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12:50 PM ET, December 19, 2014

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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney.com:
Source: Hackers send new message to Sony  —  The hackers behind a devastating cyberattack at Sony Pictures have sent a new message to executives at the company, crediting them for a “very wise” decision to cancel the Christmas day release of “The Interview,” a source close to the company told CNN.
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Mike Fleming / Deadline:
Hollywood Cowardice: George Clooney Explains Why Sony Stood Alone In North Korean Cyberterror Attack  —  EXCLUSIVE: As it begins to dawn on everyone in Hollywood the reality that Sony Pictures was the victim of a cyberterrorist act perpetrated by a hostile foreign nation on American soil …
New York Times:
Sony and Mr. Kim's Thugs  —  Sony Pictures pulled the movie “The Interview” after large theater chains said they would not show it, fearing threats of violence to their customers and employees by hackers believed to be working for the North Korean government.
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
McCain to hold cybersecurity hearing after Sony attack
Discussion: Jezebel and Hot Air
Matt Latimer / Associated Press:
AP: China arrests U.S. aid worker in North Korean border town
CNN:
U.S. will respond to North Korea hack, official says
Discussion: Daily Kos, Boing Boing and EW.com
Adrian Hong / The Atlantic Online:
North Korea Is Not Funny
The Daily Beast:
Paramount Bans Showing ‘Team America’
Rocco Parascandola Police / NY Daily News:
SEE IT: NYPD plainclothes officer delivers body blows to youth as he's being cuffed, Internal Affairs investigating  —  'I can't believe he just did that after everything that's happened' a witness says as the boy is punched repeatedly while three NYPD officers try to subdue and cuff him in an incident caught on video.
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Carimah Townes / ThinkProgress:
Video: NYPD Officers Caught Arresting, Repeatedly Punching Boy
Associated Press:
Obama's options on Cuba end at embargo  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama's steps toward normalizing relations with Cuba don't alter two key facts: Only Congress can overturn the law barring widespread commerce with Cuba, and there's almost no chance that will happen anytime soon.
Discussion: BuzzFeed and USA Today
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Politico:
Obama's heavy lift on Cuba
Discussion: The Hill, Hot Air and ABC News
Washington Post:
For U.S. businesses and tourists, opportunities abound in Cuba
Discussion: New York Times and NPR
Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
The Unidentified Queen of Torture  —  For the past eight months, there has been a furious battle raging behind closed doors at the White House, the C.I.A., and in Congress.  The question has been whether the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence would be allowed to use pseudonyms as a means …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
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NBC News:
Read the summary of the Senate Intelligence Committee report (PDF)
Anna Palmer / Politico:
GOP goes on K Street hiring spree  —  Lobbyists can come home again.  —  As Republicans take control of Congress, they are bringing in veteran influence peddlers to help them run the show.  Nearly a dozen veteran K Streeters have been named as top staffers to GOP leaders or on key committees …
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Politico:   The year Congress hit rock bottom
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Putin's Bubble Bursts  —  If you're the type who finds macho posturing impressive, Vladimir Putin is your kind of guy.  Sure enough, many American conservatives seem to have an embarrassing crush on the swaggering strongman.  “That is what you call a leader,” enthused Rudy Giuliani …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Agoldberg / The Smoking Gun:
Woman Seeks Trademark For “I Can't Breathe,” Dying New York Man's Final Words  —  Buster  —  An Illinois woman is seeking to trademark the dying last words of the New York City man who gasped “I can't breathe” while being arrested by NYPD cops for selling loose cigarettes.
Kelli Heitstuman-Tomko / Sheridan Press:
Dog shoots man: Accidental shooting injures man  —  SHERIDAN — The Johnson County Sheriff's Office has released its findings on the shooting of a man Monday on Murphy Gulch Road.  —  Sheriff Steve Kozisek said Richard L. Fipps, 46, of Sheridan had driven to Murphy Gulch Road with two employees to move a vehicle that had become stuck.
Jack Healy / New York Times:
Nebraska and Oklahoma Sue Colorado Over Marijuana Law  —  DENVER — Two heartland states filed the first major court challenge to marijuana legalization on Thursday, saying that Colorado's growing array of state-regulated recreational marijuana shops was piping marijuana into neighboring states and should be shut down.
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Ken Dilanian / Associated Press:
Bush officials gave CIA wide latitude  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — In July 2004, despite growing internal concerns about the CIA's brutal interrogation methods, senior members of George W. Bush's national security team gave the agency permission to employ the harsh tactics against an al Qaida facilitator …
Discussion: Slantpoint
Andrew Ferguson / Weekly Standard:
A Model Senator  —  “In any election,” Tom Coburn often says, “you should vote for the candidate who will give up the most if they win.”  All things being equal, we should prefer politicians who have accomplished something in their lives beyond government work—and who are willing to sacrifice it …
Discussion: Political Wire
Tom McGhee / Denver Post:
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Discussion: Raw Story and TalkLeft
Tim Alberta / National Journal:
Carly Fiorina Hiring for Presidential Campaign  —  Despite her improving political skills, the California businesswoman would be an underdog in a likely all-male GOP field.  —  Carly Fiorina is laying the groundwork for what one ally says is an “imminent” presidential campaign—one that could launch as early as next month.
The Huffington Post:
Rep. Blake Farenthold Joked Online About Drinking And Hitting On Women  —  WASHINGTON — Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-Texas), who is being sued by a former employee for sexual harassment, wrote posts about alcohol and female travelers on an online forum geared toward frequent fliers.
Discussion: Daily Kos and The Texas Tribune
 
 
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Paul Berman / Tablet Magazine:
‘The New Republic’ Was F. Scott Fitzgerald's Magazine, Too, Chris Hughes
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Alex Seitz-Wald / msnbc.com:
Keith Ellison: ‘I would love to see Elizabeth Warren’ run
Discussion: Weekly Standard
Bernie Becker / The Hill:
IRS: Budget cuts could delay refunds
Discussion: Hot Air, RedState and Politico
Mustafa Khalili / Guardian:
US backed talks between jihadi clerics and Isis in effort to save hostage's life
Discussion: RedState and RT
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Future uncertain, Romney sits atop GOP polls
Discussion: ABC News, Political Wire and ABC News
BBC:
Myanmar ‘Buddha insult’ trial: Men plead not guilty
Discussion: The Jawa Report
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The Obamas, Race and Slights
Discussion: JustOneMinute
Jim Sciutto / CNN:
U.S. airstrikes kill 3 top ISIS leaders
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
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