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9:30 PM ET, December 19, 2015

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David Atkins / Washington Monthly:
An Explanation of What Bernie Sanders Staffers Actually Did and Why It Matters  —  After a spat lasting just over 24 hours, it appears that the top news story of the day is already resolving itself: the DNC has come to an agreement to return voter database access to the Bernie Sanders campaign …
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Amy Dacey / Medium:
Here's what happened with NGP VAN, the Sanders Campaign, and the Clinton Campaign  —  And here are the steps we are taking to address the problem  —  The Democratic National Committee, through its software partner NGP VAN, provides tools for Democratic campaigns that are invaluable and second to none.
Discussion: New York Times and Politico
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Sanders gets the fight he wanted  —  Bernie Sanders has turned months of private grumbling into public accusations that the party establishment is doing everything in its power to elect Hillary Clinton president.  —  He's not the first to level that charge.  In fact, he's late to that party.
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Accord reached after Sanders sues the DNC over suspended access to critical voter list
ABC News:
ABC News Third Democratic Debate: New Hampshire Edition
Discussion: Common Dreams, abc13.com and Politico
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:   Some Big Picture Thoughts on the Sanders/DNC Derp War
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Dem rivalry takes nasty turn
Discussion: ABC News and Politico
Oliver Darcy / TheBlaze.com:
Watch the Christmas Parody Infomercial the Ted Cruz Campaign Has Paid to Air During ‘SNL’  —  Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz will air a Christmas-themed parody infomercial during the broadcast of this weekend's “Saturday Night Live.”  —  The ad, which features …
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CBS News:
Ted Cruz to air parody ad during “SNL”  —  Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz is planning to air a parody commercial in Iowa during “Saturday Night Live,” just weeks before the nation's first nominating contest in the state.  —  “In the spirit of the upcoming holiday we are excited …
Discussion: CBS Dallas
Benny Johnson / Independent Journal:
Watch the Campy Christmas Infomercial Ted Cruz Is About To Play During SNL
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Trump jumps, Cruz climbs, Carson sinks in GOP race  —  Donald Trump, a candidate even Republicans once considered a side show, increases his lead yet again in the nomination race, according to the latest Fox News national poll.  —  The poll also finds Ted Cruz ticking up, Marco Rubio slipping, and Ben Carson dropping.
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Oliver Darcy / TheBlaze.com:
Photo of Ben Carson Holding Sign With Two-Word Message Goes Viral: ‘Not Afraid to Say...’  —  A photo of 2016 Republican presidential contender Ben Carson holding a “Merry Christmas” sign went viral Friday evening on Facebook.  —  Carson's post had amassed more than 450,000 “likes” and nearly 32,000 shares at the time of publication.
Ashley Killough / CNN:
Jeb Bush: ‘Donald Trump is a jerk’  —  Contoocook, New Hampshire (CNN)While Jeb Bush has been railing against Donald Trump all week, he still had more to say on Saturday, uttering perhaps his strongest comments yet about the Republican presidential front-runner.
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump Doubles Down On Putin Love, Says There's “A Lot Of Truth” To U.S. Killing People  —  “Putin said some very nice things about me, he doesn't know me, but he certainly gave me great compliments the other day, and all I did was respond with a thank you, that's very nice.”  —  Robyn Beck / AFP / Getty Images
Discussion: alan.com
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Jennifer Kliese / WKOW 27:
East Towne Mall closed; Police search for gunman  —  UPDATE (WKOW) — East Towne Mall is closed because of the shooting incident earlier this afternoon.  —  Madison police investigators are processing the scene.  Witnesses say several young men were involved in a fight in the middle of the mall.
Discussion: WBAY-TV
Agence France-Presse:
Angry single men stage anti-Christmas rally in Tokyo  —  Tokyo (AFP) - Anti-Christmas protesters calling themselves “Losers with Women” marched through Tokyo's streets Saturday, bashing the upcoming holiday as a capitalist ploy that also discriminates against singletons.
Elliot Smilowitz / The Hill:
Palin compares GOP establishment to spousal abusers  —  Decrying the $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill passed by Congress on Friday, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin wrote an extended analogy comparing establishment Republicans to spousal abusers and Tea Party conservatives to battered wives.
Discussion: Breitbart and Raw Story
 
 
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Kevin Cirilli / Bloomberg.com news:
Cruz Says He'd Tap Jeff Sessions for His Cabinet
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New York Post:
Muslim cabby fined for not allowing woman up front
Discussion: Western Journalism
Daily Mail:
Harrowing footage released by Yazidi group shows terrified families scream as ISIS gunmen surround …
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Associated Press:
After a somber start to his vacation, President Barack Obama arrived …
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Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Erika Christakis / The Atlantic:
The New Preschool Is Crushing Kids
Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
New Poll Shows College Students Reject Absurd “Microagression” Culture, Black Lives Matter
Discussion: Hot Air and Red Alert Politics
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Leader McConnell warns GOP voters: We need candidates ‘who can win’
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Right name, wrong man: Knoxville veterinarian can't get off no-fly list
Discussion: Bearing Arms
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Lip balm with THC mistakenly distributed on JBER
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