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9:05 AM ET, December 16, 2015

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Bloomberg Business:
Terrorism Dominates Republican Debate But So Do Personal Attacks  —  Terrorists aren't the only targets in the last Republican presidential debate of 2015.  —  michaelcbender  —  McCormickJohn  —  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump joined President Barack Obama …
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Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Cruz Blusters and Trump Sulks at Tense Republican Debate  —  Someone needs to explain carpets to Ted Cruz.  —  They're continuous stretches of material, usually rectangular, sometimes round.  They're not staggered, interrupted, with stops, starts, holes and sharp jags so that they smother …
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Chris Christie just made the GOP race a lot more interesting  —  After being in the minors for two debates, Chris Christie graduated to the main stage of the Republican clash for the presidential nomination Tuesday night.  And he made the most of it.  —  The governor of New Jersey …
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
The 13 biggest moments of the GOP debate  —  The Republican presidential candidates went after each other right from the start of the CNN debate Tuesday night.  Here are the most memorable and important moments:  —  1. Trump rules out independent bid  —  Moderator Hugh Hewitt asked Donald Trump …
Hunter Walker / Yahoo Politics:
Jeb Bush takes on Trump: 'You're not going to be able to insult your way to the presidency'  —  LAS VEGAS — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush took several shots at Donald Trump during the Republican presidential debate Tuesday evening.  —  While on the campaign trail, Trump, the current frontrunner …
Shushannah Walshe / ABC News:
Fifth Republican Presidential Debate: 7 Moments That Mattered  —  Less than 200 miles away from the scene of this month's ISIS-inspired attack in San Bernardino, California, the nine leading Republican presidential candidates used the final presidential debate of the year to loudly beat the drums of war.
Michael Crowley / Politico:
How Cruz and Rubio exposed the GOP's rift on foreign policy  —  Tuesday night's Republican debate revealed a deep rift in the Republican party over how to deal with Middle East dictators a decade after George W. Bush's neoconservative call for aggressively promoting American-style democracy in the region.
Discussion: Yahoo Politics
New York Times:
In Republican Debate, Donald Trump and Marco Rubio Become Targets  —  Donald J. Trump came under sustained attack from Jeb Bush and other Republican presidential candidates on Tuesday night as they united against his plan to bar Muslims from entering the United States while tussling …
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
GOP candidates have an unruly fight over serious issues, with no clear winner
Paola Chavez / ABC News:
Best Lines of the Final GOP Debate of 2015
Discussion: whorunsGov and abc7.com
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump meets with GOP mega-donor but says, 'I don't want his money'
MJ Lee / CNN:
Terror threat dominates GOP debate
Discussion: Fox News
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Jeb Bush vowed that Donald Trump would be in decline by Dec. 15. That didn't happen.
Michael A. Cohen / BostonGlobe.com:
Donald Trump and the ugliness in Las Vegas  —  LAS VEGAS — There was a lot of rancor and ugliness on display at Donald Trump's rally Monday night at the Westgate Casino.  There were fights between protesters and an unforgiving hotel security team, accompanied by cries of “Sieg Heil” directed at Black Lives Matter protesters.
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John Locher / BuzzFeed:
Trump Supporter Yells “Light The Motherf**ker On Fire” As Protester Is Dragged Away At Rally
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Jenna Morton / WQAD-TV:
Muscatine man fights panhandlers who refuse his offer of a job  —  It's a picture that's been shared around the world.  Two boys panhandling in Muscatine, another man holding a sign telling people not to give them money.  —  In Muscatine, Iowa you can find panhandlers several times a week.
Discussion: WGN-TV
Arturo Garcia / Raw Story:
Republican chickenhawk Huckabee speaks to youth: ‘Get off your butt’ and defeat ISIS  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) used a question about US military involvement in Syria to denounce not only Hillary Clinton, but young people during a Republican presidential candidate on Tuesday.
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Huckabee To Lazy, Pot-Smoking Youth: 'We Aren't Gonna Give You Anything!'
Discussion: Business Insider
Tal Kopan / CNN:
Live updates from the Republican debate  —  The CNN-Facebook Republican Presidential Debate  —  Follow this CNN Republican debate live blog for all the best moments from the last GOP debate of 2015 on the stage and on social media.  —  After the undercard debate, the prime-time showdown focuses on keeping America safe.
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Obamas have dog problem in White House  —  Michelle Obama says White House dogs Bo and Sunny will be getting “lots of new toys and treats” for Christmas despite some bad habits.  —  “They have been very good dogs,” Obama said of the pair of Portuguese Water Dogs.  “I mean, Sunny can be naughty.
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Daily Mail:
‘The Obamas treat Air Force One like an Uber ride’: Chief of spending watchdog says president's …
The Hill:
Ryan unveils sweeping $1.6T deal on government funding, taxes  —  Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) announced to the House Republican Conference on Tuesday night that leaders have reached a sweeping year-end deal on taxes and funding the government after days of intense negotiations.
Discussion: Politico and Talking Points Memo
David Neumark / Wall Street Journal:
The Evidence Is Piling Up That Higher Minimum Wages Kill Jobs  —  President Obama says there is ‘no solid evidence.’ Yes there is—lots of it.  —  The movement to raise the federal minimum wage has become ever more ambitious.  In 2013 proponents deemed $9 an hour acceptable; today the demand is for $15.
Discussion: Cafe Hayek
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Carson: Doing Brain Surgery On Children Has Prepared Me For War  —  Asked by GOP debate moderator Hugh Hewitt whether he would be willing to order airstrikes that would kill thousands of innocent children, Ben Carson compared making such a call to the experience of operating on a child, as he did as an acclaimed pediatric neurosurgeon.
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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