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Zuckerman: ‘Appropriate’ to Pull ‘The Interview’

US News and World Report Chairman and Editor-in-Chief and publisher of The New York Daily News, Mort Zuckerman declared that it was “appropriate” to pull “The Interview” from theaters due to threats of violence on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” “There is clearly

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Buchanan: Obama Made ‘Good Deal’ on Prisoner Swap

Columnist Pat Buchanan defended President Obama’s prisoner swap with Cuba on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group,” although he gave a mixed opinion of the opening of economic ties with the country. While Buchanan dismissed the notion that the embargo has had no

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Rep Mike Kelly Gives Obama Coal for Christmas

Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA) gave President Obama a lump of coal for Christmas before talking about the coal industry’s importance to the US during Saturday’s GOP Weekly Address. Transcript as Follows:  “Good morning, I’m Mike Kelly, and I have the

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Obama: ‘America’s Resurgence Is Real’

President Obama declared “pick any metric you want-America’s resurgence is real” as he touted his record on the economy and foreign policy during his weekly address on Saturday. Transcript as Follows: “Hi, everybody.  As 2014 comes to an end, we

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Rubio: Rand Adopted ‘Obama’s Foreign Policy’

Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) expressed disappointment that Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) “decided to adopt Barack Obama’s foreign policy” on Cuba on Friday’s “Mark Levin Show.” “The entire economy is controlled by a holding company basically that is run by the military.

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Rand: I Don’t Start Fights, But I’ll Finish Them

Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) continued the debate between him and Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) on Friday’s “Kelly File” on the Fox News Channel, saying that he thought Rubio’s comments were “rude and intemperate” and that “I never start a fight,

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Chuck Todd: Christie Will Lose to Jeb in Donor Fight

NBC’s “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd argued that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (R) would lose the competition for donors with former Florida Governor Jeb Bush (R) if the two both decide to run for president in 2016 in

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Sean Penn: Distributor Boycott ‘Should Be Considered’

Actor Sean Penn argued that a boycott of the distributors of “The Interview” “should be considered” to support “free speech and free thinking” on Friday’s “Hardball” on MSNBC. “We have to realize that this is a genuine emergency, this is

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Todd: Obama Thinks Congress Has to Decide How to Work With Him

NBC’s “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd declared that President Obama had decided his attitude towards Congress was “Congress has to decide how they’re going to work with me” on Friday during MSNBC’s coverage of the president’s year-end press conference. “When

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Ed Henry Criticizes ‘Unmemorable’ WH Presser Questions

Fox News Chief White House Correspondent Ed Henry criticized some of his fellow members of the White House Press Corps for some of their “unmemorable” questioning during the president’s year-end press conference on Friday saying “frankly, I think some of

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Rubio: Floridians Don’t Want ‘Castro Appeaser’

Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) shot back at a reporter who argued he was in the political minority for opposing normalizing relations with Cuba on Friday, arguing that election results show Florida voters don’t want “a Castro appeaser.” The reporter cited a

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CNN’s Carol Costello Laughs at Rush

“CNN Newsroom” anchor Carol Costello laughed at talk radio host Rush Limbaugh during a segment on Stephen Colbert’s move to CBS on Friday. Costello cracked up while reading Limbaugh’s opinion on Colbert that “cbs…declared war on the heartland of america…[by hiring]

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Todd: Obama ‘Almost Wants to Take a Victory Lap’

NBC’s “Meet the Press” anchor Chuck Todd reported that President Obama “almost wants to take a victory lap” at his year-in-review press conference on Friday’s “The Rundown with Jose Diaz-Balart” on MSNBC. “This is a White House that feels as

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Jonathan Turley: ‘Uber Presidency’ Being Created

Georgetown University Law Professor Jonathan Turley stated that the US is witnessing the rise of an “uber presidency” on Wednesday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel. On the president’s executive action on immigration and a recent court ruling on the

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Bolton: Those With Cyberattack Capability ‘Will Use It’

Former UN Ambassador John Bolton argued that those who have cyberattack capability “will use it” and that “the United States does not have adequate offensive cyberwarfare capabilities” on Thursday’s “On the Record” on the Fox News Channel. Bolton stated that

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Psaki Won’t Call Sony Hack ‘Cyberterrorism’

State Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki declined to dub the hacking of Sony as “cyberterrorism” terming it a “cyberhack” and arguing that there isn’t any point in “putting new labels on it” on Thursday’s “The Lead” on CNN. She added, “I

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Daughter of Cuban Spy Victim Slams Obama

Marlene Alejandre-Triana, whose father, Armando, was killed when the Cuban Air Force shot down his plane in 1996, slammed President Obama on Thursday’s “Your World with Neil Cavuto” on the Fox News Channel for releasing Geraldo Hernandez, who was in

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Rand Paul: Opening Cuba Trade ‘Good Idea’

Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) took a different take on the recent shifts in the US’ policy towards Cuba than fellow Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) saying that opening trade with Cuba was “a good idea” during an

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Gordon Chang: Sony Hack ‘Just the First’

Forbes columnist Gordon Chang argued that unless the Obama administration takes serious action, the hacking of Sony will be “just the first” incident of a regime using cyber warfare in an attempt to prevent the publishing of content they don’t

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Kurtz: ‘Nothing to Stop’ Hackers From Attacking Any Media

Howard Kurtz, Fox News Media Analyst, and host of “MediaBuzz” argued that after Sony pulled “The Interview” following threats made against the film that “there is now nothing to stop other attackers from targeting [anything]…that displeases them, and many, many