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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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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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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.
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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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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.
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 …
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 …
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Mary Bruce / ABC News:
Paul Ryan Denounces Donald Trump Plan on Muslims but Will Still Support Party Nominee
Paul Ryan Denounces Donald Trump Plan on Muslims but Will Still Support Party Nominee
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's call to ban Muslim immigrants is based on a very shoddy poll
Donald Trump's call to ban Muslim immigrants is based on a very shoddy poll
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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Ryan Parker / Hollywood Reporter:
Philly Daily News Likens Donald Trump to Hitler With “Furor” Cover
Philly Daily News Likens Donald Trump to Hitler With “Furor” Cover
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Trump basks in latest controversy
Trump basks in latest controversy
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BBC:
Why people are calling American businessman Donald Trump Voldemort
Why people are calling American businessman Donald Trump Voldemort
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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 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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Claire McNeill / Tampa Bay Times:
With a tweet, Mayor Rick Kriseman ‘bars’ Donald Trump from St. Petersburg
With a tweet, Mayor Rick Kriseman ‘bars’ Donald Trump from St. Petersburg
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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
Donald Trump has a base: 76% of Republicans think Islam is un-American
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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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Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Shooting targets, GoPro packaging, hammer and ‘vise grips’ …
EXCLUSIVE: Shooting targets, GoPro packaging, hammer and ‘vise grips’ …
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New York Times:
Killers Were Long Radicalized, F.B.I. Investigators Say
Killers Were Long Radicalized, F.B.I. Investigators Say
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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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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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Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
President Obama Just Offered Two Bad Ideas for Fighting Gun Violence
President Obama Just Offered Two Bad Ideas for Fighting Gun Violence
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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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Daily Mail:
Convert who protested outside Parliament over Syrian airstrikes with poster saying ‘I am a Muslim... do you trust me enough for a hug?’ now faces jail for threatening to bomb MP's house — A Muslim convert who protested outside Parliament with a sign saying 'I am Muslim, do you trust me enough for a hug? …
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