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2:40 PM ET, December 24, 2015

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Jerry Markon / Washington Post:
U.S. plans raids to deport families who surged across border  —  The Department of Homeland Security has begun preparing for a series of raids that would target for deportation hundreds of families who have flocked to the United States since the start of last year, according to people familiar with the operation.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
A political bomb is about to blow up in the Democrats' faces  —  THE MORNING PLUM:  —  This scoop from Jerry Markon and David Nakamura is going to scramble the politics of immigration in the presidential race, and it may create more problems for Democrats than for Republicans:
Miriam Jordan / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Plans Mass Deportation of Illegal Central American Migrants  —  Authorities face influx of migrants escaping violence in El Salvador and Honduras  —  To stanch the flow of illegal migrants, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is preparing a national operation to deport Central American families …
Tony Leys / Des Moines Register:
Did Trump impugn fifth-grader's question to Clinton?  —  KEOTA, Ia.  — The morning after Hannah Tandy made national news with a poignant question to presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, rival candidate Donald Trump appeared to imply that the scene was phony.
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Matt Bai / Yahoo Politics:
Trump and the media, made for each other
Discussion: addictinginfo.org
Dave Barry / miamiherald:
Dave Barry's 2015 Year in Review  —  Was 2015 the worst year ever?  Yes, yes it was. … Sometimes we are accused — believe it or not — of being overly negative in our annual Year in Review.  Critics say we ignore the many positive events in a given year and focus instead on the stupid …
Discussion: Moe Lane
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Mele Kalik-Baracka  —  President Obama jets to a Hawaiian holiday, while the world unravels.  —  Before leaving for his annual Hawaiian Christmas vacation, President Obama found an odd way to wish Americans “Mele Kalikimaka!”  In an interview with National Public Radio, he discussed Islamic State, also known as ISIS.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:   Karl Rove: Obama Should React to Terrorism Like Bush Did
Stevengoddard / Real Science:
Christmas Eve 1955 Was Much Warmer  —  Drudge is touting the “record heat” forecast for Christmas Eve, even though most of the country will be below normal temperature.  The best Drudge could come up with was 86 degrees at Orlando.  —  Christmas Eve 1955 was much warmer.
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Democrats Turn to Trump Hats to Raise Cash  —  The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) is trying to raise money for 2016 House races with its own version of Donald Trump's infamous “Make America Great Again” hat.  —  The DCCC's hat comes in blue, and says “Make Congress Blue Again.”
Los Angeles Times:
Gov. Jerry Brown pardons Robert Downey Jr. for 1990s drug offenses  —  Robert Downey Jr. appears in a Malibu courtroom on July 25, 1996, after his third arrest in a month.  —  Actor Robert Downey Jr., who spent time behind bars in the late 1990s on drug convictions, received a Christmas Eve pardon …
Discussion: KTLA and Q13 FOX News
David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Americans Held Hostage in Iran Win Compensation 36 Years Later  —  WASHINGTON — After spending 444 days in captivity, and more than 30 years seeking restitution, the Americans taken hostage at the United States Embassy in Tehran in 1979 have finally won compensation.
George F. Will / Washington Post:
If Trump wins the nomination, prepare for the end of the conservative party  —  If you look beyond Donald Trump's comprehensive unpleasantness — is there a disagreeable human trait he does not have? — you might see this: He is a fundamentally sad figure.  His compulsive boasting is evidence of insecurity.
Discussion: Althouse
J. Patrick Coolican / Star Tribune:
Minneapolis City Council Member Alondra Cano under fire for posting phone numbers, email addresses of constituents  —  A Minneapolis City Council member is drawing criticism for what some see as an effort to publicly shame constituents who objected to her involvement in Wednesday's Black Lives Matter rally …
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Ben Carson plans staff shake-up in coming days  —  Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson is seeking to take control of his struggling presidential campaign, saying in an interview that his drop in the polls is the fault of his advisers and that he plans to shake up his staff in the coming days.
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Ben Carson hints at major campaign shakeup, then takes it back
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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Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
Trump, Obama and the Assault on Political Correctness
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Business Insider
Kiri Blakeley For / Daily Mail:
Man named Jihad arrested for threatening ‘jihad’ on California police and making bomb threat
Discussion: Jihad Watch and Pamela Geller
Lauren Luxenburg / Wilson Perkins Allen Opinion …:
44 Percent Of Democrats Support Taking Refugees From A Fictional Country
Discussion: Mediaite and RedState
ABC:
Philippine Muslim guerrillas murder seven in Christmas eve raids
Discussion: Jihad Watch and Pamela Geller
Hanna Trudo / Politico:
Huckabee says he'll drop out if he doesn't place in the top three in Iowa
New York Daily News:
Chris Christie, gunning for votes
Discussion: alan.com
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Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
It's a very Trump Christmas
Chris Stirewalt / Fox News:
The seven deadly stupidities of 2015 political coverage
Discussion: Betsy's Page and Politico
Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:
Conservatives' biographies show that history can move right
Kyle W. Orton / New York Times:
How Saddam Hussein Gave Us ISIS
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Sorry, Conservatives, Obamacare Is Still Working