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HotAir Daily Express 12/31/2014

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Lena Dunham's Republican rapist turns out to be none of those things
12/31/2014 9:31:05 AM  Noah Rothman
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There are few figures in popular media that I find less interesting than Lena Dunham. It has always seemed to me that the absurdly copious acclaim she receives from moribund institutions of spent cultural relevance like The New York Times were inversely
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NY Governor vetoes Common Core protections for failing teachers
12/31/2014 8:01:22 AM  Jazz Shaw
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Here's a story which you didn't expect to see coming out of the New York State government. There was a bill on the table which would have exempted New York teachers from being fired if they received the lowest proficiency ratings based on Common Core
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Quotes of the day
12/30/2014 10:31:45 PM  Allahpundit
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Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.), the House majority whip, acknowledged Monday that he spoke at a gathering hosted by white-supremacist leaders while serving as a state representative in 2002, thrusting a racial controversy into House Republican ranks days
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McCain's team quietly purging Arizona GOP of tea-party foes before 2016 reelection bid
12/30/2014 8:01:57 PM  Allahpundit
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I considered saving this for tomorrow night, just to send you off into 2015 on the most depressing, eeyorishness note possible. But then I reconsidered. For maximum eeyorishness, I should really end the year with a “Romney 2016″ post instead,
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Hot Air's top 50 posts in 2014: 11-20
12/30/2014 6:31:43 PM  Ed Morrissey
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The end of a year is a good time to learn some new lessons, take some responsibility for one’s actions, and move forward in wisdom. We’ll see plenty of opportunities for that in today’s look at the top 50 most-read Hot Air posts in
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Was the Sony hack an inside job?
12/30/2014 5:01:09 PM  Noah Rothman
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In the days that followed a massive cyber-attack on Sony Studios resulting in the embarrassing release of confidential information which led the studio to capitulate to the hackers' demands, an unnamed American intelligence official told Reuters that
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Strike: NYPD made 66% fewer arrests this past week than it did during the same week last year
12/30/2014 3:31:34 PM  Allahpundit
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Is this a protest of sorts or just prudence in avoiding encounters with the public as much as possible now that anti-police sentiment has turned murderous? Ryan Lovelace notes that one cop told the New York Post yesterday, "I'm not writing any summonses.
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A fight we can win: Stopping Michelle Obama's war on edible food
12/30/2014 2:01:23 PM  Jazz Shaw
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What’s on the GOP agenda for 2015? The Keystone Pipeline, tax reform, passing a budget… those are all so last year. How about school lunches? As the opening bell sounds for the 114th Congress, don't be surprised to see GOP lawmakers take on
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NY Times blasts NYPD's 'snarling sense of victimhood'
12/30/2014 12:31:06 PM  Noah Rothman
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The metropolitan police department for the largest city in the United States is ceasing to function, according to a report in The New York Post. While the New York Police Department has continued its work of policing dangerous and violent criminal
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Webb PAC dished 10% of its intake to the Webb family; Update: Clintonistas shopping racy passages from Webb novels?
12/30/2014 11:01:06 AM  Ed Morrissey
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Six weeks ago, former Senator James Webb launched a presidential exploration committee, becoming the first significant Democrat to kick off a 2016 effort. It didn’t take long for Webb to also become the first to have a campaign-finance scandal.
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U.S. border apprehensions of Mexicans fall to historic lows
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46 times Vox totally f***** up a story
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A New Year's resolution for Obama: Dismantle the NSA



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