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2:50 PM ET, December 8, 2015

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Michael Scherer / TIME:
Exclusive: Donald Trump Says He Might Have Supported Japanese Internment  —  Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump told TIME that he does not know whether he would have supported or opposed the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
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Nia-Malika Henderson / CNN:
After call to ban Muslims, is the GOP ready to unite against Trump?  —  (CNN)Donald Trump has done it again.  —  Less than 24 hours after President Barack Obama aimed to set the tone for the country on a response to the threat of terrorism with an Oval Office address, Trump only needed …
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.
Erick Erickson / RedState:
This is a Brilliant Move by Donald Trump  —  Donald Trump just trumped all the Republican candidates for President.  —  The day after the mom jeans wearing squat to pee President came out to assure us that tolerance, gun control, and climate change would save us from ISIS …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Donald Trump May Not Get the Nomination, But He Has Already Won  —  The triumph of anti-Muslim bigotry.  —  In his speech from the Oval Office on Sunday night, President Obama took care to urge his fellow citizens not to equate the extremism of ISIS with the beliefs of Muslims as a whole.
Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
A Note on Trump: We Are No Longer Entertained  —  Earlier today, the candidate currently leading in the polls for the Republican presidential nomination called for a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.”  That was, of course, Donald Trump.
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Ryan condemns Trump's Muslim ban  —  Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on Tuesday condemned presidential front-runner Donald Trump's call to ban all Muslims from entering the United States, according to a source in the room at a closed-door GOP meeting.  —  “This is not who we are as a party or a country …
Donald J Trump for President:
DONALD J. TRUMP STATEMENT ON PREVENTING MUSLIM IMMIGRATION  —  (New York, NY) December 7th, 2015, — Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on.
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Trump Getting Stronger in NC; Islamophobia Helps Fuel That Strength
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg.com news:
Cruz Rejects Trump's Muslim Ban But Doesn't Reject Trump
Discussion: ABC News and Politico
Claire McNeill / Tampa Bay Times:
With a tweet, Mayor Rick Kriseman ‘bars’ Donald Trump from St. Petersburg
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump supporters embrace Muslim travel ban plan
Ben Domenech / The Federalist:
Welcome To Barack Obama's America
Discussion: alicublog
Fox News:
Bank records show $28,500 deposit to Syed Farook's account two weeks before the shooting, source says  —  EXCLUSIVE - A $28,500 deposit was made to Syed Farook's bank account from WebBank.com on or about Nov.18, some two weeks before he and his wife Tashfeen Malik carried out the San Bernardino massacre …
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Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
A Missed Warning?  —  Scanner traffic indicates law enforcement …
Discussion: Fox News Insider and Pamela Geller
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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Los Angeles Times:
Editorial Should people on the no-fly list be able to buy guns?  Yes.  —  Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) holds up her passport last month during a news conference about Democratic legislative proposals to combat terrorism.  —  It seems simple enough: If the federal government …
Discussion: JustOneMinute
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Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
President Obama Just Offered Two Bad Ideas for Fighting Gun Violence
Discussion: Hit & Run, US News and New York Times
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 …
Tom Gjelten / NPR:
Some Muslim Americans Irritated By Obama's Call For Them To ‘Root Out’ Extremism  —  President Obama's request that Muslim Americans help “root out” and confront extremist ideology in their communities is getting mixed reactions.  Muslim leaders say they want to help, but some are not happy that they are being singled out.
Discussion: Daily Wire
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Florida Today:
Alligator kills Barefoot Bay burglary suspect … CONNECT  —  Brevard County deputies have determined that Matthew Riggins, 22, was killed by an alligator in Barefoot Bay lake on Nov. 23 while possibly hiding to avoid law enforcement.  —  Investigators say that Riggins had told his girlfriend …
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
CBO projects 2 million fewer jobs under ObamaCare  —  ObamaCare is expected to cost the U.S. workforce a total of 2 million jobs over the next decade, Congress's nonpartisan scorekeeper said Monday.  —  The total workforce will shrink by just under 1 percent as a result of the new coverage expansions …
Discussion: Mother Jones
Arnold Schwarzenegger / Facebook:
I don't give a **** if we agree about climate change.  —  I see your questions.  —  Each and every time I post on my Facebook page or tweet about my crusade for a clean energy future, I see them.  —  There are always a few of you, asking why we should care about the temperature rising, or questioning the science of climate change.
 
 
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Kody Fisher / FOX21News.com:
“Go ahead and skip church!”: Holiday billboards raising eyebrows along I-25
Pooi Koon Chong / Bloomberg Business:
Did You Forget Your Planes? Airport Takes Out Ad to Locate Owner
Discussion: The Verge and The Week
Michael E. Mann / New York Times:
The Assault on Climate Science
Discussion: The Mahablog
Nicole Perez / Albuquerque Journal:
Son in hot water as mom stews over posole burglary
Daily Mail:
Convert who protested outside Parliament over Syrian airstrikes with poster saying 'I am a Muslim …
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Oliver Milman / Guardian:
American Electric Power quits Alec as it helps states move to clean power
Glenn Evans / Longview News-Journal:
East Texas police chief urges residents to arm themselves
Discussion: Raw Story, Texas Monthly and Eschaton
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Hillary Clinton's New LGBT Ad Is Radically Great—for One Very Specific Reason
Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Supreme Court takes up ‘one person, one vote’
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