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1:50 PM ET, December 22, 2015

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Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
‘Schlonged’: Watch Trump's Astonishingly Sexist Attack On Hillary  —  Republican frontrunner Donald Trump used a campaign stop in Michigan on Monday to make astonishingly sexist attacks against Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton.  —  At one point, Trump told the Grand Rapids crowd that Clinton got …
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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Donald Trump says Clinton's bathroom break during the debate is ‘too disgusting’ to talk about  —  GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Donald Trump used vulgar language as he attacked Hillary Clinton during a rally on Monday night, saying it was “disgusting” to talk about her using the restroom during …
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Donald Trump: Hillary Clinton ‘got schlonged’ in 2008  —  Grand Rapids, Michigan (CNN)Donald Trump attacked Hillary Clinton in vulgar terms Monday night, saying that her bathroom break during the last Democratic debate was just too “disgusting” to talk about and then stating she “got schlonged” …
Justin Wm / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's ‘schlonged’: A linguistic investigation  —  In a long campaign that's far from over, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's comment in Grand Rapids, Mich., that Hillary Clinton — former first lady, former U.S. senator, former secretary of state, woman — “got schlonged” …
New York Post:   Hillary Clinton's latest lie about videos and terrorists
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Trump's attacks on Clinton get very, very personal
Discussion: Political Wire and The Hill
Colin Campbell / Business Insider:
Donald Trump on reporters: ‘I would never kill them, but I do hate them’
Discussion: The Federalist and Political Wire
Jenna Portnoy / Washington Post:
Virginia to end concealed carry reciprocity with other states  —  RICHMOND — Attorney General Mark R. Herring (D) plans to announce Tuesday that Virginia will no longer recognize concealed carry handgun permits from 25 states that have reciprocity agreements with the commonwealth.
David Frum / The Atlantic:
The Great Republican Revolt … The angriest and most pessimistic people in America aren't the hipster protesters who flitted in and out of Occupy Wall Street.  They aren't the hashtavists of #BlackLivesMatter.  They aren't the remnants of the American labor movement or the savvy young dreamers …
Discussion: Washington Monthly and WND
Scott Eric Kaufman / Salon:
“The O'Reilly Factor” goes full conspiratorial, questions “the timing” of Chelsea Clinton's pregnancy  —  Hillary's campaign casted her as a “tough grandma,” so it only makes sense the DNC would force Chelsea to concieve VIDEO  —  During a segment of “The O'Reilly Factor” …
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Clinton donors say Sanders is raising more than the front-runner  —  Hillary Clinton's donors say they think Bernie Sanders will raise more money in the fourth quarter than their candidate for the first time ever — a testament to the underdog's online cash juggernaut and a harbinger of donor fatigue among the front-runner's backers.
Discussion: Bloomberg.com news
Justin Thompson-Gee / WDJT-TV:
Police: Woman Chants “ISIS is good, ISIS is great” During Sex  —  An 82-year-old woman called Brown Deer Police Sunday night requesting police because she heard someone chanting, “ISIS is good, ISIS is great” while having sex.  —  The incident took place in the 4400 block of Dean Road.
New York Times:
Sued Over Old Debt, and Blocked From Suing Back  —  Clifford Cain Jr., a retired electrician in Baltimore, was used to living on a tight budget, carefully apportioning his Social Security and pension benefits to cover his rent and medication for multiple sclerosis.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Molly Beck / madison.com:
GOP lawmaker on concealed carry: ‘Law-abiding citizens can help clean our society of these scumbags’  —  The shooting of a man inside East Towne Mall on Saturday during a busy holiday shopping afternoon prompted a Republican lawmaker to criticize gun-free zones and call on average citizens to “help clean our society of these scumbags.”
Discussion: FOX6Now.com and Raw Story
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Mark Mueller / New Jersey Online:
EXCLUSIVE: Some Jersey City Muslims did celebrate 9/11, cop and residents say  —  In the weeks since Donald Trump ignited a firestorm by claiming “thousands and thousands” of Muslims in Jersey City cheered the fall of the twin towers on 9/11, elected officials, religious leaders …
Nicolas Cage / Reuters:
Nicolas Cage returns stolen Mongolian dinosaur skull he bought at gallery  —  Tyrannosaurus bataar skull will be repatriated after it was bought by the actor from a Beverly Hills gallery in 2007  —  Hollywood actor Nicolas Cage has agreed to turn over a rare stolen dinosaur skull he bought …
Discussion: USA Today, Fuse, The Week and Raw Story
Mitch Smith / New York Times:
Grand Jury Declines to Indict Anyone in Death of Sandra Bland  —  CHICAGO — Grand jurors in Texas declined on Monday to indict anyone in connection to the July death of a Chicago-area woman, Sandra Bland, at the Waller County jail, one of the special prosecutors assigned to the case said.
Tax Policy Center home:
An Analysis of Donald Trump's Tax Plan  —  This paper analyzes presidential candidate Donald Trump's tax proposal.  His plan would significantly reduce marginal tax rates on individuals and businesses, increase standard deduction amounts to nearly four times current levels, and curtail many tax expenditures.
Discussion: Vox, Washington Post and New York Times
AccuWeather:
Warmest Christmas Eve on record to unfold across eastern US  —  Any hopes of a white Christmas that the weekend chill brought will be dashed in the eastern United States, with this Christmas Eve shaping up to be the warmest on record in many communities.  —  “There is a high probability …
Discussion: alan.com
Richard Johnson / Page Six:
Ray Kelly closer to mayoral run  —  MORE FROM:  —  Ray Kelly is another step closer to running for mayor after giving the go-ahead to supporters to contact potential contributors.  —  In November, the city's longest-serving police commissioner said “Never say never” when asked about challenging Mayor de Blasio in 2017.
Discussion: alan.com
Isis Threat / Jerusalem Post:
Newly crowned Miss Iraq receives threatening phone call: Join ISIS or else  — Miss Universe mishap: Miss Israel didn't win but what happened to Miss Columbia is much worse - After anti-Muslim rant, Miss Puerto Rico gets the boot  —  Shayma Qassim, 20, receives threatening phone call …
Stephen I. Vladeck / New York Times:
Limit State Access to Federal Court  —  NEXT month, the Supreme Court will decide whether to hear a case challenging an Obama administration policy that would give permission to millions of undocumented immigrants to stay and work in the United States.  —  But the most important issue in the case …
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
How Marco Rubio Could Lose All the Key Early States and Still Win  —  People who make bets on the presidential election give Marco Rubio a slight edge for the Republican nomination.  But there's a catch: The same betting markets show that he's an underdog in all of the early states, and not favored in any of the Super Tuesday states.
Discussion: NBC News and FiveThirtyEight
Terri Schwartz / IGN:
First Look at Game of Thrones: The Dance of Dragons Animated Feature  —  An animated look back in time at the great Targaryen civil war.  —  The Game of Thrones: Season 5 Blu-ray will include a neat new animated feature for fans looking to learn more about the history of Westeros.
Discussion: Gizmodo and Mashable
Jonathan Drew / Associated Press:
Bowe Bergdahl Arraigned On Desertion Charges At NC Army Base  —  FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who disappeared in Afghanistan in 2009 and was held by the Taliban for five years, appeared Tuesday before a military judge on charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy.
Discussion: ABC News and Jezebel
BBC:
Kenyan Muslims shield Christians in Mandera bus attack  —  A group of Kenyan Muslims travelling on a bus ambushed by Islamist gunmen protected Christian passengers by refusing to be split into groups, according to eyewitnesses.  —  They told the militants “to kill them together or leave them alone”, a local governor told Kenyan media.
Ellen Wulfhorst / Trust.org:
New York City lays out transgender protection on dress codes, bathroom use  —  New York City has warned landlords, employers and businesses they could be running afoul of the law by purposely calling a transgender woman “him” or “Mr.” when she prefers a female title and pronoun, or by barring her from using a women's restroom.
 
 
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Stephanie Saul / New York Times:
N.Y.U. President's Penthouse Gets a Face-Lift Worth $1.1 Million (or More)
Andrea Cavallier / New York's PIX11:
Teen reveals new look after NYC doctors remove life-threatening tumor from his face
Discussion: fox8.com
David Crary / Associated Press:
AP Poll: Islamic State conflict voted top news story of 2015
Discussion: Politico
Amy Blumsom / Telegraph:
Viewer anger over Game of Thrones rape scenes means changes in Season 6
Discussion: Jezebel and Mashable
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Talk radio rallies around Ted Cruz
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The GOP turns ‘political correctness’ into the mother of all straw men
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Political Wire
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