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How Donald 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 …
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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. …


Liberal Hispanic activists assail Rubio, Cruz as ‘traitors’ to their culture
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Occupy Democrats, Althouse and Instapundit

In face of criticism, Trump surges to his biggest lead over the GOP field
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USA Today, Hot Air, Politico, New York Times and Talking Points Memo

Trump Edges Cruz in Iowa; His Supporters Think Japanese Internment Was Good; Clinton Still …
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Seven Insights About the Republican Field Ahead of Las Vegas Debate
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Jeb Bush vowed that Donald Trump would be in decline by Dec. 15. That didn't happen.
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Hot Air, RedState, New York Times, The Daily Caller, Daily Kos and Slantpoint

Trump to meet with GOP mega-donor but says 'I don't want his money'
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New York Times and Mediaite

Ben Carson: Debate focused on national security would be a ‘slam dunk’
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Yahoo Politics and Daily Kos


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's protester problem — Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More — LAS VEGAS — “It's like Obama in reverse! Obama in reverse!” said an excited Donald Trump supporter visiting from Tennessee who came to the Republican front-runner's debate-eve rally in an enormous convention room off the Vegas Strip.
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Donald Trump to meet with Sheldon Adelson in Vegas — LAS VEGAS — Donald Trump is slated to meet with billionaire Las Vegas casino mogul Sheldon Adelson on Tuesday, a Trump spokesman said. — Trump is scheduled to meet with Adelson, a Republican megadonor who is uncommitted in the 2016 race …
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Talking Points Memo, The Times of Israel, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Bloomberg.com news


Trump audience member yells Nazi salute as protester removed from Las Vegas rally — Donald Trump's rally in Las Vegas on the eve of the next GOP debate turned chaotic on Monday night as protesters shouted slogans and audience members screamed back. — view photo essay — The presidential campaign: Donald Trump
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Rubio ridicules ‘ridiculous’ Obama climate deal
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Trump Supporter Yells “Light The Motherf**ker On Fire” As Protester Is Dragged Away At Rally
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Trump Audience Member Yells Nazi Salute as Protester Removed From Las Vegas Rally
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Jewish Telegraphic Agency, addictinginfo.org and The Week

5 things to watch in tonight's debate
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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 All Schools: Officials — All Los Angeles Unified School District campuses were closed Tuesday until further notice after LAUSD received a “credible” threat to all schools, according to district officials and police.


Bratton: New York City Schools Received ‘Hoax’ Terror Threat, Says It Was Similar To LA Threat
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Muscatine man fights panhandlers who refuse his offer of a job — It's a picture that's been shared around the world. Two boys panhandling in Muscatine, another man holding a sign telling people not to give them money. — In Muscatine, Iowa you can find panhandlers several times a week.
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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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Women sue WEN hair care by Chaz Dean claiming it causes hair loss
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The Experts Were Wrong About the Best Places for Better and Cheaper Health Care — These maps look nothing alike. Their big differences are forcing health experts to rethink what they know about health costs across the country. — Medicare spending per capita
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Balloon Juice, Mother Jones, JustOneMinute and Marginal REVOLUTION


‘The Obamas treat Air Force One like an Uber ride’: Chief of spending watchdog says president's Christmas Hawaii trip is too expensive to justify — Barack Obama has been savaged by a top spending campaigner for taking the First Family on an eighth consecutive Christmas vacation to Hawaii, at huge expense to the American taxpayer.
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News and The Daily Caller


Feminist trouble — It's doubtful whether Camille Paglia - cultural critic, academic and the author of several acclaimed books including, most recently, Glittering Images: A Journey Through Art from Egypt to Star Wars - has ever pulled a punch. Since she burst on to the cultural scene in the 1990s …
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Althouse


In Flint, Mich., there's so much lead in children's blood that a state of emergency is declared — For months, worried parents in Flint, Mich., arrived at their pediatricians' offices in droves. Holding a toddler by the hand or an infant in their arms, they all have the same question: Are their children being poisoned?
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ThinkProgress, Mashable, Associated Press, Daily Kos, The Verge and Common Dreams


VIDEO: Boy arrested 20+ times, arrested again for stealing 89-year-old man's car — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — A 12-year-old boy who has been arrested more than 20 times was arrested again on Monday. St. Petersburg police say he stole a car from an 89-year-old man.
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FOX21News.com


Sources: Review affirms Clinton server emails were ‘top secret,’ despite department challenge — EXCLUSIVE: An intelligence community review has re-affirmed that two classified emails were indeed “top secret” when they hit Hillary Clinton's unsecured personal server despite a challenge …
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Politico, American Spectator, Hot Air, National Review, Washington Free Beacon and The Right Scoop


City subways are turning into a sex-crime filled horror show — Sex crimes on the city's subways have soared by nearly 20 percent this year, due to a surge in the number of gropers, flashers and voyeurs, NYPD officials said on Monday. — “I think everyone has a subway horror story,” …
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Gothamist


Views of Government's Handling of Terrorism Fall to Post-9/11 Low — Little change in views of relationship between Islam and violence — Following the terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, Calif., the public's concerns about terrorism have surged and positive ratings …
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Pew Research Center and Politico


House Republicans propose resolution defending Christmas — A group of House Republicans has signed onto legislation declaring support for Christmas. — Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.) has introduced a resolution expressing the sense of the House that “the symbols and traditions of Christmas …
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Yahoo Politics, Talking Points Memo, The Spot, Outside the Beltway, addictinginfo.org and The Bob and Chez Show


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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Breitbart, LifeNews.com and Politico