memeorandum: Donald Trump calls for ‘total and complete shutdown of Muslims’ coming to U.S. (Daniel Strauss/Politico)

8:20 PM ET, December 7, 2015

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DONALD J. TRUMP STATEMENT ON PREVENTING MUSLIM IMMIGRATION — (New York, NY) December 7th, 2015, — Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on.

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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:

Trump calls for ‘shutdown’ of Muslims entering US — Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump wants to halt all Muslim immigration to the United States. — In a statement from his campaign, Trump called for a “total and complete shutdown” of Muslims entering the United States until elected leaders …

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Josh Fatzick / The Daily Caller:

Here's How Donald Trump Just Punked Jeb Bush Again — GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump has been trying to get under the skin of Jeb Bush since the campaign started, and in his latest effort, Trump re-directed a seemingly Bush-related website to his own campaign website.

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Jill Colvin / Associated Press:

Trump calls for ‘complete shutdown’ on Muslims entering US — NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says he is calling for a “complete and total shutdown” on Muslims entering the United States. — Trump says in a statement released by his campaign Monday …

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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Calls For Total Ban On Muslims Entering The U.S.

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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Donald Trump calls for ‘total and complete shutdown of Muslims’ coming to U.S.

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New York Times:
Donald Trump Calls for Barring Muslims From Entering U.S.

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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump: Ban all Muslim travel to U.S.

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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:

Fox News suspends two commentators for profanity while criticizing Obama — Two Fox News commentators were suspended on Monday for using profanities while criticizing President Obama on Monday. — Ralph Peters, a Fox News “strategic analyst,” called the president a “total pu—” who “doesn't want to hurt our enemies.”

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Talking Points Memo:
“This guy is such a total pussy, it's stunning,” Peters continued.

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Mark Murray / NBC News:

Clinton Thumps Trump in Latest Head-to-Head Poll — Hillary Clinton leads the Republican presidential field in hypothetical general-election match-ups, with Ben Carson and Marco Rubio running the closest to her, according to a new national MSNBC/Telemundo/Marist poll.

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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:

Poll: Cruz surges ahead of Trump and Carson in Iowa — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has surpassed Donald Trump and Ben Carson in Iowa, a new poll finds, giving the Texas Republican his first lead of the cycle in an early-voting state. — Cruz, who has been on a sharp upward trajectory in the polls …

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Nick Gass / Politico:
Poll: Cruz surges to first in Iowa

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Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Ben Carson Responds to Falling Poll Numbers

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Andrew Prokop / Vox:
The far-right position that could doom Marco Rubio in the general election

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CNN:
CNN/ORC Poll: Donald Trump, Ted Cruz on the rise in Iowa

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Julian Hattem / The Hill:

ISIS has targeted refugee program to enter US, Homeland Security chairman says — Intelligence officials have determined that Islamic extremists have explored using the refugee program to enter the United States, the head of the House Homeland Security Committee said on Monday.

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Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:

How Obama Thinks About Terrorism — At the core of Barack Obama's terrorism speech on Sunday night lay a contradiction. He gave the address to convince an increasingly fearful nation that he takes the terrorist threat seriously. But he doesn't, at least not in the way his political opponents do.

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James Fallows / The Atlantic:
Obama the Analyst — Sunday evening's speech about terrorism distilled …

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Washington Post:
Here's what Obama said in his Sunday night address: An annotated transcript

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Brian Ross / ABC News:

WELCOME TO AMERICA: NEW PHOTO SHOWS TERROR COUPLE ENTERING US

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Richard A. Serrano / Los Angeles Times:
San Bernardino shooters had been radicalized ‘for some time,’ went to shooting ranges before attack

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Taylor Millard / Hot Air:
Friends, family worried about San Bernardino terrorists, but said nothing

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DNAinfo New York:

VIDEO: Woman Eats Pizza While Walking Away From Fatal Fort Greene Crash — FORT GREENE — Surveillance video appeared to capture a woman calmly munching on a slice of pizza moments after an unlicensed driver hurtled onto a curb and fatally struck a 30-year-old woman Sunday on Fulton Street.

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New York Daily News:
Woman killed, four injured when SUV plows into pedestrians on Brooklyn street

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Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:

A House Divided — On July 28th, Mark Meadows, a Republican representative from North Carolina, walked to the well of the House and filed a motion to vacate the chair. It's an obscure parliamentary tool that allows any member of the House to trigger a vote to oust the Speaker.

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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Paul Ryan Brings Sharply Different Leadership Style to House

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Sarah Begley / TIME:

TIME Announces Shortlist for 2015 Person of the Year — Meet the eight final contenders — A shortlist of candidates chosen by TIME magazine's editors for the 2015 Person of the Year was revealed on NBC's TODAY show Monday morning. The eight contenders are, in alphabetical order:

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Sam Frizell / TIME:
Bernie Sanders Wins Readers' Poll for TIME Person of the Year

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Speaker.gov:

Statement on The President's Oval Office Address — WASHINGTON - House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) issued the following statement tonight in response to President Obama's Oval Office address on terrorism:

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Josh Gerstein / Politico:

Lynch recalibrates message on hateful speech — Attorney General Loretta Lynch Monday appeared to recalibrate remarks she made last week that suggested the Justice Department could investigate speech deemed hostile towards Muslims. — “Of course, we prosecute deeds and not words,” …

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Kira Lerner / ThinkProgress:

Ted Cruz Tells Fabricated Story About A Girl Threatened With Jail For Saying ‘Jesus’ — During a town hall event in South Carolina on Monday, Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz made the bold claim that he will defend religious liberty because “what kind of country are we living in where …

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Ezra Klein / Vox:

“Political identity is fair game for hatred”: how Republicans and Democrats discriminate — In 1960, Americans were asked whether they would be pleased, displeased, or unmoved if their son or daughter married a member of the other political party. — Respondents reacted with a shrug.

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