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9:50 AM ET, December 10, 2015

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar / TIME:
What Donald Trump and ISIS Have in Common  —  TIME columnist Abdul-Jabbar is a six-time NBA champion and league Most Valuable Player.  He is also a celebrated author, filmmaker and education ambassador whose life and career are the subject of Minority of One, a new documentary on HBO Sports.
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Megan Thee-Brenan / New York Times:
Donald Trump Solidifies His Lead, but Leaves Many Nervous  —  Donald J. Trump occupies his strongest position yet in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, yet nearly two-thirds of American voters say they are concerned or frightened about the prospect of a Trump presidency …
CBS News:
Poll: Donald Trump back on top, with Ted Cruz climbing into second  —  The Republican Race  —  Thirty-five percent of Republican primary voters support Trump, up 13 points since October, and his highest level of support in CBS News polling.  Ted Cruz (16 percent) has moved into second place …
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
Gregory Krieg / CNN:
Trump: 'I'm doing good for the Muslims'  —  (CNN)Programming note: Watch Don Lemon's interview with Donald Trump on CNN Tonight at 10pm ET  —  Facing harsh criticism for his proposal to temporarily halt Muslim immigration to the U.S., Donald Trump on Wednesday said he was acting in the Islamic community's best interests.
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Trump and Muslims, by the numbers  —  Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More  —  Among the many criticisms of Donald Trump's ban-Muslim-immigration proposal is that it is based on bogus data.  In his statement announcing the proposal, Trump cited a survey from Frank Gaffney's Center …
Samantha Grossman / TIME:
Watch Donald Trump Dodge a Bald Eagle
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
White supremacist groups see Trump bump
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Trump won't rule out third-party bid
Discussion: RedState
Daily Mail:
'Trump's not wrong - we can't wear uniform in our OWN cars': Five police officers claim Donald Trump …
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Bush suggests Trump dealing to help Clinton win
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:   Jeb taps Bush alumni for early-state push
Los Angeles Times:
Opinion No, Scalia's comment about ‘less-advanced’ schools wasn't racist  —  Justice Antonin Scalia wasn't saying all blacks should attend inferior colleges.  —  Wednesday's oral argument in the Supreme Court over affirmative action at the University of Texas had barely concluded …
Discussion: Poynter.
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Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Media Jumps The Gun, Attacks Scalia For Perfectly Reasonable Question
Discussion: The Hill
Stephanie Mencimer / Mother Jones:
Justice Scalia Suggests Blacks Belong at “Slower” Colleges
Discussion: Towleroad, Politico and Refinery29
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Justices' Comments Don't Bode Well for Affirmative Action
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Scalia: Affirmative Action Sends Blacks To Schools Too Advanced For Them
Los Angeles Times:
The man who bought the rifles: Who is Enrique Marquez?  —  FBI agents executed a search warrant at this Riverside home where resident Enrique Marquez is suspected of purchasing the guns used by the couple in the San Bernardino shooting rampage.  —  A 24-year-old Wal-Mart security guard …
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Beau Yarbrough / sbsun.com:
Source: San Bernardino mass shooter Syed Farook had photos of a Rialto high school on cellphone  —  San Bernardino mass shooter Syed Farook had multiple photos of a Rialto high school on his cellphone, according to sources close to the investigation.  —  As a health inspector …
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump postpones Israel trip  —  Donald Trump will postpone his trip to Israel and reschedule his meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Republican presidential candidate tweeted Thursday.  —  “I have decided to postpone my trip to Israel and to schedule my meeting with @netanyahu …
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Jimmy McMillan, Rent Is Too Damn High Candidate, Is Retiring From Politics  —  Jimmy McMillan, the whiskered political showman who became a viral Internet star when he ran for governor of New York in 2010 as a candidate of the Rent Is Too Damn High Party, has announced his retirement from the political arena …
Discussion: Politico and abc13.com
Sarah Koenig / Serial:
Welcome  —  Hello, everyone.  We're back.  Yes, at last!  We've launched Season Two.  —  Our first season was about a murder case few people had heard about.  Season Two is a story a gazillion people have heard about: the story of Bowe Bergdahl, the U.S. soldier who walked off his post …
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.
Los Angeles Times:
UFC's Dana White says Holly Holm will wait for Ronda Rousey  —  Holly Holm punches Ronda Rousey during their championship bout at UFC 193 in Melbourne, Australia.  UFC leadership says Holm's next fight will be a rematch with Rousey.  Holm's camp wanted a fight against Miesha Tate …
Discussion: NBCSports.com, all, ABC News and abc13.com
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: Hullabaloo, Mashable, SFist and alan.com
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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Richard Fausset / New York Times:
Colorado Shooting Suspect Declares 'I'm Guilty' in Court
 
 
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New York Times:
As It Fights ISIS, Pentagon Seeks String of Bases Overseas
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NBC News:
North Korea's Kim Jong Un Claims Country Has Hydrogen Bomb
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Authorities detonate Explosive Device at Warren Central Jr. High
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