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Tiffany Ap / CNN:
Al-Shabaab recruit video with Trump excerpt: U.S. is racist, anti-Muslim — Trump has called for a ban on all Muslims traveling to the U.S. and surveillance on Muslim communities — Hillary Clinton claimed earlier that Trump's anti-Muslim rhetoric was being used by ISIS to recruit fighters
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BBC, RedState, Washington Post and The Daily Caller
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Liam Stack / New York Times:
Qaeda Affiliate Uses Video of Donald Trump for Recruiting — Al Qaeda's branch in Somalia released a recruitment video on Friday that criticized racism and anti-Muslim sentiment in the United States and contained footage of the Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump announcing …
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Political Wire
Sopan Deb / CBS News:
Meet the man behind the “Trump is disgusting” skywriting — PASADENA — A millionaire real estate developer — who also happens to be a donor to Florida Sen. Marco Rubio's presidential campaign - is behind the aerial messages at the Rose Bowl calling GOP front-runner Donald Trump “disgusting” and he says that there's more to come.
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Breitbart, Raw Story, The Daily Caller, CNN, The Gateway Pundit and SBNation.com
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Caitlin Yilek / The Hill:
Skywriting above Rose Parade: ‘Trump is disgusting’
Skywriting above Rose Parade: ‘Trump is disgusting’
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American Power, Sputnik International, Liberal Values, Mashable and addictinginfo.org
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Obama plans curbs on guns — HONOLULU — President Obama will press ahead with a set of executive actions on guns next week despite growing concerns in the United States over terrorism that have dampened some Americans' enthusiasm for tighter firearms restrictions.
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Telegraph, Hot Air and Al Jazeera English
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Rebecca Kheel / The Hill:
Global outcry after Saudi Arabia executes Shi'ite cleric, 46 others — Shi'ite Muslims and others around the world are outraged after Saudi Arabia executed a prominent Shi'ite cleric as part of a mass execution of 47 prisoners Saturday. — Nimr al-Nimr was an outspoken critic …
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Reuters, Associated Press and Common Dreams
Bob Price / Breitbart:
Texans Celebrate Open Carry with ‘Uncovering’ of Handguns at Capitol — AUSTIN, Texas - Nearly two hundred open carry advocates gathered on the south steps of the Texas State Capitol to celebrate “uncovering day” for gun owners who are licensed to carry. — The rally, sponsored …
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Fox News Insider
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Stephen Miller / Bloomberg Business:
Dale Bumpers, Who Defended Bill Clinton in Impeachment, Dies — Dale Bumpers, the former U.S. senator from Arkansas who capped an almost 30-year political career by delivering the closing statement in President Bill Clinton's impeachment defense in 1999, has died.
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Politico
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Thirty days to Iowa: Candidates make final sprint — Presidential candidates are in an all-out sprint in Iowa with the caucuses only 30 days away. — Campaigns are sharpening their attacks, doubling down on time and resources spent in the state, and placing their final bets on the ad buys …
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Insiders give their top predictions for 2016
Insiders give their top predictions for 2016
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electoral-vote.com
New York Post:
Why America is right to think Obama's losing the War on Terror — After the holidays, President Obama will no doubt resume his campaign to educate the American public about the brilliance of his anti-terrorism strategy. He'll even have some facts on his side — just not most of them.
Katie Falkenberg / Los Angeles Times:
Sheriff's officials: Four dead in Rowland Heights shooting, including gunman shot by son — Four people died after shootings late Thursday in this Rowland Heights home on Batson Avenue. — Three people were fatally shot inside a Rowland Heights home on New Year's Eve by a man who was then shot …
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Asoleycerro / KTLA:
Son, 33, Fatally Shoots Father Who Killed 3 People in Rowland Heights: Sheriff's Department
Son, 33, Fatally Shoots Father Who Killed 3 People in Rowland Heights: Sheriff's Department
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New York's PIX11 and fox13now.com
Jane Onyanga-Omara / USA Today:
Kim Jong Un says he's ready for war in New Year speech — In his annual New Year's speech Friday, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he is ready for war if provoked by “invasive” outsiders. — In the address, his fourth since taking power in 2011, Kim spoke of the need to increase the …
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Political Wire, Guardian and AOL
Ashley Parker / New York Times:
How Jeb Bush Hopes to Save His Candidacy — HIALEAH, Fla. — Jeb Bush and his supporters still have a pile of money to spend — remnants of $100 million raised when he seemed early this year to be a sure bet. They have an expansive ground operation in New Hampshire. And allies have just began a new ad campaign in Iowa.
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Politico, Wall Street Journal, The State, DownWithTyranny! and Daily Kos
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Report: Emails show Chicago coordination after shooting — Newly released emails show that Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's office, police and the group responsible for investigating police shootings in the city coordinated their response after the death of Laquan McDonald in October 2014, the Associated Press reported Friday.
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Mediaite