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5:45 AM ET, December 22, 2014

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Trevor Eischen / Politico:

Giuliani condemns anti-police ‘propaganda’ he says Obama started — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is condemning President Barack Obama for anti-police “propaganda” in the wake of the murders of two New York City police officers in Brooklyn. — When asked on “Fox News Sunday” …

Justin Sink / The Hill:

NAACP chief: Don't blame Democrats for NYPD shootings — The head of the NAACP said it is “not fair” for the leader of a prominent police union and former Gov. George Pataki (R-N.Y.) to blame Democratic politicians for the deaths of two New York City police officers.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit

Dave Urbanski / TheBlaze.com:

‘NYPD Gets What They Deserve’: Here's How Some Celebrated the Shooting Deaths of Two Ambushed New York City Police Officers — After word got out that a pair of New York City police officers died after being shot ambush-style while sitting in their patrol car Saturday, a number of Twitter users celebrated the double murder:

Discussion: DNAinfo New York, Scared Monkeys, New York's PIX11, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Twitchy

Rheanna Murray / ABC News:
Son Mourns NYPD Cop Shot Dead With Partner

Discussion: 7online.com

Nancy LeTourneau / Washington Monthly:
Flame Throwers and Fire Fighters

Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money, Raw Story and Capital New York

Skschust / CBS New York:
Police Unions, Others Blast De Blasio After Shooting Deaths Of Two NYPD Cops

Discussion: Mediaite, CBS News, The Huffington Post, Hinterland Gazette, Talking Points Memo, The PJ Tatler, New York's PIX11, Mashable, KTLA, Raw Story, Scared Monkeys, Washington Post, Yahoo! News, Guardian and RT

Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama condemns NYPD killings, calls for ‘patient dialogue’

Discussion: Politico, Talking Points Memo, CNN, 7online.com, Mashable, National Review, Hot Air and Power Line

Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Rudy Giuliani: 2 NYC Cops Were Killed Because Obama Told Everyone To ‘Hate The Police’

Discussion: Gawker, New York Times, Mediaite, BuzzFeed, Vox, Yahoo! News, Hinterland Gazette, Slantpoint, The Moderate Voice, TheBlaze.com, No More Mister Nice Blog, Talking Points Memo and Raw Story

ABC News: Two NYPD Cops Killed in Ambush in Brooklyn

Yahoo! News:

President Obama's Hawaii vacation: Day 2 — KAILUA, Hawaii (AP) — How President Barack Obama spent the second day of his holiday vacation in Hawaii on Sunday: —POLICE SHOOTING: Obama called New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton on Sunday morning to offer condolences …

Agence France-Presse:

Driver ploughs into crowd in France's second ‘Allahu Akbar’ attack — Dijon (France) (AFP) - A driver shouting “Allahu Akbar” ("God is greatest") ploughed into pedestrians in eastern France Sunday, injuring 11 of them, just a day after a man yelling the same words was killed in an attack on police officers.

Discussion: TheJournal.ie and Slantpoint

Julia Edwards / Reuters:

Obama to name Sally Yates as pick for deputy attorney general — Reuters 3 hrs ago — HONOLULU (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to announce on Monday that U.S. Attorney Sally Yates will be his nominee for deputy attorney general, the No. 2 position at the Justice Department, a U.S. official said.

Josh Lederman / Associated Press:
Obama offers help to NYPD after 2 officers killed

Discussion: New York's PIX11

Agence France-Presse:
Obama says Sony hack was not ‘an act of war’

Discussion: Associated Press and Slantpoint

New York Post:

Police turn their back on de Blasio — A blue wall of silently seething police officers turned their backs on Mayor de Blasio Saturday night — literally. — As the mayor and his entourage snaked through a jammed third-floor corridor at Woodhull Hospital, where two officers had been pronounced dead …

Discussion: Roger's Rules, Fox News, Hot Air, PJ Media, LewRockwell, Ed Driscoll, The Mahablog and MichelleMalkin.com

M.L. Nestel / The Daily Beast:
Anger at The Cop Killer - And The Police

Discussion: American Spectator, TIME, Hot Air and Mediaite

NY Daily News: Lupica: NYPD killings come as some think cops are the real threat

New York Times:

Prosecute Torturers and Their Bosses — Since the day President Obama took office, he has failed to bring to justice anyone responsible for the torture of terrorism suspects — an official government program conceived and carried out in the years after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

Discussion: Raw Story

Janet Daley / Telegraph:

If we don't stand up to our enemies, they've already won — If there's a risk in confronting the individuals, states and terrorist groups who are hell-bent on doing us harm - then it's a risk we must be prepared to take, writes Janet Daley. — In the second half of the last century …

Alec Luhn / Politico:

Scenes from Putin's Economic Meltdown — Russian shoppers are buying everything they can—before the ruble collapses completely. — Get the hot deals while they last! Whatever's on your holiday shopping list—buy now, it may never be this cheap again! In a single day this past week …

Todd S. Purdum / Politico:

Hollywood's fickle friend — Obama rebukes Sony, but industry loves him anyway. — LOS ANGELES — For most of the past decade, Hollywood has loved Barack Obama, opening its hearts, homes and wallets to him since his days as a candidate for the Senate from Illinois. And Obama has loved Hollywood back — not so much.

Discussion: The Hill

Maggie Haberman / Politico:

Guy Cecil won't manage Clinton 2016 campaign — Guy Cecil, a campaign hand for Hillary Clinton in 2008 who was mentioned as a potential campaign manager if she runs again, is planning to help the former secretary of state outside of any official campaign structure in 2016, POLITICO has learned.

Fox News:

Christie tells Obama to demand return of cop killer Chesimard to start Cuba talks — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is urging President Obama to demand that Cuba return convicted police-killer Joanne Chesimard before he proceeds with efforts to improve diplomatic relations with that country.

Discussion: Hot Air