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11:55 AM ET, December 3, 2015

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Los Angeles Times:
San Bernardino shooting suspect traveled to Saudi Arabia, was married, appeared to be living ‘American Dream,’ co-workers say  —  A center for people with developmental disabilities is the scene of a fatal shooting in San Bernardino.  —  As the holiday gathering got underway Wednesday morning …
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Rich Schapiro / New York Daily News:
GOP presidential candidates offer prayers — not solutions on gun control — after San Bernardino massacre  —  Prayers aren't working.  —  Another mass shooting prompted another round of silence Wednesday from GOP presidential candidates on the issue of gun control.
NBC News:
At Least 14 Dead in California Shooting, Two Suspects Killed  —  At least 14 people were killed and two suspects were dead Wednesday after up to three people on a mission that authorities described as “possibly terrorism” barged into a holiday party in a California conference room and unleashed a bloodbath.
New York Times:
Couple Kept Tight Lid on Plans for San Bernardino Shooting  —  ANAHEIM, Calif. — On Wednesday morning, Syed Rizwan Farook and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, left their 6-month-old daughter with Mr. Farook's mother, telling her they were dipping out for a doctor's appointment, a relative said.
Emma Green / The Atlantic:
Prayer Shaming After a Mass Shooting in San Bernardino  —  Directly after a mass shooting, in the minutes or hours or days between the first trickle of news and when police find a suspect or make arrests, it is very difficult to know what to do.  Some people demand political action, like greater gun control; others call for prayer.
Saeed Ahmed / CNN:
Who are Syed Rezwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik?  —  (CNN)Mass shootings that involve multiple shooters are rare in American history: just two of the 28 deadliest shootings were carried out by more than one person.  —  The attack at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California …
New York Daily News:
EXCLUSIVE: Father of San Bernardino shooting suspect Syed Farook says son worked as health tech inspecting restaurants, hotels  —  One of the suspects in Wednesday's mass shooting in California was identified as a young father who worked for the county agency that had been holding a holiday party when the carnage unfolded.
Jonathan Polakoff / CBS Los Angeles:
Authorities Search Redlands Home Tied To Suspect Syed Farook  —  REDLANDS (CBSLA.com) — Authorities on Wednesday night continued to investigate a Redlands home tied to Syed Farook, a suspect identified in connection with the mass shootings that killed at least 14 people and injured …
Nick Gass / Politico:
Democrats to GOP: Prayers are not enough  —  Democrats are scolding their Republican colleagues for not backing up their calls for “thoughts and prayers” with real action that could curb the gun violence plaguing the United States.  —  As Americans are still trying to make sense …
Discussion: Slate, Bloomberg.com news, Vox and NBC News
Luis Gutierrez / Los Angeles Times:
Fox News:
Police identify 2 suspects in California massacre; terrorism not ruled out  —  A Southern California county government employee and his wife killed 14 people and wounded 17 others at a San Bernardino office building in a precision assault Wednesday morning before they were killed in a shootout with police in the afternoon.
Mark Hensch / The Hill:   Ryan: Attacks no reason to ‘trample’ gun rights
Washington Post:
Two dead suspects named after mass shooting that killed 14 at Calif. office party
Toluse Olorunnipa / Bloomberg Business:
Obama Says California Shooting May Be Related to Terrorism
Discussion: Politico
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Ted Cruz: Obama ‘nutty’ on radical Islamic terrorism
Discussion: Bloomberg.com news
Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
The San Bernardino shooting is the second mass shooting today and the 355th this year
New York Times:
San Bernardino Shooting Investigators Seek Clues to Motive
Los Angeles Times:
Authorities identify couple who they believe killed 14 at San Bernardino holiday party
Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: In the Shadow of a Shooting
Los Angeles Times:
San Bernardino: Shot three times, man calls father and wife to say 'I love you... Don't worry'
Discussion: NPR, KTLA and Talking Points Memo
Brian Ross / ABC News:
What We Know About Couple Blamed in CA Massacre
Associated Press:
AP CONVERSATION: TRUMP CALLS MIDEAST PEACE ‘TOUGHEST DEAL’  —  STERLING, Va. (AP) — Donald Trump says that if he's elected president, he'll know within six months whether he can achieve an elusive peace accord between Israelis and Palestinians, one of the world's most vexing challenges.
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Bloomberg Business:
Cruz at Republican Jewish Gathering Accuses Obama of Coddling Terrorists
Discussion: Politico
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CNN Will Not Give $5 Million To Charity To Get Donald Trump On Debates
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Politico
Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
A coming GOP bloodbath  —  The Republican front-runner in the presidential campaign, who does more to define the GOP brand than any politician in America, has made the following destructive contributions to Republican politics during his White House bid:  —  He insulted heroic POWs by saying …
Discussion: Politico
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House: GOP is threatening government shutdown  —  The White House on Wednesday accused Republicans of threatening a government shutdown by attaching dozens of controversial riders to a must-pass spending bill.  —  “Congressional Republicans are whistling past the graveyard of a government shutdown …
Discussion: Politico and TaxVox
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Billy House / Bloomberg Business:
House Republican Conservatives on Paul Ryan: Meh
Discussion: Politico
Erick Erickson / RedState:
Blaming White Americans First  —  There is an interesting trend worth noting.  In the face of tragedy, the political left always blames rational Americans first — not crazies, not terrorists, but rational Americans with whom they have political disagreements, who tend to be white, Christian, and Republican.
Wall Street Journal:
Ted Cruz's Syria ‘Dog’  —  The Texan offers his own version of leading from behind in the Mideast.  —  Ted Cruz's bid for the GOP's presidential nomination has always rested on the proposition that he is the only “real Republican” in the race.  So why is the junior Senator from Texas advocating …
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Trump relents after withholding medical records  —  Donald Trump says he is in good health, but voters up to now have had to take his word for it.  —  Trump once said that all presidential candidates should release their medical records.  But so far in the 2016 race, he had declined to release his …
Discussion: OnPolitics and Business Insider
 
 
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