The news of the day and where you can find it . . for Wed., Jan 14, 2015


Wednesday, January 14, 2015:
Rubio to Stewart: You’re a Candidate for a ‘Lizard-Beating’
‘You’re not planning on going to Florida are you?’


Rep. Ed Royce: U.S. Warned France About Said Kouachi
‘He was under surveillance for four years, then they dropped it’


Ed Royce: Suspicion Is that There Are Sleeper Cells in the US
‘Sen. Diane Fenstein of the Intelligence Committee thinks so too’


Stewart Mocks Florida Courts for Preserving Its Sanctity for Hoodlums Going to Prison
‘Dude choking on cockroaches is a cause of death in Florida’


Stewart Mocks Florida Courts for Refusing To Officiate Marriages To Avoid Officiating Same-sex Marriages
‘We don’t want to cause discrimination on county court employees who doesn’t feel like obeying the law’


Rubio vs. Jeb on Common Core: ‘I’m Very Concerned’ About Dept. of Ed.
‘I’m very concerned, as many Americans are, that something like Common Core could be used by the federal Department of Education to impose restrictions on schools’


Anderson Cooper and Letterman Mock Obama and Biden for Skipping Paris March
‘I mean he spends weekends watching, like Gilmore Girls’


CNN Stuck on Murdoch’s ‘Jihadist Cancer’ Tweet; Analyst Rips Tycoon
‘I think that Rupert Murdoch quote – the most charitable thing I can say is that, perhaps, he mistyped something’


Journalist Jeremy Scahill Accuses Cable News of Using ‘Frauds’ as Terror Experts
‘Some of your paid analysts on this network and other networks basically are just making claims that they’re experts on terrorism’


Ed Schultz Slams Rep. Weber for Comparing Obama to Hitler
‘No Congress and no elected official should ever do that to any sitting president!’


Jimmy Carter on Paris No-Show: Coming Back from Vacation, Obama’s Work Piled Up
‘The U.S. expressing its condolence is enough — ‘


Susan Page: Obama Skipping on Paris Visit Like Bush’s New Orleans Flyover After Katrina
‘It’s inexplicable — we don’t have an understanding of what happened and whether somebody should be held responsible’


Rabbi vs. Rula Jebreal: You’re a Palestinian with Israeli Citizenship Living a Western Life
‘You live with the kind of human rights that Israel protects’


Sgt. Meyer: W.H. Saw Importance of Going to Ferguson But Not Going to Unity Rally
‘You’ve got to scratch your head thinking... they didn’t see the importance they said’


CNN: ‘Our Policy Not to Show Potentially Offensive Images of the Prophet’
‘CNN will not show you the new cover, which depicts the Prophet Muhammad, because it is our policy not to show potentially offensive images of the prophet’


Rand on Romney: ‘If He Runs to the Right of Jeb Bush, He’ll Still Be To the Left of the Party’
‘I think he’s a great businessman, but, you know, that’s yesterday’s news’


Obama on Making Time To Meet NBA Champs: ‘I Decided I Actually Wanted To Meet’ Spurs
‘I was considering having the vice president cover these remarks...’


MSNBC’s Chris Hayes: Paris Terror Attack ‘a Good Thing’ for Republicans
‘Due to last week’s horrific murders in France, the 114th Congress’s first week did not get a lot of air time, which is probably a good thing for the GOP’


Cooper on Paris: Every Intel Expert I’ve Talked To Surprised it Hasn’t Happened Here
‘the French can’t handle these thousands of people who have in one way or another engaged —‘


W.H. Asked About Obama Bundler’s Qualifications To Be French Ambassador
‘She is the best the country has got when it comes to representation in Paris?’


W.H. Won’t Rule out Closing Guantanamo Without Congressional Approval
‘I will admit I am not aware of all of the tools that are at the disposal of the president’


Rachel Maddow Avoids Displaying Charlie Hebdo Cartoons, Citing NBC Rules
‘The reason I am describing it to you instead of showing it to you is because we operate under NBC rules’


Obama Credits Himself with Helping Create College Football Playoffs [Full Remarks]
‘I want to congratulate the Ohio State Buckeyes for their outstanding victory, and commend Oregon as well for fielding a great team because their quarterback is from my original home state of Hawaii’


New Video Show Charlie Hebdo Attack from Different Angle
The terrorists are shown directly confronting the police, even pursuing them after the police flee


MSNBC Blurs Charlie Hebdo Cover
‘You’re probably are going to blur’ this cover


Widow of Murdered Charlie Hebdo Editor: ‘I Would Like To Take His Place’
‘I don’t sleep. I don’t eat ... I would like to die sometime’


Charlie Hebdo Contributor to Jihadists: ‘You Won’t Kill the Spirit of Unity’
‘Those cartoonists that got killed were the most powerful cartoonists against racism’


New Video Shows Paris Terrorists in Police Shootout After Charlie Hebdo Massacre
Reuters obtained and released the new, up-close footage


Russell Brand Compares Fox News to Paris Terrorists
‘What she’s doing, whilst it’s obviously not as violent or as gory or as terrible, it’s equally damaging’


Andrew Klavan Destroys the Reverend Al ‘Flushed Himself to Fame’ Sharpton
‘Wherever a tragedy could be misconstrued as a case of racism, black leader Al was there, leading blacks to false conclusions and violence’


‘Variety’ Editor Claims Hollywood ‘Likes To Avoid Politics’
‘But last night, they went all in and they were very political’


Luke Russert Slams GOP Immigration Bill: ‘Very Far to the Right’
‘If the House Republicans are starting off so far to the right ...’


Dutch Mayor Tells Muslims To ‘F*** Off’ if They Don’t Like Freedom
Moroccan-born Ahmed Aboutaleb, mayor of Rotterdam, told fellow Muslim immigrants to pack their bags if they aren’t grateful for freedom of speech


Earnest on Whether Obama Was Upset for Missing Rally: ‘Not that I’m Aware of’
‘It was a decision that was made at the White House. The White House takes full responsibility’


Ed Henry: Can You Name Other ‘Examples of Violent Extremism that Are Not Islamic?’
‘There’s an individual who shot up the Jewish Community Center in suburban Kansas City’


Obama: Cyber-Security Is Ripe for Compromise; Will Be Discussed in SOTU Speech
‘With the Sony attacks that took place, with the Twitter account that was hacked by Islamist jihadist sympathizers yesterday ...’


Sen. Richard Burr on CENTCOM’s Twitter, YouTube Hacking: ‘It Shows Intent’
‘We need cyber-security legislation and we need it passed now’


‘What Are They Thinking?’: Pelosi Blasts GOP for Not Caring About Security
‘Paris, the world is galvanized on security. But not the House Republicans’


MSNBC, CNN Won’t Show New Charlie Hebdo Cover Depicting Mohammed; Fox Does
‘I don’t see the need to show those to anybody’


TSA Warns of Hard-To-Detect Non-Metallic Bombs that Can Clear Metal Detectors
The body scanners can detect the IEDs but metal detectors cannot


Sanchez: ‘Republicans Have Been Very Dumb and Very Dangerous’ with Security
‘It’s a very dangerous game that these Republicans play’


Obama Congratulates Ohio State on Championship
The president sees a bonding opportunity with John Boehner


Eugene Robinson: CENTCOM’s YouTube, Twitter Hack Was ‘Really Embarrassing’
‘That’s a very bad thing ... you shouldn’t have social media accounts if you can’t protect them better than that’


Eugene Robinson: Obama ‘Frankly Should Have Been There’ at Paris Rally
‘Give me a break. He’s a great politician ... optics do count’


CNN’s Nic Robertson: Boko Haram Armed by Weapons from Libya After it Fell Apart
‘This is a growing, more than regional threat ... Boko Haram got their hands on a massive haul of weapons’


Jimmy Carter: Jews Are ‘Safer’ in France than Israel
‘But I’m not trying to make a judgment’


Boehner: House Will Fund DHS While Fighting Obama on Immigration
‘This is not about actually the issue of immigration. What it is, it’s about the president acting lawlessly’




Chris Matthews: John Kerry ‘May Be One of Our Best Ever Secretaries of State’
‘It would have been nice to have him on the front lines there’


Police in Riot Gear Use Tear Gas, Pepper Spray on Crowds on Ohio State Campus
Fans took to the streets after Ohio State’s football championship, setting nearly 90 fires and tearing down an Ohio Stadium goal post


Cruz: Absent Obama Was a ‘Visual Manifestation of What’s Happened over Six Years’
‘Where is the president? Presumably he was back at the White House. They haven’t released his schedule, whether he was watching football or what he was doing’


Unprovoked, Geraldo Rivera Strips Down for ‘Celebrity Apprentice’
‘I admire him for his enthusiasm, but he could have kept his pants on’


State Department Touts ‘Normalization’ of Cuba Relations with Return of 53 Prisoners
‘Very good sign that the Cubans have done this, but there’s a lot more work to do’


Scarborough: Obama at Rally Would Have Been Admission He Was Wrong About Al Qaeda
‘This is the fantasy that Obama lived in ... because he wanted to show everybody how enlightened he was and what cavemen George W. Bush and Dick Cheney were’


Sen. Chris Murphy: Blame Bush for Radicalization of Terrorists who Killed Cartoonists
‘We’re living with a decade-long mistake in Iraq that radicalized thousands already, no matter whether or not ISIS was present in that region’


Arne Duncan: ‘Ultimately, Education Is an Investment, Not an Expense’
‘Investing in early learning, pre-school is the best investment we as a nation can make’


Scarborough Wants BBC Reporter Fired for Israel Comment
‘I cannot believe the BBC is going to allow this man to stay on the BBC’


Ronan Farrow: We’re Not Showing Hebdo Cartoons Because We Have ‘Standards’
‘NBC News has been very public about our standards about this. We don’t show some of the most offensive ones’


Navy SEAL: Beckel Has a Point; Obama Skipping Rally Has ‘Marginal’ Effect
‘France, what have you done to be proactive about stopping terror in the world?’


Joe Scarborough: I Think Mitt Romney Could Win in 2016
‘Say what you will about Mitt Romney — he’s stiff and he’s awkward at times on the campaign trail — he’s a leader’


State Department’s Harf: ‘Someone More Senior Should Have Gone’ to Paris
‘What we’re focused on is how we work together to fight this threat, and one march certainly doesn’t define that’


Steny Hoyer: GOP Is Trying To Derail Funding DHS
‘All of them are related to the immigration issue, all five amendments ... it’s really sad’


CBS Skewers ‘Anti-Muslim’ Demonstrations; Ignores Incidents of Islamic Extremism
‘Long before these attacks, anti-Muslim prejudice was on the rise in Europe’


Rubio: ‘We Cannot Afford To Undermine the Tools We Use’ To Prevent Attacks
‘We don’t capture terrorists anymore. They get killed because there’s no place to take them if you do capture them’


Pastor James Manning: Islamists Hit Paris Because Obama Cut a Deal with Terrorists
‘We have joined forces with al Qaeda in Syria ... are we being protected because we are supportive of Islamic activity?’


Bob Beckel: Obama Didn’t Need To Attend ‘Foolish Waste of Time’ Rally
‘[Obama] is the one who’s killing radical Islamists’

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