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3:30 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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Shane Goldmacher / National Journal:
Jeb Bush to ‘Actively Explore’ 2016 Bid  —  The Republican announces on Facebook that he's considering a run for the White House.  —  Jeb Bush will “actively explore” running for president in 2016, shaking up what is expected to be a crowded field of Republicans.
Discussion: FOX News Radio
David McCabe / The Hill:
Rubio: Jeb move won't affect 2016 decision
Discussion: Washington Post, Political Wire and CNN
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
For Jeb, Bush name not such a burden
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Washington Post
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:   Rand Paul On Jeb Bush Exploring 2016 Bid: ‘The More The Merrier’
Reuters:
Jeb Bush says he will explore 2016 U.S. presidential run
Discussion: Associated Press and Slantpoint
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: BuzzFeed and Outside the Beltway
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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)
New York Times:
Pakistani Taliban Attack on Peshawar School Leaves 145 Dead  —  Aftermath of School Attack in Pakistan Aftermath of School Attack in Pakistan  —  The scene on Tuesday in Peshawar in northwestern Pakistan after more than 100 people were killed in a Taliban attack on a school.  —  Video by Quynhanh Do on
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Tim Craig / Washington Post:
Pakistani forces reclaim school after ‘horrific’ Taliban attack kills at least 141
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.
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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Anna Smolchenko / Agence France-Presse:
Russia grapples with shock ruble fall
Discussion: Slantpoint
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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Evan Halper / Los Angeles Times:
Congress quietly ends federal government's ban on medical marijuana  —  Tucked deep inside the 1,603-page federal spending measure is a provision that effectively ends the federal government's prohibition on medical marijuana and signals a major shift in drug policy.
Discussion: Liberal Values
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Tony Newman / The Huffington Post:
More Nails in the Drug War Coffin: Top Stories of 2014
Discussion: KTLA
Jonathan H. Adler / Washington Post:
District court declares Obama immigration action unconstitutional  —  Earlier Tuesday, a federal court in Pennsylvania declared aspects of President Obama's executive actions on immigration policy unconstitutional.  —  According to the opinion by Judge Arthur Schwab, the president's policy goes …
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.
Discussion: The College Fix
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 …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
Lauren Feiner / thedp.com:
Phi Delta Theta holiday photo sparks controversy  —  THIS  —  Following national conversations on race relations, Penn students were confronted with the issue on campus in the form of a holiday card.  —  On Sunday night, a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity posted what became a controversial Christmas photo on Facebook.
Agoldberg / The Smoking Gun:
“Witness 40”: Exposing A Fraud In Ferguson  —  TSG probe unmasks grand jury witness who spun fabricated tale  —  The grand jury witness who testified that she saw Michael Brown pummel a cop before charging at him “like a football player, head down,” is a troubled, bipolar Missouri woman …
Discussion: Liberaland, Gawker, Mediaite and Raw Story
Karoli / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
George W. Bush Cancels Trip Overseas For Fear Of Arrest  —  Too bad they fear authorities abroad more than they fear those at home, eh?  —  UPDATE: This is a story from 2011.  Our mistake!  —  Granted, it's the Daily Mail reporting the story, but there's definitely a ring of truth to it.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: 'I was only 18 when Bill Cosby drugged me.  I woke up naked; he was licking my toes.' Comedian faces new claim he committed sex attack at the Playboy Mansion just SIX years ago on woman who has contacted police  — Chloe Goins, 24, has told MailOnline she was introduced …
Elizabeth Nolan Brown / Hit & Run:
No Exam Delay for Oberlin Students ‘Traumatized’ By Grand Jury Decisions  —  Last week, Robby wrote here about how “students are so coddled by the feelings-protection regime at university campuses that they now believe disheartening national news developments—such as the grand jury decisions …
 
 
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Eric Bradner / CNN:
Trump ‘seriously considering’ 2016 bid
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
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Josh Rogin / Bloomberg View:
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Discussion: Hot Air and CNN
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Laura Barron-Lopez / The Hill:
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 Earlier Items: 
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
Discussion: Althouse
Jonathan Turley / USA Today:
After Ferguson, come the apologies for nothing: Column
Charles Hoskinson / Washington Examiner:
Unqualified nominees get their jobs — thanks, Harry
Discussion: Betsy's Page and Weekly Standard
Michael Kinsley / Vanity Fair:
The Irony and the Ecstasy  —  Every serious G.O.P. presidential …
Dick Cheney / Salon:
Dick Cheney's grotesque legacy: Why the record is so much worse than reported