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1:35 PM ET, December 4, 2014

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Nick Wing / The Huffington Post:
A Grand Jury Did Indict One Person Involved In Eric Garner's Killing — The Man Who Filmed It  —  On Wednesday, a Staten Island grand jury decided not to return an indictment for the police officer who put Eric Garner, an unarmed black man, in a chokehold shortly before his death.
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Uri Friedman / The Atlantic Online:
Do Police Body Cameras Actually Work?  —  It may be the most significant reform to follow the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown.  —  On Monday, President Obama requested $75 million in federal funds for a technology that, as he sees it, could help bridge the kinds of rifts between …
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Michael Brown, and Now Eric Garner  —  At some point between the moment a Missouri grand jury refused to indict a police officer who had shot and killed Michael Brown on a Ferguson street and the moment a New York grand jury refused to indict a police officer who choked and killed Eric Garner …
John Podhoretz / Commentary Magazine:
Eric Garner and the Crime Drop  —  The so-far inexplicable decision of the grand jury that decided not to hand down an indictment in the case of a New York City police officer who put a deadly choke-hold on Eric Garner points to the complexities of managing police policy and strategy 20 years …
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Pete King: Eric Garner Wouldn't Have Died From Chokehold If He Weren't ‘Obese’  —  While many on the right condemned a grand jury's decision not to indict a white police officer for placing a black man in a fatal chokehold, Rep. Peter King (R-NY) defended the officer Tuesday and said that if the victim …
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Hands Up, Don't Choke: Eric Garner Was Killed By Police For No Reason  —  On July 17, 2014, Eric Garner was choked to death by a New York City policeman.  On December 3, 2014, a grand jury chose not to indict the officer who killed him.  And unlike the Michael Brown case in Ferguson …
Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
‘Hell No!’ Eric Garner's Widow Rejects Killer Cop's Condolences (VIDEO)
Discussion: Mediaite
Albert Burneko / The Concourse:
The American Justice System Is Not Broken
Andrew McCarthy / National Review:
No Indictment in Garner Case
New York Times:
Officer Daniel Pantaleo Told Grand Jury He Meant No Harm to Eric Garner
Justin Sink / The Hill:
WH: Bill to roll back immigration order unfair  —  The White House on Wednesday blasted a bill offered by Rep. Ted Yoho (R-Fla.) that would roll back the president's executive action on immigration, calling the bill “unfair” and “bad policy.”  —  Press secretary Josh Earnest said the legislation would …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and PoliticusUSA
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
House Republicans scramble to avoid a shutdown ahead of a Dec. 11 deadline
Justin Sink / The Hill:   Obama: US infrastructure ‘embarrassing’
Joel Connelly / Strange Bedfellows:
Landrieu warns about Cantwell: Cantwell raises money for Landrieu  —  Beleaguered Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., underdog in her forthcoming Senate runoff election, warned Pelican State voters on Wednesday that her defeat would elevate an advocate of “windmills” to a powerful position on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
Discussion: Booman Tribune and Political Wire
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Washington Post:
Mary Landrieu, Deep South's last Senate Democrat, must fend for herself
Politico:
Hillary Clinton has met with potential campaign managers  —  With weeks to go until she makes an announcement about her future, Hillary Clinton has started meeting with a broad range of political figures — including potential campaign managers, POLITICO has learned.
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Hillary #TedCruz rule
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
4 New Studies Show Obamacare Is Working Incredibly Well  —  Great law, or great<em>est</em> law?  —  Shares  —  A week ago, Sen. Charles Schumer said his party made a political mistake by passing the Affordable Care Act rather than some unspecified economic measure.
Megan Cassidy / Arizona Republic:
Phoenix police: Suspect unarmed when killed by officer  —  The facts surrounding Rumain Brisbon's death — the ones that could be agreed upon as of Wednesday evening — follow a narrative familiar to a nation still reeling from the racially charged police incidents in Ferguson, Mo., New York City and elsewhere.
Discussion: Raw Story, Colorlines and The PJ Tatler
Katie McDonough / Salon:
“It makes me really depressed”: From UVA to Cosby, the rape denial playbook that won't go away  —  Rolling Stone's piece on sexual violence may have been imperfect — but here's why its backlash was pre-ordained  —  Rolling Stone contributing editor Sabrina Rubin Erdely's report on a culture …
Discussion: JustOneMinute, RedState and Fox News
Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Motorist hits crowd members, pulls gun at Central West End protest  —  A man was arrested during protests Wednesday evening in the Central West End after he drove through the crowd and later waved a gun at protesters.  —  The incident happened during a day of demonstrations that brought protesters …
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and Raw Story
Jeff Elder / Wall Street Journal:
Apple Deleted Rivals' Songs from Users' iPods  —  Apple deleted music that some iPod owners had downloaded from competing music services from 2007 to 2009 without telling users, attorneys for consumers told jurors in a class-action antitrust suit against Apple Wednesday.
Alan Pyke / ThinkProgress:
Judge Orders Florida City To Pause Arrests Of People Feeding The Homeless  —  A homeless man rests on a bench in Washington, D.C.  —  CREDIT: Shawn Davis  —  A Florida city that made it illegal to feed homeless people on the street and arrested a 90-year-old charity volunteer for defying …
 
 
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Norm Ornstein / National Journal:
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Ted Cruz's Secret Weapon in 2016: Steve King
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Ryan Gallagher / The Intercept:
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Discussion: Mediaite, SBNation.com and NOLA River
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President Obama's unilateral action on immigration has no precedent
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
ObamaCare sees 1.5M applicants in two weeks
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