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ISIS shoots down coalition warplane, captures pilot
12/24/2014 9:31:14 AM  Noah Rothman
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Last week, reports began to surface in the press indicating that coalition forces were running out of Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria to strike. The same is not true for ISIS, which is taking full advantage of its now target-rich environment. On
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Another police shooting in Missouri, two miles from Ferguson Update: Video added
12/24/2014 8:01:02 AM  Jazz Shaw
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In what is probably the last thing we needed to hear on Christmas Eve morning, there has been another shooting of a black teenager in Missouri by a police officer, only two miles from where the Michael Brown shooting took place. Eighteen year old Antonio
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Quotes of the day
12/23/2014 11:01:04 PM  Jazz Shaw
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"Freedom has prevailed! Sony didn't give up!" Seth Rogen, who co-directed, co-wrote and co-stars in "The Interview," wrote on Twitter. A comedy about the assassination of North Korea's ruler, Kim Jong-un, "The Interview" was withdrawn by Sony last week
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Vox: Oops, no, this Winter Solstice was not the longest night ever
12/23/2014 9:45:50 PM  Mary Katharine Ham
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For Christmas, schadenfreude: We badly blew our story on the Earth's longest night ever. Here's what we got wrong: http://t.co/sHMNQniz0b — Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) December 23, 2014 This lie was all over my Facebook and Twitter for days.
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Americans back normalizing relations with Cuba, but has anyone examined the costs?
12/23/2014 8:01:54 PM  Noah Rothman
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In the wake of President Barack Obama's unilateral decision to reward the communist regime in Havana with the reversal of 50 years of American foreign policy following a routine prisoner exchange, polling has shown that the public is broadly supportive
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Video: WH Science advisor says man made global warming saving us from another ice age
12/23/2014 6:31:10 PM  Jazz Shaw
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I have a feeling that somebody on the White House staff is going to be sitting down for a little holiday chat with Obama science advisor Eric John Holdren. (Not to be confused with Eric Holder, but that’s another story.) The official Assistant to
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Student suspected of smashing windows at UVA fraternity house over Rolling Stone story: Nope, not sorry
12/23/2014 5:01:37 PM  Allahpundit
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Some yuletide cheer from the Washington Times, whose reporters are picking through the rubble of the left’s busted “campus rape culture” narrative. Not just metaphorical rubble, either: One night soon after the Rolling Stone story came
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Agenda: Key resolutions for the GOP in 2015
12/23/2014 3:31:46 PM  Ed Morrissey
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In less than two weeks, Republicans get their Christmas wish and control of both chambers of Congress. The consolidated control of Capitol Hill will change the dynamic in Washington, as Barack Obama will lose what Mitch McConnell called his “pocket
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Hearts and minds: Anti-police protesters crash memorial for slain NYPD officers
12/23/2014 2:01:28 PM  Noah Rothman
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Part of the reason for the major public rift between New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and the police forces he commands has been the freedom that anti-police protesters have enjoyed over the past several weeks. New York Police Department officers
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Sony to make "The Interview" available to theaters, video on demand on Christmas Day after all
12/23/2014 1:16:29 PM  Allahpundit
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Good news. I wonder what changed their minds. The plan is to release the film simultaneously in participating theaters and via video on demand. The Plaza theater in Atlanta and a theater in Austin have now said they will distribute the film… A plan
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Final Q3 GDP growth estimate at 5.0% – best in 11 years
12/23/2014 12:31:48 PM  Ed Morrissey
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The US economy had its best quarter in 11 years, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis in its third and final estimate of gross domestic product. The annualized growth in GDP hit 5.0%, and the Q2 GDP got re-estimated at 4.6% as both consumer and
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Sharpton says "no" to holding off protests until after police officers' funerals
12/23/2014 11:01:04 AM  Jazz Shaw
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I was somewhat encouraged this week when New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio called for a pause in the protests and quiet on the streets until after the funerals of the two slain NYPD officers. It seemed a prudent move, giving everyone a chance to pause
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