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7:25 PM ET, December 10, 2015

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New York Times:
Ted Cruz Questions Donald Trump's ‘Judgment’ to Be President  —  Senator Ted Cruz raised questions on Wednesday at a private fund-raiser about whether Donald J. Trump, his bombastic rival for the Republican presidential nomination, has the “judgment” to be president and mused about “strength …
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
GOP preparing for contested convention  —  Republican officials and leading figures in the party's establishment are now preparing for the possibility of a brokered convention as Donald Trump continues sit atop the polls and the presidential race.  —  More than 20 of them convened Monday …
Megan Thee-Brenan / New York Times:
Donald Trump Solidifies His Lead, but Leaves Many Nervous
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Crisis of Republican Authority
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Is the Democrats' Dream Nominee
Discussion: Bloomberg Business and Daily Wire
Brent Budowsky / The Hill:   The campaign from hell
W. James Antle III / Washington Examiner:
The coming Republican immigration civil war
Discussion: Vox Popoli and Instapundit
Evan Vucci / Associated Press:
White House Readies Executive Action On Gun Control  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's advisers are finalizing a proposal that would expand background checks on gun sales without congressional approval.  —  White House adviser Valerie Jarrett says the president has asked his team …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House finalizing executive action on guns
Des Moines Register:
Last Slide  —  Ted Cruz nailed an endorsement from a well-known Christian conservative newsmaker Thursday, one more step toward locking up the influential evangelical conservative voting bloc in Iowa.  —  “At the end of the day, we truly believe that Ted Cruz is the most consistent …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
How Donald Trump Has Opened the Door for Ted Cruz to Win
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Nightmare scenario for establishment: Trump or Cruz
Discussion: Politico, Washington Post and The Week
Tim Graham / NewsBusters:
See How NPR Hacks Up Testy Interview with Ted Cruz
Discussion: Hit & Run and The Week
David Weigel / Washington Post:   Attacks on Trump just make these voters like him more
Chris Enloe / TheBlaze.com:
Actor Kurt Russell Fiercely Pushes Back Against Anti-Gun Hollywood Interviewer: ‘What Are You Going to Do, Ban Everything?’  —  Legendary actor Kurt Russell said in a recent interview with Hollywood reporter Jeffery Wells that it's “absolutely insane” to believe that more gun control will curb terrorist attacks.
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WCIV-TV | ABC News 4:
‘Suspension proceedings’ begin after photos of Citadel cadets in white hoods posted online  —  CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — After photos surfaced on social media showing Citadel cadets in white Klan hoods and reportedly singing Christmas carols, a source close to the school said all of the members of the group have been identified.
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Post and Courier:
Citadel confirms suspensions after cadets photographed in white hoods
Discussion: ABC News and Mother Jones
Christopher Massie / BuzzFeed:
Democratic Congresswoman: “Between 5 And 20%” Of Muslims Willing To Use Terrorism To Institute Caliphate  —  “We know that there is a small group, and we don't know how big that is — it can be anywhere between 5 and 20%, from the people that I speak to — that Islam is their religion …
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Lauren French / Politico:
Democratic Senate hopeful: Up to 20 percent of Muslims want caliphate  —  A prominent Democratic congresswoman and Senate candidate said that up to 20 percent of Muslims want to establish an Islamic caliphate and would use “terrorism” to achieve that goal.  —  Rep. Loretta Sanchez …
Discussion: Allen B. West and The Daily Caller
Harvard University:
Harvard IOP Fall 2015 Poll  —  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  —  Contact: Esten Perez  —  TRUMP, CARSON LEAD REPUBLICAN PRIMARY; SANDERS EDGING CLINTON AMONG DEMOCRATS, HARVARD IOP POLL FINDS  —  After Paris Terrorist Attacks, Solid Majority of America's 18- to 29- Year-Olds Support Sending U.S. Ground Troops …
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Asma Khalid / NPR:
Millennials Want To Send Troops To Fight ISIS, But Don't Want To Serve
Nick Natario / WISH-TV:
Russell Taylor gets 27 years in child porn case  —  INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A judge sentenced the former head of Jared Fogle's charity to 27 years in prison Thursday afternoon.  —  Russell Taylor pleaded guilty to 13 federal crimes during his sentencing hearing — 12 counts of child exploitation …
John Stanton / BuzzFeed:
Ted Cruz Votes Against Senate Resolution That Rejects Trump's Proposed Muslim Ban  —  WASHINGTON — Sen. Ted Cruz and three other Republican senators voted on Thursday against a non-binding Senate resolution affirming that the United States does not use religious tests for immigrants seeking admission into the country.
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Public Religion Research Institute:
Survey | Nearly Half of Americans Worried That They or Their Family Will Be a Victim of Terrorism
Discussion: ThinkProgress, NPR and Washington Post
Andrea Cavallier / New York's PIX11:
Landlord claims tenants illegally turned three-bedroom apartment in Queens into 10 bedrooms  —  ELMHURST, Queens — Eddie Shiew owns a three-story home in Elmhurst, Queens, as a rental property.  He recently rented the third floor, a three-bedroom apartment, to Burak Firik and Dogan Kimilli for $2,500 a month.
Discussion: WTVR-TV and Gothamist
Ted Cruz:
Sen. Cruz Issues Statement on the Every Student Succeeds Act  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following statement on the conference report of the Every Student Succeeds Act (S. 1177), currently under consideration in the Senate:
Discussion: Michael Bennet, WSLS-TV and KXAN-TV
Arkansas State / A-State:
Suspect surrounded; no shots have been fired  —  JONESBORO - Arkansas State University is reporting possible active shooter on campus, east side of Reng Student Union.  —  University Police Department issued a text alert at 1:36 p.m. to notify campus.  —  Everyone has been notified to lock doors and shelter in place.
Reuters:
Prophecy realized: Ex-Gitmo detainee, UBL aide resurfaces on battlefield in Yemen  —  Al Qosi was freed from Guantanamo in 2012, and is now back fighting in Yemen.  —  A hardened Al Qaeda fighter who served as Usama bin Laden's jack-of-all-trades before spending a decade at Guantanamo Bay …
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Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
Surprise: Released Gitmo Detainee Now an Al Qaeda Leader in Yemen
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
White supremacist groups see Trump bump  —  The Ku Klux Klan is using Donald Trump as a talking point in its outreach efforts.  Stormfront, the most prominent American white supremacist website, is upgrading its servers in part to cope with a Trump traffic spike.
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Marco Rubio's claim that no recent mass shootings would have been prevented by gun laws  —  “None of the major shootings that have occurred in this country over the last few months or years that have outraged us, would gun laws have prevented them.”  —  A colleague pointed out this statement …
 
 
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