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Hunter Walker / Yahoo:
The Sanders campaign is taking its fight with the DNC to the next level — The dustup over a data breach that briefly erupted in the Democratic presidential primary last week isn't over as far as Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and his team are concerned. — In a conversation with Yahoo News …
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Trump campaign: Hillary bullied women to hide Bill's ‘sexist secrets’ — Donald Trump's campaign is escalating its war of words with Hillary Clinton, claiming that the Democratic front-runner bullied women to hide her husband's “sexist secrets” and accusing her campaign of “acting like 9-year-old little girls.”
Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
Hillary beats the bully — If Jeb Bush were as tough as Hillary Clinton in dealing with Donald Trump the bully, the Bush campaign would not be on the verge of extinction. — Too bad for Jeb. Good for Hillary. — First and foremost, Clinton was absolutely right in charging …
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Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
Hillary Clinton's ‘Secret Weapon’ Could Escalate Campaign Rhetoric — Bill Clinton gets a higher profile just as the jostling with Donald Trump gets more pointed — A new and more combative phase of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign opens next month when she sends her husband out to stump for her in important early states.
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Beckie Strum / New York Post:
Bergdahl: Taliban asked me if Obama is gay — Bowe Bergdahl compared his first year in Taliban captivity — starved, stinking and chained to a bed — to being tossed in a closet and forgotten. — “Picture someone taking a bag, throwing it into the closet, shutting the door and just forgetting about it.
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Elliot Smilowitz / The Hill:
Bergdahl details failed attempts to escape Taliban — Bowe Bergdahl details failed attempts to escape his captors after the Taliban abducted him in 2009, in the latest episode of the podcast “Serial.” — In interviews with filmmaker Mark Boal that were played on the podcast …
Todd Richmond / WLUK:
Atheist group questions legislator's Christmas video — An atheist group questioned Thursday whether a Republican legislator improperly used state resources to produce a Christmas greeting video in which he encourages people to become Christians and quotes Bible verses.
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Josie Ensor / Telegraph:
Islamic State leader Baghdadi goads West in rare audio statement — In what is believed to be his first public message in seven months, Isil chief warns Israel attacks are imminent — The leader of the self-declared Islamic State issued a defiant message to the West last night, saying that “Crusader” did not dare fight on his turf.
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New York Times:
Political Dark Money Just Got Darker — As untold millions of dollars pour into the shadowy campaign troughs of the presidential candidates, voters need to be reminded of the rosy assumptions of the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision that legitimized the new spending frenzy.
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Steve / CBS Atlanta:
Image On Church Window Resembles Virgin Mary, Draws Throngs Of Spectators — MARIETTA, Ga. (CBS Atlanta) — What some are chalking up as simply a “faulty coating” has others believing that a divine phenomenon has touched the window of one local church — along with the hearts of its parishioners.
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Peter Manseau / The Atlantic:
Christmas's War on America — Every year, a new round of politicians attempt to breathe new life into America's thoroughly exhausted war on Christmas. But this year, maybe it's time instead to examine Christmas's war on Americans. — For centuries, the holiday has served as a flashpoint between competing religious ideas.
Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:
Hawaii can't seem to name anything after native son Obama — HONOLULU — Stanley Chang hatched a plan last year to overcome seven years of failed attempts to name something after Hawaii's most famous native son. — His target: Sandy Beach, a stunning strip of sand and volcanic ash that he hoped to re-christen “Barack Obama Beach.”
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