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U.S. Spy Net on Israel Snares Congress — National Security Agency's targeting of Israeli leaders also swept up the content of private conversations with U.S. lawmakers — President Barack Obama announced two years ago he would curtail eavesdropping on friendly heads of state …
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
US snooping on Israel also caught talks with lawmakers: report — The U.S. captured communications from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his aides and swept up the content of private conversations with U.S. lawmakers, giving the Obama administration insight into Israel's lobbying efforts …
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Dan Spencer / RedState:
Revenge Replaces Hope And Change — Image Credit: YouTube - Revenge Replaces Hope And Change — Frank Luntz tells us that Trump supporters are not just angry. They want revenge. They seek vengeance for Obama's fundamental transformation of America. These Trumpeteers see the Donald …
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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Trump is right: Bill Clinton's sordid sexual history is fair game — Donald Trump is crude and vulgar. He's every “-ist” in the book: racist, sexist, narcissist, for starters. His dis about Hillary Clinton getting “schlonged” in the 2008 campaign and the accompanying tirade about her …
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Donald Trump Once Blogged That Hillary Clinton Would Make A Great President — Less than a decade ago, Donald Trump could be spotted on TV or in print gushing over Hillary Clinton. He publicly praised her health care plan (it had an individual mandate). He said he liked Clinton and her husband “very much.”
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Rasmussen Reports:
Clinton vs. Trump: Still A Dead Heat
Clinton vs. Trump: Still A Dead Heat
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Breitbart, The Last Refuge, Daily Mail and ballot-access.org
Annie Karni / Politico:
6 moments that could haunt Hillary Clinton
6 moments that could haunt Hillary Clinton
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Power Line, Liberal Values, Taylor Marsh, Daily Kos, The Daily Caller, America Rising and The Hill
Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Donald Trump Again Steps Up Attacks on Bill Clinton
Donald Trump Again Steps Up Attacks on Bill Clinton
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Full Feed:
‘Glee’ actor Mark Salling arrested for possession of child pornography — Jennifer Madison with reporting by Rebecca Waer — LOS ANGELES — (December 29, 2015) — “Glee” actor Mark Salling was charged Tuesday with possession of child pornography after the Los Angeles Police Department's Internet Crimes …
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Tkurzweil / KTLA:
‘Glee’ Actor Mark Salling Released After Arrest Amid Child Porn Investigation — “Glee” actor Mark Salling was arrested Tuesday after an LAPD Internet Crimes Against Children task force unit served a search warrant at his Sunland home, police said. — Actor Mark Salling attends …
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
WATCH: Trump-loving ‘celebrity boxer’ bodyslams protester who called GOP candidate a ‘fascist’ — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Another protester was violently ejected from a Donald Trump rally Monday night in New Hampshire — this time by a self-described celebrity boxer.
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Paul Dallison / Politico:
Probe into Brussels lockdown orgy — Police and soldiers said to have engaged in group sex while Belgian capital was in lockdown. — Soldiers and police in Brussels held an orgy while their colleagues hunted for terror suspects, according to reports. — Eight soldiers and two female …
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BBC:
Belgium arrests two over ‘New Year plot’
Belgium arrests two over ‘New Year plot’
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Nick Gass / Politico:
One person shows up to O'Malley event in Iowa, remains uncommitted — Amid a vicious winter storm on Monday that forced some presidential campaigns to cancel their scheduled stops in Iowa, only Martin O'Malley decided to press on. — And one man at his last event, the only person to show up …
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Are Primary Polls Finally Predictive? No, but This Is When the Fun Starts — You have undoubtedly heard that primary polls aren't necessarily very predictive far from an election. With just a month to go until the Iowa caucuses, I'm writing to tell you that ... it's still true.
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Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
Six Factors That Could Make a Difference for Republicans in 2016
Six Factors That Could Make a Difference for Republicans in 2016
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New York Times:
Buying Power: For the Wealthiest, a Private Tax System That Saves Them Billions — WASHINGTON — The hedge fund magnates Daniel S. Loeb, Louis Moore Bacon and Steven A. Cohen have much in common. They have managed billions of dollars in capital, earning vast fortunes.
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Heather Digby Parton / Salon:
They're already trying to steal 2016: Inside the GOP voting-rights scheme intended to derail democracy — Republicans want districts more rural and more white, and are eager to suppress minority voting rights before 2016 — Donald Trump, Antonin Scalia, Ted Cruz (Credit: AP/Reuters/Richard Drew/Haraz N. Ghanbari/Chris Keane)
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Bookstore puts Trump, Carson in ‘Humor’ section — Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson on Tuesday brushed off a photo of his book appearing in the “Humor” section of a Barnes & Noble store over the holidays. — The retired neurosurgeon indicated during an appearance on …
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Obamacare supporters don't like talking about it — but the individual mandate is working — The individual mandate is among Obamacare's most hated provisions. About two in three of Americans think the requirement to buy health insurance is a bad idea. — But recent enrollment data shows that the mandate is working.
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CNN:
No indictment in Tamir Rice case, prosecutor says — (CNN)An Ohio grand jury has decided not to return an indictment in the 2014 police shooting death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, prosecutor Tim McGinty said Monday. — Rice was holding a pellet gun when he was shot.
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Michael Daly / The Daily Beast:
Tamir Rice Shooting Was a Tragedy, Not a Crime
Tamir Rice Shooting Was a Tragedy, Not a Crime
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Reuters:
Exclusive - Islamic State ruling aims to settle who can have sex with female slaves — Islamic State theologians have issued an extremely detailed ruling on when “owners” of women enslaved by the extremist group can have sex with them, in an apparent bid to curb what they called violations in the treatment of captured females.
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Rick Santorum Says Ted Cruz Isn't A Real Social Conservative — “It's basically that he's not the social conservative that he's portraying himself to be...” — Rick Santorum on Monday accused his opponent Ted Cruz of not being a social conservative. — The former senator …
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American Spectator, RedState, Hot Air and Mediaite
Andrew Blake / Washington Times:
California law allowing seizure of guns without notice begins Jan. 1 — Gun-safety legislation going into effect in California next week will allow authorities to seize a person's weapons for 21 days if a judge determines there's potential for violence. — Proposed in the wake of a deadly …
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The Daily Caller, Young Conservatives, Bearing Arms and 89.3 KPCC