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5:30 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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Megan Thee-Brenan / New York Times:
Donald Trump Solidifies His Lead, but Leaves Many Nervous  —  Donald J. Trump occupies his strongest position yet in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, yet nearly two-thirds of American voters say they are concerned or frightened about the prospect of a Trump presidency …
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Crisis of Republican Authority  —  To understand the bind in which Donald Trump's fascistic forays have placed the Republican Party's leaders, it's useful to start with the specific fears that he's exploiting.  —  It would make everyone's lives easier if those fears were purely irrational …
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Nightmare scenario for establishment: Trump or Cruz  —  Three candidates for the Republican nomination have broken away from the rest of the pack, and two of them — businessman Donald Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz — give the GOP establishment nightmares.  —  That leaves the third member of the trio …
Discussion: Politico
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
How Donald Trump Has Opened the Door for Ted Cruz to Win
W. James Antle III / Washington Examiner:
The coming Republican immigration civil war
Discussion: Vox Popoli and Instapundit
Alana Abramson / ABC News:
How Donald Trump Could Hold Republicans Captive Until Next Summer
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
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.
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
FDR's granddaughter: ‘Reprehensible’ for Trump to invoke WWII  —  The granddaughter of former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt condemned GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump for invoking the internment of Japanese Americans to justify his proposal to temporarily ban Muslims from entering the United States.
Discussion: Politico
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.
Phoebe Maltz Bovy / New Republic:
It's Time to Ban Guns.  Yes, All of Them.  —  Ban guns.  All guns.  Get rid of guns in homes, and on the streets, and, as much as possible, on police.  Not just because of San Bernardino, or whichever mass shooting may pop up next, but also not not because of those.
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Chris Enloe / TheBlaze.com:
Actor Kurt Russell Fiercely Pushes Back Against Anti-Gun Hollywood Interviewer: 'What Are You …
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
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 …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Hot Air
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Lauren French / Politico:   Democratic Senate hopeful: Up to 20 percent of Muslims want caliphate
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 …
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 …
Sarah Koenig / Serial:
Welcome  —  Hello, everyone.  We're back.  Yes, at last!  We've launched Season Two.  —  Our first season was about a murder case few people had heard about.  Season Two is a story a gazillion people have heard about: the story of Bowe Bergdahl, the U.S. soldier who walked off his post …
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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 and KXAN-TV
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.
New York Post:
Hillary Clinton's most repugnant lie  —  Liar, liar, pantsuit on fire: Hillary Clinton still insists she didn't tell the grieving families of the Benghazi victims that an anti-Islam video was to blame.  —  Yet family members say she said just that, three days after the attack, at the Sept. 14, 2012, ceremony at Andrews Air Force base.
Smithsonian Institution:
Wegmans Wonderplace  —  Wegmans Wonderplace welcomes curious kids ages 0-6 and their grownups to exercise their imaginations, wiggle their bodies, and explore with their hands.  Wonderplace is built around the enduring wonders of childhood, the things kids are naturally curious about—blocks …
Discussion: WRIC-TV
Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
Surprise: Released Gitmo Detainee Now an Al Qaeda Leader in Yemen  —  Yemen, you may recall, is a glittering Smart Power success story according to our president — whose fixation with emptying and closing the Guantanamo Bay terrorist detention facility has placed political posturing above national security prudence.
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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Toronto Star:
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Discussion: Talking Points Memo and NPR
Public Religion Research Institute:
Survey | Nearly Half of Americans Worried That They or Their Family Will Be a Victim of Terrorism
Discussion: NPR, Washington Post and ThinkProgress
Roger Cohen / New York Times:
The Evil That Cannot Be Left Unanswered
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
When It Comes To Donald Trump, I Hate Everyone
Benjamin Swasey / WBUR:
‘Operator Error’ Investigated After Red Line Train Traveled Without One
Discussion: 89.3 KPCC, American Spectator and NPR
Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
The campaign from hell
Edward Morrissey / The Fiscal Times:
Obamacare Is Now on Life Support
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Rasmussen Reports:
Voters Like Trump's Proposed Muslim Ban
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Bush PAC attorney to Trump counsel: You may want to try learning election law
Deirdre Shesgreen / Cincinnati.com:
Brown: Ohio concealed-carry bill work of ‘lunatics’
Discussion: Bearing Arms and The Daily Caller
 

 
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Sources: Paramount is planning for what happens if no big deal happens, mulling cutting $2B in costs, selling BET and TV stations, starting a streaming JV, more

Laura Wagner / Washington Post:
Over 50 journalism professors call on the NYT to address questions on its report that described a “pattern of gender-based violence” in Hamas' October 7 attack

Ben Smith / Semafor:
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