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1:30 PM 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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Heather Mac Donald / City Journal:
The Big Lie of the Anti-Cop Left Turns Lethal
New York Post:
Shamed De Blasio begs New Yorkers to report threats on cops
Bernard B. Kerik / TIME:
Bernie Kerik: War Is Being Waged on Our Homeland
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
O'Reilly Tears Into ‘Villain’ de Blasio: He Needs to Resign Immediately
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 …
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Michelle Jamrisko / Bloomberg:
Economy Grows Most Since '03 on U.S. Consumer-Spending Gains  —  The U.S. economy roared into overdrive in the third quarter as consumer and business spending fueled the biggest expansion in more than a decade.  —  Gross domestic product grew at a 5 percent annual rate from July through September …
Discussion: Daily Kos and WGBH News
Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:
GDP grows by 5 percent as US economy picks up strong pace
Discussion: Prairie Weather
John Marzulli / NY Daily News:
EXCLUSIVE: 911 operators made ‘anti-police’ remarks, causing quarrel with FDNY dispatchers as 2 NYPD cops were dying, sources say  —  The war of words occurred when news broke that NYPD cops Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu were shot Saturday.  One dispatcher allegedly said the cops ‘deserved it,’ said a law enforcement source.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Joe Reid / The Atlantic Online:
Blue Lives Matter
Discussion: Bloomberg View and New York Times
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
Robert Wilonsky / Pop Culture Blog:
Sony Pictures CEO ‘excited’ to release ‘The Interview’ on Christmas Day  —  Randall Park, center, as North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in The Interview, which you could get to see as soon as this week  —  Update at 11:52 p.m.: Sony has released a statement confirming what we've known all morning …
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Michael Brown / TMZ.com:
'AND HE'S DEAD, DEAD MICHAEL BROWN' [VIDEO]  —  The Glendale, CA Elks Lodge is investigating a shocking incident that went down in the club a week ago Monday, when a performer sang a song celebrating the death of Michael Brown ... for an audience that included a number of retired and current cops ... and TMZ has the video.
Politico:
HHS reports 6 million signups so far for Obamacare next year  —  Nearly 2 million people have signed up for health insurance for the first time through HealthCare.gov and close to 6.4 million people were enrolled in the federal marketplace one month into the 2015 enrollment season, HHS Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell said Tuesday.
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Pelosi: Boehner must force Grimm to resign  —  House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is turning the heat up on Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), urging him to call for Rep. Michael Grimm's (R-N.Y.) resignation.  —  Grimm is expected to plead guilty Tuesday to a felony charge of tax evasion.
Jacob Heilbrunn / New York Times:
The Real Threat to Hillary Clinton: Jim Webb  —  WASHINGTON — THE conventional wisdom is that Hillary Rodham Clinton will be almost impossible to dislodge from the Democratic presidential nomination and that even if she does encounter some hiccups, they will come from her left flank on economic policy.
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Power Line
Associated Press:
Court rejects 2 ozone regulations  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a victory for environmental groups, a federal appeals court rejected two Environmental Protection Agency regulations that loosened requirements for achieving compliance with more protective ozone standards.
Michelle Ye Hee Lee / Washington Post:
Giuliani's claim that Obama launched anti-police ‘propaganda’  —  “We've had four months of propaganda, starting with the president, that everybody should hate the police.”  —  Giuliani made headlines after his statement on Fox News, which he repeated the next day on CNN.
Discussion: Mediaite
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Three Pages Of Rand Paul's Book Were Plagiarized From Think Tanks  —  The worst case yet.  Paul's office says the book notes Paul didn't individually report out each case.  —  Joshua Roberts / Reuters  —  An entire section of Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul's 2013 book Government Bullies …
Duane D. Stanford / Bloomberg:
Coca-Cola Disconnects Voice Mail at Headquarters  —  Forget about leaving a voice mail at Coca-Cola Co.'s (KO) Atlanta headquarters.  Send a text instead.  —  Office voice mail at the world's largest soft-drink maker was shut down “to simplify the way we work and increase productivity,” …
Discussion: Mashable and Corrente
Hadas Gold / Politico:
NYT, Vice, Mother Jones top FOIA suits  —  Reporters for The New York Times, Mother Jones and Vice News filed the most Freedom of Information Act lawsuits in 2014, according to the group the FOIA Project.  —  Vice News reporter Jason Leopold filed eight freedom of information suits in 2014.
Discussion: The FOIA Project
Eugene Volokh / Washington Post:
How many crimes can you see being committed in this anti-gun ‘public service’ ad?  —  I've gotten several e-mails about this ad, and one reader asked: If a child does what the protagonist did — would the filmmakers be criminally punishable or subject to civil liability?
Discussion: Hit & Run and Clayton Cramer
 
 
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Scott Clement / Washington Post:
Poll: Support increases for lifting Cuba embargo, travel restrictions
France 24 - Live news:
Algeria kills militant chief behind Frenchman's beheading
Discussion: WGBH News
Rod Nordland / New York Times:
Taliban Push Into Afghan Districts That U.S. Had Secured
Nealjriley / CBS Boston:
Chicopee Man Faces Charges For ‘Put Wings On Pigs’ Facebook Post
Discussion: TPNN
Sam Hananel / Associated Press:
Judge strikes down wage boost for some home workers
Discussion: The Hill and ThinkProgress
 Earlier Items: 
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Supreme Court to hear ObamaCare subsidy challenge in March
Jim Finkle / Reuters:
Apple pushes first ever automated security update to Mac users
Agence France-Presse:
Ukraine takes historic step toward NATO
Discussion: kyivpost.com and Associated Press
Rebecca Leber / The New Republic:
This Is What Our Hellish World Will Look Like After We Hit the Global Warming Tipping Point
Patrick Howley / The Daily Caller:
BOMBSHELL REPORT: IRS Targeted ‘Icky’ Conservative Groups
Valerie Tarico / Salon:
Why rape is so intrinsic to religion
Discussion: RedState and Hot Air
David Weigel / Bloomberg.com:
Republicans Block Reappointment of CBO Chief Doug Elmendorf
 

 
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Evan Drellich / New York Times:
The MLB is planning national packages for streaming companies to bid on in 2028, when its national TV deals with ESPN, Fox, and Turner expire

 
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