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11:30 PM ET, December 29, 2015

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Wall Street Journal:
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 …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
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 …
Discussion: The Hill, CNN and Financial Times
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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 …
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.”
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump expands his attacks on the Clintons
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 …
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and Mediaite
TMZ.com:
Mark Salling — ‘Glee’ Star Arrested For Child Porn (Update)
Discussion: WKRG-TV and Jezebel
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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Eli Stokols / Politico:
Establishment rivals rip into Rubio
Discussion: New York Times
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
Six Factors That Could Make a Difference for Republicans in 2016
Discussion: Politico
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.
Discussion: addictinginfo.org and Shakesville
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Daily Mail:   Trump's New Hampshire rally turns physical after ‘celebrity boxer’ attacks protester who yelled ‘Fascist!’
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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On The Trail:
Braving a snow storm in the name of the Iowa Caucuses
Discussion: The Daily Caller and ABC News
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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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.
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)
Ed Christman / Billboard:
Spotify Hit With $150 Million Class Action Over Unpaid Royalties  —  EMAIL ME  —  Vocal artist rights advocate David Lowery brings a massive action against the largest streaming service.  —  Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker frontman David Lowery, retaining the law firm of Michelman & Robinson …
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.
Discussion: Mother Jones and New York Times
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
Discussion: Chicagoist and Washington Post
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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Myriah Towner For / Daily Mail:
Who are these thugs? Brutal moment a Jewish man, 60, is beaten to the ground in savage mugging
Hillary Dot-Com / ABC News:
Monica Lewinsky News
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Report: Pataki To Drop Out Of The 2016 Race
Discussion: ABC News and Business Insider
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Carson vows to reveal changes to his campaign next week
German Lopez / Vox:
Donald Trump dominated Twitter in 2015
Nicole Sperling / EW.com:
THE NEW GHOSTBUSTERS WILL BE FACING SOME ALL-TIME BAD GUYS
Discussion: The Verge and Mashable
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Stacey Klein / NBC News:
Too Close for Comfort: Drone Buzzes Obama Motorcade
Discussion: BizPac Review and Mediaite
Cindy Chang / Los Angeles Times:
L.A. County jail inmates were handcuffed to a wall for hours on ‘potty watch’
Discussion: Associated Press
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Rick Santorum Says Ted Cruz Isn't A Real Social Conservative
Andrew Liszewski / Gizmodo:
Ford Wants to Turn Your Car's Back Wheel Into a Batpod
Discussion: The Verge, Engadget and Mashable
Benjamin L. Ginsberg / Wall Street Journal:
Flirting With a Chaotic GOP Convention
Discussion: New York Times and Politico
Ashe Schow / Washington Examiner:
Harvard Law dean compares microaggressions to violence, sexual assault
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
 

 
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