Rush’s Stack of Stuff

• Cheney defends CIA interrogation techniques, calls Senate report ‘deeply flawed’
• House Republican leaders scramble for votes on spending bill, as problems erupt
• Al Qaeda blames Obama for deaths of two hostages

• Jesse Jackson Shakes Down Silicon Valley
• ‘Rolling Stone’ rape hoax draws more outrage

• Hey, Tourists, Fuggedabout BrooklynCome and Ruin Queens Instead

• Torture Focus Is Poison Pill for Democrats
• The NEA’s Racial Profiling Curriculum

• Gruber: I’m Glib and Ignorant
• Uriah Heep Comes Before Congress
• Will Obama Be Inviting These People to the White House?

• THE EBOLA FIGHTERS

• Why Trade Matters and How to Unleash It
• Lame-Duck Threats in 2014
• A Fresh Start for Health Care Reform

• Presidential Approval Index Tracking Poll
• 27% Consumers Give Economy Positive Ratings
• That Next Job Doesn’t Look Quite As Good
• Voters Say Obama Shouldn’t Act on Immigration Without Congress
• Only 26% Say Obama is Leading the U.S. in the Right Direction

•Republicans won big in 2014, but can they sustain those gains in 2016?
• Study: Expanding Medicaid hinders growth, costs jobs
• House fires first shot at ban on oil exports

• Defeat the Omnibus

• 6 Reasons Jonathan Gruber Definitely Wrote Obamacare
• Pat Buchanan: ‘The President Is A Constitutional Scofflaw!’
• Politico National Editor Calls Cheney A War Criminal
• Hillary Clinton Got Benghazi Talking Points BEFORE Rest Of Obama Admin

• Page Six
• Sony emails reveal racist slams on Obama
• Afghan woman shocks onlookers by baring her legs
• This mom eats a roll of toilet paper a day

• City Hall’s Favorite Protesters
• College Girls Are Less Likely to Be Raped than Non-Students

• College president apologizes after offending students by saying “all lives matter”
• Devastating: WaPo report strongly suggests Jackie made up the UVA rape story whole cloth

• The Note
• Political Punch (Jake Tapper)
• Former Vice President Dick Cheney Says CIA Torture Report Is ‘Full of Crap’
• Powerful Storm Bears Down on Northern California
• Incredible Video Shows Skiing Daredevil Cody Townsend’s ‘Terrifying’ Plunge

“I must be honest. I can only read so many paragraphs of a New York Times story before I puke.” -Rush Limbaugh

• Before Torture, C.I.A. Planned to Abide by U.S. Jail Standards
• In Interrogations, Psychology Used to Induce Helplessness
• Boko Haram: The Other Islamic State
• Hong Kong Police Remove Protesters and Clear Camps
• Don’t Homogenize Health Care
• Cuomo Says Insurance Must Cover Sex Changes

• Leadership courts centrist support for $1.1T spending bill as shutdown looms
• Oil prices plummet worldwide as OPEC infighting intensifies
• Obamacare mandatory for Senate Republicans’ staffers after David Vitter resolution passes
• Kim Jong-il of North Korea ordered foreign kidnappings to create spies: secret document
• Millennial ‘divas’ too spoiled for corporate world, study suggests
• Eric Garner’s takedown officer, Daniel Pantaleo: I ‘never used a chokehold’

• Vulnerable Valleys Found Among Antarctica’s Ice-Covered Volcanoes
• Dazzling Images of the Brain Created by Neuroscientist-Artist
• Tiny Sphere Satellite Will Test Future Space Surveillance Network

• ‘Bridezillas’ woman accused of lying to collect workers’ compensation benefits, faces insurance fraud charges
• Cops hunt gunman who shot through apartment door in Brooklyn

• The Briefing Room

• Government shutdown would not stop Obama on immigration
• No. 2 Senate Dem: ‘We’ve got a problem’ if Dodd-Frank rider stays
• House moves toward passing funding bill to avoid shutdown

• Mammoth spending bill poised for passage
• The GOP’s pot fight
• GOP seeks to gut IRS

• The Blog
• Don’t Cry (Too Much) for The New Republic
• What Do Illegal Immigrants Want?
• Beyond the Barricades

• Climate change won’t dry up Southern California, study finds
• DMV prepares to issue driver’s licenses to people who are here illegally
• Powerful storm unleashes rain, gusts up to 107 mph

• US co-opted Cuba’s hip-hop scene to spark change
• 5 things to know about USAID’s Cuban hip-hop plan
• A century later, mythic thud of ball still heard
• Architects of brutal methods had little experience
• Congress losing last WWII vets, a tea party fave
• Gangnam becomes hot spot for Korean startups
• Dead teen’s parents seek ban on caffeine powder
• List of nominees for 72nd Golden Globe Awards

• Torture report makes false charges: CIA psychologist
• Oil resumes decline, falling toward $64, oversupply weighs
• U.S. consumer spending gains steam, boosted by lower gas prices
• Democrats raise shutdown specter
• Quick riches in Russian gas
• Chokehold protesters stage ‘die-ins’

• Post Politics Blog

• Sony faces public crisis after hack exposes secrets
• The taming of Ted Cruz
• U-Va. accuser’s friends tell their story of the night of the alleged sex assault
• Congress famous for doing nothing is set to do it all
• ‘Learned helplessness’: The chilling psychology of CIA interrogation

•Hispanics’ Daily Spending Well Above U.S. Average
• Countries With More Disengaged Workers Less Charitable
• In the U.S., Economic Confidence Index Remains Solid at -9

• Oil Price Hit by OPEC Numbers as Saudis Stand Firm on Output
• America Is Shaking Its Addiction to Oil
• Half of Americans Don’t Want Their Sons Playing Football, Poll Shows

• Here’s How the U.S. Tried (And Failed) to Use Rappers to Overthrow Cuba’s Government

• Apple Contract Loss Could Hit Google Revenue Big Time
• Senate Torture Report Is A Surrender To Terrorists
• Restoration Hardware: Bigger Stores = Bigger Earnings

• Sony Hack Reveals Hollywood Execs Joking about Obama and Race
• ISIS Wants to Sell James Foley’s Body for $1 Million
• Ed Henry Grills Earnest: Where Does WH Get ‘Moral Authority’ to Condemn Torture?

• Greenpeace faces ‘criminal’ prosecution for desecrating Peruvian sacred sites Forced to apologize Exclusive Video
• Dueling Datasets: Satellite Temperatures Reveal the ‘Global Warming Pause’ Lengthens to 18 years 2 months (218 Months)

• Cromnibus Contains Crony Kickbacks for Blue Cross
• Pro-Life Family No Longer Forced to Pay Obamacare ‘Abortion Surcharge’
• Obama Supporter: ‘Obamacare Has Hurt My Family’

• Hammer to Head: Berkeley Protester Investigated for Violent Assault
• The Nuclear Option: If Republicans Don’t Fight Now, They Never Will
• Sarah Palin Throws Down Gauntlet to GOP: Block Obama Amnesty Funds or Face ‘America’s Wrath’

• Providing solutions for America

• RCP Blog
• Real Clear Markets
• Senate Democrats and 9/11 Amnesia
• Torture Goes Against Soul of Our Country
• Why Does Hillary Want to Be President, Anyway?

• Did Jesus Really Exist?

• Best of the Web (James Taranto)
• The Power of the Purse
• Senate Democrats and 9/11 Amnesia
• Why Does Hillary Want to Be President, Anyway?
• Discomfort and Joy: Holiday Gift Wishes 2014
• Where Will You Be When the Lights Go Out?
• An Outside the Law Prosecutor

• Blogs: The Corner | Media Blog | Frum’s Diary | Mark Levin | Sixers

• America, Still Dazzling
• Torturing the Truth
• Defeat the Omnibus

• The Dodgers Radically Transform Team at Winter Meetings
• The Future of the ‘New Republic’ and Us
• Rolling Stone’s Journalism by Synecdoche

• WashPost Brings Feminists to Defend Lena Dunham’s Crumbling Rape Tale
• TIME’s ‘Person of the Year’ Angers Supporters of Ferguson Protesters
• CNN’s Cooper Hounds Police Union Head About ‘Inherent Bias’ on Race

• Food Stamp Beneficiaries Exceed 46,000,000 for 37 Straight Months
• $404,155,000,000: Taxes Set Record in First 2 Months of FY15Deficit Still $179B
• Nigerian Immigrant Store Owner Looted in Ferguson: ‘I Was a Victim Twice’
• State Dept. Warns: Senate CIA Torture Report Could Trigger Anti-U.S. Violence
• Jim Jordan: I’m Not Voting for Omnibus That Funds Obama’s Amnesty
• Rev. Franklin Graham: Islam ‘Is a Religion of War’

• Alan Dershowitz: ‘In Wake of 9/11, Everyone Wanted Torture Used’

• Pro-Life Leaders Slam ‘Black Lives Matter’ Hypocrisy, Note Black Babies Aborted
• ‘Natural Cycles’ Blamed for California Drought Instead of Climate Change
• NBC and ABC Tout Democrats’ ‘Anger’ at Budget Bill; Omit GOP Complaints

• Is she the worst girlfriend Ever? Woman covers loo paper in pepper spray in prank – and then lets her boyfriend use it
• ‘Dwarfs castrated and children sent for chemical weapons tests’: How North Korea is ‘purging the disabled because they humiliate the regime’
• Superbugs could kill 10 Million people a year by 2050 and cost the world economy $100 TRILLION unless urgent action is taken to tackle growing resistance to antibiotics

• Police officer hugs shoplifter and buys food for her family
• Sony hack: Hollywood producer jokes about Obama’s race in leaked emails
• Yemen’s al-Qaeda blames Obama for failed hostage rescue

• CIA chief John Brennan to face down pressure over torture report
• 43m US consumers are in debt collection over unpaid medical bills

• Billionaire Investor Peter Thiel Chased Off Stage By Angry Protesters At UC Berkeley
• There Are Bizarre New Details About The Source Of The Rolling Stone UVA Rape Story
• One Of The Best Teams In The NFL Is Going To Get Screwed Out Of The Playoffs