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San Bernardino shooting: Attacker pledged allegiance to ISIS, officials say — (CNN)[Breaking news update at 10:24 a.m. ET] — As the San Bernardino attack was happening, investigators believe the female shooter, Tashfeen Malik, posted on Facebook, pledging allegiance to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi …
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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 …
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
San Bernardino Gunwoman Pledged Allegiance to ISIS, Officials Say — WASHINGTON — The woman who helped carry out the shooting in San Bernardino, Calif., on Wednesday had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State in a Facebook posting, according to federal law enforcement officials.
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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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Jae C. Hong / NBC News:
Massacre Wife Pledged Allegiance to ISIS Leader: Sources — LOCAL NEWS — FEATURED — Trying to Seal the Deal: Ted Cruz Hits the Road — Watch Packers' Rodgers Hit Rodgers for Epic Hail Mary — Communist ‘Cult Leader’ Brainwashed Trio Into Slavery — Gene Editing: Group Says Do It, But Carefully
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The Times of Israel:
Messianic Jewish victim of California attack had argued with shooter about Islam — Nicholas Thalasinos, 52, one of 14 fatalities, had heated debate with co-worker Syed Rizwan Farook two weeks before San Bernardino rampage — One of the victims of the San Bernardino shooting was identified …
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Caleb Howe / RedState:
CNN Asks Slain San Bernardino Man's Widow If He Was Asking For It — One of the people killed in the brutal slayings in San Bernardino this week was a Messianic Jew, Nicholas Thalasinos. You may not have heard about that because there is no media narrative served by pointing it out.
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Hollie McKay / Fox News:
SoCal jihadist wife reportedly pledged allegiance to ISIS before massacre
SoCal jihadist wife reportedly pledged allegiance to ISIS before massacre
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Pierre Thomas / ABC News:
San Bernardino Shooters Tried to Destroy Phones, Hard Drives, Sources Say
San Bernardino Shooters Tried to Destroy Phones, Hard Drives, Sources Say
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Fox News:
Investigators probe whether wife radicalized husband before San Bernardino massacre
Investigators probe whether wife radicalized husband before San Bernardino massacre
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Anna Giaritelli / Washington Examiner:
Officials: Syed Farook watched Islamic State propaganda videos
Officials: Syed Farook watched Islamic State propaganda videos
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Los Angeles Times:
San Bernardino shooting prompts calls for visa restrictions
San Bernardino shooting prompts calls for visa restrictions
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Thomas Gibbons-Neff / Washington Post:
Couple seemed quiet and withdrawn — until explosion of violence
Couple seemed quiet and withdrawn — until explosion of violence
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New York Daily News:
Making mass murder easy
Making mass murder easy
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CBS Los Angeles:
Friend Of San Bernardino Shooting Victim Recalls Heated Conversation About Islam
Friend Of San Bernardino Shooting Victim Recalls Heated Conversation About Islam
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Andrea Noble / Washington Times:
San Bernardino killers erased digital presence day before the attacks
San Bernardino killers erased digital presence day before the attacks
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Eli Saslow / Washington Post:
'Where's Syed?': How the San Bernardino shooting unfolded
'Where's Syed?': How the San Bernardino shooting unfolded
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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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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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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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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
Democratic insiders: Trump is easy prey for Clinton
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Trump: ‘My numbers go way up’ after tragedies
Trump: ‘My numbers go way up’ after tragedies
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Jacob Sullum / Hit & Run:
How Background Checks and an ‘Assault Weapon’ Ban Failed in San Bernardino — The Washington Post reports that the four guns used in the San Bernardino massacre “were all purchased legally from federally licensed firearms dealers,” which means the buyers passed background checks.
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Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
The First Amendment Needs Your Prayers
The First Amendment Needs Your Prayers
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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
GOP candidates double down on guns after San Bernardino
GOP candidates double down on guns after San Bernardino
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Adam Edelman / New York Daily News:
Ted Cruz will still hold gun rights event Friday, even as nation mourns another mass shooting
Ted Cruz will still hold gun rights event Friday, even as nation mourns another mass shooting
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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.
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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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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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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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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