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10:30 AM ET, December 4, 2015

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CNN:
CNN/ORC Poll: Trump alone at the top again  —  (CNN)Donald Trump is once again alone at the top of the Republican field, according to the latest CNN/ORC Poll, with 36% of registered Republicans and Republican-leaning independents behind him, while his nearest competitor trails by 20 points.
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New York Times:
Tough Talk and a Cowardly Vote on Terrorism  —  Investigators now believe that what initially seemed a workplace shooting in San Bernardino, Calif., was a well-planned attack by a married couple with at least some contact with Islamic extremists.  —  The evolving situation has forced Republican leaders …
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Democratic insiders: Trump is easy prey for Clinton  —  Democrats think Donald Trump would be the easiest Republican to beat next November but they fear Marco Rubio.  —  That's according to a majority of the Democratic insiders in this week's POLITICO Caucus, our survey of the top strategists …
Discussion: ABC News and Political Wire
David Brooks / New York Times:
No, Donald Trump Won't Win  —  A little while ago I went rug shopping.  Four rugs were laid out on the floor and among them was one with a pink motif that was dazzlingly beautiful.  It was complex and sophisticated.  If you had asked me at that moment which rug I wanted, I would have said the pink one.
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Trump: ‘My numbers go way up’ after tragedies  —  Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Thursday suggested his popularity increases after tragedies, pointing to his rise in polls after last month's Paris terrorist attacks.  —  Trump made the comment while pushing back on a GOP memo …
Discussion: Hullabaloo, Daily Kos and Mediaite
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Senate GOP campaign arm: ‘Trump could win’
Dexter Thomas / Los Angeles Times:
Rampage killers led secret life, hiding plans and weapons  —  A DMV handout photo of Syed Rizwan Farook, whom authorities have identified as one of two shooters who killed 14 and wounded 21 at a workplace holiday party in San Bernardino.  —  Early Wednesday morning, Syed Rizwan Farook asked …
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Pierre Thomas / ABC News:
San Bernardino Shooters Tried to Destroy Phones, Hard Drives, Sources Say  —  Law enforcement sources tell ABC News the suspected shooters in Wednesday's deadly rampage in San Bernardino apparently attempted to destroy their digital media.  —  Sources say mobile phones, hard drives …
Discussion: abc7.com, abc7news.com and The Week
Thomas Gibbons-Neff / Washington Post:
Couple seemed quiet and withdrawn — until explosion of violence
The Times of Israel:
Messianic Jewish victim of California attack had argued with shooter about Islam
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:   Dem Sen. Cites Success of Gun Laws in California a Day After San Bernardino
Caleb Howe / RedState:
CNN Asks Slain San Bernardino Man's Widow If He Was Asking For It
Discussion: The Jawa Report and Truth Revolt
Mark Follman / New York Times:
How Many Mass Shootings Are There, Really?
Nicole Haas / BizPac Review:
FBI expert on CNN mocks Obama while covering shootings; clearly not ‘climate change’ related
Los Angeles Times:
For victim's boyfriend, 22 hours of conflicting reports, then heartbreak
USA Today:
‘Daily News’ provokes with cover on Calif. shooting: 'God isn't fixing this'
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.
Discussion: Mashable, Scared Monkeys, LAist, all and The Week
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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Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
Republican Senators Introduce Amendment To Stop GOP From Defunding Planned Parenthood  —  Three Republican senators Mark Kirk (R-IL), Susan Collins (R-ME) and Lisa Murkowski(R-AK) weren't about to let their party gut Planned Parenthood without a fight.  —  Collins led the charge …
Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Clinton-aligned group claims to have mole in Koch machine  —  Hillary Clinton's well-financed ally David Brock has a team that claims to be coordinating with moles inside the corporate and political empire of the billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch.  —  During a rare tour …
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:
Chris Christie: ‘Iran is a Greater Threat Than ISIS’  —  New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, the semi-resurgent candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, came to Washington last week to address members of the Council on Foreign Relations (the organization known, at least to Senator Ted Cruz, as the “pit of vipers").
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Republicans' Climate Change Denial Denial  —  Future historians — if there are any future historians — will almost surely say that the most important thing happening in the world during December 2015 was the climate talks in Paris.  True, nothing agreed to in Paris will be enough, by itself, to solve the problem of global warming.
Discussion: Vox
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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Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Confident Bush vows to ‘whoop’ Clinton in election
 
 
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Clinton's Democratic Image Advantage Over Sanders Expands
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Kristina Rizga / Mother Jones:
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CBS Boston:
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Discussion: Slantpoint and myfox8.com
Seth Mandel / New York Post:
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Financial Times:
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