DNC Ad Attacking Republicans for Saying ‘Radical Islam’ Is Laughably Stupid  —  A new ad from the Democratic National Committee attacks Republican presidential candidates for using the term “radical Islam.”  Entitled “Inciting fear isn't presidential,” the ad argues that the use of the term is offensive to Muslims.

Drive-Bys Lie and Claim Donald Trump Said Register All Muslims  —  RUSH: I'm thankful I've still got this program and a chance to come here every day and illustrate the dishonest, the reprehensible, the just scummy way these people work.  And each time I see something like this, I focus even more on, “They're not media!”

GOP Operative Plans ‘Guerrilla Campaign’ Against Donald Trump  —  Move comes as growing number of Republicans fear damage to party's image and ‘Hillary Clinton will become president’  —  A well-connected GOP operative alarmed by the enduring strength of Republican Donald Trump's presidential bid …

Belgium warns of ‘serious and imminent threat’ to Brussels  —  Paris (CNN)Belgium has placed Brussels at the highest terror alert level, citing a “serious and imminent threat that requires taking specific security measures as well as specific recommendations for the population.”

40% of Millennials OK with limiting speech offensive to minorities  —  American Millennials are far more likely than older generations to say the government should be able to prevent people from saying offensive statements about minority groups, according to a new analysis of Pew Research Center survey data …

Saudi court sentences poet to death for renouncing Islam  —  Friends of Palestinian Ashraf Fayadh believe he is being punished for posting video showing religious police lashing a man in public  —  A Palestinian poet and leading member of Saudi Arabia's nascent contemporary art scene has been sentenced to death for renouncing Islam.

Passenger Taken Off Chris Christie's Flight, Campaign Says  —  Person removed from San Francisco to Boston plane at takeoff  —  Passengers on board tell of delay lasting more than two hours  —  New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a Republican presidential candidate, was on a United Airlines plane today …

Columbia Student Claims To Be Traumatized By Reading About White People  —  A student at Columbia University is urging the school to inject more diversity into its required courses, claiming she suffered severe emotional trauma from reading too many books by and about white people.

Bad Obamacare News Is Real.  That Doesn't Mean Obamacare Is Dying.  —  UnitedHealth Group's negative outlook on the health law isn't a good sign, but there's more to the story.

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Sanders calls for new NATO that includes Russia  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) called for a new accord between America, its closest allies and Russia as well as Arab nations as a major plank on how to destroy the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).  —  “We must create an organization …

SICK!  ABC's ‘Scandal’ Sets Main Character's Abortion to ‘Silent Night’  —  Share it Tweet it  —  ABC's Scandal just crossed a sickening line in the episode “Baby It's Cold Outside.”  The entire hour was an advertisement for Planned Parenthood, but the absolute worst scene was a montage set …

Steve King, Citing Obama's Time In Indonesia, Says Obama Is Filling U.S. With Terrorists  —  “But you know, while I was going on, he was going to a school in Indonesia, so his idea of America is entirely different than the idea that most Americans have of what we ought to be like …

Trump says he's the Hemingway of Twitter  —  Donald Trump says the world has yet to see a social media genius of his caliber, comparing his 140-character missives on Twitter to the prose of Earnest Hemingway.  —  “Somebody said I'm the Ernest Hemingway of 140 characters,” the businessman said at a rally in South Carolina on Friday.