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10:10 PM ET, December 22, 2014

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New York Times:
North Korea Loses Its Link to the Internet  —  SAN FRANCISCO — A strange thing happened to North Korea's already tenuous link to the Internet on Monday: It stopped.  —  While perhaps a coincidence, the failure of the country's computer connections began only hours after President Obama declared Friday …
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Bloomberg:
North Korean Internet Goes Dark in Wake of Sony Hack
Discussion: National Review
Everett Rosenfeld / Reuters:
North Korea suffering major Internet outages: Report
Politico:
De Blasio's nightmare  —  New York's mayor has lost the police — and maybe much more than that.  —  Bill de Blasio, like his progressive political idol Barack Obama, is finding out that you can't do the New Politics if you don't pay attention to the old politics.
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Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
The NY Police Union's Vile War with Mayor De Blasio  —  To criticize the mayor for telling his black son what every other father of a black youth must say is divisive and fails to see what's wrong in America.  —  I covered New York politics for 15 years, and I saw some awfully tense moments between …
Scott Stump / Today:
NYPD Chief Bill Bratton on police tension: 'We're in a change moment'
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
De Blasio, With Bratton by Side, Seeks Balance After 2 Killings
Bernard B. Kerik / TIME:
Bernie Kerik: War Is Being Waged on Our Homeland
Discussion: Fox News Insider and Slantpoint
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Tom Hays / Associated Press:   AP sources: NYC congressman to plead guilty
Politico:
John Boehner won't say if Michael Grimm has to go
Discussion: National Review
New York Times:
Rep. Michael Grimm to Plead Guilty to Tax Charge
ABC News:   New York Rep. Michael Grimm Expected to Plead Guilty to Felony Tax Charge, Sources Say
BBC:
Singer Joe Cocker dies aged 70  —  Singer Joe Cocker, best known for his cover of the Beatles' With A Little Help From My Friends, has died aged 70.  —  The singer song-writer from Sheffield had a career lasting more than 40 years with hits including You Are So Beautiful and Up Where We Belong.
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Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Joe Cocker, Raspy-Voiced Rock Star With Distinctive Moves, Is Dead at 70
Discussion: Rush Limbaugh and Power Line
Stephen Losey / Home I Military Times I Military News …:
AMERICA'S MILITARY: A conservative institution's uneasy cultural evolution  —  THE FORCE IS CHANGING — OFTEN RELUCTANTLY — ALONGSIDE THE CIVILIAN SOCIETY IT SERVES  —  In this series on:  —  AMERICA'S MILITARY  —  Obama's mark on the military  —  A DEEPLY UNPOPULAR COMMANDER IN CHIEF …
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Justin Sink / The Hill:   Obama's job approval plummets among US service members
CBS News:
How do Americans feel about reestablishing relations with Cuba?  —  Shares -  —  In the wake of President Obama's surprise announcement of an agreement to normalize diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cuba, 54 percent of Americans approve of reestablishing both diplomatic …
Miserable S**tehawk / Gawker:
Slimy Baltimore FOX Affiliate Caught Faking “Kill a Cop” Protest Chant  —  Last night, Baltimore's WBFF aired a video of protesters chanting “kill a cop"- evidence, it claimed, of murderously violent rhetoric on the part of anti-brutality protesters in Washington, D.C. The only problem?
Luke Mullins / Washingtonian:
How David Gregory Lost His Job  —  Last summer, Gregory was let go from his gig as host of “Meet the Press.”  Here's an inside look at his fall from the top—and what it says about the state of TV news.  —  David Gregory was driving through the mountains of New Hampshire when he got the call …
Discussion: Mediaite, The Verge and Politico
James Hohmann / Politico:
Dixie rising  —  How the Deep South is trying to game the GOP primary.  —  The Deep South has elected Republicans to every top office in the region.  Now it wants to be sure that clout extends to the choice of the GOP's 2016 presidential nominee.  —  Officials in five Southern states …
David Weigel / Bloomberg.com:
Republicans Block Reappointment of CBO Chief Doug Elmendorf  —  (Bloomberg) — Incoming Republican leaders in Congress won't reappoint Doug Elmendorf to another term as head of the Congressional Budget Office, according to a party aide briefed on the decision.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Gabriel Snyder / The New Republic:
A Letter from the Editor  —  Shortly before the first issue of The New Republic went on sale a little over a century ago, our founding editor Herbert Croly outlined his vision to a reporter from The New York Times: “The magazine, which is to be a weekly review of current political and social events …
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
How Vermont's single-payer health care dream fell apart  —  It was Friday, December 12, when Robin Lunge began worrying that Vermont's single-payer plan was doomed.  —  Lunge, Gov. Peter Shumlin's director of health reform, had spent weeks trying to make the math work for a a public health insurance plan …
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Behold the Worst Anti-Gun Commercial in American History  —  This is almost certainly the worst anti-gun commercial in the history of the United States:  —  One can only imagine that the spot's producers consider their set up to be inordinately clever.  “Hey,” you can almost hear them say …
Discussion: RedState and Hot Air
Richard Cowan / Reuters:
Exclusive: Senate Republican leader McConnell opposes Obama on Cuba  —  Reuters 1 hr ago  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Monday he opposed U.S. President Barack Obama's plans to normalize relations with Cuba, and spoke of steps lawmakers might take to rein in the new policy.
Discussion: Capitol Hill Cubans and Slantpoint
WSB-TV:
Delta employee charged with helping smuggle guns onto plane  —  ATLANTA —  Channel 2 Action News has confirmed federal charges for a Delta employee.  —  He's accused of helping to put 18 firearms on a plane at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.
Discussion: ABC News and Raw Story
Jenée Desmond-Harris / Vox:
Study: ‘White’ Southerners have more African ancestry than they know  —  Many Americans who call themselves white might be surprised to find out that they have some African ancestry.  Especially in the South.  —  In a new study published in the American Journal of Human Genetics …
 
 
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Valerie Tarico / Salon:
Why rape is so intrinsic to religion
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Beth Reinhard / Wall Street Journal:
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Melissa Repko / Crime Blog:
Updated: Veteran Dallas police officer arrested on charge of sexual assault
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Michael Tarm / Associated Press:
Blagojevich brother: I was fed ‘pawn’ to get then-governor
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Frederik Pleitgen / CNN:
Author's journey inside ISIS: They're ‘more dangerous than people realize’
Discussion: Business Insider
Agence France-Presse:
Pakistan to execute 500 terror convicts in coming weeks: officials
Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
US Corps Claim Billions In Assets In Cuba And Now They'll Want It Back
New York Times:
Prosecute Torturers and Their Bosses