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9:55 AM ET, December 23, 2014

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Politico:
De Blasio's nightmare  —  New York's mayor has lost the police — and maybe much more than that.  —  Bill de Blasio, like his progressive political idol Barack Obama, is finding out that you can't do the New Politics if you don't pay attention to the old politics.
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New York Times:
Mr. de Blasio's Call for Harmony  —  First, do no harm.  That principle applies to those who command the public's attention at this moment of heightened tension in New York City.  —  Two families in Brooklyn — and the larger family of New Yorkers and the New York Police Department …
New York Post:
Shamed De Blasio begs New Yorkers to report threats on cops  —  Anti-cop demonstrators outside City Hall on December, 19.  —  It took the execution of two cops for Mayor de Blasio to finally denounce violent rhetoric against the NYPD and urge New Yorkers to “call 911” if they suspect someone is planning to attack an officer.
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Dem: Cops should focus on gun control  —  Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) on Monday said police union leaders should be more focused on keeping guns from the insane than pointing fingers at politicians over the murder of two New York City policemen.  —  Rangel offered criticism …
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
NYC police chief: Tensions like '70s
Bernard B. Kerik / TIME:
Bernie Kerik: War Is Being Waged on Our Homeland
New York Times:
North Korea Loses Its Link to the Internet  —  SAN FRANCISCO — A strange thing happened to North Korea's already tenuous link to the Internet on Monday: It stopped.  —  While perhaps a coincidence, the failure of the country's computer connections began only hours after President Obama declared Friday …
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Bloomberg:
North Korean Internet Goes Dark in Wake of Sony Hack
Lucy McCalmont / Politico:
Mitch McConnell: Senate 'didn't do squat for years'  —  Incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says his biggest challenge will be righting the course of Congress, adding — in a swipe at outgoing Majority Leader Harry Reid — that his own chamber “basically didn't do squat for years.”
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Mitch McConnell's New Senate Goal: Turn Republican Dial to Yes
Discussion: Political Wire
Richard Cowan / Reuters:
Exclusive: Senate Republican leader McConnell opposes Obama on Cuba
Discussion: Capitol Hill Cubans and Slantpoint
John Marzulli / NY Daily News:
Rep. Michael Grimm to plead guilty to felony count of tax evasion, sources say  —  The Staten Island Republican was charged in a 20-count indictment with hiding more than $1 million in income and wages at a Manhattan restaurant he co-owned  —  Rep. Michael Grimm will plead guilty on Tuesday …
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Tom Hays / Associated Press:   AP sources: NYC congressman to plead guilty
Politico:
John Boehner won't say if Michael Grimm has to go
Discussion: ABC News, National Review and ABC News
David Weigel / Bloomberg.com:
Republicans Block Reappointment of CBO Chief Doug Elmendorf  —  (Bloomberg) — Incoming Republican leaders in Congress won't reappoint Doug Elmendorf to another term as head of the Congressional Budget Office, according to a party aide briefed on the decision.
CBS News:
How do Americans feel about reestablishing relations with Cuba?  —  Shares -  —  In the wake of President Obama's surprise announcement of an agreement to normalize diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cuba, 54 percent of Americans approve of reestablishing both diplomatic …
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Supreme Court to hear ObamaCare subsidy challenge in March  —  The highly anticipated case challenging ObamaCare's subsidies will officially reach the Supreme Court on March 4.  —  Justices will hear arguments in King v. Burwell in just under three months, according to the court's schedule posted Monday afternoon.
Rod Nordland / New York Times:
Taliban Push Into Afghan Districts That U.S. Had Secured  —  LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan — In a large swath of the Taliban heartland in southern Afghanistan, government centers are facing a long-dormant concern this winter: Four years after the American troop surge helped make such places relatively secure …
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Third-Quarter GDP Revised Up to 5.0% Growth  —  WASHINGTON—The U.S. economy posted its strongest growth in more than a decade during the third quarter, supported by robust consumer spending and business investment.  —  Gross domestic product, the broadest measure of goods …
Nealjriley / CBS Boston:
Chicopee Man Faces Charges For ‘Put Wings On Pigs’ Facebook Post  —  CHICOPEE (CBS/AP) — A Chicopee man is facing charges after posting “Put Wings on Pigs” to Facebook, police say.  —  Chicopee police said Monday that local residents alerted them to the “very disturbing post” by 27-year-old Charles DiRosa.
Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Joe Cocker, Raspy-Voiced Rock Star With Distinctive Moves, Is Dead at 70  —  Joe Cocker, the gravelly British singer who became one of pop's most recognizable interpreters in the late 1960s and ‘70s with passionate, idiosyncratic takes on songs like the Beatles’ “With a Little Help From My Friends …
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Jason Koebler / Motherboard:
Sony Threatens to Sue Twitter Unless It Removes Tweets Containing Hacked Emails  —  Sony's battle on people disseminating its hacked and leaked emails has extended from news outlets to random Twitter users to, now, Twitter itself.  Sony's lawyer has threatened Twitter with legal action …
Patrick Howley / The Daily Caller:
BOMBSHELL REPORT: IRS Targeted ‘Icky’ Conservative Groups  —  Top IRS officials specifically targeted tea party groups and misled the public about its secret political targeting program led by ex-official Lois Lerner, according to a bombshell new congressional report.
Jim Finkle / Reuters:
Apple pushes first ever automated security update to Mac users  —  (Reuters) - Apple Inc has pushed out its first-ever automated security update to Macintosh computers to help defend against newly identified bugs that security researchers have warned could enable hackers to gain remote control of machines.
 
 
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Eugene Volokh / Washington Post:
How many crimes can you see being committed in this anti-gun ‘public service’ ad?
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Sam Hananel / Associated Press:
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Discussion: The Hill and ThinkProgress
Agence France-Presse:
Ukraine takes historic step toward NATO
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WSB-TV:
Delta employee charged with helping smuggle guns onto plane
Discussion: ABC News and Raw Story
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Behold the Worst Anti-Gun Commercial in American History
Jacopo Prisco / CNN:
‘Foodini’ machine lets you print edible burgers, pizza, chocolate
Discussion: VodkaPundit
Beth Reinhard / Wall Street Journal:
Jeb Bush's Ties to Donors Put Rivals in a Bind
Discussion: Hot Air, NBC News and Washington Post
James Hohmann / Politico:
Dixie rising  —  How the Deep South is trying to game the GOP primary.
 

 
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
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