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New York Times:
For Republicans, Mounting Fears of Lasting Split — The Republican Party is facing a historic split over its fundamental principles and identity, as its once powerful establishment grapples with an eruption of class tensions, ethnic resentments and mistrust among working-class conservatives …
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James Warren / Associated Press:
New Poll Shows Donald Trump Is a Real Threat to Hillary Clinton — A new survey shows a sizable number of Democrats ready to defect from Hillary Clinton to Donald Trump. — Trump's the one? — So if Donald Trump proved the political universe wrong and won the Republican presidential nomination …
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Right Scoop, Scott Adams Blog, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Vlad Tepes, RedState, CNN and Truth Revolt
Mike Flynn / Breitbart:
Poll: Trump Beats Hillary in General Election Match-Up
Poll: Trump Beats Hillary in General Election Match-Up
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neo-neocon, The Gateway Pundit, The Last Tradition, Fox News and FOX News Radio
Kristen East / Politico:
Clinton campaign ad targets Trump, Cruz on foreign policy
Clinton campaign ad targets Trump, Cruz on foreign policy
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Bloomberg Business
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Trump, Cruz top GOP race nationally
Fox News Poll: Trump, Cruz top GOP race nationally
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Florida Politics, Hot Air and The Right Scoop
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Trump holds commanding lead in New Hampshire
Fox News Poll: Trump holds commanding lead in New Hampshire
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NH1, Talking Points Memo, Politico, Balloon Juice and Political Wire
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Cruz, Trump remain top GOP picks in Iowa
Fox News Poll: Cruz, Trump remain top GOP picks in Iowa
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Business Insider, Outside the Beltway, Political Wire, Politico and Des Moines Register
Kelly House / Oregonian:
Heavily armed ‘security detail’ shows up at Oregon standoff encampment — Update at 2 p.m.: Armed members of the Pacific Patriot Network are leaving the occupied Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. — Joseph Rice, a spokesman for the network, told reporters that his group presented occupation …
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Luke Hammill / Oregonian:
Oregon standoff: Idaho group arrives to ‘secure perimeter, prevent Waco-style situation’ — BURNS — Members of a group from outside Oregon arrived on Friday at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge to “secure a perimeter” around the compound and prevent “a Waco-style situation.”
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American Power
John Sepulvado OPB / OPB:
Militants May Have Accessed Government Computers At Refuge
Militants May Have Accessed Government Computers At Refuge
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addictinginfo.org, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story and Guardian
Luke Hammill / Oregonian:
Oregon standoff: Harney County group asks Bundy to leave but takes on his cause
Oregon standoff: Harney County group asks Bundy to leave but takes on his cause
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Raw Story, addictinginfo.org and Oath Keepers
Spiegel Online:
How New Year's Eve in Cologne Has Changed Germany — New Year's Eve in Cologne rapidly descended into a chaotic free-for-all involving sexual assault and theft, most of it apparently committed by foreigners. It has launched a bitter debate over immigration and refugees in Germany — one that could change the country.
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USA Today, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Business Insider and Mediaite
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Anna Sauerbrey / New York Times:
Germany's Post-Cologne Hysteria
Germany's Post-Cologne Hysteria
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The Last Tradition and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Mark Steyn / Steyn Online:
Notes on a Phenomenon — On Tuesday night, my daughter and her friends went down to Claremont, New Hampshire to see Donald Trump in action. She and her chums range from the not terribly political to those with the usual enthusiasms of youth, so they went mainly because Trump's a hot ticket …
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Daily Kos, LifeZette and Wall Street Journal
Keith Laing / The Hill:
TSA to stop accepting some states' drivers licenses in 2018 — Airline passengers in five states and a U.S. territory will be unable to present their current driver's licenses at airport checkpoints after Jan. 22, 2018, under new rules announced on Friday by the Department of Homeland Security.
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Brandon Wade / Los Angeles Times:
Roger Goodell calls NFL stadium proposals in Oakland, St. Louis and San Diego ‘unsatisfactory’ — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, addressing the media on Dec. 2, has cleared the way for a vote on possible relocation to Los Angeles. — The proposed stadium solutions in Oakland …
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ProFootballTalk and The San Diego Union …
BostonGlobe.com:
To the man I sat next to on the train: I am the gun owner you hate — TO THE man I sat next to on my way in to Boston: — When I boarded the commuter rail, you were already in the midst of a spirited phone conversation and didn't seem to care about how loud you were talking.
Richard Brooks / Press Enterprise:
HESPERIA: Man caught with garageful of stolen candy, deputies say — City News Politics Topics Environment Education Announcements Traffic Photos Blogs … Candy bars led to jail bars for a 35-year-old desert man caught with a garageful of stolen sweets, say San Bernardino County sheriff's officials.
Jonathan V. Last / Weekly Standard:
University of Missouri Faculty Declare Support for ‘Muscle’ — Professors at the school release letter in support of Melissa Click. — You no doubt remember Melissa Click, the University of Missouri journalism professor who was caught on camera demanding “some muscle” …
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EconLog
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Donald Trump Praises Man He Once Called A Neo-Nazi — In 2000, Trump called Pat Buchanan a neo-Nazi. In 2015, he's singing his praises. — Scott Eisen / Getty Images — Republican frontrunner Donald Trump praised Pat Buchanan on Twitter Saturday, a man he once called a neo-Nazi and a dangerous demagogue.
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Liberal Values
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
White Nationalist PAC Blankets Iowa With Robocalls For Trump — Some registered voters in Iowa received robocalls Saturday from a white nationalist super PAC that urged them to support Donald Trump in the 2016 election. — “I urge you to vote for Donald Trump because he is the one candidate …
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CBS News and Hullabaloo
Caitlin Yilek / The Hill:
Muslim woman ejected from Trump rally — A Muslim woman was escorted out of Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump's rally in South Carolina on Friday after she stood up in silent protest. — Rose Hamid, a 56-year-old flight attendant, was sitting in the stands behind Trump …
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Walid Shoebat, The Gateway Pundit, The Last Tradition, RedState, The Right Scoop and all
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Silently protesting Muslim woman ejected from Trump rally
Silently protesting Muslim woman ejected from Trump rally
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CNN:
Feds arrest 2 Middle East refugees on terror-link charges — (CNN)Two refugees arrested this week on federal terrorism-related charges were in communication with each other, a law enforcement official told CNN. — Both men are Palestinians who were born in Iraq and came to the United States as refugees …
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