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11:30 PM ET, December 23, 2015

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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Rand Paul Says He Won't Participate In Undercard Debate  —  “I'm not gonna let any network or anybody tell me we're not a first-tier campaign.”  —  w.soundcloud.com  —  Rand Paul said on Wednesday that he will refuse to participate in a “second-tier” debate if he is relegated to the undercard stage by the Fox Business Network.
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Rand Paul: I won't do an undercard debate  —  Rand Paul will not accept being relegated to an undercard debate and is willing to protest, the Republican presidential candidate said Wednesday.  —  “I won't participate in any kind of second-tier debate,” Paul declared in a radio interview with Fox News host Brian Kilmeade.
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
Marco Rubio Dips in the Polls Heading into Christmas
Discussion: Politico
CNN:
Trump dominates GOP field heading into 2016
Associated Press:
Carson Telegraphs Major Campaign Shake-Up: ‘Everything Is On The Table’
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Politico
Daily Mail:
Facebook page linked to Taliban and Al Qaeda was registered to same address as British Muslim father whose Disneyland trip was blocked by Homeland Security  —  A British Muslim father whose planned Disneyland trip was ruined when he and his family were barred from boarding a flight to the U.S …
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Amanda Andrade-Rhoades / Opposing Views:
Kentucky's New Governor Strips Voting Rights For Felons And Lowers Minimum Wage In Sweeping Reforms  —  Kentucky's newly sworn-in Gov. Matt Bevin has issued a series of executive orders undoing much of his Democratic predecessor's work in one fell swoop.  —  Not only did Bevin strip …
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Mike Allen / Politico:
What Ted Cruz said behind closed doors  —  In June, Ted Cruz promised on NPR that opposition to gay marriage would be “front and center” in his 2016 campaign.  —  In July, he said the Supreme Court's decision allowing same-sex marriage was the “very definition of tyranny” and urged states to ignore the ruling.
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Nick Gillespie / Hit & Run:
UPDATED!  That Deleted Ted Cruz Cartoon Wasn't The Worst Thing Wash Post Published This Week  —  Updated at 10:43 A.M.: Scroll down for cartoonist Ann Telnaes' comments on controversy.  —  By now, you've probably heard about the early Christmas gift that The Washington Post gave to Ted Cruz …
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Washington Post removes cartoon depicting Ted Cruz's daughters as monkeys
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Sorry, Conservatives, Obamacare Is Still Working  —  We will stop correcting you when you stop being wrong.  —  1.7k  —  1.3k  —  Two years ago this time, conservatives were giddily predicting that Obamacare would collapse, “a failure of the administrative state on a level unimagined …
New Republic:
Brian Beutler  —  Hillary Clinton has an amazing plan to close every public school in America.  —  But she might want to sit in on a better-than-average math class before stating goals like this: “I wouldn't keep any school open that wasn't doing better than average.”
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Bush: Problem With Confederate Flag Is ‘What It Began To Represent Later’  —  GOP 2016er Jeb Bush defended his decision as Florida governor to take down the Confederate battle flag from the state capitol by arguing the controversy around Confederate monuments “isn't the 19th century issue, it's the 20th century issue.”
Tony Leys / Des Moines Register:
Clinton says Trump's vulgarity doesn't shock her  —  FAIRFIELD, Ia.  — Hillary Clinton said she wasn't surprised to hear that Donald Trump had used a vulgarity to refer to her this week, but she doesn't plan to rise to his bait by responding directly to his insults.
New York Times:
The Typical American Lives Only 18 Miles From Mom  —  Families traveling from far-flung places and returning home for the holidays.  That image of an American Christmas, retold in song and movies, fits the perception of Americans as rootless, constantly on the move to seek opportunity even if it means leaving family behind.
Discussion: Jezebel, Mother Jones and The Week
Rich Lowry / Politico:
The Right's Post-Constitutional Moment  —  No one will ever mistake Donald Trump for a student of James Madison.  —  The real-estate mogul has demonstrated about as much familiarity with the U.S. Constitution as with the Bible, which is to say, none.  Trump has captivated a share …
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
NH reporter: Marco Rubio is like “a computer algorithm designed to cover talking points”  —  Marco Rubio's relative lack of campaigning in early states like New Hampshire has been getting increasing attention in the national press — a Washington Post article this week asked whether he'd “work hard enough to become president.”
Ali Weinberg / ABC News:
President Obama's Christmas Wish for Christians Persecuted by ISIS  —  President Obama expressed his wishes during the Christmas season for persecuted Christians around the world, especially those in the Middle East who have experienced “brutal atrocities” at the hands of ISIS.
Discussion: Politico
Edmundo Carrillo / Albuquerque Journal:
Police sgt. says governor was ‘inebriated’  —  SANTA FE - A Santa Fe police officer's recording shows the officer and a Santa Fe hotel security guard discussing whether Gov. Susana Martinez was intoxicated in the moments after she talked to them about a report of loud noise and bottles …
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Matthew Belloni / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Hateful Eight’ Pirated Screener Traced Back to Top Hollywood Executive (Exclusive)  —  A copy mailed to Alcon Entertainment co-CEO Andrew Kosove was uploaded to file-sharing sites as the FBI probes a damaging leak of the Quentin Tarantino film.  “I've never seen this DVD,” Kosove tells THR.
Discussion: Guardian, Engadget and Techdirt
 
 
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Shasta Darlington / CNN:
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Jared Piazza / RealClearScience:
Should We Lie to Children About Santa?
Discussion: neo-neocon
Victoria Cavaliere / Raw Story:
Washington judge bats down NRA and upholds Seattle's ‘gun violence tax’ on sellers of firearms and ammo
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