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7:15 AM ET, December 5, 2014

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Salon:
White America's moral disaster: From Eric Garner to Mike Brown, a destructive view of “justice”  —  Here's how white victimization is tearing the nation apart  —  Yesterday a New York police officer named Daniel Pantaleo who was videotaped killing a man named Eric Garner using …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
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Peter Beinart / The Atlantic Online:
If Eric Garner Were White  —  Imagine that Eric Garner had been white.  Imagine that he'd been living in Idaho.  Imagine that the law-enforcement officers who killed him had been federal agents.  —  His death would be a Tea Party crusade.  —  Think about it.
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
On the Staten Island Decision
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
A Eulogy for The New Republic  —  A century-old liberal institution gazes at the end.  —  Shares  —  Not long after he purchased The New Republic, Chris Hughes had lunch with me, as he was doing with quite a few journalists around Washington.  At one point, he asked me who the best editor had been during my 16 years.
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
Even the liberal New Republic needs to change  —  When I entered journalism there were three places I badly wanted to work: The American Prospect, The Washington Monthly, and The New Republic.  The decision turned out to be easy: TNR never called me back.  The Washington Monthly didn't have entry-level positions.
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Frank Foer, Leon Wieseltier out at TNR
John Nolte / BREITBART.COM:
INVESTIGATION: LENA DUNHAM ‘RAPED BY A REPUBLICAN’ STORY IN BESTSELLER COLLAPSES UNDER SCRUTINY  —  In her just-released memoir, Not That Kind of Girl, Lena Dunham describes her alma mater, Oberlin College, as “a liberal arts haven in the cornfields of Ohio.”
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Eugene Volokh / Washington Post:
Could ‘Barry’ sue Lena Dunham over her memoirs?  —  Actress Lena Dunham holds her memoir, “Not That Kind of Girl,” ahead of a book signing in Piccadilly in central London in October.  (Joel Ryan/Invision via Associated Press)  —  A reader writes: … A very interesting question …
Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:
The Last Southern Democrat  —  HAMMOND, La.—Mary Landrieu is dead, and everyone knows it but Mary Landrieu.  —  The senior senator from Louisiana, a diminutive blond woman with a round, youthful face, is standing under a green canopy in the middle of an airfield.  The canopy reads, “City of Hammond, Too Lovely to Litter.”
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Lisa Lerer / Bloomberg Politics:
Warren Buffett, Reluctant PAC Man, Is Ready for Hillary  —  Warren Buffett has said he's willing to “put money” on Hillary Clinton winning the 2016 presidential race.  Turns out, he really meant it.  —  The Oracle of Omaha gave the maximum donation allowed to Ready for Hillary last quarter …
Discussion: CNN, Taylor Marsh and Business Insider
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Politico:
Hillary Clinton has met with potential campaign managers
Allie Jones / Gawker:
Jenna Bush Admits to “Hanky Panky” on the White House Roof  —  America's favorite tipsy Bush twin Jenna Bush Hager went on Andy Cohen's Watch What Happens Live last night and was predictably great (sorry Barb).  When asked if she ever fooled around in the White House, Jen admitted she engaged in some …
Discussion: UPROXX and Mediaite
Politico:
Nancy Pelosi flexes muscle in closed budget meeting  —  With the government set to shut down in a week, Nancy Pelosi is flexing her muscles.  —  In a closed Democratic whip meeting Thursday morning, the House minority leader warned Democrats not to rush to support the Republican efforts …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Daily Kos
hrms.urban.org:
Taking Stock: Health Insurance Coverage under the ACA as of September 2014  —  Sharon K. Long, Michael Karpman, Adele Shartzer, Douglas Wissoker, Genevieve M. Kenney, Stephen Zuckerman, Nathaniel Anderson, and Katherine Hempstead  —  The Urban Institute's Health Reform Monitoring Survey …
BuzzFeed:
It Gets Worse: The Newest Sony Data Breach Exposes Thousands Of Passwords  —  Excel and Word documents plainly expose thousands of computer log-in, financial, and web services passwords, including the Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and MySpace passwords for hundreds of major motion picture accounts.
Margaret Atwood / New York Times:
Margaret Atwood on Our Robotic Future  —  Welcome to The Future, one of our favorite playgrounds.  We love dabbling about in it, as our numerous utopias and dystopias testify; like the Afterlife, it's up for grabs, since no one has actually been there.  —  What fate is in store for us in The Future?
Business Insider:
Romney's Inner Circle Is Convinced He's Running  —  Mitt Romney held meetings with donors in New York this week that left one attendee convinced he is running for president again in 2016.  —  A member of Romney's inner circle who spoke to Business Insider said the former governor …
Discussion: Liberaland
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CNN:
Justice Dept.: Cleveland police has pattern of excessive force
Discussion: Mediaite and FOX News Radio
 
 
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Shushannah Walshe / ABC News:
Chris Christie Says US Treats Canada, Mexico as an ‘Afterthought’
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Rahm Emanuel Doesn't Miss Washington
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House Democrats are pranking one another with a cardboard Ronald Reagan cutout
Christopher White / The College Fix:
Missouri white students told not to take part in Ferguson ‘die-in’ demonstration
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Politico:
Rand Paul tries to force ISIL war vote
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Martin Matishak / The Hill:
Navy rescinds Cosby's honorary title
Jacob Fischler / BuzzFeed:
Former Top Senate Republican: McConnell Should Tell Conservatives To “Kiss Off”
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Daily Mail:
Woman arrested for U.S. mother's Abu Dhabi mall murder in dramatic raid on home packed …
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Erick Erickson / RedState:
Would You Please Click Here to Order John Boehner Some New Balls?
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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
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Alan Pyke / ThinkProgress:
Judge Orders Florida City To Pause Arrests Of People Feeding The Homeless
Norm Ornstein / National Journal:
The Pernicious Effects of Gerrymandering
Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Motorist hits crowd members, pulls gun at Central West End protest
 

 
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Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January

 
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