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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.
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New York Times:
California Attack Has U.S. Rethinking Strategy on Homegrown Terror — WASHINGTON — The day before Thanksgiving, President Obama reassured Americans that there was “no specific and credible intelligence indicating a plot on the homeland.” Seven days later came an explosion of gunfire …
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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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New York Post:
Now even Obama has to admit San Bernardino was terrorism
Now even Obama has to admit San Bernardino was terrorism
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Washington Free Beacon
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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(HAN-PR) War on Terror:
San Bernardino Terrorist To Jewish Victim: ‘You Will Never See Israel’
San Bernardino Terrorist To Jewish Victim: ‘You Will Never See Israel’
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Pamela Geller, Jihad Watch and The Right Scoop
Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Christie: San Bernardino shows female Syrian refugees should be barred
Christie: San Bernardino shows female Syrian refugees should be barred
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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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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
Trump: Terrorists' Family Members 'Know What's Happening' When They Attack
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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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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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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 …
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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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 …
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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