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8:20 PM ET, December 18, 2015

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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 …
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Bloomberg Business:
Sanders Campaign Sues Democratic Party 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  —  AndyNewsNowInDC
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.
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 …
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
New York Post:
Hillary Clinton's dream debate is one nobody watches
Alvin Chang / Vox:
We've never had a debate this close to Christmas
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:   Fired Sanders Staffer: We Saved Clinton Voter Data To Prove Breach
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Sanders threatens to sue DNC
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Daily Kos
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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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.
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 …
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
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Paul: Rubio should resign over missed Senate votes
Discussion: Hot Air and Washington Post
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate sends $1.8 trillion deal to Obama
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
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Obama Commutes Sentences of 95 Prisoners and Pardons Two
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
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 …
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
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) …
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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 …
Discussion: Right, Vlad Tepes and The Daily Caller
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Anna Palmer / Politico:
How old-fashioned logrolling produced Congress' massive budget deal
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
New York pizza parlor owner admits to recruiting for ISIS  —  The owner of a Rochester, N.Y., pizza parlor pleaded guilty on Thursday to trying to recruit people to join Islamic extremists in the Middle East.  —  The man, 31-year-old Mufid Elfgeeh, used the Internet to find potential supporters …
 
 
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