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Susan Page / USA Today:
Poll: 68% of Trump's supporters would vote for him if he bolts the GOP — Donald Trump is defending his controversial plan regarding Muslim immigration. The billionaire business mogul and Republican presidential front runner is facing backlash after calling for a “complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.”
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Clinton forces see 3 possible GOP opponents — Hillary Clinton's super PAC backers and operatives who are gearing up for the general election fight are preparing for three possible opponents — Donald Trump, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz. — Though they say they'll be ready for any outcome …
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Margaret Talev / Bloomberg Business:
Biden Calls Trump's Comments on Muslims a ‘Dangerous Brew’ — Vice president says Clinton sure winner if Trump GOP Nominee — Biden won't endorse in Democratic race before primaries — Vice President Joe Biden said Donald Trump's call to stop Muslims from coming to the U.S. is dangerous …
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Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg.com news:
Cruz Rejects Trump's Muslim Ban But Doesn't Reject Trump — Senator Ted Cruz said Tuesday he disagrees with Donald Trump on temporarily banning Muslims from entering the U.S., but he refused to repudiate his Republican presidential rival. — “I disagree with that proposal,” Cruz said.
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Dylan Matthews / Vox:
Study: Jeb Bush's tax plan is 4 times as expensive as his brother's tax cuts
Study: Jeb Bush's tax plan is 4 times as expensive as his brother's tax cuts
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Suffolk University:
Poll: GOP Leaders Running Neck-and-Neck with Clinton
Poll: GOP Leaders Running Neck-and-Neck with Clinton
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Matthew Claiborne / ABC News:
Bernie Sanders Calls Donald Trump's Policy Proposal to Ban Muslims ‘Crap’
Bernie Sanders Calls Donald Trump's Policy Proposal to Ban Muslims ‘Crap’
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Erick Erickson / RedState:
This is a Brilliant Move by Donald Trump
This is a Brilliant Move by Donald Trump
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Reince Priebus condemns Trump on Muslim ban — Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More — Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus on Tuesday condemned Donald Trump's proposal to ban all Muslims from entering the United States. — “I don't agree,” Priebus said.
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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Donald Trump cancels Katie Couric interview — Donald Trump canceled a scheduled interview with Katie Couric on Tuesday amid the ongoing controversy over his call to ban Muslims from entering the United States, a Yahoo News spokesperson confirmed. — “He just abruptly canceled last night …
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Colin Campbell / Business Insider:
THE WHITE HOUSE: Donald Trump disqualified himself from the presidency — and he has ‘fake hair’
THE WHITE HOUSE: Donald Trump disqualified himself from the presidency — and he has ‘fake hair’
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
White Nationalist And Anti-Muslim Fringe Embrace Trump Proposal
White Nationalist And Anti-Muslim Fringe Embrace Trump Proposal
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Daily Mail:
Republicans' most senior leader disowns Trump for demand to ban all Muslims saying it is 'not …
Republicans' most senior leader disowns Trump for demand to ban all Muslims saying it is 'not …
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Donald Trump's Plan to Bar Muslims Meets Withering Fire
Donald Trump's Plan to Bar Muslims Meets Withering Fire
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Nick Statt / The Verge:
Donald Trump thinks he can call Bill Gates to ‘close up’ the internet
Donald Trump thinks he can call Bill Gates to ‘close up’ the internet
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Ben Domenech / The Federalist:
Welcome To Barack Obama's America
Welcome To Barack Obama's America
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Javier Moreno / BuzzFeed:
This Girl Whose Entire Family Got Killed In An Act Of Arson Just Wants Cards For Christmas — Safyre Terry of New York is asking people to help her make this Christmas a little more merry. Normally, Christmas is a holiday associated with family, but for Safyre, that just isn't possible.
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Alix Hines / myfox8.com:
Forsyth County first grader dragged nearly a mile by school bus — FORSYTH COUNTY, N.C. — A child was dragged by a school bus for nearly a mile in Forsyth County on Monday afternoon. — According to Highway Patrol, the incident was dispatched as a “child drug by school bus” at 3:43 p.m. Monday.
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Potential Power Shift as Court Weighs ‘One Person One Vote’ — WASHINGTON — A closely divided Supreme Court on Tuesday struggled to decide “what kind of democracy people wanted,” as Justice Stephen G. Breyer put it during an argument over the meaning of the constitutional principle of “one person one vote.”
Pamela Brown / CNN:
First on CNN: San Bernardino shooter may have planned a 2012 attack, officials say — Sources: Farook planned another attack years ago — (CNN)Investigators believe San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook may have been plotting an earlier attack in California with someone else, two U.S. officials said.
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Washington Post:
Both San Bernardino attackers pledged allegiance to the Islamic State, officials say
Both San Bernardino attackers pledged allegiance to the Islamic State, officials say
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David Corn / Mother Jones:
Donald Trump Talks About San Bernardino Shooter (Corrected)
Donald Trump Talks About San Bernardino Shooter (Corrected)
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Hasta la Vista, Socialism! — We have chronicled the catastrophic collapse of socialism in Venezuela here and in many other posts. Government control over the economy, beginning with liberal hero Hugo Chavez and continuing under his successor, Nicolás Maduro, resulted in poverty …
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Fox News:
‘Spinning up as we speak’: Email shows Pentagon was ready to roll as Benghazi attack occurred — As the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi was unfolding, a high-ranking Pentagon official urgently messaged Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's top deputies to offer military help, according to an email obtained by Judicial Watch.
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Indianapolis Star:
Andre Carson, one of 2 Muslims in Congress, attributes death threat to ‘toxic environment’ — Rep. Andre Carson partly attributed a death threat he's received to politicians' ‘fanning the flames of bigotry.’ — WASHINGTON - Rep. Andre Carson, one of two Muslim members of Congress …
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Google Fiber Blog:
Exploring Fiber for Chicago and Los Angeles — Today, we're inviting Chicago and Los Angeles to explore bringing Google Fiber to their cities. As we've explored bringing Fiber to other metros across the U.S., we've worked to refine our checklist and prepare for building our network in different places.
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Mary Forsberg Weiland / Rolling Stone:
Scott Weiland's Family: 'Don't Glorify This Tragedy' — A letter from late singer's ex-wife, Mary Weiland, on behalf of his two children … December 3rd, 2015 is not the day Scott Weiland died. It is the official day the public will use to mourn him, and it was the last day he could be propped …
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McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Inside The Sad, Strange Family Feud That Helped Sink Rand Paul — Among the many early obituaries for Rand Paul's presidential campaign that have lately littered the internet, one story has remained largely untold: the intensely personal father-son rivalry that helped derail the younger Paul's presidential ambitions — twice.
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ERIC POSNER:
Is an immigration ban on Muslims unconstitutional? — Probably not. The Supreme Court has held consistently, for more than a century, that constitutional protections that normally benefit Americans and people on American territory do not apply when Congress decides who to admit and who to exclude as immigrants or other entrants.
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Michael Matza / Philly.com:
Severed pig's head left at N. Phila. mosque — Philadelphia police, the FBI, and the city's Human Relations Commission launched investigations Monday after a worker at a North Philadelphia mosque found a severed pig's head outside its door. — Surveillance video outside the Al Aqsa Islamic Society …
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Elahe Izadi / Washington Post:
Severed pig's head thrown at Philadelphia mosque door
Severed pig's head thrown at Philadelphia mosque door
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Nicole Perez / Albuquerque Journal:
Son in hot water as mom stews over posole burglary — ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Jonathan Ray wanted some of his mom's posole last week. — So much so that, police say, he broke into her Northeast Albuquerque home, made a beeline for the fridge and ran away with a pot of homemade posole.
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