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USA Today:
‘Daily News’ provokes with cover on Calif. shooting: 'God isn't fixing this' … Jefferson Graham reports from San Bernardino, California, where survivors and family members at Wednesday's mass shooting have been bussed to a local community center. Sean Fujiwara
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The Federalist, Hot Air, ThinkProgress, Los Angeles Times, Religion News Service, Poynter., The Huffington Post, The Daily Signal and CNN
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Steven Hayward / Power Line:
Guns: Time to Call the Liberal Bluff? — Last week the left attacked Republican leaders who stayed silent about the shooting at the Planned Parenthood abattoir in Colorado Springs, but yesterday, as Scott notes below, the left attacked Republicans who expressed condolences and prayers for the victims of the San Bernardino shooting.
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Balloon Juice
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Dem Sen. Cites Success of Gun Laws in California a Day After San Bernardino — In the wake of yesterday's horrific shooting in San Bernardino, California, Senate Democrats are attempting another strong gun control push. They are pushing for universal background checks and banning individuals …
Los Angeles Times:
White House plans executive action to expand background checks for gun sales
White House plans executive action to expand background checks for gun sales
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BizPac Review, Infowars, The Daily Caller, The Hill, The Right Scoop and Hit & Run
CBS News:
Paul Ryan pushes mental health bill after San Bernardino shooting
Paul Ryan pushes mental health bill after San Bernardino shooting
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ABC News, Slantpoint, WBNS-TV, CBS DC and Vox
Nicole Haas / BizPac Review:
FBI expert on CNN mocks Obama while covering shootings; clearly not ‘climate change’ related
FBI expert on CNN mocks Obama while covering shootings; clearly not ‘climate change’ related
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The Gateway Pundit, TheBlaze.com and Truth Revolt
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Pelosi: No right to moments of silence without action on gun violence
Pelosi: No right to moments of silence without action on gun violence
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Politico
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
San Bernardino Shooters Had More Than 6,000 Rounds of Ammo, Police Say
San Bernardino Shooters Had More Than 6,000 Rounds of Ammo, Police Say
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CNBC, ThinkProgress, Independent Journal and Gun Free Zone
Scott Johnson / Power Line:
Allah isn't fixing this [With Comment by John]
Allah isn't fixing this [With Comment by John]
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Los Angeles Times, New York Daily News, NBC News, Associated Press, Salon and Raw Story
Los Angeles Times:
For victim's boyfriend, 22 hours of conflicting reports, then heartbreak — Ryan Reyes, 32, center, breaks down after finding out his boyfriend of nearly three years, Daniel Kaufman, 42, was one of those killed during Wednesday's mass shooting at the Inland Regional Center.
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Thomas Gibbons-Neff / Washington Post:
Couple seemed quiet and withdrawn — until explosion of violence — RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Syed Rizwan Farook seemed happy, quiet and devoutly religious both before and after his journey to Saudi Arabia last year. His co-workers noticed only two changes after the trip: The restaurant inspector …
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Erick on the Radio
Camila Domonoske / NPR:
San Bernardino Shootings: What We Know, One Day After
San Bernardino Shootings: What We Know, One Day After
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Real Clear Politics, Telegraph, The Liberty Zone, USA Today, FindLaw Blotter, CNN, NBC News and No More Mister Nice Blog
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate approves bill repealing much of ObamaCare — The Senate on Thursday passed legislation repealing the core pillars of ObamaCare, taking a major step toward sending such a bill to the president's desk for the first time. — Republicans hailed it as a political messaging victory …
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate votes to defund Planned Parenthood
Senate votes to defund Planned Parenthood
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Jezebel, Common Dreams and Mother Jones
Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Behind McConnell's campaign to win over Cruz
Behind McConnell's campaign to win over Cruz
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RH Reality Check, Bloomberg Business, The Hill, National Review, Mother Jones and Washington Monthly
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Gun measures fail in Senate
Gun measures fail in Senate
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PoliticusUSA, Hot Air, Bloomberg.com news, Shakesville and Wall Street Journal
Los Angeles Times:
Scott Weiland, frontman for Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, dies at 48 — Scott Weiland at KROQ's Weenie Roast at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Irvine in June 2001. — Scott Weiland, a performer known for his grunge rock voice and struggles with addiction, has died, according to his wife, Jamie.
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TMZ.com:
Scott Weiland — Found Dead on Tour Bus … EXCLUSIVE — Rock star Scott Weiland was found dead on his tour bus in Minnesota ... TMZ has learned. — Weiland was on tour with his band Scott Weiland & the Wildabouts ... they were supposed to play the Medina Ballroom tonight, but the show was cancelled.
Rebecca Shimoni Stoil / The Times of Israel:
Trump courts Republican Jews with offensive stereotypes — WATCH: 'You're not going to support me because I don't want your money,' candidate tells a GOP Jewish group; calls them ‘negotiators’ — WASHINGTON - Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Thursday invoked a series …
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The Hill, Hot Air, Business Insider, New York Times, CNN and RedState
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Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Confident Bush vows to ‘whoop’ Clinton in election
Confident Bush vows to ‘whoop’ Clinton in election
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Politico, Talking Points Memo and Bloomberg.com news
Justin Salhani / ThinkProgress:
Anti-Muslim Rhetoric Has Gone From Fringe To Mainstream, Report Says — Anti-Muslim rhetoric, recently on display as lawmakers discuss the issue of resettling Syrian refugees, began on the fringes of the far-right and has infiltrated mainstream politics, according to a new report released by the National Security Network.
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Hullabaloo
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John Stanton / BuzzFeed:
Loretta Lynch: “Actions Predicated On Violent Talk” Toward Muslims Will Be Prosecuted
Loretta Lynch: “Actions Predicated On Violent Talk” Toward Muslims Will Be Prosecuted
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Pamela Geller
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
After grumbling, Trump says he will participate in CNN debate — Donald Trump said Thursday that he is unexcited about the upcoming primary debate and irritated by CNN's coverage of his campaign, but confirmed that he will appear at the network's GOP forum scheduled for Dec. 15 in Las Vegas.
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Bloomberg View, OnPolitics, Mediaite, Mother Jones, Talking Points Memo and Deadline
Paul J. Van Blarcum / Facebook:
ATTENTION LICENSED HANDGUN OWNERS — In light of recent events that have occurred in the United States and around the world I want to encourage citizens of Ulster County who are licensed to carry a firearm to PLEASE DO SO. — I urge you to responsibly take advantage of your legal right to carry a firearm.
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Mediaite, The Right Scoop, Talking Points Memo, Guns.com and Infowars
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James Nani / Times Herald-Record:
Ulster County sheriff: ‘PLEASE’ carry gun if you have a license
Ulster County sheriff: ‘PLEASE’ carry gun if you have a license
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and CBS New York
Max Ehrenfreund / Washington Post:
We've had a massive decline in gun violence in the United States. Here's why. — Premeditated mass shootings in public places are happening more often, some researchers say, plunging towns and cities into grief and riveting the attention of a horrified nation.
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Hot Air, The Daily Caller, Vox, Hit & Run, Washington Free Beacon and The Week
Hannah Karp / Wall Street Journal:
Coldplay to Headline Super Bowl Halftime Show — Band to withhold new ‘A Head Full of Dreams’ album From Spotify — British rock band Coldplay will headline the halftime show at the National Football League's Super Bowl 50 in February, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Celia Behar / YouCaring:
Help The Lil' Mamas Support The Wetzel Family … THE STORY — On December 2nd our Mama, Renee Wetzel, wrote us this: — “Please pray. My husband was in a meeting and a shooter came in. There are multiple people dead/shot. I can't get a hold of him.” Her husband was in San Bernardino.
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Mashable, New York's PIX11, abc7.com, fox8.com, CBS Los Angeles and NBC News
A.B. Stoddard / The Hill:
Christie can't lose — Nine months ago a savvy political junkie told me Chris Christie would soon announce a presidential campaign, simply because he had to. — Making our way through the nation's capital, my cab driver made his case: running was the only way for the New Jersey governor to clean up his image and come out ahead.
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Alfred J. Tuchfarber / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
60 Days Until Iowa: Are the Polls Predicting the Winners? — It's now about two months, 60 days, until actual voting begins in that fascinating exercise in democracy, the Iowa caucuses. A few days later the good folks of New Hampshire follow with another great American tradition …
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Booman Tribune and Liberal Values
Noah Sneider / The Atlantic:
Remembering the Soviet Union's Disappeared … Boris shternberg was a believer. As the Soviet Union formed, he held a series of official positions, including administrator of Moscow's reservoir. But the system in which he had placed his faith ultimately betrayed him …
Daily Mail:
Five THOUSAND bullets and a dozen pipe bombs: The deadly cache amassed by radicalized US Muslim and his Pakistani wife who slaughtered 14 just two weeks after he clashed with Jewish co-worker in office debate about religion — Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and Tashfeen Malik, 27 …
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New York Daily News, JONATHAN TURLEY, New York Post, The Jawa Report and Shot in the Dark