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6:30 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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Dan Merica / CNN:
Fired Sanders aide: I wasn't peeking at Clinton data files  —  (CNN)The Bernie Sanders campaign staffer who was fired for accessing data unique to the Hillary Clinton campaign's vote file, told CNN on Friday that he was only trying to “understand how badly the Sanders campaign's data was exposed” …
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 …
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
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 …
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Martin O'Malley and Bernie Sanders Bristle at Holding Debates on Weekends  —  If a presidential debate is held and nobody watches, does it really happen?  —  While viewers are expected to watch the third Democratic debate on Saturday night, they are unlikely to be doing so in the droves …
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 …
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Sanders threatens to sue DNC
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Daily Kos
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:   Fired Sanders Staffer: We Saved Clinton Voter Data To Prove Breach
New York Post:
Hillary Clinton's dream debate is one nobody watches
Discussion: New York Times and Viking Pundit
Alvin Chang / Vox:
We've never had a debate this close to Christmas
Catherine Treyz / CNN:
Bernie Sanders campaign accesses Hillary Clinton data, gets suspended from DNC voter files
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
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 …
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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.
Sen. Ted Cruz / Politico:
The Republicans in Congress Are Surrendering to Obama
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate sends $1.8 trillion deal to Obama
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Conservative Ire Grows Over Marco Rubio's Past on Immigration
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Paul: Rubio should resign over missed Senate votes
Discussion: Hot Air
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
German Lopez / Vox:   Donald Trump on Vladimir Putin's alleged human rights abuses: “at least he's a leader”
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
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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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
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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) …
CNN:
First on CNN: Newly discovered hack has U.S. fearing foreign infiltration  —  Washington (CNN)A major breach at computer network company Juniper Networks has U.S. officials worried that hackers working for a foreign government were able to spy on the encrypted communications of the U.S. government …
Discussion: Gizmodo, Hot Air and Engadget
Anna Palmer / Politico:
How old-fashioned logrolling produced Congress' massive budget deal  —  During John Boehner's speakership, when a vote on a massive spending bill was around the corner, he'd often be holed up in his office, trying to figure out how to persuade Republicans to avoid a government shutdown.
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Laura Bauer / Kansas City Star:
Missouri trooper charged in death of Brandon Ellingson, who drowned in handcuffs  —  Highway Patrol Trooper Anthony Piercy was charged Friday with involuntary manslaughter  —  Criminal charge follows 18 months of investigations, including two special prosecutors
Discussion: Raw Story and FOX2now.com
 
 
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