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10:45 PM ET, December 29, 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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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 …
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 …
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:
Louisiana Congressman Steve Scalise Acknowledges Addressing Racist Group in 2002
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
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 vs. wedding, Round 2  —  (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 — had previously invited Obama …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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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: Political Wire and Daily Kos
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
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
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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NY Daily News:
De Blasio faces booing, NYPD disdain again as he addresses recruits at police graduation ceremony
Discussion: Politico and Gothamist
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.
Channel NewsAsia:
LIVE BLOG: Missing AirAsia flight QZ8501 day 3  —  The search and locate operations for the missing AirAsia flight QZ8501 continues on day 3, Tuesday (Dec 30).  About 30 ships and 15 aircraft have been mobilised for a multi-national search.  —  PHOTOS
Discussion: Mashable, The Daily Banter, Slate and RT
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Associated Press:
Search area expanded in hunt for AirAsia plane
Discussion: Mediaite and Gawker
Tracybloomktla / KTLA:
2 Police Officers Ambushed, Shot at in ‘Unprovoked Attack’ in South Los Angeles: LAPD  —  Los Angeles police called off an intense 8-hour manhunt Monday morning that began after two officers were ambushed in an “unprovoked attack” in the Vermont-Slauson neighborhood of South L.A. the previous night.
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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?
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.
NPR:
Transcript: President Obama's Full NPR Interview  —  NPR's wide-ranging interview with President Obama covers recent executive actions on Cuba and immigration, race relations in the U.S., health care, the midterm elections and extending democracy in the Middle East.
 
 
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Discussion: Big Think
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