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Nation

On trying to shoehorn populism into the modern Left. Somehow.: Moe Lane
President’s NPR Interview: Copious Amount of Cognitive Dissonance: Treehouse
Obama kicks Army wedding off Hawaii golf course so he can play: RedAlert

Liberals' use of black people: Walter Williams
Report: FBI's Sony Inquiry Moves to LA: GotNews
Norm Macdonald Was Right: Sony Hack Was an Inside Job: Glob

Comparing The Two Most Republican Houses In 70 Years: Michael Barone
Support for Common Core could cost Jeb Bush in primary: Miami Herald
Steve Scalise Should Resign From His House Leadership Post: John Hawkins

Chicago Per Capita Murder Rate Exceeds New York and LA: Marie Dennis
Michigan has more food stamp recipients than students: Wynton Hall
10 senators who could lose in 2016: Cameron Joseph, The Hill

Economy

The Pension Crisis Next Door: Scranton, Pa.: Stephen Moore
Can you guess who's addressing public vs. private pension disparities?: Daniel J. Mitchell
As Medicaid Rolls Swell, Cuts in Payments to Doctors Threaten Access to Care: NYT

Scandal Central

Unanswered Benghazi Questions: Fourth in a Series: Sharyl Attkisson
House Majority Whip Scalise confirms he spoke to white nationalists in 2002: WaPo
“Racist” Organization Scalise Spoke To About Tax Policy Employs Many Democrats: GotNews

Climate & Energy

David Bird, Missing Wall Street Journal Reporter, Foresaw an Oil Crash: Pam Martens
Arctic cold blast, freezing rain/snow expected for New Years Day: WUWT
The $9 Trillion Dollar Carry Trade Blew Up Oil, Russia, and Brazil... What's Next?: ZH

Media

Quite possibly the most racist article you will ever read: Allen West
Reporter Slams Obama For Lying About Executive Orders: MenRec
CNN’s Chris Moody: Optics of Obama Forcing Army Couple to Move Wedding ‘Hilariously Bad’: MRC

Garry Trudeau, Call Your Office: Sonny Bunch
Obviously, You Need More Feminist Lectures From Miriam Mogilevsky: R.S. McCain
Church of Global Warming Liberal Media Fret Over How to Spin Record Cold Temps: Betty Butter

POTUS Wants Us To Know ‘Who We Are’ And ‘Who We Are Not’: Tammy Bruce
Chuck Todd and the Rosetta Stone of Liberal Bias : Bernard Goldberg
NPR’s Steve Inskeep To Obama: Have The 2014 Midterms ‘Liberated You?’: Jeffrey Meyer

World

Obama: Iran Can Be 'Very Successful Regional Power': Daniel Halper
Russian Nuclear Bombers Again Buzz Guam: Bill Gertz
Ah, So: Normalize Relations With Cuba, Import A Few Legions Of Doctors: R.S. McCain

Taliban Claims America 'Defeated' in Afghanistan: Geoffrey Norman
Obama: We’re ‘Ending Combat Mission in Afghanistan’--But Combat Troops Will Remain to Fight al Qaeda: CNS
Pope Francis Will Fight for Climate Change Funded by Wealth Redistribution: Sara Noble

US finds Israel fourth most 'unacceptable' country: ynet
Russian Nativity Play: Jesus, Mary, and Joseph Stalin: Cube
Aljazeera.net Article In Praise Of Stabbings, Vehicular Attacks: MEMRI`

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

The Big Tech Stories of 2015: Rob Enderle
The Fermi Paradox: Tim Urban
The Secret World of Stolen Smartphones, Where Business Is Booming: Matthew Shaer, Wired

Cornucopia

Addled Old Hippie Garry Trudeau Goes Off the Deep End: Ace
I Don't Think I Got My Christmas Wish: 90 Miles From Tyranny
Year's Best Blogs Named to 'Fab 50': Andrea Shea King

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QOTD:

Page A1: The economy had a great year! Page A2: Isn't it terrible Congress passed so few laws this year?

— jimgeraghty (@jimgeraghty) December 29, 2014