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10:15 PM ET, December 10, 2014

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National Journal:
Sen. Mark Udall, Bashing CIA, Reveals Classified Findings on Interrogation Program  —  “The CIA is lying,” the Colorado Democrat said on the Senate floor Wednesday.  —  In a career-defining speech, Sen. Mark Udall took to the Senate floor Wednesday to disclose classified information regarding …
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Bob Kerrey / USA Today:
Sen. Bob Kerrey: Partisan torture report fails America  —  Intelligence agencies need guidance to do better, Senate Democrats failed to provide it.  —  I regret having to write a piece that is critical of the Democratic members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Cheney: Bush wasn't in the dark on CIA  —  Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Wednesday that President Bush was not kept in the dark on the CIA's interrogation techniques, calling the Senate Intelligence Committee report's claim a “flat out lie.”  —  The report, released Tuesday …
Discussion: Political Wire and ABC News
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Udall swinging with jabs at CIA, Obama  —  Sen. Mark Udall is going out with a bang.  —  Serving out his final days in Congress, the longtime skeptic of the nation's intelligence agencies took to the Senate floor on Wednesday to accuse CIA officials and President Obama of trying to …
Discussion: Yahoo! News, ABC News and Politico
Devin Dwyer / ABC News:   Former Vice President Dick Cheney Says CIA Torture Report Is ‘Full of Crap’
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Obama Catches Blame on Tactics of Torture That He Ended
Discussion: JustOneMinute, ABC News and ABC News
Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
McConnell: Torture Report Was One Last ‘Thumb In The Eye’ Of Bush Admin
Discussion: Mediaite and PoliticusUSA
Aleksander Chan / Gawker:
Fox News Host: Get Over CIA Torture Report Because “America Is Awesome”
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Elizabeth Warren to Dems: Kill the bill  —  Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) called on Democrats in the House to use their leverage and reject a bipartisan spending bill to keep the government open until a measure tucked inside rolling back a piece of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law is removed.
Discussion: The PJ Tatler and Daily Kos
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Politico:
Support frays on left for spending bill  —  John Boehner is pushing his members to support a bipartisan $1.1 trillion funding bill to keep the government open, vowing that it will provoke a fight with President Barack Obama in 2015 when the party is in a stronger position to take him on.
Discussion: Power Line, RedState and Daily Kos
Darren Goode / Politico:
Landrieu run again?  ‘Oh Lord, no’  —  Sen. Mary Landrieu pretty much dismissed any notion that she would run again for governor, the Senate or any other public office.  —  “Oh Lord, no,” the Louisiana Democrat said Wednesday.  —  Story Continued Below  —  “Well, let me say …
Discussion: OnPolitics
New York Times:
Federal Spending Bill Hits Snags, but Congress Thinks It Can Avoid Shutdown
Discussion: The Nation
The Hill:
Rank and file split on funding bill
Politico:
K Street woos Mary Landrieu
Discussion: Washington Post and Hot Air
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Growing Public Support for Gun Rights  —  More Say Guns Do More to Protect Than Put People at Risk  —  For the first time in more than two decades of Pew Research Center surveys, there is more support for gun rights than gun control.  Currently, 52% say it is more important to protect …
Discussion: The Federalist and Truth Revolt
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Kendall Breitman / Politico:
Pew poll: Support for gun rights exceeds gun control
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
Robert Frank / CNBC:
Millionaires' choice for president: Hillary
Discussion: OnPolitics, CNN, Politico and Political Wire
Maxim Lott / Fox News:
College president sorry for saying ‘All lives matter’  —  Smith College President Kathleen McCartney never meant to say “all lives matter,” she explained to angry students.  —  The president of prestigious Smith College is red-faced and apologetic Tuesday for telling students on the Northampton, Mass., campus that “all lives matter.”
Adam Gopnik / New Yorker:
Fear and Torture  —  The tragic resonance, in the global war on terror, of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence's report on torture, released yesterday, will not, and probably should not, fade any time soon.  It reveals that Americans engaged in acts, on behalf of and with the approval …
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Amy Davidson / New Yorker:
The Torture Report: Inhumane Scenes From the C.I.A.'s Prisons
5NEWSOnline.com:
Voters Repeal Fayetteville Civil Rights Ordinance … FAYETTEVILLE (KFSM)- Fayetteville voters have repealed the city's Civil Rights Ordinance following a special election Tuesday (Dec. 9).  —  Those in favor of repeal got 52% of the vote with 7,523 ballots cast.
Discussion: Advocate, Daily Signal and Raw Story
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Rep. Peter King: Senate Report Not Torture, Just People Having “To Stand In Awkward Positions”  —  “We're not talking about anyone being burned or stabbed or cut or anything like that.  We're talking about people being made to stand in awkward in positions, have water put into their nose and into their mouth.
Ben Edelman:
My Emails with Sichuan Garden  —  Many people have seen my emails with Ran Duan of Sichuan Garden restaurant in Brookline.  —  Having reflected on my interaction with Ran, including what I said and how I said it, it's clear that I was very much out of line.
Stephen Braun / Associated Press:
Delays plague Hillary Clinton's State Dept. files  —  1 photo  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has failed to turn over government documents covering Hillary Rodham Clinton's tenure as secretary of state that The Associated Press and others requested under the U.S. Freedom …
Discussion: Politico
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Exposing deceit as he ‘humbly’ begs our pardon  —  Modesty does not become Jonathan Gruber, the man who both helped conceive (in 2009) and unmask (in 2014) ObamaCare.  —  Gruber tried to eat humble pie Tues­day as he appeared before a House committee to explain video footage that emerged …
Discussion: Ed Driscoll and Twitchy
Howard Dean / Politico:
I'm Ready for Hillary  —  Hillary Clinton is by far the most qualified person in the United States to serve as President.  If she runs, I will support her.  I have known Hillary for almost twenty-five years.  We first met when I was the governor of Vermont and she was the First Lady …
Milo Yiannopoulos / BREITBART.COM:
THE MADNESS OF QUEEN SHANLEY  —  Most developers in Silicon Valley know feminist agitator and Twitter troll Shanley Kane's name from Hacker News, a sort of reddit for the people building social networks.  She and her supporters regularly appear to derail discussion and spew the sort of nonsense about …
Discussion: Vox Popoli and Instapundit
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Cheney: 'The report's full of crap'  —  Washington (CNN) — Former Vice President Dick Cheney called a Senate panel's report on U.S. interrogation tactics during George W. Bush's administration is “deeply flawed” and a “terrible piece of work.”  —  “The report's full of crap,” …
Center for American Progress:
We the People  —  Why Congress and U.S. States Must Pass Comprehensive LGBT Nondiscrimination Protections … Individuals' ability to fully and freely participate in society is fundamental to every person's pursuit of the American Dream.  Throughout the 230-year history of the United States …
Discussion: Daily Kos and ThinkProgress
 
 
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Daniel Larison / The American Conservative:
Torture Is Wrong and Useless
Russell Berman / The Atlantic Online:
Obama Wants Congress to Let Him Hunt ISIS Anywhere
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Maybe We Should Pick A “Person Of Just One Minute”
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Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
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