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5:00 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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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Rand Paul On Jeb Bush Exploring 2016 Bid: ‘The More The Merrier’
Discussion: OnPolitics
David McCabe / The Hill:
Rubio: Jeb move won't affect 2016 decision
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)
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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: BuzzFeed and Outside the Beltway
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 …
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Republican Judge Strikes Down Obama's Immigration Order  —  In an extraordinary opinion that transforms a routine sentencing matter into a vehicle to strike down a politically controversial policy, a George W. Bush-appointed judge in Pennsylvania declared President Obama's recently …
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Daily Kos
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:   Federal Judge Declares Obama's Immigration Action Unconstitutional
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
Matt O'Brien / Washington Post:
Sorry, Putin.  Russia's economy is doomed  —  (Alexey Druzhinin/Ria Novosti/Kremin pool)  —  A funny thing happened on the way to Vladimir Putin running strategic laps around the West.  Russia's economy imploded.  —  The latest news is that Russia's central bank raised interest rates …
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Bloomberg:
Russian Rate Jump Fails to Stop Ruble Crash
Anna Smolchenko / Agence France-Presse:
Russia grapples with shock ruble fall
Discussion: Slantpoint
Manu Raju / Politico:
Ted Cruz apologizes to colleagues over antics  —  Ted Cruz privately apologized to GOP senators Tuesday for interrupting their holiday schedules by his surprise tactics that effectively brought the Senate into session over the weekend.  —  According to five senators who attended Tuesday's caucus lunch …
Discussion: Political Wire
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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
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.
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
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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
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
Brent Lang / Variety:
Sony Hackers Threaten 9/11 Attack on Movie Theaters That Screen ‘The Interview’  —  The Sony hackers have threatened a 9/11-like attack on movie theaters that screen Seth Rogen and James Franco's North Korean comedy “The Interview,” substantially escalating the stakes surrounding the release of the movie.
 
 
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