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10:40 AM ET, December 20, 2014

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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
How to Tell Whether Obama Did the Right Thing on Cuba  —  On my most recent visit to Cuba this past March, I brought my family with me, because I wanted my children to see what Cuba looked like before everything changed.  I didn't realize quite how quickly that change would come.
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Washington Post:
President Obama's ‘betrayal’ of Cuban democrats  —  PRESIDENT OBAMA said he decided to normalize relations with Cuba because “we can do more to support the Cuban people and promote our values through engagement.”  So it's important to know the reaction of those Cubans who have put their lives …
Lauren French / Politico:
Obama's Republican  —  How a conservative Mormon became the biggest Republican Cuba advocate.  —  It all started when Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake found himself in a dark park in Havana trying to score some ice cream.  —  Flake, a devout Mormon, doesn't drink or smoke, so instead of puffing …
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Laura Wides-Munoz / Associated Press:
Obama's Cuba switch forces exile groups to adapt
Discussion: Associated Press and ABC News
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Paul slams Rubio as ‘isolationist’ on Cuba  —  Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is hitting back against Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on Cuba in a preview of a possible debate between two presidential hopefuls.  —  In a series of tweets at Rubio on Friday afternoon, Paul called the Florida senator an …
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Koran Addo / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Some witnesses lied to Michael Brown grand jury, McCulloch says.  So why have them testify?  —  Certain witnesses who spoke before the grand jury investigating the Aug. 9 shooting of Michael Brown told obvious lies under oath, St. Louis Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch said Friday.
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David Corn / Mother Jones:
Sean Penn on Sony Pulling “The Interview”: This Sends ISIS an “Invitation”  —  In an email to Mother Jones, the actor says if the US, China, Russia, and UN don't react strongly, global culture will be “very different.”  —  Actor and activist Sean Penn, no surprise, has some thoughts …
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Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Theaters cancel screenings of ‘Team America’ citing Paramount Pictures
Sarah Wheaton / Politico:
Why single payer died in Vermont  —  Vermont was supposed to be the beacon for a single-payer health care system in America.  But now its plans are in ruins, and its onetime champion Gov. Peter Shumlin may have set back the cause.  —  Advocates of a “Medicare for all” …
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Democratic techies' divided loyalties  —  Ex-Obama hands split between Clinton, rivals.  —  Scores of the Democratic techies who helped Barack Obama defeat Hillary Clinton for the 2008 presidential nomination are now seeking alternatives to Clinton in 2016.
Joseph Marks / Politico:
What does a cyber counterattack look like?  —  President Barack Obama promised at his year-end news conference Friday that the U.S. will respond “proportionally” to North Korea's cyberattack against Sony Pictures Entertainment, but the conventional options available to him are ineffective …
Discussion: The Hill
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FBI:
Update on Sony Investigation
Brian Mahoney / Politico:
Obama labor board comes down hard on McDonald's  —  In a significant victory for fast-food demonstrators, the Obama administration filed 13 legal complaints on Friday against McDonald's USA, LLC, alleging 78 instances in which it violated federal labor law by punishing workers for taking part in fast food protests.
Discussion: The PJ Tatler, Hot Air and Slantpoint
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NLRB:
NLRB Office of the General Counsel Issues Consolidated Complaints Against McDonald's Franchisees …
ABC News:
How One Man Is Terrorizing Neighbors With a Hostile Holiday Decoration Display  —  Homeowners on Fairley Road in Ross Township, Pennsylvania, say their neighbor Bill Ansell is terrorizing them year round with his hostile anti-Christmas spirit.  —  “Any opportunity he has to make our life a hardship …
Discussion: 6abc.com
Josh Lederman / Associated Press:
After turbulent year, Obama aims for quiet Hawaii getaway  —  KAILUA, Hawaii (AP) — A tumultuous year all but behind him, President Barack Obama set off for his annual winter getaway in Hawaii hoping for one thing: Quiet.  —  Air Force One touched down late in the evening at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam …
Discussion: 6abc.com
Frank Pallotta / CNNMoney.com:
Sony exec fires back at President Obama  —  Sony Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton, denying that the studio had “caved” by scrapping next week's opening of “The Interview,” fired back Friday after President Obama said the studio had “made a mistake.”  —  “The president, the press …
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Women rule Obama presser  —  President Barack Obama took eight questions at his end of the year press conference on Friday: all from women, none from television reporters.  —  The first question went to POLITICO's Carrie Budoff Brown, followed by Bloomberg BNA's Cheryl Bolen …
Discussion: USA Today, Vox and Hot Air
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Mary Bruce / ABC News:
In Case You Missed It, Obama Made History Today: Calls Only on Female Reporters
Discussion: Politico, 6abc.com and abc11.com
Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Operation Revenge  —  President Obama is back in his campaign comfort zone: Smiting his political enemies.  —  Two senior White House staffers stumbled out of the Fairmont Hotel in Chicago into the boozy, early-morning aftermath of President Obama's Nov. 6, 2012, reelection victory and ran smack into a sober reporter.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Hot Air
 
 
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Agence France-Presse:
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New York Times:
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Discussion: Washington Post and RT
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
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Discussion: Washington Post
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Discussion: Raw Story
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Brittany Bronson / New York Times:
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New York Post:
Sharpton to have say over how Sony makes movies
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