memeorandum: Two arrested on suspicion of terrorism offenses; Geneva remains on alert (Don Melvin/CNN)

1:50 PM ET, December 12, 2015

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Timothy Egan / New York Times:

Goose-Steppers in the G.O.P. — Well, he's got the Hitler vote. The neo-Nazi website, Daily Stormer, was out and proud earlier this week: “Heil Donald Trump — the Ultimate Savior.” After endorsing the Republican presidential front-runner earlier this year for his call …

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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:

Thanks to Trump, fringe news enters the mainstream — Alex Jones may be America's most successful conspiracy theorist. On his website, Infowars.com, and his daily radio program heard on more than 100 stations nationwide, Jones regularly promotes a variety of beyond-the- fringe ideas …

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Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
The Party Divides — The speed with which prominent Republican …

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Don Melvin / CNN:

Two arrested on suspicion of terrorism offenses; Geneva remains on alert — (CNN)Swiss police have arrested two people and found traces of explosives in a car as security remains high around Geneva amid a terrorism alert and a hunt for suspects, a diplomatic source told CNN's Nic Robertson on Saturday.

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Daily Mail:

Have police foiled an ISIS chemical weapons plot in Europe? Two Syrian terror suspects are arrested in Geneva for ‘making and transporting explosives and toxic gases’ — Two people of Syrian origin have been arrested in Geneva on suspicion of transporting ‘explosives and toxic gases’ as part of a probe into a terror threat.

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CBS Denver:

ACLU Board Member Resigns After Urging People To Kill Supporters Of Trump — By Shaun Boyd — DENVER (CBS4)- A board member for the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado has resigned after urging people to kill supporters of presidential candidate Donald Trump.

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Megan Schrader / Gazette:

ACLU board member resigns after Facebook post about shooting people who would vote for Trump — Loring Wirbel has resigned as co-chair of the Colorado Springs chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado after facing mounting criticism for a Facebook post that said people voting …

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John Sutter / CNN:

Final draft of climate deal agreement unveiled in Paris — Paris (CNN)After years of buildup and weeks of negotiations, diplomats issued a final draft of a climate change agreement Saturday that the French foreign minister described as “fair ... and legally binding.” — The draft now goes to government ministers.

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Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Nations on the Brink of a Landmark Climate Accord in Paris

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Bloomberg Business: Climate Negotiators Hail ‘Historic’ Paris Draft Agreement

Zachary Stone / New York Times:

I'm a Responsible Gun Owner? Seriously? — Austin, Tex. — “WHAT are you doing?” — I had just shot a gun for the first time. The instructor was yelling at me because he couldn't understand how a 22-year-old missed a target some four feet tall and two feet wide, standing only nine feet away.

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Caitlin Yilek / The Hill:

Trump to GOP: 'I'm sorry I did this to you' — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is sending a warning to GOP leaders about his dominance in the polls: “You've got to get used to it.” — During an interview with Fox News's Chris Wallace, the billionaire said Republicans are …

Christopher Massie / BuzzFeed:
Rand Paul: Establishment Will “Destroy” GOP If They Block Outsider Nomination

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Hollie McKay / Fox News:

Radioactive radical: Body of San Bernardino jihadist bride unclaimed — The mysterious jihadi bride who helped her husband kill 14 and wound 22 in last week's terror attack in San Bernardino could get the unceremonious - and un-Islamic - funeral she deserves, as no Muslim leaders want anything to do with her, FoxNews.com has learned.

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KMIR News:

Mosque on Fire in Coachella: Witnesses Say it's Arson — COACHELLA, Ca. Cal Fire is on scene of a fire at the Islamic Society of Coachella Valley in Coachella. It is located at 84650 of Avenue 49. — Firefighters were called to the scene around 12PM.

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Veronica Rocha / Los Angeles Times:
FBI investigating fire at Coachella Valley mosque

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Gary Sernovitz / New Yorker:

What Hillary Clinton Gets (and Bernie Sanders Doesn't) About Wall Street — On Monday, in a Times op-ed headlined “How I'd Rein In Wall Street,” Hillary Clinton expressed skepticism that restoring the Glass-Steagall Act, which once separated investment banks from commercial banks, would do much good.

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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

Muslim student upset after Gwinnett teacher asks if she has a bomb — The parent of an eighth-grade Muslim student at Shiloh Middle School in Gwinnett County is angry after an incident in which a teacher asked his daughter if she was carrying a bomb in her backpack.

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David Larter / The Scoop Deck:

The Navy's newest ship breaks down, limps into port — USNS Grapple tows USS Milwaukee, LCS-5, to Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek, Va. on Friday, December 11, 2015. LCS-5 suffered an engine casualty while in transit. (Credit: Mike Morones/Staff) — ABOARD THE LITTORAL COMBAT …

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Nick Timiraos / Wall Street Journal:

Treasury Will Delay Announcement on $10 Bill Redesign to 2016 … The Treasury Department will delay until 2016 the announcement of which woman will be selected for the redesigned $10 bill after an unexpectedly large volume of public feedback prompted officials to extend their months long review, a spokeswoman said Friday.

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CBS News:
Treasury Department delays decision on which woman to put on $10 bill

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New York Times:

Canada's Warm Embrace of Refugees — Many of the indelible images of the Middle East refugee crisis this year are haunting. There was the heart wrenching photo of Aylan Kurdi, a lifeless 3-year-old boy who drowned at sea and washed up ashore on a beach in Turkey in early September.

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