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7:20 PM ET, December 15, 2015

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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
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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Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
Liberal Hispanic activists assail Rubio, Cruz as ‘traitors’ to their culture  —  Liberal Hispanic groups have launched a new campaign designed to turn Latino voters against the two Cuban-American Republicans who have risen to the top tier of the GOP presidential field …
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Trump Edges Cruz in Iowa; His Supporters Think Japanese Internment Was Good; Clinton Still …
Discussion: Right Wing Watch
Matthew J. Dowd / Wall Street Journal:
Seven Insights About the Republican Field Ahead of Las Vegas Debate
Discussion: Fox News
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
In face of criticism, Trump surges to his biggest lead over the GOP field
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Jeb Bush vowed that Donald Trump would be in decline by Dec. 15. That didn't happen.
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump to meet with GOP mega-donor but says 'I don't want his money'
Discussion: New York Times and Mediaite
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Ben Carson: Debate focused on national security would be a ‘slam dunk’
Discussion: Yahoo Politics and Daily Kos
Hunter Walker / Yahoo Politics:
The spotlight — and target — is on Cruz in the last GOP debate of 2015
Discussion: Politico
McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
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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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
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.
Discussion: Breitbart, Mediaite and Instapundit
Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Rubio ridicules ‘ridiculous’ Obama climate deal
Veronica Rocha / Los Angeles Times:
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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Tracybloomktla / KTLA:
LAUSD Closes All Schools Due to Emailed Threat of Violence That May Be Hoax  —  All Los Angeles Unified School District campuses were closed until further notice Tuesday after LAUSD received threat of violence to all schools that a local congressman said had been preliminarily been deemed a hoax.
Hailey Branson-Potts / Los Angeles Times:
Teen killed crossing street after L.A. schools closed over threat was ‘awesome student’  —  A 17-year-old student was struck and killed while crossing the street at Avenue 60 and Figueroa Street in Highland Park.  (Hailey Branson-Potts)  —  A 17-year-old student was struck and killed …
Jenna Morton / WQAD-TV:
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.
Discussion: WGN-TV
Daily Mail:
‘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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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Obamas have dog problem in White House
New York Times:
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
Fox News:
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 …
Camille Paglia / Spiked:
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 …
Discussion: Althouse
Jeff Patterson / WFLA-TV:
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.
Discussion: FOX21News.com
Stephanie McNeal / BuzzFeed:
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
Numbers / Pew Research Center for the People …:
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 …
MyKayla Hilgart / KIMT-TV:
Suspected bank robber in custody  —  UPDATE: Sterling State Bank has issued a statement regarding the recent robberies.  It is printed below in full:  —  “Sterling State Bank is thankful that none of our employees were harmed during the robberies that took place at our North Rochester office.
Discussion: KXAN-TV and WCMH-TV
Yanan Wang / Washington Post:
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?
Sophia Rosenbaum / Page Six:
Paris Hilton moving to Switzerland for millionaire beau … Paris Hilton wants to trade in her “Simple Life” — for a Swiss one.  —  The hotel heiress is making moves to permanently call Switzerland home so she can continue living with her millionaire Austrian boyfriend in the town of Schwyz, a well-known tax haven.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
 
 
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WOOD-TV:
Manager: Robber called clerk a terrorist, shot him
Discussion: KFOR-TV and WCMH-TV
New York Post:
City subways are turning into a sex-crime filled horror show
Discussion: BizPac Review and Gothamist
Anthony Watts / Watts Up With That?:
Shocker: Vegetarian diets worse for climate than eating bacon
Discussion: Power Line
Deke Farrow / modbee:
Modesto pastor recovering from accidental gunshot in firearm-safety class
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Out-of-control Florida school dean suspended for mocking ‘ugly’ Jews, black women and poor students
Discussion: WJXT-TV
Des Moines Register:
Last Slide  —  Actress and author Lena Dunham will campaign …
Discussion: Breitbart, LifeNews.com and Politico
Dusty Lane / Q13 FOX News:
Pasco man gets Amber Alert on his phone just as he's parking next to car in question
Discussion: KFOR-TV and New York's PIX11
Lauren French / Politico:
Ryan: Budget package a true compromise
 

 
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