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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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Ollie Gillman For / Daily Mail:
Longest armed stand-off in American history ends: Grandfather who bit a cop then threatened to kill any officer who came to arrest him has charges dropped after 16 years meaning he is free to leave his home for first time since 1999 — John Joe Gray was arrested in December 1999 for biting …
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Bearing Arms, WFAA-TV and Raw Story
Luke Hammill / Oregonian:
Oregon standoff: Idaho group arrives to ‘secure perimeter, prevent Waco-style situation’
Oregon standoff: Idaho group arrives to ‘secure perimeter, prevent 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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addictinginfo.org and Raw Story
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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Wolfgang Rattay / BuzzFeed:
This Is What Really Happened The Night Women Were Sexually Assaulted In Front Of Police — “My friend was groped - it was disgusting. The whole situation is disgusting.” BuzzFeed News' Rossalyn Warren reports from Cologne. — Reporting From — AFP / Getty Images
Daily Mail:
Why Germany can't face the truth about migrant sex attacks: SUE REID finds a nation in denial …
Why Germany can't face the truth about migrant sex attacks: SUE REID finds a nation in denial …
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GlobalPost, Hot Air, The Last Tradition, Power Line, Vox Popoli and Telegraph
Anna Sauerbrey / New York Times:
Germany's Post-Cologne Hysteria
Germany's Post-Cologne Hysteria
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Power Line, The Unz Review, Guardian, The Last Tradition, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Daily Mail
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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Balkinization and Washington Post
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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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New York Times, NBC News, DownWithTyranny!, Washington Post, neo-neocon, The Last Tradition, The Gateway Pundit, Fox News and FOX News Radio
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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Hot Air, The Right Scoop, Florida Politics and Politico
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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NH1, Business Insider, American Power, Politico, Outside the Beltway, Political Wire and Des Moines Register
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Clinton's gamble on Muslims — Hillary Clinton is doubling down on slamming Republicans on their anti-Muslim rhetoric at campaign events in both Iowa and New Hampshire. — The attacks are mostly aimed at Donald Trump, the GOP frontrunner who has said he would impose a temporary ban …
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Anna Palmer / Politico:
Struggling GOP contenders relish moment to ignore Trump
Struggling GOP contenders relish moment to ignore Trump
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USA Today, ABC News and The Resurgent
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
Sean Penn / Rolling Stone:
El Chapo Speaks — A secret visit with the most wanted man in the world … It's September 28th, 2015. My head is swimming, labeling TracPhones (burners), one per contact, one per day, destroy, burn, buy, balancing levels of encryption, mirroring through Blackphones, anonymous e-mail addresses …
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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
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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6abc.com, FOX2now.com, Associated Press, NBCSports.com 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.
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No More Mister Nice Blog
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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Katherine Lam / New York's PIX11:
Surveillance video shows suspects in Brownsville gang rape of 18-year-old — BROWNSVILLE, Brooklyn —Police have released surveillance video of five men accused of holding a teenager at gunpoint and raping her inside of a playground Thursday in Brooklyn. — The woman was walking …
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Gothamist
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