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11:30 PM ET, December 21, 2014

Top Items:

Trevor Eischen / Politico:

Giuliani condemns anti-police ‘propaganda’ he says Obama started — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is condemning President Barack Obama for anti-police “propaganda” in the wake of the murders of two New York City police officers in Brooklyn. — When asked on “Fox News Sunday” …

Justin Sink / The Hill:

NAACP chief: Don't blame Democrats for NYPD shootings — The head of the NAACP said it is “not fair” for the leader of a prominent police union and former Gov. George Pataki (R-N.Y.) to blame Democratic politicians for the deaths of two New York City police officers.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit

Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:

Rudy Giuliani: 2 NYC Cops Were Killed Because Obama Told Everyone To ‘Hate The Police’ — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani attributed the execution-style assassination of two police officers on Saturday afternoon to the protests that broke out across the city following a grand jury's failure …

Discussion: Gawker, Mediaite, New York Times, BuzzFeed, Vox, Yahoo! News, Hinterland Gazette, TheBlaze.com, Slantpoint, The Moderate Voice, No More Mister Nice Blog and Raw Story

Justin Sink / The Hill:

Obama condemns NYPD killings, calls for ‘patient dialogue’ — President Obama called for “patient dialogue” in a statement Saturday night “unconditionally” condemning the shooting deaths of two New York City police officers. — “Two brave men won't be going home to their loved ones tonight …

Discussion: Politico, Talking Points Memo, 7online.com, CNN, Mashable, National Review, Hot Air and Power Line

Skschust / CBS New York:
Police Unions, Others Blast De Blasio After Shooting Deaths Of Two NYPD Cops

Discussion: New York Post, CBS News, Mediaite, Talking Points Memo, ABC News, Washington Post, The PJ Tatler, Hinterland Gazette, New York's PIX11, MichelleMalkin.com, Scared Monkeys, Raw Story, Guardian, KTLA and Yahoo! News

Rheanna Murray / ABC News:
Son Mourns NYPD Cop Shot Dead With Partner

Discussion: The Huffington Post, 7online.com and Associated Press

Nancy LeTourneau / Washington Monthly:
Flame Throwers and Fire Fighters

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Raw Story and Lawyers, Guns & Money

Todd S. Purdum / Politico:

Hollywood's fickle friend — Obama rebukes Sony, but industry loves him anyway. — LOS ANGELES — For most of the past decade, Hollywood has loved Barack Obama, opening its hearts, homes and wallets to him since his days as a candidate for the Senate from Illinois. And Obama has loved Hollywood back — not so much.

Julia Edwards / Reuters:

Obama to name Sally Yates as pick for deputy attorney general — Reuters 3 hrs ago — HONOLULU (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to announce on Monday that U.S. Attorney Sally Yates will be his nominee for deputy attorney general, the No. 2 position at the Justice Department, a U.S. official said.

Josh Lederman / Associated Press:

Obama offers help to NYPD after 2 officers killed — HONOLULU (AP) — President Barack Obama is offering full support and federal assistance to the New York Police Department in the wake of the killing of two officers. — The White House says Obama called New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton …

Discussion: New York's PIX11 and Capital New York

Agence France-Presse:

Driver ploughs into crowd in France's second ‘Allahu Akbar’ attack — Dijon (France) (AFP) - A driver shouting “Allahu Akbar” ("God is greatest") ploughed into pedestrians in eastern France Sunday, injuring 11 of them, just a day after a man yelling the same words was killed in an attack on police officers.

Discussion: Slantpoint

Eric Bradner / CNN:
Obama: North Korea's hack not ‘war,’ but ‘cyber vandalism’

Discussion: Washington Times, The Hill, Hot Air, The PJ Tatler, Outside the Beltway, New York Times, National Review, Liberal Values, NPR and Talking Points Memo

Agence France-Presse:
Obama says Sony hack was not ‘an act of war’

Discussion: Slantpoint

Cory Bennett / The Hill:
Sony hack reveals threat of ‘psychological’ cyber warfare

Discussion: Politico

New York Times:
U.S. Asks China to Help Rein In Korean Hackers

Discussion: Fox News, RedState, The Hill, The Verge and RT

Lara Jakes / Associated Press: 2014 frustrates US hopes for Israeli-Palestinian peace

Josh Lederman / Associated Press: US mulls putting NKorea on terrorism sponsor list

M.L. Nestel / The Daily Beast:

Anger at The Cop Killer - And The Police — In the Brooklyn neighborhood where two police officers were brutally murdered, not everyone was grieving. — Across the street from the hospital where two Brooklyn police officers were brought after being murdered, there were carnations and a makeshift memorial …

Discussion: Hot Air, Mediaite and National Review

NY Daily News:
Lupica: NYPD killings come as some think cops are the real threat

Discussion: Mediaite

New York Post:
Man aimed empty gun in cop's face, pulled trigger: officials

Discussion: New York's PIX11 and National Review

Bob McManus / New York Post:
There is blood on hands of those who demanded ‘dead cops’

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Alec Luhn / Politico:

Scenes from Putin's Economic Meltdown — Russian shoppers are buying everything they can—before the ruble collapses completely. — Get the hot deals while they last! Whatever's on your holiday shopping list—buy now, it may never be this cheap again! In a single day this past week …

Maggie Haberman / Politico:

Guy Cecil won't manage Clinton 2016 campaign — Guy Cecil, a campaign hand for Hillary Clinton in 2008 who was mentioned as a potential campaign manager if she runs again, is planning to help the former secretary of state outside of any official campaign structure in 2016, POLITICO has learned.

Fox News:

Christie tells Obama to demand return of cop killer Chesimard to start Cuba talks — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is urging President Obama to demand that Cuba return convicted police-killer Joanne Chesimard before he proceeds with efforts to improve diplomatic relations with that country.

Discussion: Hot Air

ABC News:

‘This Week’ Transcript: Sen. Marco Rubio — Rush transcript for “This Week” on December 21, 2014. This may contain errors and will be updated. — ANNOUNCER: On ABC's This Week, breaking news, assassination. Two New York City police officers killed in an ambush.

Discussion: National Review