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9:35 PM ET, December 28, 2014

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Stephen Sherrill / GQ:
America's 20 Craziest Politicians  —  How do you feel about facts?  Do you hate them?  Are they super annoying, like science?  Are you frightened of communists, Muslims, and vaginas?  Good news!  This month, America is inaugurating a new class of elected representatives …
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Kyle Smith / New York Post:
Hey GQ, can't find any crazy Democrats?  Here's 16  —  Photo: Getty Images; AP; WireImage; Getty Images; Getty Images; Reuters  —  In a survey of the “Craziest Politicians of 2014,” GQ had difficulty locating any Democrats.  Seventeen out of 20 on the list were Republicans …
David Cohen / Politico:
Obama marks Afghanistan milestone  —  President Barack Obama on Sunday praised the official end of the 13-year U.S. combat mission in Afghanistan, offering his remarks to coincide with a handover ceremony there.  —  “On this day,” Obama said in a statement, “we give thanks to our troops …
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Josh Lederman / Associated Press:
Obama: Longest war in US history is ending
Discussion: NPR
Bob Christie / Associated Press:   Arizona Gov. Brewer leaving legacy of battling Washington
Associated Press:
U.S. and NATO Formally End War in Afghanistan
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Joan Lowy / Associated Press:   Key decisions on drones likely from Congress
John Vidal / Observer:
Pope Francis's edict on climate change will anger deniers and US churches  —  Pontiff hopes to inspire action at next year's UN meeting in Paris in December after visits to Philippines and New York  —  He has been called the “superman pope”, and it would be hard to deny that Pope Francis has had a good December.
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John Amato / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Pope Francis Is Set To Get Tough On Climate Change
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Giuliani urges de Blasio to apologize for police remarks  —  Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani on Sunday rebuked police officers who have turned their backs on Mayor Bill de Blasio but urged his Democratic successor to apologize for remarks that infuriated the police amid searing tension among the department and communities of color.
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
De Blasio Delivers Quiet Eulogy to Crowd of Unfriendly Faces, and Many Backs
Discussion: Gothamist, ABC News and New York Post
David McCabe / The Hill:
CNN bumps politics to cover missing plane  —  CNN bumped its normal political coverage on Sunday morning to cover the missing AirAsia flight.  —  Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) were both scheduled to appear on the channel's flagship Sunday political talk show …
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Associated Press:
AirAsia plane missing with 161 people on board
Discussion: NBC News
Cameron Joseph / The Hill:
10 senators who could lose reelection in 2016  —  Senate Republicans will have to work hard to retain their recently won majority as they face a tough 2016 electoral map.  —  They have 24 seats up compared to Democrats' 10, including seven in states President Obama carried twice.
Discussion: Liberaland
The Atlantic Online:
The Tragedy of the American Military  —  The American public and its political leadership will do anything for the military except take it seriously.  The result is a chickenhawk nation in which careless spending and strategic folly combine to lure America into endless wars it can't win.
Michele Corriston / People.com:
Chris Rock & Wife Malaak Compton-Rock Split  —  Chris Rock and his wife are divorcing after nearly 20 years together.  —  “After much contemplation and 19 years of marriage, Chris and I have decided to go our separate ways,” Malaak Compton-Rock, a philanthropist and founder of the nonprofit styleWorks, said in a statement Sunday.
Discussion: Hinterland Gazette and TMZ.com
Alexandra Jaffe / CNN:
CNN/ORC Poll: Bush surges to 2016 GOP frontrunner  —  Washington (CNN) — Jeb Bush is the clear Republican presidential frontrunner, surging to the front of the potential GOP pack following his announcement that he's “actively exploring” a bid, a new CNN/ORC poll found.
CBS St. Louis:
Ferguson Officer Admits Calling Memorial “A Piece of Trash”  —  FERGUSON (KMOX) - Police public information officer Tim Zoll is on unpaid leave after the city says he did make degrading comments about a memorial to Michael Brown, despite his early denials.  —  The makeshift memorial …
Roy Wenzlthe / Wichita Eagle:
Charles Koch's views on criminal justice system just may surprise you  —  ›  —  ‹  —  Of all the contentious history between Koch Industries and the U.S. government, the Corpus Christi, Texas, case from 1995 is the one that Charles Koch remembers most vividly.
Discussion: Associated Press and Slantpoint
Kendi Anderson / timesfreepress.com:
Woman shoots up Hixson neighborhood … Jennifer Clouse was standing in her yard Friday in her quiet Hixson neighborhood when she saw a woman quickly drive past her house holding a gun out of the window as if it were a cigarette.  —  “She was just casually holding a gun, and wearing a baseball hat …
 
 
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Andre Moreau / WAFB-TV:
The Investigators: Man recording BRPD actions thrown to ground, arrested
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David / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
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Jyoti Thottam / Al Jazeera America:
The Year in Ebola: How to stop the next outbreak
Discussion: Big Think
Robert Pear / New York Times:
As Medicaid Rolls Swell, Cuts in Payments to Doctors Threaten Access to Care
ABC:
Pope gunman visits late pontiff's tomb
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
Eric Raymond / Armed and Dangerous:
Pave the rainforests!
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Klain warns Ebola still a global threat
Linda Killian / The Daily Beast:
When Will We See a #Millennial Congress?
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Greenville family files complaint after autistic adult son is shocked with taser, arrested
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Bob Egelko / San Francisco Chronicle:
Navy discriminated against Muslim over beard, suit says
Politico:
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David Rogers / Politico:
Nothing funny about ‘The Interview’
Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
GOP puts up a bigger tent for minority challenge
Kayla Gahagan / Al Jazeera America:
Sioux Chef revives Native American tastes of yesteryear
Charles Fishman / The Atlantic Online:
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Robbie Whelan / Wall Street Journal:
Disney reports Q4 revenue up 6% YoY to $22.6B, TV network revenue down 6% YoY to $2.5B, and a $321M DTC streaming profit, up from a $387M loss in Q4 2023

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Disney plans to add an ESPN “tile” to Disney+ for US subscribers on December 4, giving users access to some free ESPN content

Wall Street Journal:
X names former Tubi CFO Mahmoud Reza Banki as its CFO; Trump pardoned Banki in January 2021 for making false statements; a source says he joined X in November

 
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