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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 …
Nick Gass / Politico:
Donald Trump opens ‘yuge’ lead over GOP field in CNN/ORC national poll — Donald Trump is the top choice of more than one out of every three Republican and Republican-leaning registered voters, according to the results of a new CNN/ORC poll released Friday.
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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 …
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Rebecca Shimoni Stoil / The Times of Israel:
Trump courts Republican Jews with offensive stereotypes
Trump courts Republican Jews with offensive stereotypes
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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 …
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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Couple seemed quiet and withdrawn — until explosion of violence — RIVERSIDE, Calif.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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Daily Mail:
'It doesn't seem plausible to us': Family of US Muslim who killed 14 says they don't believe official account of the massacre and even suggest the Sandy Hook slaying didn't take place — Chesley: ‘There were a lot of questions drawn with Sandy Hook and whether or not that was a real incident or not’
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The Times of Israel:
Messianic Jewish victim of California attack had argued with shooter about Islam
Messianic Jewish victim of California attack had argued with shooter about Islam
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Syed Farook Wrote Of Spending His Free Time At Mosque And ‘Memorizing The Quran’
Syed Farook Wrote Of Spending His Free Time At Mosque And ‘Memorizing The Quran’
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Eric Garcetti / Los Angeles Times:
San Bernardino shooting victims: Who they were
San Bernardino shooting victims: Who they were
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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.
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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 …
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Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
The Left Prays After San Bernardino Shooting, To Its God Of Government
The Left Prays After San Bernardino Shooting, To Its God Of Government
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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 …
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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 …
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Senate GOP campaign arm: ‘Trump could win’
Senate GOP campaign arm: ‘Trump could win’
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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").
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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.
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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.
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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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John Stanton / BuzzFeed:
Loretta Lynch: “Actions Predicated On Violent Talk” Toward Muslims Will Be Prosecuted — WASHINGTON — Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Thursday warned that the Justice Department could take aggressive action against people whose anti-Muslim rhetoric “edges towards violence” …
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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 …
Kristina Rizga / Mother Jones:
“I get anxiety knowing that the tests count more than classwork or schoolwork,” Kiana said. “It's a make or break kind of thing.” … “They tell me I must have data, and they don't consider tests data unless it comes from multiple-choice,” teacher Joshua Katz told me.