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7:15 PM ET, December 18, 2015

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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
DNC penalizes Sanders campaign for improper access of Clinton voter data  —  Officials with the Democratic National Committee have accused the presidential campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders of improperly accessing confidential voter information gathered by the rival campaign of Hillary Clinton, according to several party officials.
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Bernie Sanders' campaign sues DNC  —  Bernie Sanders' campaign on Friday sued the Democratic National Committee for suspending its access to the national voter database, saying the move threatens to undermine the Vermont senator's presidential run.  —  Even as the campaign admitted its staffers …
The Hill:
Sanders sues Democratic Party  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders's (I-Vt.) presidential campaign filed a lawsuit Friday evening in federal court against the Democratic National Committee, following the suspension of his campaign from the DNC's voter database.  —  Earlier in the day …
Bloomberg Business:
Sanders Campaign Files Suit Over Democratic Party Penalty After Data Breach  —  Senior adviser Tad Devine accuses party leaders of “grinding our campaign to a halt” in an appearance on Bloomberg Politics' With All Due Respect.  —  michaelcbender  —  jeneps
Joe Battenfeld / Boston Herald:
Franklin Pierce/Herald poll: Cruz, Rubio, Christie surge toward front-runner Trump; Hillary climbs back in NH  —  A pack of more proven GOP contenders led by U.S. Senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz is surging closer to Donald Trump in New Hampshire, while Democrat Hillary Clinton has clawed …
MaryAlice Parks / ABC News:
DNC Data Breach: What Happened and What It Means for Bernie Sanders' Campaign  —  A Bernie Sanders campaign staffer has been fired after allegedly accessing data from the Hillary Clinton campaign, Sanders campaign officials said.  —  What the Sanders Campaign Is Saying
Dan Merica / CNN:
Fired Sanders aide: I wasn't peeking at Clinton data files
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Sanders threatens to sue DNC
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Daily Kos
New York Post:
Hillary Clinton's dream debate is one nobody watches
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:   Fired Sanders Staffer: We Saved Clinton Voter Data To Prove Breach
Alvin Chang / Vox:
We've never had a debate this close to Christmas
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Catherine Treyz / CNN:
Bernie Sanders campaign accesses Hillary Clinton data, gets suspended from DNC voter files
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Trump Lead Grows Nationally; 41% of His Voters Want to Bomb Country From Aladdin; Clinton Maintains Big Lead  —  PPP's newest national Republican primary poll finds Donald Trump holding his largest lead yet in the wake of Tuesday night's debate.  He's at 34% to 18% for Ted Cruz …
Discussion: New Urban Legends
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Rubio misses spending bill vote  —  Sen. Marco Rubio missed Friday's Senate vote approving a massive $1.8 trillion end-of-the-year spending bill and tax package — a day after he suggested that he could try to slow the legislation down.  —  The Florida Republican, who is running for president …
CBS News:
Marco Rubio explains why he skipped vote, swipes at Rand Paul  —  Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, on Friday defended his decision to skip a major vote in the Senate that afternoon to fund the government through September, and he took a swipe at a GOP rival who called on him to resign from Congress.
Jana Kasperkevic / Guardian:
Poll: 30% of GOP voters support bombing Agrabah, the city from Aladdin
Sophia Tesfaye / Salon:
Poll: 30 percent of GOP voters support bombing any Arab sounding nation — even the fictional land of Aladdin
Discussion: Occupy Democrats and NewsCut
Sen. Ted Cruz / Politico:
The Republicans in Congress Are Surrendering to Obama
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate sends $1.8 trillion deal to Obama
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Paul: Rubio should resign over missed Senate votes
Discussion: Washington Post and Hot Air
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Conservative Ire Grows Over Marco Rubio's Past on Immigration
Dan De Luce / Foreign Policy:
Hagel: The White House Tried to ‘Destroy’ Me  —  In an exclusive interview, Chuck Hagel said the Obama administration micromanaged the Pentagon, stabbed him in the back on the way out — and still has no strategy for fixing Syria.  —  Jet-lagged from a long overseas trip …
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Obama commutes 95 more prison sentences
Discussion: ABC News
Donald Allen / The White House:
President Obama Grants Commutations and Pardons
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Obama Commutes Sentences of 95 Prisoners and Pardons Two
Melanie Garunay / Blog Daily Listings RSS:
President Obama Has Shortened the Sentences of More People Than the Last 5 Presidents Combined
Discussion: ThinkProgress and NPR
Colin Campbell / Business Insider:
Donald Trump left Joe Scarborough stunned after being asked about Vladimir Putin killing journalists  —  During a Friday-morning interview with Donald Trump, MSNBC host Joe Scarborough was baffled by the Republican front-runner's embrace of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
The Trump Pattern  —  Again and again over the last six months …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
The New York Times Just Memory-Holed This Devastating Obama Admission  —  A story published by the New York Times late Thursday night caused some major media waves.  The story, which was written by reporters Peter Baker and Gardiner Harris, included a remarkable admission by Obama …
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Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
NY Times Stealth-Edits Article to Remove Embarrassing Obama Admission
Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
Systemic Change Needed After Faulty Times Article  —  Mistakes are bound to happen in the news business, but some are worse than others.  —  What I'll lay out here was a bad one.  It involved a failure of sufficient skepticism at every level of the reporting and editing process …
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fda.gov:
FDA proposes tanning bed age restrictions and other important safety measures … For Immediate Release  —  Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced important proposed steps to protect public health by preventing the use of sunlamp products (also commonly known as indoor tanning beds) …
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
College Professor, Students Sport Yellow Jewish Stars to ‘Protest Islamophobia’  —  A University of San Diego professor and her students have raised eyebrows in the pro-Israel community after they led a protest this week against anti-Muslim rhetoric by wearing yellow Jewish star badges …
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Abraham Cooper By / Wall Street Journal:
Mideast Christians Deserve U.S. Refuge
Discussion: Israel Matzav and National Review
Julia Hahn / Breitbart:
Congress Votes To Fund Nearly 300,000 Visas For Muslim Migrants In One Year  —  The House passed Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI)'s $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill, negotiated with Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).  A majority of House Republicans voted for the measure, which fully funds Obama's refugee …
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Anna Palmer / Politico:
How old-fashioned logrolling produced Congress' massive budget deal
 
 
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SPLC suit forces New Jersey group to cease bogus ‘conversion therapy’ program, pay damages
CNN:
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The Grim News About Demographics and Federal Spending
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