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12:15 PM ET, December 17, 2015

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Bloomberg.com:
Shkreli, CEO Reviled for Drug Price Gouging, Arrested on Securities Fraud Charges  —  32-year-old suspected of plundering Retrophin to pay debts
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Justin Hunte / HipHopDX:
Martin Shkreli Plans To Bail-Out Bobby Shmurda
Discussion: Bloomberg Business and TMZ.com
Pete Williams / NBC News:
Criminal Charges to Be Brought Against Enrique Marquez, Ex-Neighbor of San Bernardino Shooters  —  Federal prosecutors have decided to bring criminal charges against the friend and former neighbor of one of the San Bernardino shooters.  —  Several federal law enforcement officials tell NBC News …
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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Strike Two For Pair of New York Times Reporters  —  Today, FBI director James Comey said that the San Bernardino shooters never talked openly about violent jihadism on social media: “So far, in this investigation we have found no evidence of posting on social media by either of them at that period …
Breitbart:
Paul Ryan Betrays America: $1.1 Trillion, 2,000-Plus Page Omnibus Bill Funds ‘Fundamental Transformation of America’  —  Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI)'s first major legislative achievement is a total and complete sell-out of the American people masquerading as an appropriations bill.  —  Too harsh, you say?
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Funding deal hits backlash over increase in foreign worker visas  —  The $1.1 trillion omnibus bill includes language that would dramatically increase the number of visas available for foreign workers, setting off alarm bells among conservatives and labor unions.
Discussion: Hot Air and Washington Free Beacon
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
The Omnibus Spending Bill Sells Out American Workers
Neetzan Zimmerman / The Hill:
Putin praises Trump: He's a really brilliant and talented person  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin had kind words for his “stablemate” Donald Trump during an annual end-of-the-year Q-and-A session in Moscow.  —  “He's a really brilliant and talented person, without any doubt,” …
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Max Seddon / BuzzFeed:
Putin Endorses Donald Trump For President  —  The Russian for “tremendous!” is !  —  Maxim Zmeyev / Reuters  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin gave a qualified endorsement of Donald Trump's candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination on Thursday, saying he hoped Trump's election …
Dayna Evans / New York Magazine:
Millionaire Cleared of Rape Charge After Claiming He Tripped and His Penis Fell Into Teen  —  That's not how these things work.  —  37.8k  —  32.7k  —  5k  —  Pin It  —  Ehsan Abdulaziz, a Saudi millionaire property developer, was cleared of rape charges in London this week …
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Daily Mail:
Saudi millionaire cleared of raping teenager after telling court he may have accidentally …
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Lessons From the Mistrial in the Freddie Gray Case … The trial of officers charged with killing Freddie Gray has moved quickly all along: The prosecutor brought charges with nearly unprecedented speed, within two weeks of Gray's death.  And now the first trial has ended just as quickly …
Discussion: Prairie Weather
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Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Freddie Gray's Family Urges Calm After Mistrial as Protesters Gather
Discussion: Mediaite and abc13.com
Baltimore Sun:
Mistrial declared in trial of Officer William Porter in death of Freddie Gray
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Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:
Carly Fiorina Digs in on Claim That General's Retirement Was Due to Obama Dispute
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Fiorina Stands by Claim Ex-General Keane Was Pushed Out by Obama (Which Keane Refuted)
Discussion: alan.com
Betsy McCaughey / New York Post:
Congress's $12 billion giveaway to health insurers  —  As Congress rushes to pass an omnibus tax/spending bill for the coming year, it's concocting a special tax break for health-insurance companies.  —  And it amounts to a back-door bailout.  —  Until this week, insurance-company lobbyists …
Discussion: Newsalert
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama meets with Bloomberg to talk guns
Ingrid Burrington / The Atlantic:
The Environmental Toll of a Netflix Binge  —  My favorite part of highways in the American midwest are the wind turbines.  Not so much the massive wind turbines on the horizon, begging for a contemporary Don Quixote to come at them, but the bits and pieces of wind turbines …
Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Adelson son-in-law orchestrated family's purchase of Las Vegas Review-Journal  —  The son-in-law of billionaire casino owner Sheldon Adelson arranged the $140 million purchase of the Las Vegas Review-Journal on Adelson's behalf, sources confirmed Wednesday.  —  Patrick Dumont …
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Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:
Adelson Family Confirms They Purchased Las Vegas Journal-Review
Discussion: Bloomberg.com news
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Window for an independent Trump bid is wide open  —  Donald Trump could campaign for the Republican nomination well into March before deciding to ditch the GOP and mount an independent bid for the White House.  —  According to a POLITICO analysis, the obstacles standing in his way are few …
Discussion: Washington Post
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Jonathan Jacob Allen / The Great Debate:
The LGBT pick for the GOP nomination: Donald Trump?
Discussion: Towleroad and Joe.My.God.
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Defense Secretary Conducted Some Official Business on a Personal Email Account  —  WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter relied on a personal email account to conduct a portion of his government business during his first months at the Pentagon, according to White House …
Judicial Watch:
Team led by Middle Eastern Woman Caught Surveilling U.S. Facility on Mexican Border  —  A Middle Eastern woman was caught surveilling a U.S. port of entry on the Mexican border holding a sketchbook with Arabic writing and drawings of the facility and its security system, federal law enforcement sources tell Judicial Watch.
Katherine Landergan / Politico:
After public letter, no written directive from Christie on Syrian refugees  —  A month ago, Governor Chris Christie joined other governors in saying that he would not allow Syrian refugees into his state in the wake of the Paris attacks.  —  Reinforcing his hard-line position …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
 
 
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Bret Stephens / Wall Street Journal:
‘A Security Concern Due to Divided Loyalties’
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Sandra Pedicini / Orlando Sentinel:
Walt Disney World, SeaWorld, Universal install metal detectors at theme parks
Discussion: WGN-TV and CBS Miami
CNN:
Obama meets Bloomberg as he prepares order on guns
Laura Meckler / Wall Street Journal:
How Democrats Could Win the White House Again in 2016-Report
Discussion: Booman Tribune and Political Wire
Ethan Barton / The Daily Caller:
EPA Awards $542M To Colleges That Watchdog Never Audits
Discussion: Instapundit
Andrew Liszewski / Gizmodo:
Earthquake-Proof Beds Might Be the Scariest Part of a Natural Disaster
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Fox News:
Yale fail: Ivy leaguers sign ‘petition’ to repeal First Amendment
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
The Paris agreement is another false ‘turning point’ on the climate
Laura Bassett / The Huffington Post:
The U.N. Sent 3 Foreign Women To The U.S. To Assess Gender Equality. They Were Horrified.
Jim Newell / Slate:
The Paul Ryan Compromise
Discussion: The Week
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
“Blow-Me.org” Congressman: Clinton “An Idiot” And “A Liar” For Use Of Private Email Server
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
 

 
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Liz Pelly / Harper's:
How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts
 
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