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8:40 AM ET, December 4, 2014

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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Former RNC chairman: 'Black man's life not worth a ham sandwich'  —  Former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele on Wednesday criticized grand jury decisions to not indict white police officers in the deaths of black men in New York and Ferguson, Mo.
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Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Hands Up, Don't Choke: Eric Garner Was Killed By Police For No Reason  —  On July 17, 2014, Eric Garner was choked to death by a New York City policeman.  On December 3, 2014, a grand jury chose not to indict the officer who killed him.  And unlike the Michael Brown case in Ferguson …
New York Times:
Wave of Protests After Grand Jury Doesn't Indict Officer in Eric Garner Chokehold Case  —  A Staten Island grand jury on Wednesday ended the criminal case against a white New York police officer whose chokehold on an unarmed black man led to the man's death, a decision that drew condemnation …
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Michael Brown, and Now Eric Garner  —  At some point between the moment a Missouri grand jury refused to indict a police officer who had shot and killed Michael Brown on a Ferguson street and the moment a New York grand jury refused to indict a police officer who choked and killed Eric Garner …
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.
Politico:
Container-in-chief  —  Once more, Obama tries to quell public rage after the non-indictment of a police officer.  —  For the second time in ten days, the Obama administration is scrambling to contain tensions and anger unleashed by a local grand jury's decision not to charge a white police officer …
Uri Friedman / The Atlantic Online:
Do Police Body Cameras Actually Work?  —  It may be the most significant reform to follow the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown.  —  On Monday, President Obama requested $75 million in federal funds for a technology that, as he sees it, could help bridge the kinds of rifts between …
Discussion: The Daily Banter
Sara Fischer / CNN:
Rand Paul blames Eric Garner's death on high NYC cigarette tax
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
John Podhoretz / Commentary Magazine:
Eric Garner and the Crime Drop
Nia-Malika Henderson / Washington Post:
With Eric Garner, Obama's body camera argument just took a big hit
New York Post:
Cop cleared in chokehold death of Eric Garner
Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
Dem Sen. Gillibrand: I Will Ask Justice Department To Investigate Chokehold Death
Discussion: Bloomberg Politics
Nicole Flatow / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Grand Jury Won't Charge Cop Who Killed Eric Garner With Illegal Chokehold
Manu Raju / Politico:
GOP unlikely to reverse ‘nuclear option’  —  GOP senators were outraged at Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for invoking the “nuclear option” last year, calling his push to weaken the filibuster on presidential nominees a destructive and heavy-handed move with far-reaching consequences.
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Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
The money majority  —  Mitch McConnell has a plan to stay in control of the Senate.  It has dollar signs attached.  —  Mitch McConnell is moving swiftly to consolidate political power — and cash.  —  Before he even takes the reins as Senate majority leader, McConnell and his allies …
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama: US infrastructure ‘embarrassing’  —  President Obama told corporate leaders Wednesday he was embarrassed by U.S. infrastructure that was “falling behind” countries like China who spent aggressively on construction projects.  —  “I'd much rather have our problems than China's problems.
David / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Ben Carson Lashes Out At Wolf Blitzer: Don't ‘Focus On The Words’ When I Compare U.S. To Nazis  —  Possible Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson on Wednesday lashed out at CNN host Wolf Blitzer for “focusing on the words” that he used when he compared the United States to Nazi Germany.
Discussion: Addicting Info and FOX News Radio
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Kendall Breitman / Politico:
Ben Carson: Presidency ‘horrible and stressful’
Discussion: Hot Air
Alexandra Jaffe / CNN:
Ben Carson stands by comparison of U.S. to Nazi Germany
Discussion: Daily Kos and National Review
A.B. Stoddard / The Hill:
Jeb stalling in neutral  —  Guess who isn't running for president?  Jeb Bush.  Just listen to him.  —  The GOP presidential race is frozen until the former Florida governor makes his decision, and he sounds like a man ready to run for the hills.  Asked about his thinking this week …
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
ObamaCare sees 1.5M applicants in two weeks  —  About 1.5 million people applied for ObamaCare plans in the first two weeks of open enrollment, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said Wednesday.  —  Out of the total applications submitted, about 765,000 plans have already been picked …
Washington Post:
President Obama's unilateral action on immigration has no precedent  —  THE WHITE House has defended President Obama's unilateral decision to legalize the presence of nearly 4 million undocumented immigrants as consistent, even in scope, with the executive actions of previous presidents.
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Hillary, #TedCruz rule social media  —  Social media grows as platform with political reach.  —  Social media has no doubt who the most buzzworthy potential presidential candidates are at the moment for 2016: Hillary Clinton and Ted Cruz together accounted for 40 percent of the discussion …
Discussion: The Hill
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
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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Clinton in the void  —  She faces a challenge in how to spend …
David Ferguson / Raw Story:
Arizona pastor predicts ‘AIDS-free Christmas’ if all gays are killed, as God commands
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