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12:50 PM ET, December 16, 2014

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Jeb Bush / Facebook:
A Note from Jeb Bush  —  Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah!  —  Like many of you, our family was blessed with the opportunity to gather together over the recent Thanksgiving holiday.  —  Columba and I are so proud of the wonderful adults our children have become, and we loved spending time with our three precious grandchildren.
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David Lightman / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Jeb Bush announces he'll explore presidential run, fronts GOP field for '16  —  WASHINGTON — Jeb Bush, who announced Tuesday that he'll explore a 2016 presidential bid, has sprinted to the front of the Republican field in a new McClatchy-Marist Poll.  —  Bush, the son of president George H.W. Bush …
Gabriel Debenedetti / Reuters:
Jeb Bush to ‘actively explore’ U.S. presidential bid  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush will “actively explore” a run for the presidency in 2016, he announced on Tuesday, making him one of the first major Republicans to formally move toward a possible candidacy.
Discussion: Slantpoint
Gary Fineout / Associated Press:   Jeb Bush to ‘actively explore’ run for president
Pete Yost / Associated Press:
Govt urges dismissal of lawsuit over immigration
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BBC:
Pakistan Taliban ‘kill 100’ in assault on Peshawar school  —  At least 100 people, mostly children, have been killed in a Taliban assault on an army-run school in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, officials say.  —  Five or six militants wearing security uniforms entered the school, officials said.
Jibran Ahmad / Reuters:
Over 120 Pakistanis, mostly children, killed in Taliban high school attack  —  (Reuters) - At least 126 people, most of them children, were killed on Tuesday when Taliban gunmen stormed a school in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, taking hundreds of students hostage in the bloodiest insurgent attack in the country in years.
Tim Craig / Washington Post:
Pakistani forces reclaim school after ‘horrific’ Taliban attack kills at least 141 … ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Taliban gunmen disguised as soldiers stormed an elite army high school Tuesday, killing at least 141 people — nearly all students — in carnage that brought world condemnation …
Discussion: Power Line and The Jawa Report
Daily Mail:
‘Our classmates were shot in front of us... I felt bullets flying past my head’: Boy aged 10 …
Mushtaq Yusufzai / NBC News:
Kids Shot ‘One by One’: More Than 100 Dead in School Attack
Ken Kurson / The New York Observer:
EXCLUSIVE: New York Mag's Boy Genius Investor Made It All Up  —  In an exclusive Observer interview, Mohammed Islam, said to have investment returns of $72 million as a hs senior, admits he invented the whole story  —  Damir Tulemaganbetov and Mohammed Islam (r) in the office of 5WPR …
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New York Magazine:
An Apology to Our Readers  —  A story in <em>New York</em>'s most recent issue was false.  —  In the most recent edition of New York, its annual Reasons to Love New York issue, the magazine published a story about a Stuyvesant High School senior named Mohammed Islam, who was rumored to have made $72 million trading stocks.
Terrence McCoy / Washington Post:
New York Magazine's $72 million teenage stock trader says he made it all up
Discussion: Twitchy, KFOR-TV and Gothamist
Politico:
Ted Cruz reignites GOP civil war  —  Republican senators pounded Ted Cruz over the weekend, lashing him for his procedural tactics and ultimately voting in large numbers against his immigration gambit.  —  Now, Cruz's allies off Capitol Hill are looking for revenge.  —  Story Continued Below
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Jim Malewitz / Politico:
Ted Cruz trolled over surgeon general vote
Melissa Healy / Los Angeles Times:
New surgeon general approved despite remarks on guns, contraception
Discussion: Slantpoint
Abby Ohlheiser / Washington Post:
Hero mom calls into CSPAN to berate her arguing pundit sons  —  Democrat Brad Woodhouse and Republican Dallas Woodhouse received a surprise during their joint appearance on C-SPAN when their mother called into scold them for fighting over the holidays.  (C-SPAN)
Discussion: New York Times and Jezebel
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Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
'Oh God It's Mom': Brother Operatives Get Surprise C-SPAN Caller  —  C-SPAN guests usually go on prepared for the occasional offensive question from a caller but when Dallas and Brad Woodhouse went on to Washington Journal Tuesday they got something different: a call from their mother.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Bloomberg:
Russian Rate Jump Fails to Stop Ruble Crash  —  The ruble plummeted into a freefall, losing as much as 19 percent as panic swept across Russian financial markets after a surprise interest-rate increase failed to stem the run on the currency.  —  The ruble plunged to as weak as 80.10 per dollar …
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Maxim Lott / Fox News:
Campus turns on Muslim conservative who penned satire  —  Of all the notes Omar Mahmoud said were affixed to his campus apartment, the one on the right is one of the tamest.  —  A Muslim conservative who took on political correctness at his college campus found out just how angry the very folks he was lampooning can get.
Charles Hoskinson / Washington Examiner:
Unqualified nominees get their jobs —  thanks, Harry  —  On Monday night, the Senate confirmed Vivek Murthy as U.S. Surgeon General.  His was just one of two dozen nominations that Republicans had hoped to avoid confirming by running out the clock on Congress's lame duck session.
Discussion: Betsy's Page and Weekly Standard
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Trevor Eischen / Politico:
David Brooks: Elizabeth Warren has chance of being nominated  —  New York Times columnist David Brooks says Elizabeth Warren has a “significant and growing chance of being nominated” as the Democratic candidate in the 2016 presidential election.  —  In an op-ed titled “Warren Can Win,” …
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David Brooks / New York Times:
Warren Can Win  —  Elizabeth Warren's memoir begins with the story …
Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog, CNN and NPR
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
John Yoo: If the Torture Report Is True, CIA Officers Are at Legal Risk  —  A surprising admission by an attorney who was instrumental in enabling the Bush Administration's brutal interrogation practices  —  The debate over the CIA interrogation program pits critics who insist illegal torture took place …
Des Moines Register:
Iowa Straw Poll likely to live on despite controversy  —  Remember the predictions that the much-ridiculed Iowa Straw Poll was going to its grave?  —  Not so fast.  —  The event is likely to live on almost as-is, despite some resistance — including from the governor.
Discussion: Fox News
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Iowa GOP chairman: Straw poll likely to survive
Discussion: Associated Press
Laura Barron-Lopez / The Hill:
WH to healthcare providers: Prepare for climate impacts  —  The White House wants healthcare providers to get serious about bulking up their defenses against climate change.  —  In a best-practice guide for healthcare providers and policymakers released on Monday, the administration advises …
Discussion: MichelleMalkin.com
 
 
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Evan Osnos / New Yorker:
IN THE LAND OF THE POSSIBLE  —  Samantha Power has the President's ear.
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Karoli / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
George W. Bush Cancels Trip Overseas For Fear Of Arrest
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Jeffrey Scott Shapiro / Washington Times:
PHOTOS: 20 Age-Defying Celebrities
Discussion: JustOneMinute and The Daily Caller
Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Dozens More Companies Sign Up for Apple Pay
Roger Simon / Politico:
(Burp) Here comes Mitt!
Michael Paulson / New York Times:
Can't Have Your Cake, Gays Are Told, and a Rights Battle Rises
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Jonathan Turley / USA Today:
After Ferguson, come the apologies for nothing: Column
Discussion: Mediaite
Paul Kendrick / Talking Points Memo:
C'mon, Stop Blaming Obama For Failing To Cure America Of Racism
Discussion: Raw Story
Agoldberg / The Smoking Gun:
“Witness 40”: Exposing A Fraud In Ferguson
Discussion: Gawker and Raw Story
Michael Kinsley / Vanity Fair:
The Irony and the Ecstasy  —  Every serious G.O.P. presidential …
Plain Dealer:
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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Bill Clinton: Eric Garner 'didn't deserve to die'
Discussion: Washington Times
Dick Cheney / Salon:
Dick Cheney's grotesque legacy: Why the record is so much worse than reported
David Chazan / Telegraph:
Men who like spicier food are ‘alpha males’ with higher levels of testosterone, French report claims