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9:55 AM ET, December 7, 2015

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Daniel Politi / Slate:
Obama: Increasing Gun Control, Rejecting Islamophobia Are Key to Combating Terrorism  —  In a rare prime-time address to the country from the Oval Office, President Obama made clear that he thinks increased gun control at home is essential to fighting ISIS—and terrorism in general.
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Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:
Obama's Oval Office address reflects struggle to be heard  —  In the weeks since the terrorist attacks in Paris, President Obama has stressed in speech after speech that America's law enforcement and homeland security officials are “relentless.”  He has insisted that the country remains “strong” and “resilient.”
Discussion: USA Today and New York Times
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
How the Democrats Flubbed San Bernardino  —  The response of President Obama and his media allies to the terror attack in California should have liberals worried.  —  Has there ever been a better example of liberal overreach than the coverage that followed the shooting in San Bernardino?
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Obama Actually Thought He Was Being Reassuring Tonight  —  President Obama's Sunday night speech was about three-quarters of what the cynics and his critics expected.  The lone bits of good news were the president's belated acknowledgement that the Fort Hood shooting was terrorism - not …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Washington Post:
Here's what Obama said in his Sunday night address: An annotated transcript  —  President Obama addressed the nation from the Oval Office on Sunday night; here's a transcript of his remarks, annotated by Washington Post reporters and readers using Genius.  —  To see an annotation …
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Obama misspoke about San Bernardino suspect's visa  —  In announcing one of the new steps his administration is taking to secure the U.S. from terrorists, President Barack Obama's carefully scripted Sunday night address to the nation included at least one mistake.
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
How Obama Thinks About Terrorism
Discussion: Washington Post
Shawna Thomas / NBC News:
AG Lynch: President Will Call On Congress to Take Action on Guns in San Bernardino Address
Agence France-Presse:
Obama to urge Americans ‘to not give in to fear’
Discussion: Daily Kos and Hot Air
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Clinton Thumps Trump in Latest Head-to-Head Poll  —  Hillary Clinton leads the Republican presidential field in hypothetical general-election match-ups, with Ben Carson and Marco Rubio running the closest to her, according to a new national MSNBC/Telemundo/Marist poll.
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Trump turns to general election mode
Discussion: Naked Politics, The Week and ABC News
New York Times:
Marco Rubio, Switching Focus, Aims to Halt Ted Cruz's Momentum
BBC:
France elections: National Front leads in regional polls  —  France's far-right National Front (FN) appears to have made big gains in the first round of regional elections, estimates show.  —  They put the FN ahead in at least six of 13 regions in mainland France.
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Angelique Chrisafis / Guardian:
Front National wins opening round in France's regional elections
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Hillary Clinton / New York Times:
How I'd Rein In Wall Street  —  SEVEN years ago, the financial crisis sent our economy into a tailspin.  Over five million people lost their homes.  Nearly nine million lost their jobs.  Nearly $13 trillion in household wealth was wiped out.  —  Under President Obama, our economy has come a long way back.
Discussion: Politico and NBC News
Kimberly Dozier / The Daily Beast:
U.S. Intel to Obama: ISIS Is Not Contained  —  A new report stands in stark contrast to earlier White House assurances that ISIS had been “contained.”  And it is already spurring changes in how the U.S. grapples with ISIS.  —  A new U.S. intelligence report on ISIS, commissioned by the White House …
Discussion: Fox News and Hot Air
Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Sanders: Climate change poses ‘major’ national security threat  —  Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) says climate change poses “major” national security threat to the U.S.  —  “I mean, we're talking about, according to the CIA, future, major national security issues …
CBS News:
Face the Nation transcripts December 6, 2015: Trump, Christie, Sanders  —  This is the transcript for the December 6 edition of Face the Nation.  Guests included Donald Trump, Chris Christie, Bernie Sanders, Jeff Pegues, Fran Townsend, Michael Morell, Gwen Ifill, Ben Domenech, Gerald Seib, and Ed O'Keefe.
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and Althouse
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Arit John / Bloomberg Business:
Trump Says Political Correctness Helped Enable California Attack
 
 
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Associated Press:
Clinton Offers New ‘Exit Tax’ on US-Foreign Company Mergers
Discussion: Bloomberg.com news
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Clinton explains why she won't say ‘radical Islam’
Discussion: The Federalist
Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Trust and Money at Core of Crucial Paris Talks on Climate Change
Shane Ryan / Salon:
Just let the Republicans win: Maybe things need to get really bad before America wakes up
 Earlier Items: 
Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
OBAMA: TERRORISM AN ‘EVOLVING THREAT’ U.S. WILL OVERCOME
Discussion: abc7.com and abc7news.com
Barbara Goldberg / Raw Story:
State of Delaware moves to apologize for its role in slavery
David Edwards / Raw Story:
GOP hopeful John Kasich: It will ‘tip off’ terrorists if they can't buy guns
Discussion: addictinginfo.org and Liberaland
Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
Texas GOP Votes Down Secession Proposal
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Carter: Cancer is gone
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Bloomberg:
A look at the challenges facing Crunchyroll, as current and ex-staffers say its management is out of touch, amid Disney and Netflix's expansion into anime

Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks

 
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