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12:00 AM ET, December 11, 2015

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New York Times:
Ted Cruz Questions Donald Trump's ‘Judgment’ to Be President  —  Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, who has carefully avoided public criticism of Donald J. Trump, said this week at a private fund-raiser that the real estate developer was facing a “challenging question” about whether he has the “judgment” to be president.
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New York Times:
Fear of Terrorism Lifts Donald Trump in New York Times/CBS Poll  —  Americans are more fearful about the likelihood of another terrorist attack than at any other time since the weeks after Sept. 11, 2001, a gnawing sense of dread that has helped lift Donald J. Trump to a new high among …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Hot Air
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Poll Shows Voters Split on Trump's Muslim Ban  —  Nearly six-in-10 Americans oppose Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's proposal to bar Muslims from entering the United States, but Republicans are evenly divided, according to a new national NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Is the Democrats' Dream Nominee
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
FDR's granddaughter: ‘Reprehensible’ for Trump to invoke WWII
Discussion: Politico
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:   Donald Trump Has Even Flip-Flopped On Bigotry
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
White supremacist groups see Trump bump
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
How Donald Trump Has Opened the Door for Ted Cruz to Win
Discussion: Hot Air and Washington Monthly
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
In Trump's Muslim ban, Clinton sees an opportunity
Lauren French / Politico:
Democrats demand end to ban on gun violence research  —  House Democrats are adding a controversial new demand to the government funding talks: ending a 19-year old ban on gun violence research by the federal government.  —  Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced Thursday …
Discussion: The Trace, WWLP-TV and Moe Lane
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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.
Phoebe Maltz Bovy / New Republic:
It's Time to Ban Guns. Yes, All of Them.
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 …
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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Tim Graham / NewsBusters:
See How NPR Hacks Up Testy Interview with Ted Cruz
Discussion: Hit & Run and The Week
John Stanton / BuzzFeed:
Ted Cruz Votes Against Senate Resolution That Rejects Trump's Proposed Muslim Ban
Discussion: Politico, Washington Post and The Week
Derek Hunter / The Daily Caller:
Colorado ACLU Board Member: Shoot Trump Voters ‘Before Election Day’  —  Loring Wirbel, board member of the American Civil Liberties Union's Colorado chapter and co-chair of the ACLU's Colorado Springs chapter, called for supporters of GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump to be shot before they vote for the billionaire businessman.
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Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
When It Comes To Donald Trump, I Hate Everyone
Discussion: SayUncle
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Attacks on Trump just make these voters like him more
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Lauren French / Politico:
Democratic Senate hopeful: Up to 20 percent of Muslims want caliphate
Discussion: Allen B. West and The Daily Caller
Los Angeles Times:
San Bernardino shooters planned bigger attack, investigators believe  —  An FBI dive team on Thursday searches for electronic devices or other evidence possibly left in Seccombe Lake, about two miles north of the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino.  —  An examination of digital equipment recovered …
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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 …
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Thematic Convergence, or Real Old Testament Stuff...  Rare is the day when we find a smidgen of insight at Vox.  Rarer still is the day that the Voxsplainers and Glenn Reynolds are aligned in agreement.  —  This is that day.  Glenn, picking up a theme noted by Sen. Ben Sasse in San Bernardino …
Discussion: New York Times and Vox
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.
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 …
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
Bloomberg Business:
Putin's Quagmire in Syria Proves Obama Prescient  —  Officials in Moscow no longer talking about war lasting months  —  Russia's mid-November surge doubled cost of military campaign  —  U.S. President Barack Obama, facing criticism at home over his Islamic State strategy …
Discussion: Mother Jones
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: Gothamist and WTVR-TV
Dan Pfeiffer / Medium:
Empowering People to Help People: Why I am Joining GoFundMe  —  In late 2006, I found myself unexpectedly unemployed and looking for a job.  That's when I met Barack Obama who was starting to put together a team to launch an improbable run for the White House.
KFOR-TV:
Jury: Former Oklahoma City police officer found guilty on 18 counts  —  OKLAHOMA CITY - After listening to several weeks of testimony and four days of deliberating, a jury has found a former Oklahoma City police officer accused of sex crimes guilty on 18 counts.
Discussion: fox4kc.com and NBC News
 
 
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