Jeff Flake, under pressure, says he won't be 'bullied' by Bloomberg's ad buy:
Mayor Michael Bloomberg's gun control group is increasing the pressure on Arizona senator Jeff Flake for his vote against expanding background checks for gun purchases last month.
Bio: Reid Pillifant is a political reporter for Capital. He was previously an editor and reporter at the New York Observer. Contact him at reid[at]capitalnewyork.com.
Among the many guests at Rep. Hakeem Jeffries' local inauguration last night was Assemblyman Vito Lopez, who disregarded the assigned seating arrangement and took a spot in the second row with his girlfriend, Angela Battaglia.
Lopez is a naturally conspicuous man, with a hulking frame, and was made more so by a bright red sweater underneath his blazer, and the fact that he is currently facing a slew of sexual harassment charges that led a number of his erstwhile allies—including Jeffries, more or less—to call for his resignation. More
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on January 28th, 2013 1:43pmPresident Obama appeared alongside Hillary Clinton on "60 Minutes" last night, for a rare joint interview, a few days before Clinton officially departs as Secretary of State.
The idea for the interview came from Obama himself.
"I just wanted to have a chance to publicly say thank you cause I think Hillary will go down as one of the finest Secretary of States that we’ve had," he said. More
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on January 28th, 2013 8:28amAt the local swearing-in ceremony for Rep. Hakeem Jeffries on Sunday night, Sen. Chuck Schumer was so effusive in his praise of Jeffries, and so sincere in lamenting that he lived two blocks outside of Jeffries' Brooklyn district, that Schumer's own representative in Congress piped up from the crowd. More
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on January 28th, 2013 7:25am
Azi: @reidpillifant budget stuff
grynbaum: @reidpillifant I hear this pig already has its own 2013 exploratory committee.
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GregHanlon: @reidpillifant on Koch, Mayor & movie: "Something classically Koch about the fact that his last act was to upstage it." http://t.co/lLlm1C4f
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Vilkomerson: @reidpillifant @RogerClark41 And an excellent jukebox.
aaronshortstory: @reidpillifant I don't think Nadler's face should be on it. Why not Tyrone Biggums?
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