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12:45 PM ET, December 20, 2015

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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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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.
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 …
Discussion: Vox, Slate, Althouse and The Right Scoop
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.
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.
Discussion: BizPac Review and Mediaite
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 …
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 …
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:   Clinton: Trump ‘Is Becoming ISIS’ Best Recruiter'
ABC News:
Transcript for Democrats Debate What Should Take Priority: Ousting Assad or Fighting ISIS?
Discussion: Politico and Bloomberg.com news
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
O'Malley: Clinton ‘Shamefully’ Used 9/11 To Hide ‘Cozy’ Wall Street Ties
Discussion: The Week
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 …
The Huffington Post:
Pussy Riot On Trump: We Laughed When Vladimir Putin Rose To Power, Too
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
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.
Discussion: New York Times, Mashable and Politico
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Amid DNC dust-up, Sanders raises $1 million in a single day, campaign associate says
Discussion: Independent Journal
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.
Discussion: Jihad Watch and Pamela Geller
Norimitsu Onishi / New York Times:
U.S. Support of Gay Rights in Africa May Have Done More Harm Than Good  —  LAGOS, Nigeria — Suspicious neighbors and landlords pry into their private lives.  Blackmailers hunt for victims on the social media sites they use to meet other men.  Police officers routinely stop them to search …
Discussion: Towleroad
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?
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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Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

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