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5:35 PM ET, December 31, 2014

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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Sean Hannity Wants Boehner Out As Speaker After Scalise Revelations  —  Fox News host Sean Hannity wants Rep. Trey Gowdy to challenge John Boehner for Speaker of the House, but the South Carolina Republican says he isn't interested.  —  Hannity made his thoughts known in a pair of emails …
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Betsy Woodruff / Slate:
Did House Majority Whip Steve Scalise admit to speaking at a white supremacist event he never attended?
Jana Winter / The Intercept:
Sony Hackers Threaten U.S. News Media Organization  —  The hackers who infiltrated Sony Pictures Entertainment's computer servers have threatened to attack an American news media organization, according to an FBI bulletin obtained by The Intercept.  —  The threat against the unnamed news organization …
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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
FBI: Sony hackers threaten CNN in online message  —  Note: Since this post was originally published, an individual has come forward to claim credit for authoring a message on Pastebin that was previously legitimized by the FBI in its intelligence bulletin.  For more on this update, click here.
Discussion: Mediaite, Gawker and The Dish
New York Times:
When New York City Police Walk Off the Job  —  Many members of the New York Police Department are furious at Mayor Bill de Blasio and, by extension, the city that elected him.  They have expressed this anger with a solidarity tantrum, repeatedly turning their backs to show their collective contempt.
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Tasneem Nashrulla / BuzzFeed:
The Origins Of The Alleged “Dead Cops” Chant  —  Several media outlets and public figures say people protesting the deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of officers are chanting for “dead cops.”  Here's where this idea came from.  —  The months-long national protests against misuse of police force …
Terrence McCoy / Washington Post:
The inside story of how an Idaho toddler shot his mom at Wal-Mart  —  Veronica Rutledge and her husband loved everything about guns.  They practiced at shooting ranges.  They hunted.  And both of them, relatives and friends say, had permits to carry concealed firearms.
Jonathon M. Seidl / TheBlaze.com:
Little Hellion Goes on Over Three-Minute Rampage Terrorizing a Store — Until One Person Gets Fed up and Does the Right Thing  —  It lasted over three minutes and didn't end until a bystander got fed up and decided to step in.  —  That's the scene that unfolded in a YouTube video going wild …
Discussion: Slantpoint and TPNN
Ron Boehmer / Governor O'Malley's Blog:
Governor O'Malley Issues Statement on the Four Remaining Inmates Sentenced to Death in Maryland  —  ANNAPOLIS, MD - Governor O'Malley today issued the following statement on the sentences of the four remaining inmates sentenced to death in Maryland:
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Maryland has no authority to execute its death-row inmates, attorney general says
Andy Greenberg / Wired:
Over 80 Percent of Dark-Web Visits Relate to Pedophilia, Study Finds  —  The mysterious corner of the Internet known as the Dark Web is designed to defy all attempts to identify its inhabitants.  But one group of researchers has attempted to shed new light on what those users are doing under the cover of anonymity.
Discussion: Vox, Raw Story and Washington Post
Hudson Hongo / Gawker:
Dumb Fox News Hashtag Generates Predictably Sarcastic Replies  —  On Tuesday, the account for 19th-century opinion program Fox & Friends asked Twitter users what stuff from 2014 they were “over,” kicking things off with the above (apparently un-ironic) image and the hashtag #OverIt2014.
Kevin Cirilli / The Hill:
Pope Francis splits with GOP  —  Pope Francis is increasingly driving a wedge between conservatives and the Catholic Church.  —  The magnetic pope has sparked new enthusiasm around the world for the church and has flexed his political muscles internationally, most recently by helping …
Alex Griswold / The Daily Caller:
Gawker Thinks They Found Lena Dunham's Alleged Rapist... And He's A Democrat  —  Media gossip site Gawker claims to have found out who was actually the man who allegedly raped comedienne Lena Dunham while she was a student at Oberlin College.  But despite her book's description of her rapist as the …
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J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
Who Is Lena Dunham's Alleged Rapist?
Discussion: Hot Air and JustOneMinute
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
A Year of Liberal Double Standards  —  Many conservatives finished the year angry about the same thing they were angry about at the beginning of the year: liberal double standards.  —  As I write this, GOP House whip Steve Scalise is in hot water over reports that he spoke to a group of racist poltroons in Louisiana twelve years ago.
Braboco / iBRABO:
New Zealand Jihadist Deletes Tweets after Discovering he left Geotagging On  —  Author: Jeff R. Weyers, iBRABO  —  A SHINY NEW PHONE WITH NO WHERE TO GO  —  It's a rookie social media mistake and one that intelligence and law enforcement agencies pray for when tracking criminals.
Discussion: Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit and RT
WCPO:
Leelah Alcorn suicide note sparks transgender discussion  —  Editor's note: WCPO does not customarily report suicides.  However, we do report on suicides when there are extenuating circumstances.  —  KINGS MILL, Ohio — While family and friends are grieving the loss of a local teenager …
Robin Wright / New Yorker:
Underplayed Conflicts of 2014  —  I have spent my life covering wars, revolutions, and uprisings—more than forty years' worth of them now.  As I looked through annual rundowns of the Big Stories of 2014, I found three types of conflicts that were not on many lists but should be.
RT:
‘CIA fingerprints’ all over Kiev massacre - Oliver Stone  —  The armed coup in Kiev is painfully similar to CIA operations to oust unwanted foreign leaders in Iran, Chile and Venezuela, said US filmmaker Oliver Stone after interviewing Ukraine's ousted president for a documentary.
Discussion: Bloomberg View and Mashable
 
 
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Associated Press:
US releases 5 more Guantanamo Bay prisoners, sends them to Kazakhstan
Ben S. Carson / Washington Times:
‘The Interview’ is a free speech act of peace through strength
Discussion: CNN and Mediaite
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
If He Does Run, Marco Rubio Won't Let Friendship Get in His Way
Kara Swisher / Re/code:
RadiumOne Founder Chahal Makes Bid to Buy Company That Ousted Him
Discussion: Gigaom and Business Insider
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Dana Milbank: How can America inspire the Slacktivist Generation to action?
Discussion: Washington Monthly
 Earlier Items: 
James Oliphant / National Journal:
Barack Obama Had a Really Terrible Year
Discussion: Politico and Instapundit
Lynn Sweet / Chicago Sun Times:
Chicago Obama library bids in trouble; foundation has ‘major concerns’ with U. of C. proposal
Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
AP-GfK Poll: Americans support menu labeling
Burgess Everett / Politico:
President Obama abandons Michael Boggs nomination
Discussion: BuzzFeed and Slantpoint
Economist:
Shifting clout  —  Economists' academic rankings and media influence vary wildly
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Obama approval at highest in over a year
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
McCain's big purge
Discussion: Liberaland, TPNN, NewsMax.com and Hot Air
 

 
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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
Disney said Disney+ Q4 ARPU in the US and Canada, down 1% QoQ to $7.70, was affected partly by new wholesale arrangements with some distributors

Liam Scott / Voice of America:
Reporters Without Borders sues X in France for “complicity in disseminating false information”, after X failed to block a fake video with RSF's logo

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
An interview with Telegraph Director of Technology Dylan Jacques on the goal of launching 12 significant uses of AI in the newsroom over 12 months

 
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