memeorandum: Gowdy to campaign with Rubio (Kristen East/Politico)

4:35 PM ET, December 26, 2015

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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.”

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Althouse and The Huffington Post

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.

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Althouse, Hot Air and John Hawkins' Right Wing News

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 …

Discussion: Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit and The Right Scoop

Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:

Sanders campaign hints ‘hacker’ who accessed Clinton data may have been a DNC plant — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — In an interview with Yahoo Politics, an adviser to the campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders hinted that the data breach that resulted in the campaign losing access …

Discussion: alan.com

KHOU-TV:

ATF: Cause of fire at Houston mosque is suspicious — Officials said Friday evening the two-alarm fire that damaged a southwest Houston mosque Christmas morning may not have been an accident. Investigators discovered the fire had multiple points of origin. — CONNECT

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Brian Rogers / Houston Chronicle: Mosque catches fire in southwest Houston

Guy Benson / Townhall.com:

EXCLUSIVE: Trey Gowdy to Endorse, Campaign With Marco Rubio — Townhall has confirmed rumors that Rep. Trey Gowdy — widely admired as a principled fighter among many grassroots conservatives — will join Sen. Marco Rubio on the campaign trail in Iowa next week: … It's an endorsement:

Discussion: Washington Post and The Right Scoop

Kristen East / Politico:

Gowdy to campaign with Rubio — South Carolina Rep. Trey Gowdy will campaign alongside Sen. Marco Rubio next week in Iowa. — The three-day swing through eastern and central Iowa includes stops in Burlington, Clinton, and Waterloo. Gowdy will appear alongside Rubio at the events on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Discussion: Bloomberg.com news and The Last Refuge

Megan Crepeau / Chicago Tribune:

Police responding to domestic call shoot 2 to death on West Side — Janet Cooksey holds a photo of her son Quintonio LeGrier, who was fatally shot by police at a West Garfield Park residence Dec. 26, 2015. — A man and woman were killed in an early morning police-involved shooting following …

Discussion: abc7chicago.com, Associated Press, PINAC, NPR, Guardian, Slantpoint and The Week

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

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.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Jihad Watch and Young Conservatives

New York Times:

Christie Spins His Version of Security Record on Trail — As a presidential candidate, Gov. Chris Christie has sought to differentiate himself by spotlighting his tenure as the United States attorney for New Jersey, framing it as a time when he spent his “life protecting our country” against terrorism.

Discussion: addictinginfo.org and The Week

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.

Discussion: addictinginfo.org, Friendly Atheist, LiberalAmerica.org, Raw Story and Associated Press