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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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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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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.
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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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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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 …
Daily Mail:
Republicans' most senior leader disowns Trump for demand to ban all Muslims saying it is ‘not what this party stands for and not what this country stands for’ — Speak Paul Ryan, most senior figure in party, publicly rebuked Trump for Muslim entry-ban plan and told Congress members not to back it
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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.
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Trump Getting Stronger in NC; Islamophobia Helps Fuel That Strength
Trump Getting Stronger in NC; Islamophobia Helps Fuel That Strength
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Eliza Collins / Politico:
White House denounces Trump
White House denounces Trump
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Scott Wong / The Hill:
Ryan condemns Trump's Muslim ban
Ryan condemns Trump's Muslim ban
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Lauren French / Politico:
GOP rift opens as shutdown deadline nears
GOP rift opens as shutdown deadline nears
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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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BBC:
Why people are calling American businessman Donald Trump Voldemort
Why people are calling American businessman Donald Trump Voldemort
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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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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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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Donald Trump, Under Fire, Defends Call to Block Muslims
Donald Trump, Under Fire, Defends Call to Block Muslims
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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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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Hears Arguments on ‘One Person One Vote’ — WASHINGTON — A closely divided Supreme Court on Tuesday struggled to decide “what kind of democracy people want,” as Justice Stephen G. Breyer put it during an argument over the meaning of the constitutional principle of “one person one vote.”
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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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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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Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
A Missed Warning? — Scanner traffic indicates law enforcement …
A Missed Warning? — Scanner traffic indicates law enforcement …
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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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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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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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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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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Diane Rehm, an NPR staple, eyes retirement from broadcasting — Diane Rehm, the host of one of public radio's longest-running and most popular news discussion programs, will retire next year, ending nearly 40 years on the air. — A retirement date has not been firmly established, but Rehm …
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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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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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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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