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6:45 PM ET, December 18, 2014

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Ken Thomas / Associated Press:
PAUL: TRADE WITH CUBA ‘PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA’  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul said Thursday that starting to trade with Cuba “is probably a good idea” and that the lengthy economic embargo against the communist island “just hasn't worked.”  —  Paul became the first potential …
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Washington Post:
Obama gives the Castro regime in Cuba an undeserved bailout  —  IN RECENT months, the outlook for the Castro regime in Cuba was growing steadily darker.  The modest reforms it adopted in recent years to improve abysmal economic conditions had stalled, due to the regime's refusal to allow Cubans greater freedoms.
Daniel W. Drezner / Washington Post:
Every big question you have about the U.S. opening to Cuba, answered  —  So by now I'm sure you're aware that the Obama administration and Cuba's communist regime have pledged to restore diplomatic ties through a variety of means, which include an exchange of prisoners …
Alicia A. Caldwell / Associated Press:   New ties with Cuba won't change immigration rules
The Daily Beast:
Paramount Bans Showing ‘Team America’  —  Three movie theaters say Paramount Pictures has ordered them not to show Team America: World Police one day after Sony Pictures surrendered to cyberterrorists and pulled The Interview.  The famous Alamo Drafthouse in Texas, Capitol Theater in Cleveland …
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Jaclyn Hendricks / New York Post:
Kim Jong-un death scene from ‘The Interview’ leaks online  —  Well, that was fast.  —  Right on the heels of Sony's announcement that the studio would be scrapping the Christmas Day release of “The Interview,” the film's controversial climax has surfaced.  —  The scene features North …
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Theaters cancel ‘Team America’ showings
Discussion: Hot Air and The Daily Banter
Erik Hayden / Hollywood Reporter:
Texas Theater to Show ‘Team America’ In Place of ‘The Interview’
USA Today:
Official: North Korea behind Sony hack
Discussion: Tech Times, National Review and TMZ.com
Boston Public Radio / WGBH News:
‘Governor, This Is Barack Obama, Formerly Of Somerville.’ … For the past eight years, Deval Patrick has joined Jim Braude and Margery Eagan on the radio each month to field calls from listeners.  On Thursday, he joined the hosts of Boston Public Radio for the final time as governor of Massachusetts.
Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
Top Islamic militants killed; more US troops going to Iraq  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Two senior Islamic State group leaders were killed in U.S. and coalition airstrikes in northern Iraq over the last week, U.S. officials said Thursday, as Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel approved new orders …
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RT:
US servicemen in first ground battle with ISIS - Kurdish media
Discussion: Liberaland
Philip Ewing / Politico:
General: ISIL battle in Iraq could take 3 years or more
Discussion: ABC News
Department of Justice:
Attorney General Holder Directs Department to Include Gender Identity Under Sex Discrimination Employment Claims  —  New Memo Applies to All Department of Justice Components and U.S. Attorneys  —  Attorney General Holder announced today that the Department of Justice will take the position …
Discussion: Advocate, National Review and WGBH News
Politico:
Obama libre  —  The last five weeks of the president's year were better than almost all the rest.  —  If President Barack Obama's year ended in November, it would have been one of the worst of his presidency.  —  Good thing he had the last five weeks.  —  Story Continued Below
John Ingold / Denver Post:
NEBRASKA AND OKLAHOMA SUE COLORADO OVER MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION  —  Supporters erupt in cheers at the passage of Amendment 64.  Supporters of Amendment 64, the campaign to regulate marijuana like alcohol, gather at Casselman's in Denver on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012.  Kathryn Scott Osler, The Denver Post (THE DENVER POST |
Azi Paybarah / Capital New York:
At private meeting, union head tells officers to use ‘extreme discretion’  —  Police union leader Pat Lynch is telling officers to use “extreme discretion,” in response to what he said was a lack support from City Hall and Washington in the wake of a grand jury decision not to indict an officer in the death of Eric Garner last month.
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Pamela Ng / New York's PIX11:
Mayor de Blasio named PETA's Person of the Year for 2014
Alice Robb / The New Republic:
Watching Colbert Makes Conservatives Even More Conservative  —  After nine years hosting one of the most popular comedy programs on air, it's hard to remember a time when Stephen Colbert might have been mistaken for the kind of conservative commentator he satires.
Discussion: Slantpoint
Joy Diaz / KUT:
Sexist Comment by Austin Police Officer: Isolated Incident or Part of Broader Culture?  —  Update (2:19 p.m.): Officer Andrew Petrowski officially retired from the Austin Police Department on Friday, Dec. 12 after learning KUT would air his comments this week.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and KXAN-TV
Robert Schmidt / Bloomberg Politics:
Lawrence Summers' $28 Million Payday, Courtesy of Elizabeth Warren  —  Senator Elizabeth Warren famously declared “there is nobody in this country who got rich on his own.”  —  That truism presumably includes President Barack Obama's former economic chief Lawrence Summers …
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Slate:
The Year of Outrage  —  Slate tracked what everyone was outraged about every day in 2014.  Explore by clicking the tiles below, and then scroll down to read about how outrage has taken over our lives.  —  Interactive by Allison Benedikt, Chris Kirk, and Dan Kois
Discussion: The Dish
Mike Levine / ABC News:
5 Sweeping Changes Recommended for Secret Service After Fence Jumper Enters WH … A bipartisan, independent panel scrutinizing the U.S. Secret Service after a man with a small knife in his pocket jumped the perimeter fence and made it deep inside the White House is recommending sweeping changes at the agency.
Discussion: Politico and 6abc.com
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Democrats to Colbert: Thanks For Your Help!  —  I have never seen Stephen Colbert's show on Comedy Central, but I take it that it consists of an endless series of anti-Republican “jokes.”  If asked, would Colbert admit to being a loyal Democratic Party foot soldier, or would he claim …
Julia Marsh / New York Post:
Catsimatidis' daughter files for divorce from husband of 3 years  —  Andrea Catsimatidis and Christopher Cox tour the Great Wall of China in 2013.  —  This political love match was not made to last.  —  Andrea Catsimatidis, daughter of billionaire grocer and failed mayoral candidate John Catsimatidis …
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
Memo to Staff: Time to Lose a Few Pounds
Discussion: Slantpoint and Tech Times
John Schreiber / MyNewsLA.com:
Man arrested in 1989 killing of transgender woman in Santa Ana
Stephen Braun / Associated Press:
Files of more than 40,000 federal workers breached
Kamara A. Swaby / Harvard News:
HUDS Suspends Purchases from Israeli Soda Company
Discussion: Truth Revolt and National Review
Brad Aaron / Streetsblog New York City:
Vance Deal: $400 Fine for Unlicensed Driver Who Killed Senior in Crosswalk
Discussion: Gothamist
Associated Press:
President signs legislation ending Nazi benefit checks
Ronald Brownstein / National Journal:
Jeb Bush's 2016 Move Fuels Democratic Debate
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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Nick Hanauer / Politico:
The Pitchforks Are Coming... For Us Plutocrats
Garth Kant / WND:
GOP LEGEND QUITS CONGRESS WITH MESSAGE FOR AMERICA
Discussion: Right Wing Watch and Raw Story
Erin Madigan White / THE DEFINITIVE SOURCE:
Doubling down on state government coverage
USA Today:
Putin: West wants to put Russian bear ‘on a chain’
Discussion: kyivpost.com
CNN:
Officials: Boko Haram kidnaps 185 women and children, kills 32 people
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Obama's Had a Helluva Good Month Since the Midterms