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8:40 AM ET, December 11, 2015

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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 …
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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.
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.
Tim Graham / NewsBusters:
See How NPR Hacks Up Testy Interview with Ted Cruz
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 …
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
McConnell warns that trade deal can't pass Congress before 2016 elections
Discussion: New York Times
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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, WSLS-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 …
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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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Attacks on Trump just make these voters like him more
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Is the Democrats' Dream Nominee
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Trump: I will mandate death penalty for killing police officers  —  Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Thursday vowed to issue an executive order to mandate the death penalty for anyone who kills a police officer.  —  “One of the first things I'd do in terms of executive order …
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:   Donald Trump Has Even Flip-Flopped On Bigotry
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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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
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: Horizons, Politico and Mother Jones
Garrett Epps / The Atlantic:
Is Affirmative Action Finished?  —  “If this Court rules that the University of Texas can't consider race, or if it rules that universities that consider race have to die a death of a thousand cuts for doing so, we know exactly what's going to happen,” Gregory Garre, the lawyer for the University of Texas …
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: NBC News, Slate, The Week and fox4kc.com
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.
Des Moines Register:
Register's Peterson to have surgery on broken leg Thursday  —  Randy Peterson, The Des Moines Register's columnist covering Iowa State sports, suffered a compound leg fracture during the Hilton Coliseum court-storming after Iowa State's 83-82 victory over Iowa on Thursday night.
Discussion: ABC News
Carly Stockwell / USA TODAY College:
Best 10 colleges for the money  —  Higher education has become more and more critical to getting a well-paying job.  But at the same time, the costs of getting that education increase every year, far surpassing the college savings of many families.  According to research done …
New York Times:
On Republican Campaign Trail, Slow and Steady May Win the Race  —  Donald J. Trump mocks his opponents as “low energy,” but his own campaign travel schedule is relatively sleepy: He left his home base of New York for only 17 public events during a 30-day stretch.
Discussion: Political Wire
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 …
 
 
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Empowering the Ugliness  —  We live in an era of political news …
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Kristina Wong / The Hill:
House report: Obama officials misled public on Bergdahl swap
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Pamela Geller
New York Daily News:
House will include Zadroga reauthorization in omnibus spending bill, as Dems praise inclusion …
Discussion: Mediaite and Slantpoint
Jody Rosen / Billboard:
Nicki Minaj Fronts Billboard No. 1s Year-End Cover in Candid, Outspoken Interview: 'Fans Know My Struggle.
Discussion: Guardian, Red Alert Politics and all
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Are Democrats Trying to Establish a Right To Immigrate to US?
Nshira Turkson / The Atlantic:
The Necessary Recklessness of Campus Protests
 Earlier Items: 
Fox News:
Cartel leader Chapo Guzmán threatens war on ISIS after terrorists destroy drug shipment
The Intercept:
A Muslim American Veteran Was Widely Smeared With a Fabricated Story About ISIS Charges
Ted Cruz:
Sen. Cruz Issues Statement on the Every Student Succeeds Act
Discussion: Michael Bennet and KXAN-TV
Evan Vucci / Associated Press:
White House Readies Executive Action On Gun Control