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10:25 AM ET, December 5, 2014

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New York Times:
Eric Garner, Daniel Pantaleo and Lethal Police Tactics  —  One route to justice for Eric Garner was blocked on Wednesday, by a Staten Island grand jury's confounding refusal to see anything potentially criminal in the police assault that killed him.  —  But the quest will continue.
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
New Twist in Lynch's Confirmation After New York Grand Jury Decision  —  WASHINGTON — The federal civil rights investigation into the chokehold death of Eric Garner could present a new complication for Loretta E. Lynch's nomination as attorney general, because she will be heading the inquiry …
Discussion: Washington Post and Political Wire
The Hill:
Obama signals he'll put muscle behind response to police killings  —  President Obama is pledging a robust effort to ensure the criminal justice system treats all people equally regardless of color following a New York City grand jury's decision to not indict a police officer in the death of Eric Garner.
Salon:
White America's moral disaster: From Eric Garner to Mike Brown, a destructive view of “justice”
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic Online:
If Eric Garner Were White
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Christie: I'm Not Going to Second-Guess Eric Garner Grand Jury
John McWhorter / TIME:
Ferguson Was the Spark — Eric Garner Is the Fire
Discussion: New York Times
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Even the liberal New Republic needs to change  —  When I entered journalism there were three places I badly wanted to work: The American Prospect, The Washington Monthly, and The New Republic.  The decision turned out to be easy: TNR never called me back.  The Washington Monthly didn't have entry-level positions.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
A Eulogy for The New Republic  —  A century-old liberal institution gazes at the end.  —  Shares  —  Not long after he purchased The New Republic, Chris Hughes had lunch with me, as he was doing with quite a few journalists around Washington.  At one point, he asked me who the best editor had been during my 16 years.
Leah Finnegan / Gawker:
White Men Upset Wrong White Man Placed in Charge of White-Man Magazine
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Democrats Against Reform  —  It's easy to understand why Republicans wish health reform had never happened, and are now hoping that the Supreme Court will abandon its principles and undermine the law.  But it's more puzzling — and disturbing — when Democrats like Charles Schumer …
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hrms.urban.org:
Taking Stock: Health Insurance Coverage under the ACA as of September 2014
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:   Dems on ObamaCare: Was it worth it?
John Nolte / BREITBART.COM:
INVESTIGATION: LENA DUNHAM ‘RAPED BY A REPUBLICAN’ STORY IN BESTSELLER COLLAPSES UNDER SCRUTINY  —  In her just-released memoir, Not That Kind of Girl, Lena Dunham describes her alma mater, Oberlin College, as “a liberal arts haven in the cornfields of Ohio.”
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Eugene Volokh / Washington Post:   Could ‘Barry’ sue Lena Dunham over her memoirs?
Weekly Standard:
The Benghazi Report  —  An ongoing intelligence failure  —  After a long day on November 13, 2013, Speaker of the House John Boehner walked down the marble hallways of the Longworth House Office Building to the personal office of Representative Devin Nunes for a drink, a cigarette, and maybe a brief reprieve.
David Sims / The Atlantic Online:
Seen It All Before: 10 Predictions About Police Body Cameras  —  Twenty years ago, law enforcement and activists teamed up to support another video surveillance technology: in-car dash cams.  —  A strange coalition has formed around the police officer-worn body camera.
Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:
The Last Southern Democrat  —  HAMMOND, La.—Mary Landrieu is dead, and everyone knows it but Mary Landrieu.  —  The senior senator from Louisiana, a diminutive blond woman with a round, youthful face, is standing under a green canopy in the middle of an airfield.  The canopy reads, “City of Hammond, Too Lovely to Litter.”
Discussion: New York Times
Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
On a Roll  —  Suddenly, things look up for the GOP.  —  Republicans have lost the last two presidential elections, but not much else over the past six years.  They've captured the House and Senate.  They now hold 31 governorships and 69 of the 99 state legislative chambers.
Business Insider:
Romney's Inner Circle Is Convinced He's Running  —  Mitt Romney held meetings with donors in New York this week that left one attendee convinced he is running for president again in 2016.  —  A member of Romney's inner circle who spoke to Business Insider said the former governor …
George Selgin / Free Banking:
A 1920-21 Recovery Myth  —  The Forgotten Depression, Jim Grant's excellent book about the 1920-21 downturn and the recovery that followed, has generated a burst of critical commentary from persons anxious to reject the principal conclusion Grant draws from that episode.
Discussion: EconLog and Cafe Hayek
 
 
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Shushannah Walshe / ABC News:
Christie Says US Treats Canada, Mexico as an ‘Afterthought’
Discussion: Politico
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House Democrats are pranking one another with a cardboard Ronald Reagan cutout
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Allie Jones / Gawker:
Jenna Bush Admits to “Hanky Panky” on the White House Roof
Discussion: UPROXX and Mediaite
Christopher White / The College Fix:
Missouri white students told not to take part in Ferguson ‘die-in’ demonstration
Discussion: Hot Air
Politico:
Nancy Pelosi flexes muscle in closed budget meeting
Martin Matishak / The Hill:
Navy rescinds Cosby's honorary title
Jacob Fischler / BuzzFeed:
Former Top Senate Republican: McConnell Should Tell Conservatives To “Kiss Off”
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Erick Erickson / RedState:
Would You Please Click Here to Order John Boehner Some New Balls?
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