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10:55 AM ET, December 16, 2015

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Leon H. Wolf / RedState:
Ted Cruz Has a Problem  —  Up until last night, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) 100%'s refusal to attack Donald Trump was defensible.  Without question, it was smart politics, as his rise in the polls would attest.  But it was also defensible on the merits as a guy who is a solid conservative in good standing …
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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 …
Discussion: Betsy's Page
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 …
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
CNN Republican debate: Winners and losers  —  Washington (CNN)Republican presidential candidates sought to cement — or improve — their standings in a debate Tuesday night that comes less than two months before the first votes of the election season are cast.
Discussion: Towleroad and ImmigrationProf Blog
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 …
Leon H. Wolf / RedState:
Winners and Losers in Tonight's CNN/Salem Debate  —  This was, in many respects, the best debate of the season.  The moderators kept the focus for the largest part on the most meaningful conflict of the night - which was on the differences between Cruz and Rubio.
Will Rahn / The Daily Beast:
Was Marco Rubio Overrated All Along?  —  Marco Rubio was supposed to be the savior of the Republican establishment.  But after Tuesday's debate, maybe we should start asking ourselves if this is really a two-way race between Cruz and Trump.  —  That was a rough debate for Marco Rubio.
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.
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 …
Michael Crowley / Politico:   How Cruz and Rubio exposed the GOP's rift on foreign policy
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
GOP candidates have an unruly fight over serious issues, with no clear winner
The Huffington Post:
Read The Latest Updates On The CNN GOP Debate
Paola Chavez / ABC News:
Best Lines of the Final GOP Debate of 2015
Discussion: abc7.com
MJ Lee / CNN:
Terror threat dominates GOP debate
Discussion: Fox News
Washington Post:
5th Republican debate transcript, annotated: Who said what and what it meant  —  Nine Republican candidates are participating in tonight's 2016 presidential debate in Las Vegas: Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.), former Florida governor Jeb Bush, former tech executive Carly Fiorina …
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Discussion: Vox, Politico and Washington Times
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
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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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.
Jamie Sotonoff / Daily Herald:
Wheaton College puts hijab-wearing professor on leave … A Wheaton College political science professor, who had been wearing a hijab to show solidarity for Muslim women in America and inviting other women to join her, was put on administrative leave Tuesday by the evangelical Christian school.
Discussion: WGN-TV, myfox8.com and BizPac Review
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
Andrew McCarthy / National Review:
Why People Hate the Media, Chapter 732,851,997 ...  The Washington Examiner headline had me doing a double-take: “North Carolina town rejects solar farm, fears it will deplete sun's energy.”  —  Seriously?  —  So I read the report, which inauspiciously begins with correspondent Don Hawkins getting wrong …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Mother Jones
 
 
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Jennifer Pak / Telegraph:
Chinese buy up bottles of fresh air from Canada
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump pledges allegiance to GOP, rules out independent bid
Erin Kelly / USA Today:
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Liz Kreutz / ABC News:
How Hillary Clinton Says the US Can Stop Domestic Terrorism
Discussion: abc13.com
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Carson: Doing Brain Surgery On Children Has Prepared Me For War
Discussion: Raw Story
Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
Rick Santorum ‘Islam Is Different’ When It Comes To Religious Freedom
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Chuck Todd on LA: 'This Was a Successful Terrorist Attack, It Wasn't Blood, It Was Fear'
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MyKayla Hilgart / KIMT-TV:
Suspected bank robber in custody
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Jeff Patterson / WFLA-TV:
VIDEO: Boy arrested 20+ times, arrested again for stealing 89-year-old man's car
Discussion: FOX21News.com
Camille Paglia / Spiked:
Feminist trouble  —  It's doubtful whether Camille Paglia …
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Sophia Rosenbaum / Page Six:
Paris Hilton moving to Switzerland for millionaire beau
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Muscatine man fights panhandlers who refuse his offer of a job
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