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2:55 PM ET, December 7, 2015

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The White House:
Address to the Nation by the President  —  **Please see below for a correction, marked with an asterisk.  —  THE PRESIDENT: Good evening.  On Wednesday, 14 Americans were killed as they came together to celebrate the holidays.  They were taken from family and friends who loved them deeply.
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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.
Discussion: Washington Post
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Obama Actually Thought He Was Being Reassuring Last Night  —  President Obama's Sunday night speech was about three-quarters of what the cynics and his critics expected.  The lone bits of good news were the president's belated acknowledgement that the Fort Hood shooting was terrorism - not …
Washington Post:
Here's what Obama said in his Sunday night address: An annotated transcript  —  President Obama addressed the nation from the Oval Office on Sunday night; here's a transcript of his remarks, annotated by Washington Post reporters and readers using Genius.  —  To see an annotation …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Lynch recalibrates message on hateful speech
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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Andrew Prokop / Vox:
The far-right position that could doom Marco Rubio in the general election  —  In a Republican presidential field where Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, and Ben Carson are topping the polls, Marco Rubio seems like the reasonable, electable choice that the establishment should love.  —  That may well be true.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Ben Carson Responds to Falling Poll Numbers
Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
Rand Paul has decided to be a message candidate, with an anti-Rubio message
Brian Ross / ABC News:
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Oren Dorell / USA Today:
Dad: San Bernardino shooter agreed with ISIL, ‘obsessed with Israel’
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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:
Discussion: U.S. Uncut, OnPolitics and WNCN
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Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Trump makes shortlist for Time's Person of the Year
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Supreme Court lets local ban on assault weapons stand  —  The Supreme Court in Washington.  —  In a victory for gun-control advocates, the Supreme Court on Monday rejected a 2nd Amendment challenge to laws that forbid the sale or possession of semiautomatic weapons that carry more than 10 rounds of ammunition.
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg Business:
Gun Advocates Rejected by Supreme Court on Assault Weapons
Discussion: Politico
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Won't Hear Challenge to Assault Weapons Ban in Chicago Suburb
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.
Discussion: Vox
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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Paul Ryan Brings Sharply Different Leadership Style to House
Discussion: Political Wire
Hillary Clinton / New York Times:
How I'd Rein In Wall Street  —  SEVEN years ago, the financial crisis sent our economy into a tailspin.  Over five million people lost their homes.  Nearly nine million lost their jobs.  Nearly $13 trillion in household wealth was wiped out.  —  Under President Obama, our economy has come a long way back.
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
How the Democrats Flubbed San Bernardino  —  The response of President Obama and his media allies to the terror attack in California should have liberals worried.  —  Has there ever been a better example of liberal overreach than the coverage that followed the shooting in San Bernardino?
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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:
Discussion: Tom Cotton, WBTW-TV and Washington Post
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.
Samantha Cowan / Yahoo! News:
Coca-Cola Pulls Offensive Ad, but the Damage Is Already Done  —  In an ad distributed by Coca-Cola Mexico, pretty, young white people do their holiday good deed by bringing bottles of soda to a remote village and build a wooden Christmas tree in the town square.
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Zombie nativity scene draws $500 a day fine from town as Christian protesters descend  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  An Ohio man is under fire from local authorities for setting up a zombie nativity scene against town wishes, Fox 19 reports.
Discussion: Chicagoist and addictinginfo.org
Steve Schmadeke / Chicago Tribune:
Alvarez balks at charges in Ronald Johnson police shooting, says video shows gun  —  Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez details the dash-cam video and audio connected to the police shooting of Ronald Johnson.  Alvarez announced Dec. 7, 2015, there will be no charges …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Week
 
 
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
Baptist pastor commands wives to ‘submit’: The ‘feminist rebellion’ is destroying America
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Talking Points Memo:
“This guy is such a total pussy, it's stunning,” Peters continued.
Discussion: Truth Revolt
Eugene Volokh / Washington Post:
President Obama asks: “What could possibly be the argument for allowing a terrorist suspect …
Discussion: JustOneMinute and Betsy's Page
David H. Gans / New Republic:
Up Next at the Supreme Court: A Challenge to Equality for All Americans
Discussion: Raw Story
Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D. / Breitbart:
Migrants on Video: Paris Attacks ‘Good,’ ‘by 2025 All of France Will Become Muslim’
Beth Landman / New York Post:
People are faking disabilities to fly with their pets
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