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10:30 AM ET, December 14, 2015

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Nomiki Konst / The Hill:
Ted Cruz isn't just surging — he's winning  —  Every show has an end.  Just like “The Apprentice” — gripping the first few few seasons, tired and contrived in the last — Donald Trump's campaign is aging toward death, one reckless outburst at at time.  Although the casual political junkie …
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Carrie Dann / NBC News:
NBC Poll: Clinton Would Trounce Trump But Lose to Rubio, Carson  —  Hillary Clinton would defeat Ted Cruz and trounce Donald Trump in a hypothetical head-to-head general election matchup, but she would lose to Marco Rubio or Ben Carson, a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds.
Joshua Green / Bloomberg Business:
Cruz Poised to Steal Even More Trump Supporters in Iowa  —  The crosstabs of the latest Bloomberg Politics/Des Moines Register Iowa Poll reveal some encouraging findings for the Texas senator.  —  JoshuaGreen  —  Ted Cruz shot to a 10-point lead over Donald Trump in the latest Bloomberg …
Tony Leys / Des Moines Register:
Clinton builds lead over Sanders, new Iowa Poll shows  —  Hillary Clinton is building her lead among Iowa Democrats, but rival Bernie Sanders hasn't faded, a new Iowa Poll shows.  —  The poll, conducted for The Des Moines Register and Bloomberg Politics, suggests Clinton gained …
Eli Stokols / Politico:   GOP contenders prep for loud, ugly holiday season
Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:
Cruz campaign credits psychological data and analytics for its rising success  —  URBANDALE, Iowa — As Cecil Stinemetz walked up to a gray clapboard house in suburban Des Moines last week wearing his “Cruz 2016” cap, a program on his iPhone was determining what kind of person would answer the door.
Discussion: The Daily Caller, The Week and Althouse
Elizabeth Kolbert / New Yorker:
The Siege of Miami  —  The city of Miami Beach floods on such a predictable basis that if, out of curiosity or sheer perversity, a person wants to she can plan a visit to coincide with an inundation.  Knowing the tides would be high around the time of the “super blood moon,” in late September …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
Sylvan Lane / The Hill:
Rubio is still insured under Obamacare: report  —  Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) is one of the Affordable Care Act's staunchest opponents.  He's also one of its highest-profile beneficiaries.  —  Rubio enrolled his family in health insurance through the Washington, D.C., exchange in 2013 …
Amber Jamieson / New York Post:
Plumber's old truck spotted in ISIS video  —  A Texas plumber who was flooded with threats after his old truck — still emblazoned with his company's name — was seen driven by ISIS thugs in Syria has armed himself and is suing a Ford dealer.  —  Mark Oberholtzer of Mark-1 Plumbing …
Discussion: BizPac Review and Fox News Insider
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
'Libtard'-hating ex-police chief accused of pointing gun at woman who passed his Hummer  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  A former Pennsylvania police chief infamous for his profane video rants — punctuated by gunfire — against “libtards” has been arrested on harassment and terrorist threat charges.
Discussion: alan.com
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Diversity: Seven notes  —  Scott's six notes on “mismatch” add a much needed clarity to the discussion of race-based preferential admissions to college.  I want to add seven notes on the concept of diversity, which Scott discussed.  —  Note 1: The ideology of diversity is, as Scott says, relatively new.
Michael Safi / Guardian:
Sydney woman found cash ‘meant for Islamic State’ in son's shorts  —  Youth granted immunity to testify against two men accused of handing him US$9,000 to transfer to Isis accounts in September last year  —  A Sydney youth, who was allegedly given US$9,000 to send to Islamic State …
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Jethro Mullen / CNN:
More than 700,000 evacuated as Typhoon Melor batters Philippines
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Rebecca Leber / New Republic:
The Paris talks have given us a long-shot chance to save the planet.
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Evan Hoopfer / timesfreepress.com:
Police ask community for video footage of man killed by officer after endangering child, officer
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James Fallows / The Atlantic:
Obama: Chessmaster, not Pawn
Kristen Taketa / Crime Blog:
UNT police officer fatally shoots ax-wielding student near campus
Discussion: KXAN-TV
Free Thought Project / Raw Story:
Missouri police chief resigns after caging family's lost puppy at a gun range and shooting it
Discussion: addictinginfo.org
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Rubio Outlines Plan To End Marriage Equality