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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Dear Media, Stop Freaking Out About Donald Trump's Polls — Lately, pundits and punters seem bullish on Donald Trump, whose chances of winning the Republican presidential nomination recently inched above 20 percent for the first time at the betting market Betfair.
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Dylan Matthews / Vox:
The media has no idea how to deal with Donald Trump's constant lying — Donald Trump's interview with George Stephanopoulos on ABC's This Week (above) is a great distillation of why covering the Republican frontrunner is proving so difficult for mainstream press outlets. — On the one hand, he demands coverage.
Shaquille Brewster / NBC News:
Carson Now Says He Didn't See U.S. Muslims Cheer 9/11
Carson Now Says He Didn't See U.S. Muslims Cheer 9/11
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Emily Flitter / Reuters:
Donors line up behind Kasich Super PAC planning Trump attack
Donors line up behind Kasich Super PAC planning Trump attack
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Leigh Ann Caldwell / NBC News:
John Kasich Trying To Take Down Donald Trump
John Kasich Trying To Take Down Donald Trump
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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Kasich super PAC rolls out first direct Trump attack ad
Kasich super PAC rolls out first direct Trump attack ad
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Mark Niquette / Bloomberg Business:
Trump Heads to Ohio as Rivals Sharpen Attacks After Wild Week
Trump Heads to Ohio as Rivals Sharpen Attacks After Wild Week
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travel.state.gov:
Worldwide Travel Alert — The State Department alerts U.S. citizens to possible risks of travel due to increased terrorist threats. — Current information suggests that ISIL (aka Da'esh), al-Qa'ida, Boko Haram, and other terrorist groups continue to plan terrorist attacks in multiple regions.
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The Independent:
This TV presenter's life was saved by a viewer who spotted a cancerous lump in his neck — A TV presenter who was diagnosed with cancer after a viewer spotted a lump in his neck has described how his life has changed since his cancer went into remission. Tarek El Moussa co-hosts HGTV's …
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Emily Strohm / People.com:
Flip or Flop's Tarek El Moussa After Thyroid Cancer Battle: ‘I Have Slowed Down Quite a Bit’
Flip or Flop's Tarek El Moussa After Thyroid Cancer Battle: ‘I Have Slowed Down Quite a Bit’
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Avi Selk / Irving Blog:
Letters demand $15 million, say Irving officials worked to smear Ahmed Mohamed after clock arrest — Former Irving MacArthur High School student Ahmed Mohamed, 14, was arrested and interrogated by Irving Police officers after bringing a homemade clock to school. (Vernon Bryant/The Dallas Morning News)
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Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
Clock Kid Ahmed Mohamed Wants $15 Million in Damages
Clock Kid Ahmed Mohamed Wants $15 Million in Damages
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Trump Defends Tweeting Fabricated, Racist Murder Statistics — In an interview with Fox News' Bill O'Reilly, Donald Trump defended tweeting a series of fabricated murder statistics designed to perpetuate racist stereotypes. — “I retweeted somebody that was supposedly an expert and it was also a radio show,” Trump said.
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Rosemary Barton / CBC News:
Canada's Syrian refugee plan limited to women, children and families — Unaccompanied men not included because of ongoing security concerns — Canada's Syrian refugee plan: No single men 1:36 — The federal government's much-anticipated Syrian refugee plan will limit those accepted …
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German Lopez / Vox:
John Oliver's excellent takedown of the fearmongering about Syrian refugees
John Oliver's excellent takedown of the fearmongering about Syrian refugees
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
TV networks unite to fight Trump's restriction on journalists' access — Network TV news representatives will confer Monday to hash out demands about access to Donald Trump's presidential campaign after Trump officials last week threatened to “blacklist” reporters who left a designated media …
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
TV networks hold conference call to discuss Trump treatment
TV networks hold conference call to discuss Trump treatment
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Pew: White Christians no longer a majority — White Christians now make up less than half of the U.S. population, largely receding from the majorities of most demographic groups, with one notable exception: the Republican Party. — According to the latest results from Pew Research Center's …
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Megan Apper / BuzzFeed:
Benghazi Committee Member: My Wife Gave Me An “F” On My Second Set Of Questions To Clinton — Mike Pompeo — and his family — reviewed the game tape. — Saul Loeb / AFP / Getty Images — Republican Rep. Mike Pompeo, a member of the House Select Committee On Benghazi …
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Catherine Herridge / Fox News:
Emails show DOD analysts told to ‘cut it out’ on ISIS warnings; IG probe expands — Analysts at U.S. Central Command were pressured to ease off negative assessments about the Islamic State threat and were even told in an email to “cut it out,” Fox News has learned - as an investigation expands …
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Americans say Trump Most Likely to Ruin Thanksgiving Dinner; GOP Opposes Obama on Turkey Pardons — Donald Trump leads PPP's newest poll by a wide margin...on which candidate Americans think would be the most likely to say something inappropriate at the table and ruin Thanksgiving Dinner.
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
‘N****rs gotta learn how to read’: White Pennsylvania police chief uses racial slur in book drive fundraiser — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — A newly sworn in police chief in Farrel, Pennsylvania said that he planned to make a public apology on Monday after he was caught using the N-word during a book drive fundraiser.
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Ted Johnson / Variety:
NBC Reaches Agreement on Equal Time After Trump's ‘SNL’ Gig — NBC has come to an agreement with the campaigns of John Kasich, Mike Huckabee, James Gilmore and Lindsey Graham for equal time following Donald Trump's “Saturday Night Live” hosting gig on Nov. 7, the network said.
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Liam Stack / New York Times:
Endangered White Rhino Nola Dies at San Diego Zoo Safari Park — Nola, one of only four known northern white rhinoceroses, died on Sunday at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, the park said in a statement. The park said that Nola, 41, had a bacterial infection, as well as age-related health issues …
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Sanders is top contender in Time's Person of the Year poll — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) currently leads online polling for Time magazine's 2015 Person of the Year, with less than two weeks to go before voting ends. — The Democratic presidential candidate, a self-described democratic socialist …
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Erik Baard / Gothamist:
Should The MTA Allow These Nazi Insignias On Subway Cars? — Seats on 42nd Street subway Shuttle cars are wrapped with symbols from Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, intended to carry commuters into the alternate history of the Amazon TV series, The Man in the High Castle, in which the Axis Powers were victorious.
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Guy Benson / Hot Air:
New RNC ad: Can these Democratic weaklings be trusted to keep America safe? — Consider this the RNC's pointed riposte to Democrats' moronic ad painting Republican presidential candidates as a bunch of unhinged bigots for naming “radical Islam” as our enemy — a fringe stance with which only two-thirds of voters agree.
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Christopher Massie / BuzzFeed:
Rand Paul: Boston Bombers Were “Coddled,” Given “Free Stuff” As Refugees — Rand Paul said on Friday that the Boston bombers came to America as refugees and were “coddled” and given “free stuff,” before they “decided to attack us.” — “The Boston bombers came here and as refugees …
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
How GOP campaigns are strategizing for Super Tuesday's delegate bonanza — MOBILE, Ala. — Ben Carson journeyed here last week to the buckle of the Bible Belt, where he proclaimed the United States a “Judeo-Christian nation” and delivered a stern warning to his devoted followers: Show up at the polls March 1 or face consequences.