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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.
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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 …
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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 …
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Eli Stokols / Politico:
GOP contenders prep for loud, ugly holiday season
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
It's Cruz, not Trump, who looks more like the favorite to win GOP primary
It's Cruz, not Trump, who looks more like the favorite to win GOP primary
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Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
Trump, Cruz Lead GOP Field; Support for Carson Plummets, Poll Finds
Trump, Cruz Lead GOP Field; Support for Carson Plummets, Poll Finds
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Vicki Needham / The Hill:
Report: Calif. attacker's posts went unnoticed during screening
Report: Calif. attacker's posts went unnoticed during screening
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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.
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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 …
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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 …
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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.
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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 …