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Jeb Bush / Facebook:
A Note from Jeb Bush — Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah! — Like many of you, our family was blessed with the opportunity to gather together over the recent Thanksgiving holiday. — Columba and I are so proud of the wonderful adults our children have become, and we loved spending time with our three precious grandchildren.
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Brian Beutler / The New Republic:
Jeb Bush Is Running for President, But Obama Has Already Destroyed His Candidacy — Because the right never trusted him, Mitt Romney spent the entire 2012 presidential primary burnishing his conservative credentials, and spent much of the general election on unsure footing …
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Cruz on Jeb: GOP will lose with another moderate — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz insists he's a “big fan” of Jeb Bush. But when asked Tuesday about the former Florida governor's move toward a presidential run, Cruz suggested the Republican party would lose if they nominate another relative moderate.
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Bush fires starting pistol for 2016 — Jeb Bush became the first big name to enter the 2016 presidential fray on Tuesday, shaking up a field that had been watching and waiting to see whether the former Florida governor would jump into the contest. — Bush stopped short of making a declaration …
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Danny Vinik / The New Republic:
Jeb Bush Just Flushed Marco Rubio's 2016 Hopes Down the Toilet
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Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg View:
Jeb Jumps In — Jeb Bush, presidential candidate.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Poll: Jeb Bush is a front-runner — but an underwhelming one
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Rand Paul On Jeb Bush Exploring 2016 Bid: ‘The More The Merrier’
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John McCormick / Bloomberg Politics:
Jeb Bush Says He Will ‘Actively Explore’ Presidential Run
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Jonathan H. Adler / Washington Post:
District court declares Obama immigration action unconstitutional — Earlier Tuesday, a federal court in Pennsylvania declared aspects of President Obama's executive actions on immigration policy unconstitutional. — According to the opinion by Judge Arthur Schwab, the president's policy goes …
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Republican Judge Strikes Down Obama's Immigration Order — In an extraordinary opinion that transforms a routine sentencing matter into a vehicle to strike down a politically controversial policy, a George W. Bush-appointed judge in Pennsylvania declared President Obama's recently …
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Federal Judge Declares Obama's Immigration Action Unconstitutional
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
BREAKING: Federal judge finds Obama amnesty is unconstitutional
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Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
'Oh God It's Mom': Brother Operatives Get Surprise C-SPAN Caller — C-SPAN guests usually go on prepared for the occasional offensive question from a caller but when Dallas and Brad Woodhouse went on to Washington Journal Tuesday they got something different: a call from their mother.
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Abby Ohlheiser / Washington Post:
Hero mom calls into CSPAN to berate her arguing pundit sons — Democrat Brad Woodhouse and Republican Dallas Woodhouse received a surprise during their joint appearance on C-SPAN when their mother called into scold them for fighting over the holidays. (C-SPAN)
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BuzzFeed:
Seth Rogen And James Franco Cancel All Press Appearances In Light Of “The Interview” Threats — The stars of Sony's upcoming film pulled out of all planned media appearances on Tuesday. The two were scheduled to appear at a live BuzzFeed Brews to answer questions about the Sony hack and their controversial film.
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Alex Stedman / Variety:
Seth Rogen and James Franco Cancel All Media Appearances for ‘The Interview’ — “The Interview” stars Seth Rogen and James Franco have canceled all upcoming media appearances following the latest threats made against theaters showing the movie, Variety has confirmed.
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Brent Lang / Variety:
Sony Hackers Threaten 9/11 Attack on Movie Theaters That Screen ‘The Interview’ — The Sony hackers have threatened a 9/11-like attack on movie theaters that screen Seth Rogen and James Franco's North Korean comedy “The Interview,” substantially escalating the stakes surrounding the release of the movie.
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Manu Raju / Politico:
Ted Cruz apologizes to colleagues over antics — Ted Cruz privately apologized to GOP senators Tuesday for interrupting their holiday schedules by his surprise tactics that effectively brought the Senate into session over the weekend. — According to five senators who attended Tuesday's caucus lunch …
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Sen. Ted Cruz / Politico:
What Really Happened This Weekend — Why I tried to block Obama's amnesty. — For the past week, Sen. Harry Reid has worked hard to prevent a vote on President Obama's illegal executive amnesty. Finally, after considerable turmoil this weekend, we were able to force a vote.
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Bloomberg:
Russian Rate Jump Fails to Stop Ruble Crash — The ruble plummeted into a freefall, losing as much as 19 percent as panic swept across Russian financial markets after a surprise interest-rate increase failed to stem the run on the currency. — The ruble plunged to as weak as 80.10 per dollar …
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BBC:
Russian rouble in free-fall despite shock 17% rate rise
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Matt O'Brien / Washington Post:
Sorry, Putin. Russia's economy is doomed
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Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
Russia's Steep Rate Increase Fails to Stem Ruble's Decline
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New York Times:
Pakistani Taliban Attack on Peshawar School Leaves 145 Dead — Aftermath of School Attack in Pakistan Aftermath of School Attack in Pakistan — The scene on Tuesday in Peshawar in northwestern Pakistan after more than 100 people were killed in a Taliban attack on a school. — Video by Quynhanh Do on
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New York Magazine:
An Apology to Our Readers — A story in <em>New York</em>'s most recent issue was false. — In the most recent edition of New York, its annual Reasons to Love New York issue, the magazine published a story about a Stuyvesant High School senior named Mohammed Islam, who was rumored to have made $72 million trading stocks.
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Ken Kurson / The New York Observer:
EXCLUSIVE: New York Mag's Boy Genius Investor Made It All Up
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Agoldberg / The Smoking Gun:
“Witness 40”: Exposing A Fraud In Ferguson — TSG probe unmasks grand jury witness who spun fabricated tale — The grand jury witness who testified that she saw Michael Brown pummel a cop before charging at him “like a football player, head down,” is a troubled, bipolar Missouri woman …
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Aleksander Chan / Gawker:
Report: Darren Wilson's Key Witness Lied About Everything
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Evan Halper / Los Angeles Times:
Congress quietly ends federal government's ban on medical marijuana — Tucked deep inside the 1,603-page federal spending measure is a provision that effectively ends the federal government's prohibition on medical marijuana and signals a major shift in drug policy.
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Josh Lederman / Associated Press:
Biden marks start of Hanukkah at national menorah — WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden says Hanukkah is about the miracle of courageous warriors overcoming great odds to protect their people's culture and dignity. — Biden is marking the start of the Jewish holiday by observing the lighting of the national menorah.
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