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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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Pakistan Today, emptywheel, Outside the Beltway, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and NPR
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BBC:
Pakistan Taliban ‘kill 100’ in assault on Peshawar school — At least 100 people, mostly children, have been killed in a Taliban assault on an army-run school in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, officials say. — Five or six militants wearing security uniforms entered the school, officials said.
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The Moderate Voice, New York Magazine and The Gateway Pundit
Daily Mail:
'Our classmates were shot in front of us... I felt bullets flying past my head': Boy aged 10 recounts horror of seeing friends gunned down in Pakistani school slaughter as Taliban fighters massacred more than 100 children — A 10-year-old boy caught up in the Peshawar school massacre that saw …
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Vox Popoli
CNN:
At least four children dead as Taliban storm Pakistan school
At least four children dead as Taliban storm Pakistan school
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The PJ Tatler and FOX News Radio
Saad Khan / Agence France-Presse:
Carnage as Taliban storm Pakistan school, kill 130
Carnage as Taliban storm Pakistan school, kill 130
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TIME, Taylor Marsh and Slantpoint
Mushtaq Yusufzai / NBC News:
Kids Shot ‘One by One’: More Than 100 Dead in School Attack
Kids Shot ‘One by One’: More Than 100 Dead in School Attack
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Weekly Standard
Politico:
Ted Cruz reignites GOP civil war — Republican senators pounded Ted Cruz over the weekend, lashing him for his procedural tactics and ultimately voting in large numbers against his immigration gambit. — Now, Cruz's allies off Capitol Hill are looking for revenge. — Story Continued Below
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Jim Malewitz / Politico:
Ted Cruz trolled over surgeon general vote — The Senate's confirmation of Vivek Murthy to surgeon general on Monday gave Democrats a chance to troll GOP firebrand Ted Cruz on twitter. — Implying the Republican senator paved the way for a vote after over 500 days without a surgeon general …
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Hot Air
Charles Hoskinson / Washington Examiner:
Unqualified nominees get their jobs — thanks, Harry — On Monday night, the Senate confirmed Vivek Murthy as U.S. Surgeon General. His was just one of two dozen nominations that Republicans had hoped to avoid confirming by running out the clock on Congress's lame duck session.
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Betsy's Page and Weekly Standard
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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Trail Blazers Blog, Daily Kos, The Daily Caller, The Huffington Post, Business Insider, The PJ Tatler and NBC News
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Gary Fineout / Associated Press:
Jeb Bush to ‘actively explore’ run for president — TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Jeb Bush is taking his most definitive step yet toward running for president. — The former Republican Florida governor on Tuesday told his followers on Facebook and Twitter he has decided “to actively explore …
Ken Kurson / The New York Observer:
EXCLUSIVE: New York Mag's Boy Genius Investor Made It All Up — In an exclusive Observer interview, Mohammed Islam, said to have investment returns of $72 million as a hs senior, admits he invented the whole story — Damir Tulemaganbetov and Mohammed Islam (r) in the office of 5WPR …
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Trevor Eischen / Politico:
David Brooks: Elizabeth Warren has chance of being nominated — New York Times columnist David Brooks says Elizabeth Warren has a “significant and growing chance of being nominated” as the Democratic candidate in the 2016 presidential election. — In an op-ed titled “Warren Can Win,” …
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The Hill, New York Times, Real Clear Politics, Washington Post and CANNONFIRE
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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Bill Clinton: Eric Garner 'didn't deserve to die'
Bill Clinton: Eric Garner 'didn't deserve to die'
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Washington Times
John Lewis / The Atlantic Online:
Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and the ‘Other America’
Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and the ‘Other America’
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Political Insider blog and Mediaite
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Iowa GOP chairman: Straw poll likely to survive — The head of the Hawkeye State's GOP says he believes the Iowa Straw Poll has enough support to take place next summer, despite disdain from establishment Republicans and Gov. Terry Branstad's continued concerns about the event, according to news reports.
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Des Moines Register:
Iowa Straw Poll likely to live on despite controversy — Remember the predictions that the much-ridiculed Iowa Straw Poll was going to its grave? — Not so fast. — The event is likely to live on almost as-is, despite some resistance — including from the governor.
Roger Simon / Politico:
(Burp) Here comes Mitt! — Are you ready for Romney in 2016? — Mitt Romney has become the acid reflux candidate: He just keeps coming back up. — There has been poll after poll, story after story and now, over the weekend, a “Ready for Romney” website emerged that may or may not be serious.
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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Raw Story
Plain Dealer:
Cleveland Browns receiver Andrew Hawkins delivers emotional response to Cleveland police union's reaction to ‘Justice for Tamir Rice’ shirt — Adam Ferrise, Northeast Ohio Media Group By Adam Ferrise, Northeast Ohio Media Group — CLEVELAND, Ohio — Cleveland Browns wide receiver Andrew Hawkins defended …
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ThinkProgress, BuzzFeed, msnbc.com, The Huffington Post, ProFootballTalk, Raw Story, Liberaland, Colorlines, Business Insider and Talking Points Memo
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
John Yoo: If the Torture Report Is True, CIA Officers Are at Legal Risk — A surprising admission by an attorney who was instrumental in enabling the Bush Administration's brutal interrogation practices — The debate over the CIA interrogation program pits critics who insist illegal torture took place …
Michael Kinsley / Vanity Fair:
The Irony and the Ecstasy — Every serious G.O.P. presidential aspirant invokes the glorious era of Ronald Reagan, to which the country must return. Ignore the fact that, for the likes of Paul Ryan and Rand Paul, Reagan's actual record—from increased bureaucracy to higher deficits—should be seen as a complete failure.
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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Tim Duy's Fed Watch, Vox, New York Times, New York Magazine, Bloomberg, NPR and Bloomberg View
Pete Yost / Associated Press:
Govt urges dismissal of lawsuit over immigration — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is urging dismissal of a lawsuit that would dismantle the president's immigration program, an initiative designed to spare nearly 5 million people in the U.S. illegally from deportation.
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Agence France-Presse
Paul Kendrick / Talking Points Memo:
C'mon, Stop Blaming Obama For Failing To Cure America Of Racism — A few days ago in a Fox News segment called “Post-Racial President Keeps Dividing America,” Judge Jeanine said “Americans, once hopeful that after electing the first African-American president the issue of race would be a thing of the past …
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Raw Story
Julia Preston / New York Times:
Detention Center Presented as Deterrent to Border Crossings — DILLEY, Tex. — Jeh C. Johnson, the secretary of Homeland Security, came to this South Texas outpost on Monday to open the country's largest immigration detention facility and draw attention to border security measures that are part …
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Infowars, ImmigrationProf Blog and The PJ Tatler
Jonathan Turley / USA Today:
After Ferguson, come the apologies for nothing: Column — Racially-charged campuses shut down the conversation. — College campuses last week seemed more like centers of political reeducation rather than real learning as various academics have been forced into public apologies over references …
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Mediaite