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10:05 AM ET, December 22, 2014

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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama's ‘propaganda’ pushed people to ‘hate the police,’ Giuliani says  —  President Obama has engaged in “propaganda” encouraging people to “hate the police,” former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) charged a day after two New York City police officers were shot and killed in their patrol car …
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Howard Safir / TIME:
Anti-Police Rhetoric Unlike Anything I've Seen in 45 Years  —  Howard Safir is the former commissioner of the New York City Police Department (1996-2000) and Chairman and CEO of Vigilant Resources International (VRI).  —  We have seen nothing but police bashing from some of the highest offices in the land.
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
The Importance of Treating NYPD Officers as Individuals  —  On the outrageous murder of two cops and the faction trying to exploit their deaths for political leverage  —  At 28-years-old, Ismaaiyl Brinsley had been arrested 19 times and served 2 years in prison.
Jonathan S. Tobin / Commentary Magazine:
As Police Die, Racism Narrative Unravels  —  Any conversation about the murders of two New York City Police officers this weekend must start by acknowledging the ordinary heroism of law enforcement personnel that puts them in harm's way every day.  We should then acknowledge …
Discussion: RedState
Justin Sink / The Hill:
NAACP chief: Don't blame Democrats for NYPD shootings
Nancy LeTourneau / Washington Monthly:
Flame Throwers and Fire Fighters
New York Times:
Prosecute Torturers and Their Bosses  —  Since the day President Obama took office, he has failed to bring to justice anyone responsible for the torture of terrorism suspects — an official government program conceived and carried out in the years after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Yahoo! News:
President Obama's Hawaii vacation: Day 2  —  KAILUA, Hawaii (AP) — How President Barack Obama spent the second day of his holiday vacation in Hawaii on Sunday:  —POLICE SHOOTING: Obama called New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton on Sunday morning to offer condolences …
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Agence France-Presse:
Driver ploughs into crowd in France's second ‘Allahu Akbar’ attack
Discussion: TheJournal.ie and Slantpoint
Julia Edwards / Reuters:   Obama to name Sally Yates as pick for deputy attorney general
Josh Lederman / Associated Press:   Obama offers help to NYPD after 2 officers killed
Kimberly Redmond / New Jersey Online:
Man dressed as elf charged with DWI  —  RIVERDALE - A man dressed as one of Santa's little helpers found himself in trouble Friday morning when Riverdale police allegedly discovered him drunkenly passed out in a car.  —  Around 3:30 a.m., Sgt. Pat Harden was dispatched to the parking lot …
Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
US Corps Claim Billions In Assets In Cuba And Now They'll Want It Back  —  When the Castro regime assumed power in Cuba in 1959, it quickly nationalized the assets of almost every foreign corporation within its borders as the country transitioned to communism.
Discussion: New York Times
Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
How Obama Took Sony's Crisis From Bad to Worse  —  If there are such a thing as textbooks in the field of crisis management, the Sony Pictures hack might end up in the chapter labeled “Worst Case Scenario.”  —  But as much as Sony seemed to mishandle its sorry situation in recent days …
Discussion: Hot Air
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Todd S. Purdum / Politico:
Hollywood's fickle friend
Discussion: The Hill
Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
The United States of Anxiety
Discussion: Ed Driscoll
Manu Raju / Politico:
Tea partier braces for primary challenge from the establishment  —  Mike Lee's position back home is turning the GOP civil war on its head.  —  Tea party favorite Mike Lee roiled the GOP establishment four years ago when he knocked off a sitting senator on his way to the Republican Senate nomination in Utah.
Jeff Kolkey / Rockford Register Star:
Family stunned as Rockford police investigate quadruple homicide, including 2 kids  —  Video from the scene of a quadruple homicide in the 3200 block of Montrose Avenue in Rockford.  Video by Jeff Kolkey.  —  » RELATED CONTENT
Scott Greer / The Daily Caller:
Time: Right-Wing Militias Are The Real Threat To Cops  —  Time Magazine warned of a growing threat to cops nationwide in September 2010.  The nationally renowned publication argued that sinister individuals would launch targeted attacks against police officers and even ambush them in their patrol cars.
Discussion: Ed Driscoll and Vox Popoli
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
G.O.P. Hopes for Unity May Be Upset by Ben Carson  —  INDIANAPOLIS — A conservative think tank recently sent Ben Carson, a potential presidential candidate and fierce critic of the federal health care overhaul, a series of messages to post on Twitter during the grilling in the House of Jonathan Gruber …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Pursuing Justice for All  —  He is prisoner No. 260.  He stares into the camera for his mug shot, head cocked, eyes forlorn of hope.  It is the kind of picture that haunts.  —  He is 14.  His name is George Stinney Jr. He is a child, someone's baby.  —  He is a black boy arrested …
Discussion: Rule of Law
Rebecca Riffkin / Gallup:
U.S. Quality Job Outlook Back at Pre-Recession Levels  —  Story Highlights  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — The percentage of Americans saying now is a good time to find a quality job jumped to 36% in December, up six percentage points from November.  This is by one point the highest percentage …
Discussion: Bloomberg Politics and Politico
NY Daily News:
Lupica: NYPD killings come as some think cops are the real threat  —  When the shooting was over, after two men sent into that neighborhood to make it safer were taken to Woodhull Hospital and pronounced dead, you wondered how people of the city felt about members of their police department now.
Discussion: Mediaite
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M.L. Nestel / The Daily Beast:
Anger at The Cop Killer - And The Police
Discussion: Mediaite and Hot Air
 
 
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