memeorandum: Bush resigns from remaining board memberships (Steve Peoples/Associated Press)

Washington Post:

Jeb Bush severs ties to most firms with eye on 2016 — Former Florida governor Jeb Bush, moving closer to a possible presidential run, has stepped down as a paid adviser to a for-profit education company that sells online courses to public university students in exchange for a share of their tuition payments.

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Bush resigns from remaining board memberships — WASHINGTON (AP) — Jeb Bush has resigned all of his board memberships — both nonprofit and business — in a move that helps clear a path toward a 2016 presidential campaign. — The former Florida governor stepped down from his remaining board memberships …

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Nahal Toosi / Politico:

Jeb Bush quits all private sector, non-profit boards — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has stepped down from all of his private sector and non-profit board memberships as he proceeds with exploring a run for the presidency in 2016, an aide confirmed late Wednesday.

Jonathan Easley / The Hill:

Bush won't attend Steve King summit — Likely 2016 presidential candidate Jeb Bush has declined an invitation to speak at a conservative summit in Iowa hosted by Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa.), a sometimes controversial figure in the GOP. — A Bush aide told The Hill that the former Florida governor appreciated …

Discussion: Washington Post and Prairie Weather

Annie Karni / NY Daily News:

EXCLUSIVE: Bill de Blasio's tense relationship with the NYPD casting shadow over DNC bid — Party officials are concerned the bad blood might still be an issue when the convention is held in 2016, stealing the spotlight from the party's presidential nominee, a top Democrat told the Daily News.

Discussion: New York Post and National Review

Adam Liptak / New York Times:

Supreme Court, in Big Leap, Plans to Put Filings Online — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will soon join other federal courts in making briefs and other filings available electronically, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. announced Wednesday. — The changes will come “as soon as 2016,” …

Discussion: Hot Air and The Verge

Abigail Frymann Rouch / The Tablet:

Publisher HarperCollins omits Israel from school atlas ‘to meet local preferences’ — The Bishops' Conference of England and Wales has accused the publisher HarperCollins of harming peace efforts in the Middle East through its production of atlases that omit Israel from their maps.

Discussion: Daily Mail, RT, Raw Story and Power Line

Charles Babington / Associated Press:

GOP legislators thwart bids to expand Medicaid — Associated Press 4 hrs ago — WASHINGTON (AP) — Governors across the political spectrum are hitting a roadblock in their bids to expand Medicaid with federal funds: Republican legislators who adamantly oppose “Obamacare.”

Discussion: Slantpoint

Agence France-Presse:

Netanyahu re-elected head of Israel's ruling Likud — 2 hrs ago — Ahikam Seri — Tel Aviv (AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won another term as leader of the ruling rightwing Likud ahead of a snap election, the faction said Thursday, easily defeating his lone hard-right challenger.

Danielle Scruggs / FOX2now.com:

Protesters storm police headquarters in downtown St. Louis; 25 arrests made — ST. LOUIS (KTVI) - In what was slated as a peaceful “March to the Arch” by Ferguson demonstrators, more than two dozen people were arrested and pepper spray was used by police. The melee unfolded as protesters tried …

Discussion: The Other McCain, Daily Mail, The Daily Caller, Slantpoint and TPNN

Julian Hattem / The Hill:

Hacks for hire? Group markets cyber strikes — Hackers behind Christmas Day attacks on the online gaming networks for Sony's PlayStation and Microsoft's Xbox systems are offering their wares up for sale to the public. — The group calling itself Lizard Squad on Tuesday launched …

Discussion: RedState

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 …

Discussion: Mediaite, The Hugh Hewitt Show and The Daily Caller

Gillian Mohney / ABC News:

Leelah Alcorn: Transgender Teen's Reported Suicide Note Makes Dramatic Appeal … A note reportedly left by an Ohio teen asking that her death expose the problems transgender people suffer has been cited by an Ohio official and has prompted police to investigate the death as a suicide and to determine if there was a link to the note.

Discussion: Slantpoint and abc7.com

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