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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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the daily howler
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 …
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Christopher Massie / BuzzFeed:
Rand Paul: Establishment Will “Destroy” GOP If They Block Outsider Nomination
Rand Paul: Establishment Will “Destroy” GOP If They Block Outsider Nomination
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Washington Post, NPR and Politico
Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
The Party Divides — The speed with which prominent Republican …
The Party Divides — The speed with which prominent Republican …
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Daily Kos, Washington Post and New York Times
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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Never Yet Melted, No More Mister Nice Blog and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
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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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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KDFX-TV, all, NBC News, Talking Points Memo, LAist and U.S. Uncut
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Veronica Rocha / Los Angeles Times:
FBI investigating fire at Coachella Valley mosque
FBI investigating fire at Coachella Valley mosque
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KTLA
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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John Hawkins' Right Wing News, BizPac Review, Daily Mail and Weasel Zippers
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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Common Dreams
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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Opposing Views, addictinginfo.org and Raw Story
TMZ.com:
Ronda Rousey — So Freakin' Sad ... But Still Honoring America (VIDEO) — SO FREAKIN' SAD ... Still Honoring America — 45 MINUTES AGO BY TMZ STAFF — This is as down in the dumps as we've ever seen Ronda Rousey — expressing legitimate sadness about her loss to Holly Holm, but also putting on a brave face ... for the Marines!
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all, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, myfox8.com and Washington Post
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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Daily Mail, New York Times, Hot Air and The Week
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
No Political Guardrails — President Obama broke all the boundaries—and now Clinton and Trump are following suit. — Twenty-two years ago, my esteemed colleague Dan Henninger wrote a blockbuster Journal editorial titled “No Guardrails.” Its subject was people “who don't think that rules …
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Instapundit and Viking Pundit
Stephen Holden / New York Times:
Frank Sinatra: A Hundred Years On, the Voice Resonates Still — Frank Sinatra gave pop music a beating heart. — Before Michael Jackson, before Bob Dylan, before Elvis Presley, there was Sinatra, the first modern pop superstar. In the floodtide of centennial tributes (he was born on Dec. 12 …
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KOIN-TV
Nick Gehring / bencarson.com:
Dr. Ben Carson Releases Statement on Party Boss Insider Meeting Reported in Washington Post — By submitting the contribution form I certify: I am a citizen or permanent resident in the United States; The funds I am contributing are my own personal funds and not those of another person …
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CNN, Bloomberg Business and Fox News Insider
New York Daily News:
EXCLUSIVE: Bronx priest stole more than $1M from two NYC churches, used the cash on wild S&M romance with beefy boyfriend: lawsuit — Father, forgive him. — A scandalous lawsuit accuses a Bronx priest of looting more than $1 million from a pair of city parishes — then spending the cash …
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Raw Story, Towleroad, PinkNews and New York Post
The White House:
Executive Order — Half-Day Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on Thursday, December 24, 2015 — HALF-DAY CLOSING OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES — By the authority vested in me as President of the United States of America …
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Slantpoint and Washington Post
New York Times:
San Bernardino Attackers' Friend Spoke of ‘Sleeper Cells’ Before Rampage — RIVERSIDE, Calif. — The regulars did not take it seriously when Enrique Marquez mused about terrorism at Morgan's Tavern, a dank dive bar where Mr. Marquez hauled ice, cleaned bathrooms and checked IDs at the door.
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Jethro Mullen / CNN:
More than 250 years of prison recommended — The jurors recommended a total of 263 years of prison time for Holtzclaw's crimes. Formal sentencing is set for next month. — “We're going to ask the judge to make sure that this defendant never sees the light of day,” District Attorney David Prater said.
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