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All LAUSD schools closed after bomb threat called in to board member, police say — All Los Angeles Unified School District campuses were closed Tuesday morning after a bomb threat was called in to a board member, police said. — It is unclear when the threat was made and to which school board member …
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LAUSD Closes All Schools Amid ‘Credible Threat’ of Violence to ‘Many Schools’ — All Los Angeles Unified School District schools were closed Tuesday morning until further notice after LAUSD received a “credible threat,” according to school district officials.

The Latest: NYC Officials: We Got Same Threat, Call It Hoax
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LA Public Schools Shut Down After Unspecified Threat, Police Say
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American Spectator

Trump rises, Carson collapses in Post/ABC poll — Donald Trump has hit his highest level of support yet in a new Washington Post/ABC News poll of registered Republicans out Tuesday: 38 percent. — Despite the widespread blowback over Trump's proposal to ban Muslims from entering the U.S. …
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How Trump Could Win, and Why He Probably Won't — Despite controversy after controversy, Donald Trump still dominates the polls. With his seemingly impervious lead, it is tempting to declare that he is a clear front-runner for the nomination. — He has, after all, defied all expectations …
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In face of criticism, Trump surges to his biggest lead over the GOP field — Following his proposal to temporarily bar Muslims from entering the country, Donald Trump has increased his lead in the Republican primary to its largest margin yet, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
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Trump Edges Cruz in Iowa; His Supporters Think Japanese Internment Was Good; Clinton Still Well Ahead of Sanders In State — PPP's newest Iowa poll finds Donald Trump and Ted Cruz at the top of the heap with 28% and 25% respectively. Marco Rubio at 14% and Ben Carson at 10% are also in double digits …
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Political Wire and Right Wing Watch

Ben Carson: Debate focused on national security would be a ‘slam dunk’
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5 things to watch in tonight's debate
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Liberal Hispanic activists assail Rubio, Cruz as ‘traitors’ to their culture
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Trump Campaign Rally Erupts In Chaos And Ugly Confrontation — LAS VEGAS — Donald Trump's campaign rally had only been underway for a few minutes Monday night when the first angry eruption occurred. — The Republican frontrunner had invited a supporter up to the stage to recount how his son was killed by an undocumented immigrant.
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Trump Audience Member Yells Nazi Salute as Protester Removed From Las Vegas Rally — Some Donald Trump supporters attending the Republican presidential candidate's rally in Las Vegas on the eve of the next GOP debate treated protesters with unusual hatred Monday night.
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A group of influential social conservative leaders is planning to back Ted Cruz — Tim Alberta from National Review has a great report about Ted Cruz winning the allegiance of a group of conservative factional leaders who met under the auspices of Family Research Council president Tony Perkins …
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Cruz Forces Trump Blunders
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GOP establishment worries about Cruz-Trump showdown
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Man drives pickup into Alva hotel lobby — ALVA, Okla. — A Texas man accused of driving his pickup into the lobby of an Alva hotel is facing felony charges in the incident. — John Parsley, 62, of Gonzales, Texas, faces two felony counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon …
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Disgruntled Guest Rams Truck Into Oklahoma Hotel Desk, Just Missing Two Women
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First Truth, Now Chappaquiddick — Some time ago-several decades, actually-a group of us at my law firm formed a Chappaquiddick Book Club. We read three or four books on the fatal car accident that should have ended Ted Kennedy's public career. The facts are much worse than most people realize …
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Ryan: Budget package a true compromise — Speaker Paul Ryan said Tuesday that negotiators will unveil their trillion-dollar government spending bill Tuesday. — The package will be finalized just one day before the deadline to keep the government funded, ensuring that Congress will need …
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Oil Export Plan Last Obstacle to U.S. Spending Bill, Reid Says
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The Cruz Imposture — The Texas senator's foreign policy is closer to Obama's than he lets on. — Not everything in Ted Cruz's foreign policy speech on Thursday at the Heritage Foundation was awful. There was enough intellectual heft in there to suggest that the senator from Texas …
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Pasco man gets Amber Alert on his phone just as he's parking next to car in question — Missing Attachment Missing Attachment Missing Attachment — PASCO - Can you even imagine? — A Pasco man was pulling into a Wendy's parking lot Monday night when he got an Amber Alert on his phone.
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Women Say Their Hair Is Falling Out In Chunks After Using Wen Hair Products — Women say a popular hair care line created by a celebrity stylist in Los Angeles is making them go bald, with hundreds of people joining a class-action lawsuit against the manufacturer. — Instagram: @wenbychazdean Murphy Rosen LLP
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In Defense of Philanthrocapitalism — When Mark Zuckerberg, the C.E.O. of Facebook, announced that he would be donating ninety-nine per cent of his Facebook stock to a new nonprofit organization, he got his share of positive headlines. But the move was also dismissed as a tax-avoidance scheme …
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Inside the 2016 black market for donor emails — Scott Walker has begun selling access to his email list to pay off his leftover presidential debt, renting out the email addresses of hundreds of thousands of supporters to former rivals, including Marco Rubio, John Kasich, Ted Cruz and Ben Carson.
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Political Wire


Last Slide — Actress and author Lena Dunham will campaign for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Jan. 9 in Des Moines and Iowa City. — “Lena has spent a lot of time with Hillary, and I bet she's got some great stories to share,” Michelle Kleppe, the Iowa organizing director …
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LifeNews.com and Politico