memeorandum: Texas GOP Votes Down Secession Proposal (Patrick Svitek/The Texas Tribune)

8:40 PM ET, December 6, 2015

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San Bernardino shooting updates: Tashfeen Malik attended seminary in Pakistan; President Obama to address the nation — Key developments

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, BizPac Review, twitchy.com, CBS Los Angeles and Daily Mail

Shawna Thomas / NBC News:

AG Lynch: President Will Call On Congress to Take Action on Guns in San Bernardino Address — In an appearance on NBC's “Meet the Press,” Attorney General Loretta Lynch previewed the remarks President Barack Obama will make when he speaks to the country Sunday evening about the recent terrorist attack in San Bernardino.

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Rossella Tercatin / The Times of Israel:

San Bernardino shooter's dad: He was ‘obsessed’ with Israel — In interview with Italian paper, father Syed Farook says his son ‘supported the creation of the Islamic State’ — Syed Farook, father of San Bernardino terrorist Syed Rizwan Farook, has described his son as negatively “obsessed” with Israel.

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Tanya Somanader / Blog Daily Listings RSS:

President Obama Addresses the Nation on Keeping the American People Safe … He will provide an update on the ongoing investigation into the tragic attack in San Bernardino. He will also discuss the broader threat of terrorism — including the nature of the threat, how it has evolved, and how we will defeat it.

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Agence France-Presse:
Obama to urge Americans ‘to not give in to fear’

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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Shooter's Mother Active In US Branch Of Pro-Caliphate Islamic Group

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New York Post:
Now even Obama has to admit San Bernardino was terrorism

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon

Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Lynch cautious on ISIL link to California attacks

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David Mark / CNN:
President Obama to address nation over terror threats

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Jeremy Herb / Politico:

Trump: Islamic terrorism will get solved when Obama ‘gets the hell out’ — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump says the country's “tremendous problem” with radical Islamic terrorism will get solved once President Barack Obama “gets the hell out” of office.

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Arit John / Bloomberg Business:
Trump Says Political Correctness Helped Enable California Attack

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Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Trump: Terrorists' Family Members 'Know What's Happening' When They Attack

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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Chris Christie warns Iowans against Trump

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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Trump pumps siege mentality in Iowa

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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

Carter: Cancer is gone — Former President Jimmy Carter said Sunday his cancer is gone. — Carter, 91, made the announcement near the beginning of the Sunday School class he was teaching at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, a close friend and fellow church member said.

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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:

Rubio: No-fly list full of ‘everyday Americans’ — Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) says a majority of the people on the federal “no-fly list” do not belong there and therefore should not have their right to purchase firearms taken away. — “These are everyday Americans that have nothing to do with terrorism …

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David Edwards / Raw Story:

GOP hopeful John Kasich: It will ‘tip off’ terrorists if they can't buy guns — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Republican presidential candidate John Kasich warned over the weekend that people on the terrorist watch list should be able to buy guns or it could “tip somebody off” that they are being watched.

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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Kasich: Keep guns from those on no-fly list

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Andrew Husband / Mediaite:

Hillary Clinton: I Don't Say ‘Radical Islam’ Because It 'Doesn't Do Justice' to Good Muslims — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton really doesn't like using the term “radical Islam.” — This Week host George Stephanopoulos called out the former U.S. Secretary of State …

Discussion: Independent Journal

Dylan Stableford / Yahoo Politics:
Trump, Clinton talk terror and gun control in wake of San Bernardino attack

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ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript: Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush

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BBC:

France elections: National Front leads in regional polls — France's far-right National Front (FN) appears to have made big gains in the first round of regional elections, estimates show. — They put the FN ahead in at least six of 13 regions in mainland France.

Discussion: Power Line and The Daily Caller

Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:

Texas GOP Votes Down Secession Proposal … State GOP leaders, in a predictable but closely watched vote, have defeated a proposal to ask Texas voters whether they favor secession. — In a voice vote Saturday afternoon, the State Republican Executive Committee rejected a measure …

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CBS News:

Face the Nation transcripts December 6, 2015: Trump, Christie, Sanders — This is the transcript for the December 6 edition of Face the Nation. Guests included Donald Trump, Chris Christie, Bernie Sanders, Jeff Pegues, Fran Townsend, Michael Morell, Gwen Ifill, Ben Domenech, Gerald Seib, and Ed O'Keefe.

Discussion: Althouse and PoliticusUSA

Jessica Stern / New York Times:

How Terror Hardens Us — WE Americans are living through a dread-inducing age — of school shootings and suicide bombers, of racist terror and mass murder, of enemies who broadcast terrifying pronouncements against us. We are not used to living with such bewildering uncertainty.

Discussion: Salon and Althouse

Daily Mail:

ISIS army of scientists set to wage chemical and biological war on West: Experts warn weapons of mass destruction ‘have been carried undetected’ into Europe Union — ISIS has recruited experts with chemistry, physics and computer science degrees to wage war with weapons of mass destruction against the West …

Discussion: Israel Matzav and John Hawkins' Right Wing News