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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Carter: Cancer is gone — Former President Jimmy Carter said Sunday his cancer is gone. — Carter, 91, made the announcement near the beginning of the Sunday School class he was teaching at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, a close friend and fellow church member said.
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New York Post:
Now even Obama has to admit San Bernardino was terrorism — Now that the FBI's declared the San Bernardino attack to be a terrorism case, the White House will presumably shut up about how it might've just been “workplace violence.” — Not in the wake of news that Tashfeen Malik had pledged …
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New York Times:
California Attack Has U.S. Rethinking Strategy on Homegrown Terror
California Attack Has U.S. Rethinking Strategy on Homegrown Terror
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Ted Bridis / Associated Press:
US can't access NSA phone records in California terror case
US can't access NSA phone records in California terror case
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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Rubio: No-fly list full of ‘everyday Americans’ — Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) says a majority of the people on the federal “no-fly list” do not belong there and therefore should not have their right to purchase firearms taken away. — “These are everyday Americans that have nothing to do with terrorism …
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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Kasich: Keep guns from those on no-fly list — Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) says he is in favor of preventing people on the “no-fly list” from being able to purchase guns. — “Well, on the no-fly list, we probably could keep them from getting guns and ought to ban them,” Kasich said on CNN's “State of the Union” on Sunday.
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New York Daily News:
Stasi: San Bernardino killers were radical, ISIS-loving monsters — but one of their victims was just as bigoted — They were two hate-filled, bigoted municipal employees interacting in one department. Now 13 innocent people are dead in unspeakable carnage.
Jeremy Herb / Politico:
Trump: Islamic terrorism will get solved when Obama ‘gets the hell out’ — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump says the country's “tremendous problem” with radical Islamic terrorism will get solved once President Barack Obama “gets the hell out” of office.
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Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Trump: Terrorists' Family Members 'Know What's Happening' When They Attack — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said in an interview aired Sunday that he would “go after” family members of terrorists because they “know what's happening” when their loved ones commit acts of terrorism.
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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Chris Christie warns Iowans against Trump — IOWA FALLS — Add Chris Christie to the list of Republicans suddenly ready to engage Donald Trump. — The New Jersey governor, whose 2016 bid is getting fresh consideration by voters increasingly concerned about terrorism, spent Saturday warning Iowans against …
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
From Trump, Ryan, Cruz and Rubio, clues to the Republican Party's identity
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Trump pumps siege mentality in Iowa
Trump pumps siege mentality in Iowa
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Rossella Tercatin / The Times of Israel:
San Bernardino shooter's dad: He was ‘obsessed’ with Israel — In interview with Italian paper, father Syed Farook says his son ‘supported the creation of the Islamic State’ — Syed Farook, father of San Bernardino terrorist Syed Rizwan Farook, has described his son as negatively “obsessed” with Israel.
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Andrew Husband / Mediaite:
Hillary Clinton: I Don't Say ‘Radical Islam’ Because It 'Doesn't Do Justice' to Good Muslims — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton really doesn't like using the term “radical Islam.” — This Week host George Stephanopoulos called out the former U.S. Secretary of State …
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Caitlin Yilek / The Hill:
Nevada lawmaker posts Christmas card showing family armed with guns — A Republican assemblywoman in Nevada this week shared her 2015 Christmas card on Facebook — which shows family members outfitted with a gun, including her young grandson. — “It's up to Americans to protect America …
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Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Hysteria About Refugees, but Blindness on Guns — LESBOS, Greece — For three weeks American politicians have been fulminating about the peril posed by Syrian refugees, even though in the last dozen years no refugee in America has killed a single person in a terror attack.
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Iowa GOP seeks to prevent repeat of botched 2012 caucus — Republicans in Iowa are working overtime to prevent a repeat of the botched 2012 caucuses when scores of unaccounted ballots caused Mitt Romney to be wrongly declared the winner over Rick Santorum. — State party officials …
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Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
Quayle glad Bush didn't tap Trump for VP — Dan Quayle says he's glad President George H.W. Bush picked him to be his vice president instead of Donald Trump. — Quayle discussed how Trump let Bush's camp know that he was interested in becoming the vice president in the 1988 campaign …
Los Angeles Times:
LAPD misclassified more than 25,000 serious crimes as minor, audit finds — A report shows LAPD misclassified serious crimes, ommitting them from the tally of violence over the past seven eyars. — Poor training, an error-prone records system and widespread confusion among Los Angeles police led …
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Melissa Gray / CNN:
3 stabbed at London tube station in terror attack, police say — (CNN)A man stabbed three people at an east London tube station Saturday before police subdued him with a stun gun and made an arrest, London's Metropolitan Police said. — Police said they were treating the stabbing at Leytonstone station as a terrorist incident.
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Alix Culbertson / Daily Express:
Machete ‘Syria revenge’ stabbing in London now treated as TERROR attack
Machete ‘Syria revenge’ stabbing in London now treated as TERROR attack
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Guardian, Mashable, Infowars, Vlad Tepes, Jihad Watch, The Right Scoop and Pamela Geller