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Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
How Obama Thinks About Terrorism — At the core of Barack Obama's terrorism speech on Sunday night lay a contradiction. He gave the address to convince an increasingly fearful nation that he takes the terrorist threat seriously. But he doesn't, at least not in the way his political opponents do.
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Address to the Nation by the President — **Please see below for a correction, marked with an asterisk. — THE PRESIDENT: Good evening. On Wednesday, 14 Americans were killed as they came together to celebrate the holidays. They were taken from family and friends who loved them deeply.
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
ISIS has targeted refugee program to enter US, Homeland Security chairman says — Intelligence officials have determined that Islamic extremists have explored using the refugee program to enter the United States, the head of the House Homeland Security Committee said on Monday.
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Obama Actually Thought He Was Being Reassuring Last Night — 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 …
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Washington Post:
Here's what Obama said in his Sunday night address: An annotated transcript
Here's what Obama said in his Sunday night address: An annotated transcript
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Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
72 DHS Employees on Terrorist Watch List
72 DHS Employees on Terrorist Watch List
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Daniel Politi / Slate:
Obama: Increasing Gun Control, Rejecting Islamophobia Are Key to Combating Terrorism
Obama: Increasing Gun Control, Rejecting Islamophobia Are Key to Combating Terrorism
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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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Andrew Prokop / Vox:
The far-right position that could doom Marco Rubio in the general election — In a Republican presidential field where Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, and Ben Carson are topping the polls, Marco Rubio seems like the reasonable, electable choice that the establishment should love. — That may well be true.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Poll: Cruz surges to first in Iowa
Poll: Cruz surges to first in Iowa
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Trump turns to general election mode
Trump turns to general election mode
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Poll: Cruz surges ahead of Trump and Carson in Iowa
Poll: Cruz surges ahead of Trump and Carson in Iowa
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Sarah Begley / TIME:
TIME Announces Shortlist for 2015 Person of the Year — Meet the eight final contenders — A shortlist of candidates chosen by TIME magazine's editors for the 2015 Person of the Year was revealed on NBC's TODAY show Monday morning. The eight contenders are, in alphabetical order:
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Sam Frizell / TIME:
Bernie Sanders Wins Readers' Poll for TIME Person of the Year
Bernie Sanders Wins Readers' Poll for TIME Person of the Year
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Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Trump makes shortlist for Time's Person of the Year
Trump makes shortlist for Time's Person of the Year
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Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
A House Divided — On July 28th, Mark Meadows, a Republican representative from North Carolina, walked to the well of the House and filed a motion to vacate the chair. It's an obscure parliamentary tool that allows any member of the House to trigger a vote to oust the Speaker.
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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Paul Ryan Brings Sharply Different Leadership Style to House
Paul Ryan Brings Sharply Different Leadership Style to House
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Talking Points Memo:
“This guy is such a total pussy, it's stunning,” Peters continued. — True, if you mean “pussy” in the sense that pussy makes the world go 'round. In the sense that it's the most powerful weapon on the planet to have ever existed. Most wars have been started over little more than pussy.
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David Rutz / Washington Free Beacon:
Ralph Peters Calls Obama a ‘Total Pussy’ on Live Television
Ralph Peters Calls Obama a ‘Total Pussy’ on Live Television
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David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Supreme Court lets local ban on assault weapons stand — The Supreme Court in Washington. — In a victory for gun-control advocates, the Supreme Court on Monday rejected a 2nd Amendment challenge to laws that forbid the sale or possession of semiautomatic weapons that carry more than 10 rounds of ammunition.
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg Business:
Gun Advocates Rejected by Supreme Court on Assault Weapons
Gun Advocates Rejected by Supreme Court on Assault Weapons
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Won't Hear Challenge to Assault Weapons Ban in Chicago Suburb
Supreme Court Won't Hear Challenge to Assault Weapons Ban in Chicago Suburb
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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.
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Zombie nativity scene draws $500 a day fine from town as Christian protesters descend — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — An Ohio man is under fire from local authorities for setting up a zombie nativity scene against town wishes, Fox 19 reports.
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Speaker.gov:
Statement on The President's Oval Office Address — WASHINGTON - House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) issued the following statement tonight in response to President Obama's Oval Office address on terrorism:
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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?
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Marco Rubio's ‘water thing’ — In May 2008, when Marco Rubio retired as Florida's House speaker, he bid his colleagues farewell with a passionate defense of American exceptionalism. Standing on the floor in front of the speaker's rostrum, Rubio invoked boatloads of refugees washing up on American shores …
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Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
Rand Paul has decided to be a message candidate, with an anti-Rubio message
Rand Paul has decided to be a message candidate, with an anti-Rubio message
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DNAinfo New York:
VIDEO: Woman Eats Pizza While Walking Away From Fatal Fort Greene Crash — FORT GREENE — Surveillance video appeared to capture a woman calmly munching on a slice of pizza moments after an unlicensed driver hurtled onto a curb and fatally struck a 30-year-old woman Sunday on Fulton Street.
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