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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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F.B.I. Treating San Bernardino Attack as Terrorism Case — WASHINGTON — The woman who, with her husband, killed 14 people in San Bernardino pledged allegiance to the Islamic State in a Facebook post the day of the attack, officials said Friday, and the F.B.I. announced it was treating the massacre as an act of terrorism.
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David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
What the Hell Just Happened on MSNBC and CNN? — A baffling, surreal scene just played out on the two networks, where the landlord of the San Bernardino shooting suspects apparently allowed reporters into their apartment. — The result was disturbing. On live national television …
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Chris Enloe / TheBlaze.com:
Police Spokesman Stunned as News Cameras ‘Rush’ Inside San Bernardino Killers' Home and Broadcast Live — Media members bombarded into the San Bernardino apartment of Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik Friday afternoon, after the property's landlord pried off the board covering the door.
CBS News:
San Bernardino suspect's sister breaks her silence — As investigators sort through evidence picked up at the San Bernardino shooting suspects' Redlands home, family members say they are in disbelief. — “I can never imagine my brother or my sister-in-law doing something like this.
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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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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 …
Fred Lucas / TheBlaze.com:
‘Of Course Not’: White House Spokesman's Surprising Response When Asked if Obama Gun Proposals Would Have Prevented San Bernardino Shooting — Shortly after the Wednesday mass shooting in California, President Barack Obama called for stricter background checks and banning anyone on the no-fly list from buying a gun.
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Los Angeles Times:
California congresswoman won't stand for moment of silence
California congresswoman won't stand for moment of silence
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Jacob Sullum / Hit & Run:
How Background Checks and an ‘Assault Weapon’ Ban Failed in San Bernardino
How Background Checks and an ‘Assault Weapon’ Ban Failed in San Bernardino
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Brian Ries / Mashable:
Journalists storm San Bernardino shooters' apartment after landlord pries open door
Journalists storm San Bernardino shooters' apartment after landlord pries open door
Jae C. Hong / NBC News:
Massacre Wife Pledged Allegiance to ISIS Leader: Sources
Massacre Wife Pledged Allegiance to ISIS Leader: Sources
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NBC News:
San Bernardino Shooter Was ‘Bad Person,’ Not Radical: Brother-in-Law
San Bernardino Shooter Was ‘Bad Person,’ Not Radical: Brother-in-Law
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Awr Hawkins / Breitbart:
EXCLUSIVE-Ted Cruz Reacts to San Bernardino: Now, More Than Ever, Americans Must Be Armed
EXCLUSIVE-Ted Cruz Reacts to San Bernardino: Now, More Than Ever, Americans Must Be Armed
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Caleb Howe / RedState:
CNN Asks Slain San Bernardino Man's Widow If He Was Asking For It
CNN Asks Slain San Bernardino Man's Widow If He Was Asking For It
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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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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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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.
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 …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House rips GOP for blocking gun control measures — The White House on Friday ripped congressional Republicans for opposing efforts to tighten the nation's gun laws in the wake of Wednesday's mass shooting in San Bernardino, Calif. — White House press secretary Josh Earnest lashed …
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Donald Trump opens ‘yuge’ lead over GOP field in CNN/ORC national poll
Donald Trump opens ‘yuge’ lead over GOP field in CNN/ORC national poll
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Chris Cox / USA Today:
No, Mr. President, the NRA is not to blame: Chris Cox
No, Mr. President, the NRA is not to blame: Chris Cox
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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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James Barrett / Daily Wire:
The day after a horrific shooting spree by a “radicalized” Muslim man and his partner in San Bernardino, California, Attorney General Loretta Lynch pledged to a group of Muslim activists that she would take aggressive action against anyone who used “anti-Muslim rhetoric” that “edges toward violence.”
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Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
AG Loretta Lynch Promises to ‘Take Action’ Against ‘Anti-Muslim Rhetoric’ — In remarks before the Muslim Advocates Dinner Thursday night, Attorney General Loretta Lynch told attendees that the Justice Department will take action against “anti-Muslim rhetoric” and “violent talk.”
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Loretta Lynch Urges Muslim Parents To Contact Feds If Their Children Are Bullied
Loretta Lynch Urges Muslim Parents To Contact Feds If Their Children Are Bullied
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Kory Grow / Rolling Stone:
Scott Weiland, Former Stone Temple Pilots Singer, Dead at 48 — Vocalist, who also fronted Velvet Revolver, died in his sleep — Scott Weiland, the instantly recognizable voice behind Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver known for his dynamic stage presence, has died. He was 48.
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Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times:
Scott Weiland, frontman for Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, dies at 48
Scott Weiland, frontman for Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, dies at 48
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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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Elizabeth Kolbert / New Yorker:
Congress Moves to Sabotage the Paris Climate Summit
Congress Moves to Sabotage the Paris Climate Summit
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Bush's biggest donor: Trump a ‘bullyionaire’ — Calling Donald Trump “a hater” and a “narcissistic BULLYionaire,” Jeb Bush's biggest donor has decided on his own to take out full page ads trashing the Republican poll leader in newspapers in Miami, Las Vegas and Des Moines.
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