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Nick Wing / The Huffington Post:
A Grand Jury Did Indict One Person Involved In Eric Garner's Killing — The Man Who Filmed It  —  On Wednesday, a Staten Island grand jury decided not to return an indictment for the police officer who put Eric Garner, an unarmed black man, in a chokehold shortly before his death.
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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 …
John Podhoretz / Commentary Magazine:
Eric Garner and the Crime Drop  —  The so-far inexplicable decision of the grand jury that decided not to hand down an indictment in the case of a New York City police officer who put a deadly choke-hold on Eric Garner points to the complexities of managing police policy and strategy 20 years …
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 …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Morning Plum: GOP leaders betting that conservative rage will sputter out  —  With conservatives working themselves up into cries of rage and betrayal over the GOP leadership's emerging scheme to avoid a government shutdown, it seems increasingly likely that House Republican leaders …
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Pete King: Eric Garner Wouldn't Have Died From Chokehold If He Weren't ‘Obese’  —  While many on the right condemned a grand jury's decision not to indict a white police officer for placing a black man in a fatal chokehold, Rep. Peter King (R-NY) defended the officer Tuesday and said that if the victim …
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 …
Andrew McCarthy / National Review:
No Indictment in Garner Case
Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
‘Hell No!’ Eric Garner's Widow Rejects Killer Cop's Condolences (VIDEO)
Discussion: Mediaite
New York Times:
Officer Daniel Pantaleo Told Grand Jury He Meant No Harm to Eric Garner
Justin Sink / The Hill:
WH: Bill to roll back immigration order unfair  —  The White House on Wednesday blasted a bill offered by Rep. Ted Yoho (R-Fla.) that would roll back the president's executive action on immigration, calling the bill “unfair” and “bad policy.”  —  Press secretary Josh Earnest said the legislation would …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and PoliticusUSA
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
House Republicans scramble to avoid a shutdown ahead of a Dec. 11 deadline
Justin Sink / The Hill:   Obama: US infrastructure ‘embarrassing’
Scott Conroy / Real Clear Politics:
Jeb Bush Putting Out Feelers in New Hampshire  —  Two top New Hampshire Republican strategists have been contacted this week by a Jeb Bush confidant to discuss their interest in leading the former Florida governor's prospective presidential campaign there, RealClearPolitics has learned from GOP sources in the Granite State.
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A.B. Stoddard / The Hill:   Jeb stalling in neutral
Joel Connelly / Strange Bedfellows:
Landrieu warns about Cantwell: Cantwell raises money for Landrieu  —  Beleaguered Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., underdog in her forthcoming Senate runoff election, warned Pelican State voters on Wednesday that her defeat would elevate an advocate of “windmills” to a powerful position on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
Discussion: Booman Tribune
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Washington Post:
Mary Landrieu, Deep South's last Senate Democrat, must fend for herself
Politico:
Hillary Clinton has met with potential campaign managers  —  With weeks to go until she makes an announcement about her future, Hillary Clinton has started meeting with a broad range of political figures — including potential campaign managers, POLITICO has learned.
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Hillary #TedCruz rule
Megan Cassidy / Arizona Republic:
Phoenix police: Suspect unarmed when killed by officer  —  The facts surrounding Rumain Brisbon's death — the ones that could be agreed upon as of Wednesday evening — follow a narrative familiar to a nation still reeling from the racially charged police incidents in Ferguson, Mo., New York City and elsewhere.
Discussion: Raw Story, Colorlines and The PJ Tatler
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
4 New Studies Show Obamacare Is Working Incredibly Well  —  Great law, or great<em>est</em> law?  —  Shares  —  A week ago, Sen. Charles Schumer said his party made a political mistake by passing the Affordable Care Act rather than some unspecified economic measure.
Katie McDonough / Salon:
“It makes me really depressed”: From UVA to Cosby, the rape denial playbook that won't go away  —  Rolling Stone's piece on sexual violence may have been imperfect — but here's why its backlash was pre-ordained  —  Rolling Stone contributing editor Sabrina Rubin Erdely's report on a culture …
Discussion: JustOneMinute, RedState and Fox News
Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Motorist hits crowd members, pulls gun at Central West End protest  —  A man was arrested during protests Wednesday evening in the Central West End after he drove through the crowd and later waved a gun at protesters.  —  The incident happened during a day of demonstrations that brought protesters …
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and Raw Story
John DiStaso / New Hampshire Journal:
First look: Poll shows Ayotte with small lead over Hassan in potential 2016 US Senate matchup  —  HENNIKER - The first poll of the 2016 election cycle gauging a potential U.S. Senate matchup between Sen. Kelly Ayotte and Gov. Maggie Hassan shows incumbent Republican Ayotte with a small lead over the Democratic chief executive.
Discussion: CNN and Political Wire
Chrstrauss / USA Today:
Kenny Smith's open letter to Charles Barkley about Ferguson - A For The Win exclusive.  —  (Photo by Issac Baldizon/NBAE via Getty Images) … Dear Chuck,  —  I hope this finds you in the way I always see you, in great spirits, with great joy and full of life.
Discussion: Mediaite, SBNation.com and NOLA River
 
 
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Erick Erickson / RedState:
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