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Ted Cruz Questions Donald Trump's ‘Judgment’ to Be President — Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, who has carefully avoided public criticism of Donald J. Trump, said this week at a private fund-raiser that the real estate developer was facing a “challenging question” about whether he has the “judgment” to be president.
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Fear of Terrorism Lifts Donald Trump in New York Times/CBS Poll — Americans are more fearful about the likelihood of another terrorist attack than at any other time since the weeks after Sept. 11, 2001, a gnawing sense of dread that has helped lift Donald J. Trump to a new high among …
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Poll Shows Voters Split on Trump's Muslim Ban — Nearly six-in-10 Americans oppose Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's proposal to bar Muslims from entering the United States, but Republicans are evenly divided, according to a new national NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Is the Democrats' Dream Nominee
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Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Nightmare scenario for establishment: Trump or Cruz
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
In Trump's Muslim ban, Clinton sees an opportunity
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
How Donald Trump Has Opened the Door for Ted Cruz to Win
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Lauren French / Politico:
Democrats demand end to ban on gun violence research — House Democrats are adding a controversial new demand to the government funding talks: ending a 19-year old ban on gun violence research by the federal government. — Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced Thursday …
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Chris Enloe / TheBlaze.com:
Actor Kurt Russell Fiercely Pushes Back Against Anti-Gun Hollywood Interviewer: ‘What Are You Going to Do, Ban Everything?’ — Legendary actor Kurt Russell said in a recent interview with Hollywood reporter Jeffery Wells that it's “absolutely insane” to believe that more gun control will curb terrorist attacks.
Phoebe Maltz Bovy / New Republic:
It's Time to Ban Guns. Yes, All of Them.
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
GOP preparing for contested convention — Republican officials and leading figures in the party's establishment are now preparing for the possibility of a brokered convention as Donald Trump continues sit atop the polls and the presidential race. — More than 20 of them convened Monday …
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Des Moines Register:
Last Slide — Ted Cruz nailed an endorsement from a well-known Christian conservative newsmaker Thursday, one more step toward locking up the influential evangelical conservative voting bloc in Iowa. — “At the end of the day, we truly believe that Ted Cruz is the most consistent …
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Kira Lerner / ThinkProgress:
Ted Cruz Endorses Far-Right Pastor's Plan To ‘Rescue’ Black People From Sexual Immorality
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John Stanton / BuzzFeed:
Ted Cruz Votes Against Senate Resolution That Rejects Trump's Proposed Muslim Ban
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Derek Hunter / The Daily Caller:
Colorado ACLU Board Member: Shoot Trump Voters ‘Before Election Day’ — Loring Wirbel, board member of the American Civil Liberties Union's Colorado chapter and co-chair of the ACLU's Colorado Springs chapter, called for supporters of GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump to be shot before they vote for the billionaire businessman.
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Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
When It Comes To Donald Trump, I Hate Everyone
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Attacks on Trump just make these voters like him more
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Christopher Massie / BuzzFeed:
Democratic Congresswoman: “Between 5 And 20%” Of Muslims Willing To Use Terrorism To Institute Caliphate — “We know that there is a small group, and we don't know how big that is — it can be anywhere between 5 and 20%, from the people that I speak to — that Islam is their religion …
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Lauren French / Politico:
Democratic Senate hopeful: Up to 20 percent of Muslims want caliphate
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Thematic Convergence, or Real Old Testament Stuff... Rare is the day when we find a smidgen of insight at Vox. Rarer still is the day that the Voxsplainers and Glenn Reynolds are aligned in agreement. — This is that day. Glenn, picking up a theme noted by Sen. Ben Sasse in San Bernardino …
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Roger Cohen / New York Times:
The Evil That Cannot Be Left Unanswered
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Crisis of Republican Authority
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Los Angeles Times:
San Bernardino shooters planned bigger attack, investigators believe — An FBI dive team on Thursday searches for electronic devices or other evidence possibly left in Seccombe Lake, about two miles north of the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino. — An examination of digital equipment recovered …
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Evan Vucci / Associated Press:
White House Readies Executive Action On Gun Control — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's advisers are finalizing a proposal that would expand background checks on gun sales without congressional approval. — White House adviser Valerie Jarrett says the president has asked his team …
WCIV-TV | ABC News 4:
‘Suspension proceedings’ begin after photos of Citadel cadets in white hoods posted online — CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — After photos surfaced on social media showing Citadel cadets in white Klan hoods and reportedly singing Christmas carols, a source close to the school said all of the members of the group have been identified.
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Nick Natario / WISH-TV:
Russell Taylor gets 27 years in child porn case — INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A judge sentenced the former head of Jared Fogle's charity to 27 years in prison Thursday afternoon. — Russell Taylor pleaded guilty to 13 federal crimes during his sentencing hearing — 12 counts of child exploitation …
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Ted Cruz:
Sen. Cruz Issues Statement on the Every Student Succeeds Act — WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following statement on the conference report of the Every Student Succeeds Act (S. 1177), currently under consideration in the Senate:
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Bloomberg Business:
Putin's Quagmire in Syria Proves Obama Prescient — Officials in Moscow no longer talking about war lasting months — Russia's mid-November surge doubled cost of military campaign — U.S. President Barack Obama, facing criticism at home over his Islamic State strategy …
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Andrea Cavallier / New York's PIX11:
Landlord claims tenants illegally turned three-bedroom apartment in Queens into 10 bedrooms — ELMHURST, Queens — Eddie Shiew owns a three-story home in Elmhurst, Queens, as a rental property. He recently rented the third floor, a three-bedroom apartment, to Burak Firik and Dogan Kimilli for $2,500 a month.
Asma Khalid / NPR:
Millennials Want To Send Troops To Fight ISIS, But Don't Want To Serve — In the wake of the Paris attacks, a majority of young Americans support sending U.S. ground troops to fight ISIS, according to wide-ranging new poll from the Harvard Institute of Politics.
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Dan Pfeiffer / Medium:
Empowering People to Help People: Why I am Joining GoFundMe — In late 2006, I found myself unexpectedly unemployed and looking for a job. That's when I met Barack Obama who was starting to put together a team to launch an improbable run for the White House.
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