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8:55 AM ET, December 18, 2015

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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
DNC: Sanders campaign improperly accessed Clinton voter data  —  Officials with the Democratic National Committee have accused the presidential campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders of improperly accessing confidential voter information gathered by the rival campaign of Hillary Clinton, according to several party officials.
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New York Post:
Hillary Clinton's dream debate is one nobody watches  —  Busy Saturday night?  Probably, what with the NCAA bowl games, the Jets' must-win battle in Dallas and opening weekend for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”  So you'll skip the Democratic presidential debate — just as Hillary Clinton hoped.
Discussion: New York Times and Viking Pundit
New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Campaign Is Disciplined for Breaching Hillary Clinton Data  —  The Democratic National Committee has told the campaign of Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont that it was suspending its access to its voter database after a software error enabled at least one of his staff members …
Discussion: The Week and Politico
Joe Battenfeld / Boston Herald:
Franklin Pierce/Herald poll: Cruz, Rubio, Christie surge toward front-runner Trump; Hillary climbs back in NH  —  A pack of more proven GOP contenders led by U.S. Senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz is surging closer to Donald Trump in New Hampshire, while Democrat Hillary Clinton has clawed …
Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
Bernie Sanders Campaign Accessed Confidential Clinton Data  —  In response, the DNC has suspended the Sanders campaign from the party's voter file — a move that could cripple the senator just weeks before the start of the primary.  The Sanders campaign staffer who accessed the data has been fired.
Discussion: CNN, Balloon Juice, The Verge and U.S. Uncut
CNN:
Putin praises ‘bright and talented’ Trump  —  (CNN)Donald Trump has said that he would “get along very well” with Russian President Vladimir Putin.  —  The feeling is apparently mutual.  —  Putin offered high praise for the billionaire businessman-turned-Republican presidential front-runner …
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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Trump calls ‘highly respected’ Putin's comments a ‘great honor’  —  Donald Trump said on Thursday it was a “great honor” to be complimented by “highly respected” Russian President Vladimir Putin.  —  “It is always a great honor to be so nicely complimented by a man so highly respected within …
Martin Longman / Washington Monthly:
The Electoral College Challenge  —  One of the fundamental errors of analysis that Republican strategists made in 2012 was their presumption that African-American voters would be less enthusiastic about reelecting Barack Obama than they had been about electing him in the first place.
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Associated Press:
The House and Senate are rushing to send President Barack Obama …
Discussion: Politico
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Can we stop pretending that Republicans care about the deficit now?
Associated Press:
Immigration Fuels Cruz-Rubio Republican Clash  —  More than any other issue, immigration is driving the rivalry between Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, presidential rivals focusing on the divisive topic in their closing messages to Republican voters before the sprint to the Iowa caucuses.
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Rubio hints at stalling spending package, doesn't act
New York Times:
Neighbor of San Bernardino Attackers Faces Terrorism Charges  —  LOS ANGELES — Enrique Marquez, who bought the assault rifles used in the massacre in San Bernardino, Calif., that left 14 people dead, was arrested and charged Thursday with conspiring to conduct two terrorism attacks in 2011 and 2012.
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Vernon Freeman Jr / WTVR-TV:
Augusta County schools closed Friday after parental outrage over Arabic assignment  —  AUGUSTA COUNTY, Va. — Augusta County schools and all administrative offices are closing Friday December 18, after parental objections to a controversial high school geography assignment involving Arabic.
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Reuters:
Vilified for drug pricing, CEO Shkreli busted for securities fraud  —  Martin Shkreli, the boyish pharmaceutical entrepreneur who caused a public uproar after he drastically raised the price of a life-saving prescription drug, was arrested on Thursday for engaging in what U.S. prosecutors …
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Julia Hahn / Breitbart:
Paul Ryan Builds Border Fence Around His Mansion, Doesn't Fund Border Fence in Omnibus  —  A recent Breitbart News investigation reveals that Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), who has a two-decade-long history of promoting open borders immigration policies, seems to support border fences for himself …
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RealClearPolitics:
Jeff Sessions: Paul Ryan's Omnibus Spending Bill Explains “Why Voters Are In Open Rebellion”
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Bad blood: Reid-McConnell relationship hits new low  —  Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell sat down for a rare face-to-face meeting on the last day of November.  The agenda was straightforward — plotting out the legislative agenda for the end of the year — but what transpired has pushed …
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
DHS official: ‘Apples and oranges’ to use no-fly list for guns  —  A top official at the Department of Homeland Security on Thursday appeared to break with the White House's call for Congress to ban people on the federal no-fly list from buying guns.  —  “I believe it would be apples and oranges” …
Discussion: Hot Air
Keith Naughton / Bloomberg Business:
Humans Are Slamming Into Driverless Cars and Exposing a Key Flaw  —  Accident rates are twice as high as for regular vehicles  —  Most mishaps are fender benders caused by inattentive drivers  —  The self-driving car, that cutting-edge creation that's supposed to lead to a world without accidents …
hillaryclinton.com:
Fighting for Full Equality for LGBT People  —  Thanks to the hard work of generations of LGBT advocates and activists who fought to make it possible, our country won a landmark victory this past June when the Supreme Court recognized that in America, under our Constitution, LGBT couples …
Fox News:
Sadness, shame and blame at Yale over First Amendment repeal video  —  Members of the Yale University community on Thursday responded with a mix of embarrassment, sadness and literal disbelief to a viral video showing students there freely signing a petition that calls for the repeal of the First Amendment.
Rebecca Traister / New York Magazine:
The Election and the Death Throes of White Male Power  —  The rage on the main stage of the debate is just a mirror to what is brewing across the country in the face of extraordinary change.  —  4.5k  —  4k  —  Pin It  —  On Monday night, protesters interrupted a Donald Trump rally …
Kevin Quinn / abc13.com:
VIDEO: Kids ride on top of van cruising through neighborhood  —  One League City neighborhood attracts people from all over with its homes decorated for the holidays.  —  But Tuesday night, as Jeremy Barron was headed home, he saw something he had never seen before.
Discussion: WTVR-TV and KFOR-TV
The Hill:
Ryan and Pelosi corral votes as $1.1T funding bill speeds to floor  —  The House is poised to pass a bipartisan $1.1 trillion bill to fund the government, with GOP and Democratic whip teams going into overdrive to boost their numbers before the Friday morning vote.
 
 
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
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Jonathon Sharp / CBS Minnesota:
Parents Question Choice To Sing ‘Allahu Akbar’ At Holiday Concert
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Jihad Watch
David Neiwert / Southern Poverty Law Center:
Gaffney's ‘Summit’ in Nevada a Nonstop Procession of Extremism, Conspiracism — and Candidates
Discussion: alan.com
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Mike Huckabee cuts salaries of senior staff
 Earlier Items: 
David McCabe / The Hill:
FCC requests information on AT&T, T-Mobile and Comcast services
WHTM-TV:
FBI: Harrisburg teen planned to carry out attack on US soil
Discussion: WATE-TV
Amanda Andrade-Rhoades / Opposing Views:
Sheriff's Deputy Resigns After Joking About Killing ‘Black Lives Matter’ Activists On Facebook
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Massachusetts Court: Catholic School Can't Refuse To Hire Married Gay Man
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Beth Reinhard / Wall Street Journal:
GOP Operative Launches Super PAC to Sully Donald Trump's Rivals
 

 
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