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7:35 PM ET, December 3, 2014

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No Indictment in Eric Garner Chokehold Case for N.Y.P.D. Officer — A Staten Island grand jury voted on Wednesday not to bring criminal charges in the death of Eric Garner, a black man who died after being placed in a chokehold by a white police officer. — The decision was reached …

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New York Post:

Cop cleared in chokehold death of Eric Garner — Eric Garner seen during his arrest last August. — A Staten Island grand jury cleared an NYPD cop Wednesday in the chokehold death of Eric Garner during his caught-on-video arrest for peddling loose cigarettes, The Post has learned.

Discussion: Gothamist, ThinkProgress, The PJ Tatler, FOX News Radio, Gawker, Hit & Run, Poynter, PoliticusUSA and Raw Story

New York Times:

Grand Jury Said to Bring No Charges in Staten Island Chokehold Death of Eric Garner — A Staten Island grand jury has voted not to bring criminal charges against the white New York City police officer at the center of the Eric Garner case, a person briefed on the matter said Wednesday.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Gothamist, ThinkProgress, Little Green Footballs, The Dish, Hot Air and Booman Tribune

CNN:

N.Y. cop not indicted in chokehold death — A grand jury decided against an indictment Wednesday in the death of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man, who died after white police officer Daniel Pantaleo put him in a chokehold, according to two law enforcement officials.

Discussion: Christian Science Monitor, Washington Times, Addicting Info and No More Mister Nice Blog

ABC News:

Watch: Obama After Eric Garner Decision: ??? This Is an American Problem??? — Some of you may have heard there was a decision that came out today by a grand jury not to indict. Police officers who had. Interacted with the an individual named Eric garner in New York City.

Discussion: Politico

Nicole Flatow / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Grand Jury Won't Charge Cop Who Killed Eric Garner With Illegal Chokehold

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, New York Times, Addicting Info, Hot Air and Eschaton

Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
Dem Sen. Gillibrand: I Will Ask Justice Department To Investigate Chokehold Death

Discussion: Bloomberg Politics

Alexander Bolton / The Hill:

ObamaCare author: Health law is ‘really complicated’ — Sen. Tom Harkin, one of the coauthors of the Affordable Care Act, now thinks Democrats may have been better off not passing it at all and holding out for a better bill. — The Iowa Democrat who chairs the Senate Health, Education …

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Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:

Is Obamacare Destroying the Democratic Party? — Charles Schumer, the third-ranking Democrat in the Senate, has forced a debate over fundamental party priorities out into the open. Should Democrats focus primarily on the problems of the poor or should they first address the economic struggles of the working and middle classes?

Discussion: Washington Monthly, No More Mister Nice Blog, Democratic Strategist and EconoSpeak

Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Return of Focus Hocus Pocus

Discussion: Washington Monthly and Eschaton

Joe Romm / ThinkProgress:

2014 Headed Toward Hottest Year On Record — Here's Why That's Remarkable — 2014 is currently on track to be hottest year on record, according to new reports from both the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the U.K.'s Met Office Wednesday. Similarly, NOAA reported two weeks ago …

Discussion: Met Office

World Meteorological Organization News:
2014 on course to be one of hottest, possibly hottest, on record

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Lauren Fox / National Journal:

Ted Cruz Pushes the House to Have All-Out Spending Fight on Obama Immigration Action — Conservatives in the House look to Cruz once again for solutions to stop Obama. — Sen. Ted Cruz is playing de facto House conservatives leader once again. — Taking the podium Wednesday …

Discussion: New York Times, Hot Air and PoliticusUSA

Politico:
Conservatives scoff at Boehner deal

Discussion: Weekly Standard, Daily Kos, Outside the Beltway, The PJ Tatler, Associated Press, New York Times and The Daily Caller

The Hill:
Reid backs Boehner on deal to avoid government shutdown

Discussion: Politico, RedState and Hot Air

Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:

Dear Media: This Elizabeth Lauten Nonsense Is Why Everybody Hates You — Last week, President Barack Obama pardoned a turkey prior to Thanksgiving Day, as is tradition. And as in previous years, his teenage daughters Malia and Sasha stood by his side. The daughters are cute as can be …

Discussion: National Review, Hot Air, Washington Free Beacon, Fox News, Washington Post, Patterico's Pontifications and The Daily Caller

Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:

Mike Huckabee: Brown Could Have Avoided Death “If He Behaved Like Something Other Than A Thug” — “I'm gonna tell you something âÂ” what gets you shot is when you grab a police officer's gun, and you lunge at him, and you try to hit him in the face. View Video ›

Discussion: Washington Monthly and Mediaite

Plain Dealer:

Cleveland officer who shot Tamir Rice had ‘dismal’ handgun performance for Independence police — Adam Ferrise, Northeast Ohio Media Group By Adam Ferrise, Northeast Ohio Media Group — CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Cleveland police officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice had issues …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, The Daily Caller and Gawker

Steve Almasy / CNN:

Charles Barkley: We never talk about race until something bad happens — Watch Brooke Baldwin's full interview with Charles Barkley on CNN on Wednesday at 2 p.m. ET — (CNN) — Charles Barkley — who once said he doesn't create controversies, he just brings them to our attention — is at it again.

Discussion: Liberaland, SBNation.com, theGrio and CBS St. Louis

Jason Hanna / CNN:
Michael Brown's stepfather sorry for outburst

Discussion: BizPac Review, New York Times and The Gateway Pundit

Steve Benen / msnbc.com:

The right's ‘State of the Union plan’ continues to percolate — Last week, shortly before Thanksgiving, the idea that congressional Republicans might block President Obama from delivering a State of the Union address first crossed the political world's radar.

Discussion: Balloon Juice and Daily Kos

Washington Post:
GOP readies Obama immigration response: No shutdown, but a nod to conservatives

Discussion: The New Republic, Prairie Weather, Addicting Info, Fox News, The Dish, Hot Air and Bloomberg Politics

Maggie Haberman / Politico:

Clinton in the void — She faces a challenge in how to spend her time before a 2016 decision — She's not going to announce her 2016 plans for at least another six weeks — possibly longer. — So the question for Hillary Clinton has become how to fill the space between the midterms …

Associated Press:

Watchdog reveals thousands of docs relating to disclosure of taxpayer data to White House — A woman walks out of the Internal Revenue Service building in New York. — An IRS watchdog is acknowledging that thousands of documents related to requests between the White House and the tax agency for unauthorized tax information exist —

Discussion: The PJ Tatler, Hot Air, Washington Free Beacon and John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Barbara Starr / CNN:
Hagel refused to hold off resignation announcement in spite of White House wishes

Discussion: American Spectator, Hot Air, The Daily Caller, Politico, Bloomberg View and Reuters

Dan Cahill / Chicago Sun Times:

4 Downs with Mike Ditka: Ferguson, Forte and is Briggs a HOFer? — Before Sunday's game, five St. Louis Rams players took the field in a “hands up, don't shoot” solidarity protest for Ferguson and Michael Brown. — Neither the NFL nor the Rams penalized the players for their actions.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, TPNN, Mediaite and USA Today

Ashe Schow / Washington Examiner:

If false, Rolling Stone story could set rape victims back decades — If the Rolling Stone story regarding the account of “Jackie,” a University of Virginia student allegedly gang raped as part of a fraternity initiation didn't happen the way it was described, rape victims and advocates trying …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Los Angeles Times, JustOneMinute, Gawker, Washington Post and Feministing

Alexandra Jaffe / CNN:

Ben Carson stands by comparison of U.S. to Nazi Germany — Washington (CNN) — Neurosurgeon Ben Carson stood by his controversial comparison of the United States to Nazi Germany in an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer on Wednesday. — Asked by Blitzer whether he would amend or take back his comments, Carson said “Absolutely not.”

Discussion: Daily Kos, National Review, Bloomberg Politics and Wall Street Journal

Kevin Montgomery / Gawker:

Zillow Accused of Subjecting Female Employees to “Sexual Torture” — Zillow has built up a $4.5 billion valuation by amassing an immense real estate database. But a lawsuit filed in a California court accuses the company of cultivating an “adult frat house” culture in which female employees …

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Addicting Info, Raw Story and Talking Points Memo

Alan S. Blinder / New York Review of Books:

What's the Matter with Economics? — Seven Bad Ideas: How Mainstream Economists Have Damaged America and the World — The Queen of England famously asked British economists why nobody saw the financial crisis coming. Lots of nonroyal people also have a feeling that there's something wrong with economics.