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11:45 PM ET, December 9, 2015

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John McCormick / Bloomberg Business:
Bloomberg Politics Poll: Nearly Two-Thirds of Likely GOP Primary Voters Back Trump's Muslim Ban  —  More than a third say it makes them more likely to vote for him, according to an online PulsePoll conducted by Purple Strategies on Tuesday.  —  McCormickJohn
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Scalia: Affirmative Action Sends Blacks To Schools Too Advanced For Them  —  In the oral arguments Wednesday for a Supreme Court affirmative action case, Justice Antonin Scalia—a well known critic of affirmative action—suggested that the policy was hurting minority students by sending …
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Hayley Munguia / FiveThirtyEight:
Here's What Happens When You Ban Affirmative Action In College Admissions  —  Affirmative action in higher education is back in the Supreme Court, with oral arguments in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin being heard Wednesday.  The topic has been contentious in Texas …
Stephanie Mencimer / Mother Jones:
Justice Scalia Suggests Blacks Belong at “Slower” Colleges
Betsy McCaughey / New York Post:
College quotas are actually destroying lives of minorities
Discussion: Red Alert Politics
Liz Goodwin / Yahoo Politics:
Scalia argues black students benefit from ‘slower’ colleges
Discussion: Politico, Bloomberg Business and Vox
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Obama not briefed on FBI's Clinton probe  —  President Obama does not receive briefings about the FBI's investigation into the personal email setup Hillary Clinton used as secretary of State, bureau Director James Comey said on Wednesday.  —  As a result, Obama should have no way of knowing …
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New York Times:
San Bernardino Couple Spoke of Attacks in 2013, F.B.I. Says  —  WASHINGTON — The couple at the center of last week's massacre in San Bernardino, Calif., had been radicalized before their marriage, and the husband, Syed Rizwan Farook, might have plotted an attack as far back as 2012 …
Richard A. Serrano / Los Angeles Times:
San Bernardino shooters began plotting attack before their marriage, FBI chief says
M. Alex Johnson / NBC News:
Muhammad Ali Hits at Trump and ‘Misguided Murderers’ Sabotaging Islam  —  Like the champion fighter he is, Muhammad Ali took jabs Wednesday at “so called Islamic Jihadists” and those who would “use Islam to advance their own personal agenda.”  —  “I am a Muslim and there is nothing Islamic …
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Trump won't rule out third-party bid
Discussion: RedState
The Times of Israel:
Netanyahu set to meet Trump, as MKs urge candidate be shunned
Daily Mail:
'Trump's not wrong - we can't wear uniform in our OWN cars': Five police officers claim Donald Trump is RIGHT about parts of London being so ‘radicalised’ they are no-go areas  —  Serving police officers today backed Donald Trump's claim that some Muslim communities in the UK are no-go areas because of extremism.
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CBS Denver:
Planned Parenthood Attack Suspect: ‘I Am Guilty’  —  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4) - Robert Lewis Dear, the suspect in the Nov. 27 attack at Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs, yelled in court on Wednesday that he is guilty.  —  “I am guilty there will be no trial.
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Brian Beutler / New Republic:
Trump Proves That Liberals Have Been Right All Along  —  The left nailed the pathology of the conservative movement years ago.  The Donald is just making that impossible to deny.  —  If you've been following Donald Trump's presidential candidacy and his effect on the Republican primary closely …
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Samer Hijazi / arabamericannews.com:
Woman attacks praying Muslims in California park  —  Castro Valley, CA - It was supposed to be another normal Sunday at the park for Rasheed Albeshari and his friends, until they were attacked by a local woman because of their Islamic faith.  —  Albeshari and his pals frequent Lake Chabot often …
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Enraged woman attacks Muslims praying in California park: ‘Allah is Satan and you are all murderers’
Discussion: alan.com, Mashable and SFist
Thomas Joscelyn / The Long War Journal:
Ex-Guantanamo detainee now an al Qaeda leader in Yemen  —  Ibrahim al Qosi, an ex-Guantanamo detainee, now serves as a leader and spokesman for al Qaeda in Yemen.  —  Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has released a new video featuring a former Guantanamo detainee, Ibrahim Qosi, who is also known as Sheikh Khubayb al Sudani.
Joe Concha / Mediaite:
Colbert Slips to 4th Place in Late-Night Race, Beaten By Seth Meyers Who Airs One-Hour Later  —  For Stephen Colbert and CBS, this wasn't the game plan.  —  Because now...just three months after so much hype and so much love went into Mr. Colbert's debut as the new host of Late Night …
Austin American-Statesman:
Gun rights groups to stage mock mass shooting at UT  —  Gun rights groups say they will conduct a mock mass shooting this weekend at the University of Texas campus as they try to end gun-free zones.  —  The Open Carry Walk and Crisis Performance Event will involve actors “shot” …
Numbers / Pew Research Center's Social …:
The American Middle Class Is Losing Ground  —  No longer the majority and falling behind financially  —  After more than four decades of serving as the nation's economic majority, the American middle class is now matched in number by those in the economic tiers above and below it.
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Marco Rubio Quietly Undermines Affordable Care Act  —  WASHINGTON — A little-noticed health care provision that Senator Marco Rubio of Florida slipped into a giant spending law last year has tangled up the Obama administration, sent tremors through health insurance markets and rattled confidence …
J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
Erick Erickson's Mom Denies Son's Story About Boycotting Asian Food Because of Pearl Harbor  —  Erick Erickson—the influential conservative blogger, Atlanta-area radio host, and Fox News talking head—published a curious claim on Twitter this past Monday, which marked the 74th anniversary …
People.com:
Kendrick Lamar Vs. Bruno Mars: POTUS and FLOTUS' Favorite Songs, Movies and Moments of 2015  —  We've all gotten glimpses into the private passions and pastimes of one of the most famous First Couples in American history, but now President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are opening …
Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
Steve King: Even Muslims In Congress Won't Renounce Sharia Law  —  Rep. Steve King (R-IA), who's previously made clear that he doesn't believe immigrants from the Middle East want to assimilate into American culture, wants Muslims who come to the U.S. to reject Sharia law.
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
John Byrne / Chicago Tribune:
Emanuel apologizes for Laquan McDonald police shooting, repeats call for change  —  Mayor Rahm Emanuel addresses the Chicago City Council on Dec. 9, 2015, saying he takes responsibility for the fatal police shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald.  (WGN-TV)
Robert E. Scott / Economic Policy Institute:
A Conservative Estimate of ‘The Wal-Mart Effect’: Wal-Mart's growing trade deficit with China has displaced more than 400,000 U.S. jobs  —  In the long history of false promises made by trade negotiators, the claim that China's entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO) …
 
 
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Jazz Shaw / Hot Air:
While we fight over Trump, France closes 3 mosques, finds hundreds of weapons
Rebecca Perring / Daily Express:
Muslim convert who held up ‘hug trust’ sign now faces jail over MP bomb threat
Nick Anderson / Washington Post:
Liberty University to allow guns in residence halls
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Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Jeb Bush's super PAC burning through money with little to show for it
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Richard Martin / MIT Technology Review:
How Old Is Too Old for a Nuclear Reactor?
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Charles C.W. Cooke / Washington Post:
The right to bear arms isn't up for debate
Jonathan Marks / Commentary Magazine:
The Troubling Climate at Yale
Discussion: JustOneMinute and Instapundit
Henry Olsen / The Atlantic:
The Polls May Be Underestimating Trump's Support
 

 
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