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1:50 PM ET, December 24, 2015

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Jerry Markon / Washington Post:
U.S. plans raids to deport families who surged across border  —  The Department of Homeland Security has begun preparing for a series of raids that would target for deportation hundreds of families who have flocked to the United States since the start of last year, according to people familiar with the operation.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
A political bomb is about to blow up in the Democrats' faces  —  THE MORNING PLUM:  —  This scoop from Jerry Markon and David Nakamura is going to scramble the politics of immigration in the presidential race, and it may create more problems for Democrats than for Republicans:
Miriam Jordan / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Plans Mass Deportation of Illegal Central American Migrants  —  Authorities face influx of migrants escaping violence in El Salvador and Honduras  —  To stanch the flow of illegal migrants, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is preparing a national operation to deport Central American families …
Tony Leys / Des Moines Register:
Did Trump impugn fifth-grader's question to Clinton?  —  KEOTA, Ia.  — The morning after Hannah Tandy made national news with a poignant question to presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, rival candidate Donald Trump appeared to imply that the scene was phony.
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Matt Bai / Yahoo Politics:
Trump and the media, made for each other  —  For many months now, like the anxious producers of some hot reality show, the American media has been waiting for Donald Trump to get up on stage and say the one thing that will lead to his swift and inevitable unraveling.
Discussion: addictinginfo.org
Dave Barry / miamiherald:
Dave Barry's 2015 Year in Review  —  Was 2015 the worst year ever?  Yes, yes it was. … Sometimes we are accused — believe it or not — of being overly negative in our annual Year in Review.  Critics say we ignore the many positive events in a given year and focus instead on the stupid …
Discussion: Moe Lane
Stevengoddard / Real Science:
Christmas Eve 1955 Was Much Warmer  —  Drudge is touting the “record heat” forecast for Christmas Eve, even though most of the country will be below normal temperature.  The best Drudge could come up with was 86 degrees at Orlando.  —  Christmas Eve 1955 was much warmer.
ABC:
Philippine Muslim guerrillas murder seven in Christmas eve raids  —  At least seven Christian farmers have been killed as Muslim guerrillas launched a series of attacks in the troubled southern Philippines, the military says.  —  The fighters of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters …
Discussion: Jihad Watch and Pamela Geller
David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Americans Held Hostage in Iran Win Compensation 36 Years Later  —  WASHINGTON — After spending 444 days in captivity, and more than 30 years seeking restitution, the Americans taken hostage at the United States Embassy in Tehran in 1979 have finally won compensation.
George F. Will / Washington Post:
If Trump wins the nomination, prepare for the end of the conservative party  —  If you look beyond Donald Trump's comprehensive unpleasantness — is there a disagreeable human trait he does not have? — you might see this: He is a fundamentally sad figure.  His compulsive boasting is evidence of insecurity.
Discussion: Althouse
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Ben Carson plans staff shake-up in coming days  —  Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson is seeking to take control of his struggling presidential campaign, saying in an interview that his drop in the polls is the fault of his advisers and that he plans to shake up his staff in the coming days.
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Ben Carson hints at major campaign shakeup, then takes it back
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
Marco Rubio Dips in Polls Heading Into Christmas
Discussion: Politico
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Democrats Turn to Trump Hats to Raise Cash  —  The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) is trying to raise money for 2016 House races with its own version of Donald Trump's infamous “Make America Great Again” hat.  —  The DCCC's hat comes in blue, and says “Make Congress Blue Again.”
Daily Mail:
Facebook page linked to Taliban and Al Qaeda was registered to same address as British Muslim father whose Disneyland trip was blocked by Homeland Security  —  A British Muslim father whose planned Disneyland trip was ruined when he and his family were barred from boarding a flight to the U.S …
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Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:
Conservatives' biographies show that history can move right  —  Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More  —  Biography is one way — often the most vivid way — in which people understand history.  The beautifully written biographies of Franklin Roosevelt that rolled off the presses …
 
 
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Hanna Trudo / Politico:
Huckabee says he'll drop out if he doesn't place in the top three in Iowa
New York Daily News:
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Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
It's a very Trump Christmas
Chris Stirewalt / Fox News:
The seven deadly stupidities of 2015 political coverage
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New Republic:
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