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4:40 PM ET, December 4, 2015

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CNN:
San Bernardino shooting: Attacker pledged allegiance to ISIS, officials say  —  (CNN)[Breaking news update at 10:24 a.m. ET]  —  As the San Bernardino attack was happening, investigators believe the female shooter, Tashfeen Malik, posted on Facebook, pledging allegiance to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi …
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New York Times:
F.B.I. Treating San Bernardino Attack as Terrorism Case  —  WASHINGTON — The woman who, with her husband, killed 14 people in San Bernardino pledged allegiance to the Islamic State in a Facebook post the day of the attack, officials said Friday, and the F.B.I. announced it was treating the massacre as an act of terrorism.
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
What the Hell Just Happened on MSNBC and CNN?  —  A baffling, surreal scene just played out on the two networks, where the landlord of the San Bernardino shooting suspects apparently allowed reporters into their apartment.  —  The result was disturbing.  On live national television …
Chris Enloe / TheBlaze.com:
Police Spokesman Stunned as News Cameras ‘Rush’ Inside San Bernardino Killers' Home and Broadcast Live  —  Media members bombarded into the San Bernardino apartment of Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik Friday afternoon, after the property's landlord pried off the board covering the door.
CBS News:
San Bernardino suspect's sister breaks her silence  —  As investigators sort through evidence picked up at the San Bernardino shooting suspects' Redlands home, family members say they are in disbelief.  —  “I can never imagine my brother or my sister-in-law doing something like this.
Daily Mail:
'It doesn't seem plausible to us': Family of US Muslim who killed 14 says they don't believe official account of the massacre and even suggest the Sandy Hook slaying didn't take place  — Chesley: ‘There were a lot of questions drawn with Sandy Hook and whether or not that was a real incident or not’
Dexter Thomas / Los Angeles Times:
Rampage killers led secret life, hiding plans and weapons  —  A DMV handout photo of Syed Rizwan Farook, whom authorities have identified as one of two shooters who killed 14 and wounded 21 at a workplace holiday party in San Bernardino.  —  Early Wednesday morning, Syed Rizwan Farook asked …
Fred Lucas / TheBlaze.com:
‘Of Course Not’: White House Spokesman's Surprising Response When Asked if Obama Gun Proposals Would Have Prevented San Bernardino Shooting  —  Shortly after the Wednesday mass shooting in California, President Barack Obama called for stricter background checks and banning anyone on the no-fly list from buying a gun.
Brian Ries / Mashable:
Journalists storm San Bernardino shooters' apartment after landlord pries open door
Jae C. Hong / NBC News:
Massacre Wife Pledged Allegiance to ISIS Leader: Sources
Discussion: Towleroad, Infowars, WNCN and Mother Jones
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Relative: SB shooting suspect no jihadist
Discussion: NBC News
Awr Hawkins / Breitbart:
EXCLUSIVE-Ted Cruz Reacts to San Bernardino: Now, More Than Ever, Americans Must Be Armed
Pierre Thomas / ABC News:
San Bernardino Shooters Tried to Destroy Phones, Hard Drives, Sources Say
CBS Los Angeles:
Friend Of San Bernardino Shooting Victim Recalls Heated Conversation About Islam
Discussion: Fox News Insider
CNN:
CNN/ORC Poll: Trump alone at the top again  —  (CNN)Donald Trump is once again alone at the top of the Republican field, according to the latest CNN/ORC Poll, with 36% of registered Republicans and Republican-leaning independents behind him, while his nearest competitor trails by 20 points.
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David Brooks / New York Times:
No, Donald Trump Won't Win  —  A little while ago I went rug shopping.  Four rugs were laid out on the floor and among them was one with a pink motif that was dazzlingly beautiful.  It was complex and sophisticated.  If you had asked me at that moment which rug I wanted, I would have said the pink one.
New York Times:
Tough Talk and a Cowardly Vote on Terrorism  —  Investigators now believe that what initially seemed a workplace shooting in San Bernardino, Calif., was a well-planned attack by a married couple with at least some contact with Islamic extremists.  —  The evolving situation has forced Republican leaders …
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House rips GOP for blocking gun control measures  —  The White House on Friday ripped congressional Republicans for opposing efforts to tighten the nation's gun laws in the wake of Wednesday's mass shooting in San Bernardino, Calif.  —  White House press secretary Josh Earnest lashed …
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:   Obama: US has ‘never been more protected’ from ISIS
Chris Cox / USA Today:
No, Mr. President, the NRA is not to blame: Chris Cox
John Stanton / BuzzFeed:
Loretta Lynch: “Actions Predicated On Violent Talk” Toward Muslims Will Be Prosecuted  —  WASHINGTON — Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Thursday warned that the Justice Department could take aggressive action against people whose anti-Muslim rhetoric “edges towards violence” …
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James Barrett / Daily Wire:
The day after a horrific shooting spree by a “radicalized” Muslim man and his partner in San Bernardino, California, Attorney General Loretta Lynch pledged to a group of Muslim activists that she would take aggressive action against anyone who used “anti-Muslim rhetoric” that “edges toward violence.”
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
AG Loretta Lynch Promises to ‘Take Action’ Against ‘Anti-Muslim Rhetoric’  —  In remarks before the Muslim Advocates Dinner Thursday night, Attorney General Loretta Lynch told attendees that the Justice Department will take action against “anti-Muslim rhetoric” and “violent talk.”
Discussion: Washington Post, Hot Air and C-SPAN.org
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Loretta Lynch Urges Muslim Parents To Contact Feds If Their Children Are Bullied
Discussion: Power Line
Kory Grow / Rolling Stone:
Scott Weiland, Former Stone Temple Pilots Singer, Dead at 48  —  Vocalist, who also fronted Velvet Revolver, died in his sleep  —  Scott Weiland, the instantly recognizable voice behind Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver known for his dynamic stage presence, has died.  He was 48.
Discussion: Daily Kos, CNN, New York Times and TMZ.com
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Republicans' Climate Change Denial Denial  —  Future historians — if there are any future historians — will almost surely say that the most important thing happening in the world during December 2015 was the climate talks in Paris.  True, nothing agreed to in Paris will be enough, by itself, to solve the problem of global warming.
Discussion: Washington Post and Vox
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Elizabeth Kolbert / New Yorker:
Congress Moves to Sabotage the Paris Climate Summit
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Bush's biggest donor: Trump a ‘bullyionaire’  —  Calling Donald Trump “a hater” and a “narcissistic BULLYionaire,” Jeb Bush's biggest donor has decided on his own to take out full page ads trashing the Republican poll leader in newspapers in Miami, Las Vegas and Des Moines.
 
 
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate blocks effort to keep guns from terrorists
Jim Siegel / The Columbus Dispatch:
Democrats call Ohio's purgings of voter rolls too aggressive
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Marco Rubio: Liberals talk about gun control after CA attack but no one is ‘talking about bomb control’
Dan Diamond / Forbes:
Martin Shkreli Admits He Messed Up: He Should've Raised Prices Even Higher
Discussion: Vox, Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
Daily Mail:
‘Main organiser’ of Paris terror attack ‘recruited a team’ …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Infowars
 Earlier Items: 
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Mitt Romney promised he'd cut unemployment to 6% in one term. It's already down to 5%.
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Democratic insiders: Trump is easy prey for Clinton
 

 
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