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2:45 PM ET, December 29, 2015

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Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump expands his attacks on the Clintons  —  Donald Trump defended and expanded upon his attacks on the Clintons on Tuesday, asserting once more that former President Bill Clinton's past infidelities are “fair game” if Hillary Clinton keeps hitting him for his own views on women, bringing up Monica Lewinsky and Paula Jones as examples.
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Annie Karni / Politico:
6 moments that could haunt Hillary Clinton  —  Hillary Clinton, her aides will tell you, is focused solely on winning the Democratic primary.  Hillary Clinton, Democratic strategists with ties to the campaign will tell you, has one eye planted on the general election in everything she says and does.
Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Donald Trump Again Steps Up Attacks on Bill Clinton
Discussion: Mediaite and Washington Post
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:   Donald Trump Once Blogged That Hillary Clinton Would Make A Great President
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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Erick Erickson / RedState:
Marco Rubio's Path to Victory
Discussion: Hot Air
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
Six Factors That Could Make a Difference for Republicans in 2016
Discussion: Politico
Lauren French / Politico:
House rebels crusade for Cruz
Discussion: Daily Kos
Full Feed:
‘Glee’ actor Mark Salling arrested for possession of child pornography  —  LOS ANGELES — (December 29, 2015) — Sources tell “Crime Watch Daily” that the Los Angeles Police Department Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Unit served a search warrant early this morning at an address in Sunland, California.
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Tkurzweil / KTLA:
‘Glee’ Actor Mark Salling Reportedly Arrested in Child Pornography Case  —  Actor Mark Salling attends the NYLON Young Hollywood Party on May 7, 2015 in West Hollywood.  (Credit: Jason Kempin/Getty Images for NYLON)  —  “Glee” actor Mark Salling was arrested Tuesday after an LAPD Internet Crimes …
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.
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 …
Discussion: Daily News Bin, Hit & Run and Mediaite
Benjamin L. Ginsberg / Wall Street Journal:
Flirting With a Chaotic GOP Convention  —  There are three scenarios for how the primaries will play out.  Two of them mean uncharted territory.  —  Reports of Republican officials convening a closed-door session over the possibility of a deadlocked convention are feeding speculation …
Discussion: New York Times and Politico
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook, presented by NextGen Climate …
WRGT-TV FOX 45 News:
Woman Shoots, Kills Home Invasion Suspect In Trotwood  —  TROTWOOD — A home invasion turns deadly when the homeowner takes the safety of her family into her own hands.  —  One of three home invasion suspect was shot and killed during the incident, and has been identified …
Michael Daly / The Daily Beast:
Tamir Rice Shooting Was a Tragedy, Not a Crime  —  In a country plagued by gun violence, a cop can't be held criminally liable for mistaking an authentic-looking toy for a gun—but that still doesn't let the Cleveland PD off the hook.  —  The problem is not in the law, but in ourselves.
Discussion: Chicagoist and Washington Post
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Joe Coscarelli / New York Times:
Lemmy, Singer and Bassist for Motörhead, Dies at 70  —  Ian Fraser Kilmister, the jagged-voiced heavy metal singer and bassist known as Lemmy, who led the loud and fast British rock band Motörhead for decades, died on Monday.  He was 70.  —  Motörhead confirmed his death on its official Facebook page.
Evan Perez / CNN:
‘Affluenza’ teen Ethan Couch detained in Mexico  —  (CNN)Mexican authorities have detained so-called “affluenza” teen Ethan Couch and his mother near the popular Mexican Pacific beach resort town of Puerto Vallarta, officials briefed on the matter told CNN.  —  Couch went missing earlier this month …
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James Hibberd / EW.com:
DAREDEVIL SEASON 2: FIRST PHOTO OF THE PUNISHER  —  Exclusive: Season 2 to have faster pace, Punisher morality debate  —  Marvel's Daredevil is shaking things up in season 2 with a faster pace, more romance, and some morally complex storytelling that introduces the controversial gun-toting super-antihero The Punisher.
Discussion: ABC News, The Mary Sue and Maxim
Ashe Schow / Washington Examiner:
Harvard Law dean compares microaggressions to violence, sexual assault  —  Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More  —  In a move that should surprise no one who has been watching the utter meltdown of privileged college students this year, a Harvard Law School dean has compared “microaggressions” to sexual assault and violence.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Andrew Liszewski / Gizmodo:
Ford Wants to Turn Your Car's Back Wheel Into a Batpod  —  A patent filed by Ford a few weeks ago reveals a rather unorthodox alternative to throwing a bicycle in your trunk.  Like the Batpod that ejected from the Batmobile in The Dark Knight, the back wheel of your car could quickly transform into a self-balancing electric unicycle.
Discussion: The Verge, Engadget and Mashable
Daily Mail:
Trump's New Hampshire rally turns physical after ‘celebrity boxer’ attacks protester who yelled ‘Fascist!’  — An elderly man was knocked over in the scuffle before police led the protester out of a middle school gymnasium where Trump was speaking  — Poulton is best known …
Discussion: Raw Story and addictinginfo.org
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.
Discussion: Common Dreams and Balloon Juice
 
 
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Jad Mouawad / New York Times:
T.S.A. Moves Closer to Rejecting Some State Driver's Licenses for Travel
Discussion: Techdirt and AOL
Megan McArdle / Bloomberg View:
Bernienomics 101  —  The day after Christmas, Bernie Sanders asked …
Discussion: Hot Air
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
How Donald Trump destroyed the Republican Party in 2015
Discussion: Hullabaloo
New York Post:
Olive Garden is charging $400 a person for NYE dinner
Discussion: Eater and KFOR-TV
Noah Rothman / Commentary Magazine:
Ben Carson's Collapsing Campaign
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Steven Rattner / New York Times:
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Trump Flip-Flops on Wages After Sanders Makes a Pass at His Supporters
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Trump given access to RNC's voter file
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