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3:55 PM ET, December 4, 2014

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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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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.
Brian Beutler / The New Republic:
The NYC Cop Who Strangled Eric Garner to Death Is Free Thanks to a Legal Flaw.  Here's How Voters Can Fix It.  —  Many of the people who took umbrage at the public outcry over a St. Louis County grand jury's decision not to indict Darren Wilson—the now-former police officer who killed Michael Brown …
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’
Discussion: Shakesville and New York Times
John Podhoretz / Commentary Magazine:
Eric Garner and the Crime Drop
NY Daily News:
The lonesome death of Eric Garner
Discussion: Washington Post and The Dish
New York Times:
Officer Daniel Pantaleo Told Grand Jury He Meant No Harm to Eric Garner
Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
‘Hell No!’ Eric Garner's Widow Rejects Killer Cop's Condolences (VIDEO)
Discussion: Mediaite
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Hands Up, Don't Choke: Eric Garner Was Killed By Police For No Reason
Albert Burneko / The Concourse:
The American Justice System Is Not Broken
Andrew McCarthy / National Review:
No Indictment in Garner Case
Discussion: Don Surber and JustOneMinute
Jacob Fischler / BuzzFeed:
Former Top Senate Republican: McConnell Should Tell Conservatives To “Kiss Off”  —  Trent Lott said the immigration executive order is something to worry about next year.  —  AFP / Getty Images JIM WATSON  —  WASHINGTON — Former Republican Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott said Thursday …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
House Republicans scramble to avoid a shutdown ahead of a Dec. 11 deadline
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
The money majority  —  Mitch McConnell has a plan to stay in control of the Senate.
Discussion: Democracy21
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
GOP to rebuke Obama on immigration  —  House Republicans are poised Thursday to rebuke President Obama for acting alone to change the immigration system despite concerns from conservatives that their vote will be largely symbolic.  —  Rep. Ted Yoho's (R-Fla.) bill would prevent the executive branch …
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
WH: Bill to roll back immigration order unfair
Discussion: ThinkProgress and PoliticusUSA
Michael Warren / Weekly Standard:
Boehner Won't Commit to Defunding Executive Amnesty Next Year
Discussion: Hot Air
The Huffington Post:
Feds Find Shocking, Systemic Brutality, Incompetence In Cleveland Police Department  —  WASHINGTON — In recent years, Cleveland police officers have punched a 13-year-old boy who was in handcuffs for shoplifting and shot at an unarmed kidnapping victim who was wearing only his underwear …
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Eliott C. McLaughlin / CNN:
Feds: Cleveland PD used excessive force
Discussion: Liberaland, FOX News Radio and Mediaite
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.
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 …
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Daily Mail:
Woman arrested for U.S. mother's Abu Dhabi mall murder in dramatic raid on home packed with explosives after she 'planted a bomb outside American doctor's apartment' in dual terror attack  — Police have arrested an Emirati woman ‘for stabbing American teacher Ibolya Ryan, 47, to death in a mall restroom on Reem Island on Monday’
Martin Matishak / The Hill:
Navy rescinds Cosby's honorary title  —  The U.S. Navy is revoking Bill Cosby's honorary title of chief petty officer, the service announced Thursday.  —  “The Navy is taking this action because allegations against Mr. Cosby are very serious and are in conflict with the Navy's core values of honor …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Mediaite
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.
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.
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 …
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.
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 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
 
 
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Obama's Push for Political Ambassadors Reaching Lame-Duck Limit
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Scott Conroy / Real Clear Politics:
Jeb Bush Putting Out Feelers in New Hampshire
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Jeff Elder / Wall Street Journal:
Apple Deleted Rivals' Songs from Users' iPods
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Discussion: Washington Monthly and The Hill
Ryan Gallagher / The Intercept:
How the NSA Hacks Cellphone Networks Worldwide
Katie McDonough / Salon:
“It makes me really depressed”: From UVA to Cosby, the rape denial playbook that won't go away
Chrstrauss / USA Today:
Kenny Smith's open letter to Charles Barkley about Ferguson - A For The Win exclusive.
Discussion: Mediaite, SBNation.com and NOLA River
 

 
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