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9:30 AM ET, December 9, 2014

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Mark Fallon / Politico:
Dick Cheney Was Lying About Torture  —  The Senate report confirms it doesn't work.  As those of us on the inside knew.  —  It's official: torture doesn't work.  Waterboarding Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind of 9/11, did not in fact “produce the intelligence that allowed us to get Osama bin Laden …
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Daniel W. Drezner / Washington Post:
The insane narrative you are supposed to believe about the torture report  —  On Friday, Bloomberg View's Josh Rogin reported that Secretary of State John F. Kerry had quite the conversation with Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.): … The State Department pushed back somewhat on that story …
New York Times:
White House and Republicans Clash Over C.I.A. Torture Report
Discussion: Reuters, BBC and Prairie Weather
Jose A. Rodriguez Jr. / Washington Post:
Today's CIA critics once urged the agency to do anything to fight al-Qaeda
Reuters:
Sexual threats, other CIA methods detailed in Senate report
Discussion: Reuters
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic Online:
How The New Republic Lost Its Place  —  The strangest thing about the calamity that last week struck my old magazine, The New Republic, is this: It wasn't about politics.  When I was coming of age in the 1980s and 1990s, TNR was known for its intramural ideological brawls.
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James Kirchick / The Daily Beast:
The Rise and Fall of Chris Hughes and Sean Eldridge, America's Worst Gay Power Couple  —  Chris Hughes and Sean Eldridge have always been entitled brats.  And now the media has finally noticed.  —  Just three years ago, Chris Hughes and Sean Eldridge were the toast of the liberal establishment.
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The New Republic is dead, thanks to its owner, Chris Hughes
Pew Research Center:
Sharp Racial Divisions in Reactions to Brown, Garner Decisions  —  Many Blacks Expect Police-Minority Relations to Worsen  —  The public has very different reactions to the recent grand jury decisions in two police-related deaths that have sparked protests in cities across the country.
Discussion: Jezebel and The Gateway Pundit
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Republicans clash on reversing nuclear option in Senate  —  Republicans are split over whether to change the Senate's rules to allow filibusters on executive and judicial nominations.  —  As they head into a conference meeting on Tuesday, some Republicans say it's time to undo a wrong committed …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Eugene Volokh / Washington Post:
Lena Dunham's publisher says her alleged rapist “Barry” wasn't actually named Barry  —  Lena Dunham in a scene from the HBO series “Girls.”  (JoJo Whilden/HBO via AP)  —  As I noted last week, Lena Dunham's memoir describes her having sex with someone named Barry, whom she labels as Oberlin's “resident conservative.”
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Tony Maglio / The Wrap:
Lena Dunham's Publisher Fires Back at Breitbart With Clarification of ‘Barry One’ Rape Allegations (Exclusive)
Clare Foran / The Atlantic Online:
The Plan to Get Climate-Change Denial Into Schools  —  “As the amounts of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases increase, the Earth warms.  Scientists warn that climate change, caused by this warming, will pose challenges to society.”  —  That language—featured in a fifth-grade Texas …
Bill Clark / Roll Call:
McConnell Pushes Campaign Finance Changes  —  An effort to ease limits on spending by party committees was among the late lingering issues as negotiations continued on legislation to keep the government funded past Thursday.  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has championed the change …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Eric Bradner / CNN:
McConnell ‘almost certainly’ endorsing Rand Paul in 2016
Discussion: Mediaite
Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:
McConnell Plots a Functional, Bipartisan Senate
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
MoveOn.org Looks to Nudge Elizabeth Warren Into 2016 Presidential Race  —  WASHINGTON — Some Democrats are “Ready for Hillary.”  MoveOn.org is ready for Elizabeth Warren.  —  The liberal group is poised to spend $1 million on a campaign to draft Senator Warren, the Massachusetts Democrat …
Discussion: Politico and Political Wire
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Margaret Talev / Bloomberg Politics:
Approval Ratings Hit 5-Year High for GOP  —  Republicans are enjoying a five-year peak in popularity after their wins in the midterm elections, according to a new Bloomberg Politics poll, while President Barack Obama struggles with his lowest job approval rating, at 39 percent.
Discussion: Political Wire
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / Associated Press:
When rape matters, and when it doesn't: Column  —  In the eyes of the media, all rapes are equal.  But some rapes are more equal than others.  —  Rape is a terrible crime and deserves the harshest punishment and condemnation.  Yet, in the public sphere, all rapes are not created equal.
Jon Hilsenrath / Wall Street Journal:
Fed Aims to Signal Shift on Low Rates  —  Central Bank Could Drop ‘Considerable Time’ Phrasing in Policy Statement  —  Federal Reserve officials are seriously considering an important shift in tone at their policy meeting next week: dropping an assurance that short-term interest rates …
Allen McDuffee / The Atlantic Online:
De Blasio: Giuliani ‘Fundamentally Misunderstands the Reality’ of Race  —  The New York mayor today addressed the week in protests, and experience with his own son.  —  New York Mayor Bill de Blasio on Sunday admonished former Mayor Rudy Giuliani for his repeated recent comments that …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
Applying ‘Broken Windows’ to the Police  —  In poorer neighborhoods, overly aggressive officers are too often a source of community anxiety.  Their misbehavior contributes to disorder.  —  One of the most influential policing concepts of our era, the broken-windows theory …
Discussion: Washington Post
 
 
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Arik Hesseldahl / Re/code:
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Discussion: Mashable and The Hill
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Senior Dem withdraws opposition to FOIA update
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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Creedence Clearwater Members Sue John Fogerty Over Use of Band's Name
Discussion: TeamRock News
Ben Terris / Washington Post:
Meet the ghost hunter and horror novelist who writes Sen. Rob Portman's speeches
Discussion: Mediaite
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
California quake  —  Up-and-comers are already jockeying ahead …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The Democratic Party's long term problem is worse than you think
Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
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Discussion: Mediaite, New York Magazine and Poynter
Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
G.O.P. Donors Seek to Narrow Field of Presidential Candidates to One