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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Trump: Hillary ‘goes to sleep’ during days-long absences from campaign — Donald Trump says Democratic primary front-runner Hillary Clinton's regular absences from the campaign trail are a sign that she doesn't have the “stamina” to be president. — “She goes out and she sees you guys …
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Zachary Warmbrodt / Politico:
Trump, Sanders call each other liars — Donald Trump took to the talk shows Sunday to push back on attacks lobbed at the Republican presidential front-runner by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders in the Democratic debate Saturday night.
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ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript: Gov. Chris Christie, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump — THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT FOR ‘THIS WEEK’ ON DECEMBER 20, 2015 and it will be updated. ANNOUNCER: Starting right now on ABC's THIS WEEK, debate night showdown — the key moments from the final face-off of 2015.
Politifact.com Truth-O-Meter rulings from National:
Hillary Clinton: ISIS is “going to people showing videos of Donald Trump insulting Islam and Muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadists.” — No evidence for Hillary Clinton's claim that ISIS is using videos of Donald Trump as recruiting tool — During a Democratic presidential debate …
The Huffington Post:
Pussy Riot On Trump: We Laughed When Vladimir Putin Rose To Power, Too
Pussy Riot On Trump: We Laughed When Vladimir Putin Rose To Power, Too
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Raw Story, Independent Journal and Mediaite
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Clinton: Trump ‘Is Becoming ISIS’ Best Recruiter'
Kristen East / Politico:
CBS poll: Cruz still ahead in Iowa — Ted Cruz maintains a strong lead over Donald Trump in Iowa, according to the results of a poll released Sunday. — The Texas senator, in the CBS poll, grabbed the support of 40 percent of likely Republican caucus-goers in Iowa.
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CBS News:
Poll: Ted Cruz leads in Iowa; Donald Trump stays atop NH, SC — Donald Trump, the national front-runner, keeps his big lead in two of the three early states of New Hampshire and South Carolina, but now Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has moved past Trump into a lead of his own in Iowa.
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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Ex-DNC head: Kasich-Rubio ticket would scare me most
Ex-DNC head: Kasich-Rubio ticket would scare me most
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Politico
Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Trump's lead grows in post-debate poll
Trump's lead grows in post-debate poll
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Guardian, Raw Story, addictinginfo.org and Zero Hedge
Washington Post:
3rd Democratic debate transcript, annotated: Who said what and what it meant — Three Democratic candidates participated in tonight's ABC presidential primary debate at St. Anselm College in New Hampshire: Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and Martin O'Malley.
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Bill Curry / Salon:
Debbie Wasserman Schultz must go, and the case Bernie Sanders must make tonight
Debbie Wasserman Schultz must go, and the case Bernie Sanders must make tonight
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Politico:
The POLITICO Wrongometer
The POLITICO Wrongometer
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Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Trump tops Google searches before Dem debate
CBS News:
Fake bomb diverts Air France flight en route to Paris — NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenyan authorities are questioning several suspects who were on an Air France flight from Mauritius to Paris that was forced to land early Sunday in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa after a device suspected to be a bomb was found in a lavatory.
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The Independent:
A suspicious device found in the toilet of an Air France flight to Paris is a bomb, Kenyan authorities have said. — Two suspects from flight 463 - which was carrying 472 people - are being questioned by Kenyan security forces after the Paris-bound flight from Mauritius was forced …
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Guardian, The Daily Caller and addictinginfo.org
Kevin Baker / New York Times:
Political Party Meltdown — The strategists who wanted greater ideological purity may have gotten more than they bargained for. — DURING the tumultuous wartime summer of 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt fielded an incredible proposal. His Republican opponent from 1940, Wendell Willkie …
Caitlin Dewey / Washington Post:
What was fake on the Internet this week: Why this is the final column — There is nothing — NOTHING — too crazy for the Internet hoax beat. Pregnancy by flu shot? Six days of total darkness? In the past 82 weeks, I'm prettyyyy sure I've seen just about everything.
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Heather / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Peggy Noonan: ‘Harsh Rhetoric’ From GOP Candidates ‘Makes Them Look Radical’ — Poor Nooners. You can tell it caused her great pain to have to admit on this Sunday's Face the Nation that these Republican presidential candidates are sounding more and more like a bunch of warmongering nutters …
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Amy Dacey / Medium:
Here's what happened with NGP VAN, the Sanders Campaign, and the Clinton Campaign — And here are the steps we are taking to address the problem — The Democratic National Committee, through its software partner NGP VAN, provides tools for Democratic campaigns that are invaluable and second to none.
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Larry Diamond / The Atlantic:
What Is America Fighting For? … The United States has been at war with ISIS for more than a year, and with Islamic extremism for nearly a decade and a half. But beyond defending the homeland against terrorism, U.S. leaders have not offered a compelling answer to this vital question: What is it that America is fighting for?
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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Trump: Fellow Republicans are ‘jealous as hell’ of Putin's praise
Trump: Fellow Republicans are ‘jealous as hell’ of Putin's praise
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