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11:30 PM ET, December 26, 2014

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Celeste Katz / NY Daily News:
‘DE BLASIO, OUR BACKS HAVE TURNED TO YOU’ Cold war between NYPD cops, de Blasio takes to skies over the Hudson  —  Ashley Chalmers, head of Jersey Shore Aerial Advertising, told the Daily News the people who paid for the airborne message ‘want to remain anonymous.’
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New York Post:
Judge frees 2nd cop-hater in 2 days  —  Judge Laura Johnson was at it again, freeing a cop-punching man, Travis Maye, a day after letting a man who made death threats against NYPD officers off without bail.  —  She keeps turning 'em loose.  —  A day after freeing a gang member who posted …
John Cardillo:
BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: NYPD COPS CALL OUT MAYOR BILL DeBLASIO ON HIS “INCENDIARY RHETORIC.”  —  Late last night I was contacted by a coalition of NYPD cops, Detectives, and supervisors hundreds strong and asked to disseminate the following statement on their behalf.
Taylor Berman / Gawker:
Plane Flying Over NYC: “De Blasio, Our Backs Have Turned to You”
Discussion: Booman Tribune
USA Today:
Wussy nation: Our view  —  From Ebola, to university controversies, to North Korea, why are so many so scared?  —  America has much to be cocky about.  It invented large-scale democracy and nurtured its growth around the world.  It vanquished fascism and communism, became the world's only superpower.
Discussion: The Other McCain
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Nicole Perlroth / New York Times:
New Study May Add to Skepticism Among Security Experts That North Korea Was Behind Sony Hack
New York Post:
Eric Garner's daughter posts address of cop at his death  —  One of Eric Garner's daughters marked Christmas Day by spreading personal information about an NYPD cop who was present during the chokehold death of her father — outraging officers still reeling from last weekend's execution-style slayings of two policemen in Brooklyn.
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Nikita Stewart / New York Times:
After Killing of Police Officers, Protest Movement Is at a Crossroads
Discussion: Hullabaloo and The Gateway Pundit
Martin Feldstein / Wall Street Journal:
The Fed's Needless Flirtation With Danger  —  Well-designed tax rules are a safe and effective alternative to quantitative easing.  —  This week's good economic news—consumer spending up sharply in November over October, and a surge in third-quarter GDP growth to a 5% annual rate …
Discussion: New York Times
Wall Street Journal:
The Steep Cost of America's High Incarceration Rate  —  About one of every 100 U.S. adults is in prison.  That's five to 10 times higher than in Western Europe.  —  One of us is a former Treasury secretary, the other directs a criminal-justice institute.  But we've reached the same conclusions.
Alirjaafar / Deadline:
‘Exodus’ Banned In Egypt & Morocco, May Face Struggle In Other Middle Eastern Countries  —  Ridley Scott's Exodus has been banned in Egypt after the country's head of censorship objected to the a number of “historical inaccuracies” in the epic Biblical tale.
Discussion: Mashable, Mediaite and Inside Movies
Noah Smith / Bloomberg View:
Ten Investing Facts of Life  —  Motley Fool writer Morgan Housel recently came up with an impressive list of 122 investing aphorisms that distill the wisdom he has gleaned from years of writing about markets and the financial industry.  Most are either insights into human psychology or historical facts and figures.
Sam Baker / National Journal:
Why Liberals Should Fear the Supreme Court in 2015  —  Obamacare, religious freedom, and same-sex marriage equality are all on the judicial agenda.  —  The Supreme Court is poised for a blockbuster year in 2015—and the list of high-profile cases could keep growing.
Jose A. Delreal / Washington Post:
Michael Brown memorial destroyed overnight  —  People hurriedly cleaned and rebuilt a memorial to Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., on Friday morning after they said a car intentionally destroyed it.  —  Flowers, signs and other mementos, left in remembrance of the 18-year-old who was killed …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Tidings of Comfort  —  Maybe I'm just projecting, but Christmas seemed unusually subdued this year.  The malls seemed less crowded than usual, the people glummer.  There was even less Muzak in the air.  And, in a way, that's not surprising: All year Americans have been bombarded …
Discussion: Addicting Info, AlterNet and Daily Kos
Wall Street Journal:
NSA Forced to Spell Out Violations After Suit  —  Heavily Redacted Reports Detail Violations of Individual Americans' Privacy  —  WASHINGTON—The National Security Agency, responding to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, has released heavily redacted reports detailing its employees' violations …
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Driver Wanted for Obama Motorcade.  Novice Welcome.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Shortly after President Obama landed here one fall day for fund-raisers, his motorcade pulled out of the airport and raced at 80 miles per hour down an empty freeway to his hotel in the city.
Liz Sly / Washington Post:
The Islamic State is failing at being a state  —  GAZIANTEP, Turkey — The Islamic State's vaunted exercise in state-building appears to be crumbling as living conditions deteriorate across the territories under its control, exposing the shortcomings of a group that devotes most of its energies …
 
 
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Associated Press:
Republicans Plot To Shatter ‘Obama Coalition’ In 2016
Njones / CBS San Francisco:
San Lorenzo Board Member Of 42 Years Censured After Racist, Sexist Comments To Employees
Discussion: Raw Story and Addicting Info
Richard A. Oppel Jr / New York Times:
Some Top Officials Knew of V.A. Woes, Before the Scandal
Discussion: BarbWire.com and TheBlaze.com
Jed Horowitz / Reuters:
Sony PlayStation, Microsoft Xbox hit by delays
Discussion: NPR
Dave Gram / Associated Press:
SANDERS: I'LL DECIDE ON PRESIDENTIAL RUN BY MARCH
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
Moira Shaw / Agence France-Presse:
Asian Tsunami Anniversary: LIVE REPORT
Discussion: Mashable
Wynton Hall / BREITBART.COM:
Mega Rich Overwhelmingly Donated to Democrats in 2014
Discussion: Power Line
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Discussion: ABC News
Joseph Curl / Washington Times:
At Christmastime, George W. Bush was Santa, Obama is Scrooge
Associated Press:
Spain premier announces modest minimum wage raise
T. M. Luhrmann / New York Times:
Religion Without God
Discussion: TheBlaze.com and Althouse
Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
Ready for Pope Francis
Alex Byers / Politico:
Rock stars amp up in digital music copyright war
Rachael Bade / Politico:
GOP learns lessons from Sam Brownback's tax scare
 

 
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