
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Daily Mail
Pew Research Center:
In late spurt of activity, Congress avoids ‘least productive’ title
Discussion: Politico and Fox News
Sharona Schwartz / TheBlaze.com:
Here's What Shariah Law Apparently Has to Say About Women's Facebook Passwords
 Earlier Items: 
Jacquelyn Martin / New York Times:
Playing the Numbers Game With the Obamas' Christmas Vacation
Discussion: Hot Air, OnPolitics, msnbc.com and CNN
John Woodrow Cox / Washington Post:
At FedEx Field, Redskins name protesters exchange sharp words with fans
Discussion: Slantpoint and ThinkProgress
BBC:
Mexican female bullfighter Karla de los Angeles gored
Discussion: Daily Mail
Fern Shen / Baltimore Brew:
Episcopal bishop identified as driver in fatal bike crash
Discussion: Raw Story and Althouse
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
WATCH: Fox Host Wonders If Metric System To Blame For Latest Missing Jet
NPR:
Transcript: President Obama's Full NPR Interview
 

 
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