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11:15 AM 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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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 …
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’
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
GOP candidates double down on guns after San Bernardino  —  First, Republican presidential candidates offered their thoughts and prayers for the victims of Wednesday's shooting in San Bernardino, California, where two killers wielding assault-style rifles slaughtered 14 innocent victims and wounded 21 others.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Reuters
The Times of Israel:
Messianic Jewish victim of California attack had argued with shooter about Islam  —  Nicholas Thalasinos, 52, one of 14 fatalities, had heated debate with co-worker Syed Rizwan Farook two weeks before San Bernardino rampage  —  One of the victims of the San Bernardino shooting was identified …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Caleb Howe / RedState:
CNN Asks Slain San Bernardino Man's Widow If He Was Asking For It  —  One of the people killed in the brutal slayings in San Bernardino this week was a Messianic Jew, Nicholas Thalasinos.  You may not have heard about that because there is no media narrative served by pointing it out.
Discussion: The Jawa Report and Truth Revolt
Pierre Thomas / ABC News:
San Bernardino Shooters Tried to Destroy Phones, Hard Drives, Sources Say
Discussion: abc7.com, abc7news.com and The Week
Mark Follman / New York Times:
How Many Mass Shootings Are There, Really?
Thomas Gibbons-Neff / Washington Post:
Couple seemed quiet and withdrawn — until explosion of violence
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
The First Amendment Needs Your Prayers
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:   Dem Sen. Cites Success of Gun Laws in California a Day After San Bernardino
Eli Saslow / Washington Post:
'Where's Syed?': How the San Bernardino shooting unfolded
Discussion: The Week
Los Angeles Times:
For victim's boyfriend, 22 hours of conflicting reports, then heartbreak
Ruth Graham / Slate:
“Prayer-Shaming” Isn't About Attacking Prayer
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 …
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Trump: ‘My numbers go way up’ after tragedies  —  Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Thursday suggested his popularity increases after tragedies, pointing to his rise in polls after last month's Paris terrorist attacks.  —  Trump made the comment while pushing back on a GOP memo …
Discussion: Hullabaloo, Mediaite and Daily Kos
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Democratic insiders: Trump is easy prey for Clinton
Discussion: ABC News and Political Wire
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Senate GOP campaign arm: ‘Trump could win’
Los Angeles Times:
Scott Weiland, frontman for Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, dies at 48  —  Scott Weiland at KROQ's Weenie Roast at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Irvine in June 2001.  —  Scott Weiland, a performer known for his grunge rock voice and struggles with addiction, has died, according to his wife, Jamie.
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TMZ.com:
Scott Weiland — Found Dead on Tour Bus … EXCLUSIVE  —  Rock star Scott Weiland was found dead on his tour bus in Minnesota ... TMZ has learned.  —  Weiland was on tour with his band Scott Weiland & the Wildabouts ... they were supposed to play the Medina Ballroom tonight, but the show was cancelled.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate approves bill repealing much of ObamaCare  —  The Senate on Thursday passed legislation repealing the core pillars of ObamaCare, taking a major step toward sending such a bill to the president's desk for the first time.  —  Republicans hailed it as a political messaging victory …
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Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
Republican Senators Introduce Amendment To Stop GOP From Defunding Planned Parenthood
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:
Chris Christie: ‘Iran is a Greater Threat Than ISIS’  —  New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, the semi-resurgent candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, came to Washington last week to address members of the Council on Foreign Relations (the organization known, at least to Senator Ted Cruz, as the “pit of vipers").
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” …
Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Clinton-aligned group claims to have mole in Koch machine  —  Hillary Clinton's well-financed ally David Brock has a team that claims to be coordinating with moles inside the corporate and political empire of the billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch.  —  During a rare tour …
 
 
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San Bernardino Shootings Destroy Leftist Narrative After Leftist Narrative
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