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3:35 AM ET, December 13, 2014

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Danny Vinik / The New Republic:
The Week Elizabeth Warren Decided to Run for President  —  Or may have decided.  We won't know for a few months whether the Massachusetts senator will challenge Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination, but if she chooses to run, we're going to look back at this week as a pivotal moment in Warren's decision-making.
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Bloomberg:
Wall Street's Win on Swaps Rule Shows Washington Resurgence  —  Wall Street is re-emerging as a force in Washington as it closes in on one of its biggest wins against regulation since the financial crisis.  —  With must-pass spending legislation making its way through Congress this week …
Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
Down and Out  —  The Democratic Party's losses at the state level …
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Sabrina Erdely Was Once Disciplined By Stephen Glass For Fabrication  —  And you thought this whole story couldn't get more bizarre.  According to “Penn In Ink,” a collection of essays about the University of Pennsylvania by author Samuel Hughes, Sabrina Erdely (Sabrina Rubin at the time) …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Ed Driscoll
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Ex-CIA director defends rectal rehydration  —  Former CIA Director Gen. Michael Hayden on Thursday defended revelations from Senate Intelligence Committee Democrats that the agency used rectal rehydration on detainees.  —  “These were medical procedures,” Hayden said during a tense interview on CNN's “The Lead with Jake Tapper.”
Discussion: FOX News Radio
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CNN:
Ex-CIA director slams torture report, defends rectal rehydration as a ‘medical procedure’
Discussion: Daily Kos
Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
More Videos: Gruber Talks About Writing Obamacare; Said Under Oath He Didn't Write It  —  When MIT professor and Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber testified in front of Congress earlier this week about the lack of transparency used to deceive the American people about the Affordable Care Act …
Discussion: Hit & Run and Power Line
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Natalie Villacorta / Politico:
Darrell Issa subpoenas Jonathan Gruber
Discussion: Daily Kos and The Hill
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Torture Party: Why Republicans Defend the Most Sadistic Government Program in Recent History  —  The allegation that the Bush administration used torture had gone from outrageous smear to tired news without ever having passed through the stage of acceptable topic of discussion.  —  Shares
Claudia Lacy / Guardian:
Was my 17-year-old son lynched, in the year 2014?  The police still won't tell me  —  It's hard to think such a thing could still happen in the United States.  This is justice?  Tell us what happened to Lennon.  Tell me what happened to my son  —  Friday 12 December 2014 10.41 EST
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
Inside the Collapse of The New Republic  —  Last Friday morning, Chris Hughes, the owner of The New Republic, and Guy Vidra, the magazine's C.E.O., presided over a meeting at the publication's Penn Quarter offices in Washington, D.C. It had been a busy twenty-four hours: a day earlier …
Olivia Nuzzi / The Daily Beast:
Joe Biden: 'I'll Kill Your Son'  —  In a speech Wednesday, the vice president recalled a moment from childhood when he ‘smashed [the] head’ of local bully—and then threatened to kill him.  —  Vice President Joe Biden said he once chased down a bully on his bicycle, physically assaulted him …
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
In New Election, Jeb Bush Stakes Out the Middle Ground  —  WASHINGTON — When former Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida quietly visited Senator John McCain in his Capitol Hill office this fall, discussion turned to a subject of increasing interest to Mr. Bush: how to run for president without pandering to the party's conservative base.
Carol Glatz / The Catholic Register:
Time to tackle global warming running out, Pope tells climate summit  —  VATICAN CITY - Tackling the problem of climate change is a serious ethical and moral responsibility, Pope Francis told negotiators from around the world meeting for a climate summit in Lima, Peru.  —  “The time to find global solutions is running out.
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Susie Madrak / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Cop Shows Up At Penn Student's Room To Question Her About Activist Facebook Post  —  If only they were this diligent about investigating right-wing domestic terrorists.  —  Activists also report that the day after the town hall was held at Calvary United Methodist Church …
New York Times:
Poll Finds Unease in New York After Garner Case; Challenge for de Blasio  —  Mayor Bill de Blasio rose to power promising a new era of cultural comity in New York City, generating big expectations that he could heal longstanding urban divisions over ethnicity, money and class.
KPTV-TV:
School shooting reported in North Portland; at least two victims  —  At least two people were shot at Rosemary Anderson High School in Portland on Friday.  —  A Portland Fire and Rescue officials said three people were transported to the hospital.  Two of them are confirmed gunshot victims.
 
 
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
McCain says “most likely” running for re-election
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