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8:55 PM ET, December 13, 2015

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Eugene Scott / CNN:
Stage set for final GOP debate of 2015  —  Watch CNN's coverage of the fifth Republican presidential debate live from Las Vegas on Tuesday, December 15.  Coverage begins at 6 p.m. ET.  —  Washington (CNN)Nine candidates will appear in prime-time Tuesday night for the final Republican …
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Cruz, Trump ahead in Iowa, Clinton holds caucus lead  —  Ted Cruz and Donald Trump are the top two candidates Iowa Republican caucus-goers say are the most qualified to handle the top two issues facing the country — the economy and national security.
Elliot Smilowitz / The Hill:
Rand Paul may end campaign if he misses debate cut  —  Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Saturday indicated he may end his White House bid if he does not end up in the main stage of CNN's GOP presidential debate on Tuesday.  —  “We will make an announcement, on that, on Tuesday,” …
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Rand Paul remains on main debate stage
Discussion: Hot Air, CNN and The Right Scoop
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Trump Leads National GOP Horserace, Cruz Surges Into 2nd Place
BostonGlobe.com:
‘Debate is very important,’ Paul says
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Donald Trump: Hillary ‘killed hundreds of thousands of people with her stupidity’  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Republican presidential Donald Trump asserted on Sunday that Democratic hopeful Hillary Clinton had killed “hundreds of thousands of people with her stupidity.”
Discussion: LiberalAmerica.org and alan.com
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James Fallows / The Atlantic:
Obama: Chessmaster, not Pawn … Four years ago at this time, I was in the middle of writing what became a cover story with the (immodest) title “Obama, Explained.”  In it, I examined whether the slow, understated, long-game approach of a one-term president about to run for re-election …
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Rubio Outlines Plan To End Marriage Equality  —  In the landmark case of Obergefell v. Hodges, the Supreme Court found that same-sex marriage is a Constitutional right protected by the 14th Amendment.  —  Sunday on NBC's Meet The Press, Marco Rubio pledged, as President, to change that.
Free Thought Project / Raw Story:
Missouri police chief resigns after caging family's lost puppy at a gun range and shooting it  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Police Chief Andrew Spencer resigned this week after it was revealed that he shot and killed an innocent dog that was in a cage and meant no one any harm.
Discussion: addictinginfo.org
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
NY Times Editors Continued War on Reality  —  The Times editors - yes, the folks who recently linked to an Onion wanna-be for factual support - continue their editorializing on guns, and the issue is far too important to let tedious facts get in their way:  —  Despair Over Gun Deaths Is Not an Option
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New York Times:   Despair Over Gun Deaths Is Not an Option
Economist:
Playing with fear  —  In America and Europe, right-wing populist politicians are on the march.  The threat is real  —  From the print edition  —  POPULISTS have a new grievance.  For many years, on both sides of the Atlantic, they have thrived on the belief that a selfish elite cannot …
Discussion: Instapundit
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Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
How Well Do You Know Religion?  —  Donald Trump's proposal …
Discussion: JustOneMinute
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
A top Democratic opposition research group says it won't go after Marco Rubio — but why?  —  After an early career as a conservative operative dedicated to bringing down Bill Clinton, David Brock has emerged as one of the top guys in the world of Democratic-aligned fundraising, messaging, and opposition research.
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Podesta to donors: Cruz is likely GOP nominee
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and The Right Scoop
Kristen Taketa / Crime Blog:
UNT police officer fatally shoots ax-wielding student near campus  —  The University of North Texas says Texas Rangers will help investigate an officer-involved shooting that left a man dead just off campus.  The body of the man who was shot has been obscured in this photograph from Bink Ruckthongsook.
Discussion: Associated Press and KXAN-TV
Evan Hoopfer / timesfreepress.com:
Police ask community for video footage of man killed by officer after endangering child, officer  —  Neighbor, friend describes the 24-year-old as silly, normal person  —  Raymond Bennett's fiancée woke him up around noon Saturday in a panic.  —  “Raymond,” she said, “someone just got killed out here.”
Discussion: Guardian
Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
196 countries approve historic climate agreement  —  BREAKING NEWS: Negotiators from 196 countries approved a landmark climate accord on Saturday that seeks to dramatically reduce emissions of the greenhouse gases blamed for a dangerous warming of the planet.
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Kipp Jones / Breitbart:
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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Carson doubles down on threat to leave the GOP
New York Times:
Influential Southeast Asia Scholar Benedict Anderson Dies
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They're ‘so nice,’ until they get religion and want to kill us
Chris Bodenner / The Atlantic:
‘Freedom of Speech Includes the Freedom to Hate’
Al Gore / The Huffington Post:
Speaking with One Voice to Solve the Climate Crisis
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Beth Brelje / Pocono Record:
Police shoot and kill armed man in East Stroudsburg Walmart
Discussion: ABC News