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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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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
On the Staten Island Decision — Several news organizations have reported that a New York grand jury in Staten Island has voted against indicting Daniel Pantaleo, a New York City police officer, in the choking death of Eric Garner. The decision is to be announced officially on Thursday.
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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John Podhoretz / Commentary Magazine:
Eric Garner and the Crime Drop
Eric Garner and the Crime Drop
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Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Hands Up, Don't Choke: Eric Garner Was Killed By Police For No Reason
Hands Up, Don't Choke: Eric Garner Was Killed By Police For No Reason
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New York Times:
Officer Daniel Pantaleo Told Grand Jury He Meant No Harm to Eric Garner
Officer Daniel Pantaleo Told Grand Jury He Meant No Harm to Eric Garner
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Robert Tracinski / The Federalist:
Eric Garner and Omnipresent Police Power
Eric Garner and Omnipresent Police Power
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Andrew McCarthy / National Review:
No Indictment in Garner Case
No Indictment in Garner Case
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Congressman Says Eric Garner Is Responsible For His Own Death: He ‘Was So Obese’
Congressman Says Eric Garner Is Responsible For His Own Death: He ‘Was So Obese’
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Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
‘Hell No!’ Eric Garner's Widow Rejects Killer Cop's Condolences (VIDEO)
‘Hell No!’ Eric Garner's Widow Rejects Killer Cop's Condolences (VIDEO)
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Albert Burneko / The Concourse:
The American Justice System Is Not Broken
The American Justice System Is Not Broken
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Former RNC chairman: 'Black man's life not worth a ham sandwich'
Former RNC chairman: 'Black man's life not worth a ham sandwich'
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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 …
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
House Republicans scramble to avoid a shutdown ahead of a Dec. 11 deadline
House Republicans scramble to avoid a shutdown ahead of a Dec. 11 deadline
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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
GOP to rebuke Obama on immigration
GOP to rebuke Obama on immigration
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Manu Raju / Politico:
GOP unlikely to reverse ‘nuclear option’
GOP unlikely to reverse ‘nuclear option’
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Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
The money majority — Mitch McConnell has a plan to stay in control of the Senate.
The money majority — Mitch McConnell has a plan to stay in control of the Senate.
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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.
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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.
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Erick Erickson / RedState:
Would You Please Click Here to Order John Boehner Some New Balls? — I guess Barack Obama took John Boehner's balls because Boehner is playing with the President's balls instead of his own. — That's sad. I mean, think about this. For the last three months, the GOP actively campaigned …
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Norm Ornstein / National Journal:
The Pernicious Effects of Gerrymandering — If the Supreme Court decides to stop letting voters take control of the redistricting process away from partisan legislators, polarization can only get worse. — Almost invariably, whenever I speak about our polarized politics, the first or second question I get is about redistricting.
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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.
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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 …
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 …
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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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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.
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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 …
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