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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 …
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Trump hits new high in poll  —  Donald Trump has crossed the 40 percent threshold in a new national poll, giving the Republican presidential candidate the largest lead he's held in any survey so far.  —  A Monmouth University poll released Monday found Trump taking 41 percent support …
Discussion: Mother Jones and Eschaton
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 …
Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
Donald Trump Hits 41 Percent Support and Widest Lead Yet in New National Poll
Tony Leys / Des Moines Register:
Clinton builds lead over Sanders, new Iowa Poll shows
Mike Allen / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook, presented by Qualcomm …
Eli Stokols / Politico:
GOP contenders prep for loud, ugly holiday season
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Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
What The Hell Happened To Mickey Kaus?  —  Mickey Kaus was sitting at Superba Food + Bread in Venice Beach, California, an expensive coffee place where an expensive-looking person was yelling at the counter staff about a housefly on a cookie.  —  Kaus was sorry about the location …
Aurelien Breeden / New York Times:
French Teacher Lied About ISIS Stabbing, Prosecutors Say  —  PARIS — The French authorities said on Monday that a teacher who claimed to have been stabbed with scissors and a box cutter at a preschool near Paris had fabricated the story.  —  A police official in Aubervilliers confirmed that the teacher …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Josh Lederman / Associated Press:
Obama Says US Coalition Hitting Islamic State ‘Harder Than Ever’  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Monday said the U.S.-led coalition is making progress against Islamic State militants in both Iraq and Syria, as he delivered an update on the campaign aimed at reassuring Americans worried …
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Obama says U.S. hitting ISIL ‘harder than ever’
Discussion: Bloomberg Business
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Republican Billionaires Just Can't Seem to Buy This Election  —  Money has poured into the political system.  And yet spending the cash haul effectively has never been more difficult. … You'd think buying an election would be easy.  This is, after all, the rough pitch …
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
The biggest Pinocchios of 2015  —  It's time for our annual round-up of the biggest Pinocchios of the year.  —  The 2016 presidential campaign has dominated our coverage of false claims.  In particular, businessman Donald Trump—who has soared to the top of the GOP field—kept us busy.
S.L. Price / SI.com:
2015 Sportsperson of the Year: Serena Williams  —  Real life?  For Serena Williams that's the easy part now.  That's how it works when you zoom—beyond tennis, beyond $74 million in prize money, beyond one of the greatest late-career runs in sports history—into celebrity hyperspace.
Brody Mullins / Wall Street Journal:
Sen. Bob Corker Failed to Properly Disclose Millions of Dollars in Income  —  Tennessee Republican files amendments to reports going back to 2007; ‘I am extremely disappointed in the filing errors’  —  WASHINGTON—Sen. Bob Corker failed to properly disclose millions of dollars in income from real estate …
Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
How one word nearly killed the climate deal  —  PARIS — The proposed accord was just hours from a final vote when the glitch was spotted.  Someone had changed a single word in the draft text — from a “should” to a “shall” — and suddenly the entire climate deal appeared at risk of faltering.
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Coral Davenport / New York Times:
A Climate Deal, 6 Fateful Years in the Making
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Susan Edelman / New York Post:
School principal bans Santa, Thanksgiving and Pledge of Allegiance  —  Santa Claus is banned.  The Pledge of Allegiance is no longer recited.  “Harvest festival” has replaced Thanksgiving, and “winter celebrations” substitute for Christmas parties.  —  New principal Eujin Jaela Kim …
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
 
 
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