memeorandum: 3rd Democratic debate transcript, annotated: Who said what and what it meant (Washington Post)

12:10 PM ET, December 20, 2015

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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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Daniel Strauss / Politico:

14 key moments from the Democratic debate — There were only three candidates on the stage in the latest Democratic presidential debate, but each had plenty of big moments as they argued about taxes on the middle class, intervention abroad, and the safety of their campaign data.

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Politico:

The POLITICO Wrongometer — POLITICO's analysis of where the Democratic field stretched the truth, steered around some inconvenient facts, or just plain got it wrong. — Hillary's bold new education plan? Not so bold — Hillary Clinton said during tonight's presidential debate …

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Jonathan Swan / The Hill:

Trump tops Google searches before Dem debate — Presidential Republican front-runner Donald Trump is not even on stage in Saturday's Democratic debate and yet he is receiving more Google searches than any of the three Democrats. — In a search of Google trends covering the four hours leading …

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 …

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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:

Clinton: Trump ‘Is Becoming ISIS’ Best Recruiter' — Hillary Clinton accused her Republican presidential rival Donald Trump of “becoming ISIS' best recruiter” during Saturday's Democratic debate in New Hampshire. — “We need to make sure that the really discriminatory messages that Trump …

Bill Curry / Salon:

Debbie Wasserman Schultz must go, and the case Bernie Sanders must make tonight — The chairwoman is the Democrats' version of Katherine Harris — inept, in the tank, and no longer to be trusted — 'Tis nearly the night before Christmas and not a creature is stirring, what with everyone out at a party, multiplex or mall.

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ABC News:
Transcript for Democrats Debate What Should Take Priority: Ousting Assad or Fighting ISIS?

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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
O'Malley: Clinton ‘Shamefully’ Used 9/11 To Hide ‘Cozy’ Wall Street Ties

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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:

Trump: Fellow Republicans are ‘jealous as hell’ of Putin's praise — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Saturday that anyone who criticizes the warm compliments he has swapped with Russian President Vladimir Putin is simply “jealous as hell.”

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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?

The Huffington Post:
Pussy Riot On Trump: We Laughed When Vladimir Putin Rose To Power, Too

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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump Doubles Down On Putin Love, Says There's “A Lot Of Truth” To U.S. Killing People

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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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ABC News:
Sanders Apologizes to Clinton Over Accessing Voter Data

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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Amid DNC dust-up, Sanders raises $1 million in a single day, campaign associate says

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David Atkins / Washington Monthly:
An Explanation of What Bernie Sanders Staffers Actually Did and Why It Matters

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Daily Mail:

Bullring ‘bomb plot’: New image found on Paris jihadi's phone points to plan by terror cell to target Birmingham shopping centre — The evil mastermind behind the Paris terror attacks had a photograph of one of Britain's busiest shopping centres on his mobile phone, The Mail on Sunday has been told.

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New York Times:

The Reproductive Rights Rollback of 2015 — How many laws making it harder to get an abortion will pass before the Supreme Court sees them for what they are — part of a tireless, coordinated nationwide assault on the right of women to control what happens with their own bodies without the interference of politicians?