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4:25 PM ET, December 7, 2015

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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.
Discussion: Daily Wire and Pamela Geller
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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.
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.
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
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Ben Carson Responds to Falling Poll Numbers
Discussion: OnPolitics
Nick Gass / Politico:
Poll: Cruz surges to first in Iowa
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Trump turns to general election mode
David Rutz / Washington Free Beacon:
Ralph Peters Calls Obama a ‘Total Pussy’ on Live Television  —  Retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Ralph Peters called President Obama “a total pussy” during a live interview Monday for what he views as his impotent response to the threat of Islamic extremist terrorism.
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Talking Points Memo:
“This guy is such a total pussy, it's stunning,” Peters continued.  —  True, if you mean “pussy” in the sense that pussy makes the world go 'round.  In the sense that it's the most powerful weapon on the planet to have ever existed.  Most wars have been started over little more than pussy.
Discussion: Guns.com and Truth Revolt
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.”
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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Brian Ross / ABC News:
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: Mother Jones, Vox and Washington Post
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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Paul Ryan Brings Sharply Different Leadership Style to House
Discussion: Political Wire
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.
Discussion: New York's PIX11 and Mediaite
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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
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:
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,” …
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.
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
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Marco Rubio's ‘water thing’  —  In May 2008, when Marco Rubio retired as Florida's House speaker, he bid his colleagues farewell with a passionate defense of American exceptionalism.  Standing on the floor in front of the speaker's rostrum, Rubio invoked boatloads of refugees washing up on American shores …
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Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
Rand Paul has decided to be a message candidate, with an anti-Rubio message
 
 
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Trump threatens top Bush donor with defamation suit over ‘hater’ ads
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Obama: ‘This was an act of terrorism’
Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
Jeb Bush's Pot Joke Did Better Than Donald Trump's Most Retweeted Tweet Of 2015
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Baptist pastor commands wives to ‘submit’: The ‘feminist rebellion’ is destroying America
Discussion: addictinginfo.org and Liberaland
Steve Schmadeke / Chicago Tribune:
Alvarez balks at charges in Ronald Johnson police shooting, says video shows gun
Discussion: CityLab, Raw Story and The Week
Eugene Volokh / Washington Post:
President Obama asks: “What could possibly be the argument for allowing a terrorist suspect …
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David H. Gans / New Republic:
Up Next at the Supreme Court: A Challenge to Equality for All Americans
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Beth Landman / New York Post:
People are faking disabilities to fly with their pets
Adam Serwer / BuzzFeed:
Trump Adviser Doesn't Get How Judaism Works
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Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
How the Democrats Flubbed San Bernardino
Discussion: The Daily Caller
 

 
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Wall Street Journal:
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