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New York Times:
U.S. Said to Find North Korea Ordered Cyberattack on Sony — WASHINGTON — American officials have concluded that North Korea ordered the attacks on Sony Pictures's computers, a determination reached as the studio decided Wednesday to cancel the release of a movie comedy about the assassination …
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Associated Press:
AP source: North Korea linked to Sony hacking — WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal investigators have now connected the hacking of Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. to North Korea, a U.S. official said Wednesday, though it remained unclear how the federal government would respond to a break …
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NY Daily News:
Terrorists 1, Hollywood 0 — Sony Pictures buckles to faceless, nameless North Koreans by yanking Seth Rogen comedy ‘The Interview’ — For the first time since 9/11, after 13 years of resolve, America — in the person of Sony Pictures Entertainment and the entire Hollywood establishment — has allowed the terrorists to win.
Mike Fleming / Deadline:
North Korea-Based Thriller With Gore Verbinski And Steve Carell Canceled — EXCLUSIVE: The chilling effect of the Sony Pictures hack and terrorist threats against The Interview are reverberating. New Regency has scrapped another project that was to be set in North Korea.
Dennis Romero / LA Weekly:
Killing The Interview Opens Studios to Terrorist Manipulation
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New York Times, Screen Rant, Power Line and The PJ Tatler
David Auerbach / Slate:
The Sony Hackers Are Terrorists
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Ted Bridis / Associated Press:
Sony emails show a studio ripe for hacking
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Reuters:
Sony cancels North Korea movie in apparent win for Pyongyang hackers
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Gregg Kilday / Hollywood Reporter:
Top Five Theater Circuits Drop ‘The Interview’ After Sony Hack
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Rich Lowry / Politico:
The Castros Finally Hit the Jackpot — Even if you oppose the isolation of Cuba, this is not a good trade. — Candidate Barack Obama said that, as president, he would talk to anti-American dictators without precondition. He didn't mention that he would also give them historic policy concessions without precondition.
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Politico:
The Democrats' risky Cuba bet — Will Florida's changing demographics offset a backlash among older Cuban-Americans? — Barack Obama, who won the swing state of Florida in the 2012 election by 50.01 percent to 49.13 percent, knows just how many presidential candidacies have gotten bogged …
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miamiherald:
A roll of the dice on Cuba — First things first: The release of Alan Gross, which this newspaper has called for practically from the moment he was detained five years ago, is indeed welcome news. All Americans should all rejoice in his freedom. “The best Hanukkah,” the overjoyed Mr. Gross told reporters.
Lauren French / Politico:
How Republicans could stop Obama's Cuba play — Hill Republicans started making a to-do list immediately. — President Barack Obama's plan to normalize relations with Cuba has hit a familiar roadblock: Republicans on Capitol Hill. — Just hours after Obama announced that a prisoner swap …
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STATEMENT: Governor Jeb Bush on President Obama's Cuba Policy Announcement — The Obama Administration's decision to restore diplomatic ties with Cuba is the latest foreign policy misstep by this President, and another dramatic overreach of his executive authority.
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Washington Post:
Obama gives the Castro regime in Cuba an undeserved bailout
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Associated Press:
Obama reignites political debate over Cuba
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New York Times:
Mr. Obama's Historic Move on Cuba
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Eli Lake / Bloomberg View:
Obama Gives Rubio a Gift From Cuba
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Noah Rothman / Hot Air:
It's official: GOP will have biggest House majority since before the New Deal — On Wednesday, the Associated Press called the outstanding race for congress in Arizona's 2nd Congressional district. Rep. Ron Barber (D-AZ), a former aide to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) and her successor in office …
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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Obama's Had a Helluva Good Month Since the Midterms — So how have things been going for our bored, exhausted, and disengaged president? He's been acting pretty enthusiastic, energized, and absorbed with his job, I'd say. Let us count the things he's done since the November 4th midterm elections:
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Washington Monthly and Prairie Weather
Joe Arnold / WHAS-TV:
Grimes pledges legal challenge if Paul attempts simultaneous races — Alison Lundergan Grimes says she will challenge Senator Rand Paul if he tries to get on the ballot for both Senate re-election and president — FRANKFORT, Ky. (WHAS11) — Six weeks after she lost her own bid for the U-S Senate …
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Sarah Wheaton / Politico:
Vermont bails on single-payer health care — Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin on Wednesday dropped his plan to enact a single-payer health care system in his state — a plan that had won praise from liberals but never really got much past the framework stage. — “This is not the right time” …
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The Hill:
Historically unproductive Congress ends — One of the most unproductive and least popular Congresses in history has gaveled to a close, concluding a two-year period that will be remembered for its brinksmanship and lack of legislating. — The 113th Congress shut the government down for 16 days in 2013 …
Robert Schmidt / Bloomberg Politics:
Lawrence Summers' $28 Million Payday, Courtesy of Elizabeth Warren — Senator Elizabeth Warren famously declared “there is nobody in this country who got rich on his own.” — That truism presumably includes President Barack Obama's former economic chief Lawrence Summers …
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Executions, new death sentences continue to fall — WASHINGTON (AP) — Executions and new death sentences dropped to their lowest numbers in decades in 2014, an anti-death penalty group said in a new report. — The Death Penalty Information Center, a nonprofit organization that opposes executions …
Wall Street Journal:
Russian President Vladimir Putin Seeks to Reassure on Economy — In Annual News Conference, Putin Says Economic Troubles Will Pass in Less Than Two Years; Strikes Harsh Tone on Tensions With West — MOSCOW—President Vladimir Putin sought to reassure Russians on Thursday …
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