Remembering Jon Kest

Briefing: Kest.
5:23 pm Dec. 6, 2012
Washington
Hillary Clinton had kind words for U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice, a possible replacement for her as secretary of state. [Michael Gordon]
Chris Christie met with Barack Obama today. [Anna Sale]
Senator Jim Demint of South Carolina will resign and run the Heritage Foundation. [Jennifer Steinhauer]
Albany
An early sloppiness test of the Republican-IDC power sharing arrangement: there's an appointment to the Joint Committee on Public Ethics that needs to be made. [Nick Reisman]
Donald Trump and Malcolm Smith. [Nick Reisman]
MSNBC commentator Chris Hayes said he'll still criticize Cuomo. [Chris Bragg]
2013 / City Hall
Bill de Blasio and Bill Thompson at a recent Satmar event. [@Satmar_Brooklyn]
The Brooklyn Democratic County Leader does Christmas like nobody else. [Colin Campbell]
The witness in a sexual abuse case admitted he raided a nonprofit for his own personal gain. [Josh Saul]
A great tribute to Jon Kest (video). [Rachel Monahan and Corky Siemaszko]
More on Kest, who was the executive director of New York Communities for Change. [Huffington Post]



