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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.
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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 …
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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.
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.
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Ted Cruz is even less electable than Donald Trump — The Republican Party establishment has a bad case of Trump-Induced Terror these days, but there's an even more plausible candidate in the race who's running on an even more unelectable agenda. — May I introduce to you Texas Sen. Ted Cruz …
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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 …
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Ryan Parker / Hollywood Reporter:
Philly Daily News Likens Donald Trump to Hitler With “Furor” Cover — “Remind you of someone?” — The Philadelphia Daily News will run a front page on Tuesday that likens Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler. — The cover shows a picture of Trump speaking with his hand in the air …
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Trump basks in latest controversy — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump defiantly made his case for barring all Muslims from entering the country before a rowdy crowd in South Carolina on Monday night, dismissing his critics as putting political correctness before national security.
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BBC:
Why people are calling American businessman Donald Trump Voldemort — Donald Trump's name has been doing the rounds a fair bit recently. — You might recognise him as the American businessman who has his own tower in New York or as the host of the original version of The Apprentice.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Donald Trump May Not Get the Nomination, But He Has Already Won
Donald Trump May Not Get the Nomination, But He Has Already Won
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Scott Wong / The Hill:
Ryan condemns Trump's Muslim ban
Ryan condemns Trump's Muslim ban
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump supporters embrace Muslim travel ban plan
Trump supporters embrace Muslim travel ban plan
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Trump calls for ‘shutdown’ of Muslims entering US
Trump calls for ‘shutdown’ of Muslims entering US
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John DiStaso / WMUR:
State GOP chairwoman says Trump's call to ban Muslims from U.S. is ‘un-American’
State GOP chairwoman says Trump's call to ban Muslims from U.S. is ‘un-American’
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Bill Schneider / The Great Debate:
Obama's terror speech perfectly highlights reasons for Trump's rise
Obama's terror speech perfectly highlights reasons for Trump's rise
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Russell Moore:
Is Donald Trump Right About Closing the Border to Muslims?
Is Donald Trump Right About Closing the Border to Muslims?
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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
Donald Trump has a base: 76% of Republicans think Islam is un-American
Ben Shapiro / Daily Wire:
Donald Trump has apparently told Greta Van Susteran of Fox News …
Donald Trump has apparently told Greta Van Susteran of Fox News …
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John Santucci / ABC News:
Donald Trump Stands by Barring Muslims Despite Bipartisan Criticism
Donald Trump Stands by Barring Muslims Despite Bipartisan Criticism
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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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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump: Ban all Muslim travel to U.S.
Trump: Ban all Muslim travel to U.S.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Trump: It's time for a “total and complete shutdown” …
Trump: It's time for a “total and complete shutdown” …
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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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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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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Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Supreme Court takes up ‘one person, one vote’ — Washington (CNN)The Supreme Court will take on a case on Tuesday that could upend the way that states draw their legislative lines. — At issue is the “one person, one vote” doctrine dating back to the 1960s when the Supreme Court held …
Rukmini Callimachi / New York Times:
U.S. Strategy Seeks to Avoid ISIS Prophecy — As the debate on how best to contain the Islamic State continues to rage in Western capitals, the militants themselves have made one point patently clear: They want the United States and its allies to be dragged into a ground war.
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