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7:35 PM ET, December 23, 2014

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Politico:
GOP leaders refuse to weigh in on Grimm  —  House Republican leadership is refusing to weigh in so far on whether New York GOP Rep. Michael Grimm should remain in Congress after pleading guilty to felony federal tax fraud on Tuesday.  —  Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has declined to comment on the case …
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Scott Wong / The Hill:
Pelosi: Boehner must force Grimm to resign  —  House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is turning the heat up on Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), urging him to call for Rep. Michael Grimm's (R-N.Y.) resignation.  —  Grimm is expected to plead guilty Tuesday to a felony charge of tax evasion.
Roll Call:
Rep. Michael Grimm Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion (Updated)
Discussion: Political Wire and Daily Kos
ABC News:
Michael Grimm Resists Calls for Resignation After Guilty Plea to Tax Charge
ABC News:
Calls for Michael Grimm Resignation Mount Ahead of Expected Guilty Plea
Discussion: Balloon Juice
New York Times:
Sony's ‘The Interview’ Will Come to Some Theaters After All  —  LOS ANGELES — Sony Pictures said on Tuesday that it had secured a limited theatrical release for “The Interview” on Christmas Day.  —  “We have never given up,” Michael Lynton, chief executive of Sony Entertainment, said in a statement.
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney.com:
Groundswell of support for ‘The Interview’  —  Six of out 10 Americans think Sony overreacted by canceling the Christmas release of “The Interview.”  And with each passing day, more of those people — including writers, independent theater owners and members of Congress — are speaking out.
Robert Wilonsky / Pop Culture Blog:
Alamo Drafthouse founder ‘proud to be an American’ as theaters prepare to show ‘The Interview’
David S. Joachim / New York Times:
House I.R.S. Inquiry Shows No Connections to White House  —  WASHINGTON — An 18-month congressional investigation into the Internal Revenue Service's mistreatment of conservative political groups seeking tax exemptions has failed to show coordination between agency officials and political operatives …
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and Roger Ailes
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Stephen Ohlemacher / Associated Press:
Probe fails to link IRS scandal to White House
Discussion: Mediaite
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Michelle Jamrisko / Bloomberg:
Economy Grows Most Since '03 on U.S. Consumer-Spending Gains  —  The U.S. economy roared into overdrive in the third quarter as consumer and business spending fueled the biggest expansion in more than a decade.  —  Gross domestic product grew at a 5 percent annual rate from July through September …
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Nelson D. Schwartz / New York Times:
U.S. Economy Grew 5% in Third Quarter, Its Fastest Rate in More Than a Decade
US Census / Releases by Year:
Florida Passes New York to Become the Nation's Third Most Populous State, Census Bureau Reports  —  By adding an average of 803 new residents each day between July 1, 2013 and July 1, 2014, Florida passed New York to become the nation's third most populous state, according to U.S. Census Bureau state population estimates released today.
John Marzulli / NY Daily News:
EXCLUSIVE: 911 operators made ‘anti-police’ remarks, causing quarrel with FDNY dispatchers as 2 NYPD cops were dying, sources say  —  The war of words occurred when news broke that NYPD cops Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu were shot Saturday.  One dispatcher allegedly said the cops ‘deserved it,’ said a law enforcement source.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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CNN:
CNN/ORC Poll: Obama ends year on an upswing  —  ‘Pals’: The Obama-Biden partnership  —  Honolulu (CNN) — Improving views of the economy have helped hike President Barack Obama's approval rating to a 20-month high, a new CNN/ORC poll showed Tuesday, as markets climbed to record levels at news of an economy in overdrive.
Michelle Conlin / Reuters:
Off duty, black cops in New York feel threat from fellow police  —  (Reuters) - From the dingy donut shops of Manhattan to the cloistered police watering holes in Brooklyn, a number of black NYPD officers say they have experienced the same racial profiling that cost Eric Garner his life.
Discussion: Gawker, Hinterland Gazette and Mediaite
Sean Rossman / Tallahassee Democrat:
Satanic Temple display damaged, woman in custody  —  A woman is in custody in connection with damaging the Satanic Temple holiday display at the Florida Capitol earlier today.  —  The diorama of an angel falling into a pit of fire is in the building's lobby along with five other holiday displays.
Discussion: WGBH News
Jacob Siegel / The Daily Beast:
The Monsters Who Screamed for Dead Cops  —  Evidence from photos, video, social-media posts and interviews suggests it was a single group, desperate to ‘turn up the anger’ at otherwise-peaceful protests.  —  A little over a week ago, a group of people marched down the streets of Manhattan and called for police to be killed.
Lucy McCalmont / Politico:
Mitch McConnell: Senate 'didn't do squat for years'  —  Incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says his biggest challenge will be righting the course of Congress, adding — in a swipe at outgoing Majority Leader Harry Reid — that his own chamber “basically didn't do squat for years.”
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Mitch McConnell's New Senate Goal: Turn Republican Dial to Yes
Irene / Judicial Watch:
Oops!  U.S. Offers $5 Mil Reward for Al Qaeda Terrorist it Released From Gitmo  —  Years after liberating an Al Qaeda operative from the military prison at Guantanamo, the United States government has put him on a global terrorist list and offered a $5 million reward for information on his whereabouts.
Larry O'Dell / Associated Press:
Pat Robertson's Charity Tries To Make A Deal For Bob McDonnell's Freedom  —  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell should perform community service rather than serve prison time for his federal corruption convictions, an international relief organization said Tuesday.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Glenn Beck / Facebook:
On Police officers and the Hobbit.  —  I have been haunted by and have pondered two things today.  —  The first is the shootings of our police officers in NYC.  I have been in the mountains so you would know better than I but, where was the presidents address on this?  Has he said, they could have been my son?
Discussion: Raw Story, TheBlaze.com and Mediaite
Alyssa Zauderer / New York's PIX11:
Southwest jet gets wing clipped in collision at LaGuardia Airport  —  The wing of a Southwest Airline was clipped.  (Photo by Christiana Peppard)  —  LAGUARDIA AIRPORT, Queens (PIX11) - Two passenger jets collided at LaGuardia Airport Tuesday morning.  —  The wing of the Southwest Airlines …
Discussion: Tech Times, FOX31 Denver, WTVR-TV and Gawker
 
 
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CNN:
FBI: 18 loaded guns smuggled on flight
Greg Munno / The FOIA Project:
FOIA Suits Jump In 2014
Discussion: Politico and The Huffington Post
Kelly P. Kissel / Associated Press:
Arkansas to appeal federal gay marriage ruling
Associated Press:
Court rejects 2 ozone regulations
Politico:
HHS reports 6 million signups so far for Obamacare next year
 Earlier Items: 
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The Real Threat to Hillary Clinton: Jim Webb
Duane D. Stanford / Bloomberg:
Coca-Cola Disconnects Voice Mail at Headquarters
Discussion: Mashable, Corrente and Tech Times
Michelle Ye Hee Lee / Washington Post:
Giuliani's claim that Obama launched anti-police ‘propaganda’
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Three Pages Of Rand Paul's Book Were Plagiarized From Think Tanks
France 24 - Live news:
Algeria kills militant chief behind Frenchman's beheading
Discussion: WGBH News