Even Trump’s Critics Admit Rising Anxiety Over Security
In interviews, Americans who deplore Donald J. Trump’s call to ban Muslim immigrants say they are nonetheless more fearful after the rampage in California.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/12/us/politics/even-donald-trumps-critics...
Talk of Terrorism in California That No One Took Seriously
By IAN LOVETT, JACK HEALY, MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT and JULIE TURKEWITZ 2:19 PM ET
A childhood friend of Syed Rizwan Farook has become a crucial if unlikely figure in the investigation of the California attack.
The GOP can’t believe this is really happening: The 7 biggest establishment freakouts in the wake of Trump’s fascist turn
Lindsey Graham gives the Donald a piece of his mind, or what's left of it, while Reince Priebus quietly fumes
http://www.salon.com/2015/12/11/the_gop_cant_believe_this_is_really_happ...
Bingo!
It’s Time to Worry About Donald Trump
http://www.newyorker.com/news/john-cassidy/time-worry-donald-trump
Is Donald Trump a 2016 Manchurian candidate?
Peter BradshawThe Republican presidential hopeful’s views are getting more and more extreme. Perhaps, as Salman Rushdie suggested, there’s more going on than meets the eye
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/dec/11/donald-trump-manchu...
Donald Trump's support comes from every Republican ideology but not every class
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-donald-trump-support-20151211-stor...
Donald Trump brings up Ted Cruz's Cuban ancestry at rally
http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-ted-cruz-cuba-2015-12
Donald Trump in Twitter spat with Saudi Prince Alwaleed
Republicanism Trumps Religion When It Comes To Anti-Muslim Sentiment
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/republicanism-trumps-religion-when-i...
Who – if anybody – is advising Donald Trump?
The GOP frontrunner’s statements appear to be drafted on the fly and while several figures play key roles the loss of his political adviser in August is being felt
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/12/who-if-anybody-is-advisin...
So what responsibility do parents have in situations like this?
Father of San Bernardino shooter Tashfeen Malik condemns his daughter’s assault
Donald Trump Says EPA Water Regulations Are Hurting His Hair 
The real reasons Donald Trump’s so popular — for people totally confused by it
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/12/12/the-four-basic-re...
Support pours in for Donald Trump after rants against Muslims
REPUBLICAN frontrunner Donald Trump is spending a fraction of his Democrat rival Hillary Clinton as he continues to dominate political debate in the United States.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/626327/Support-Donald-Trump-rants-ag...
A House Divided
How a radical group of Republicans pushed Congress to the right.
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/12/14/a-house-divided
Goose-Steppers in the G.O.P.
It’s a very ugly political moment, but there it is: The Republican Party is now home to millions of people who would throw out the Constitution, welcome a police state against Latinos and Muslims, and enforce a religious test for entry into a country built by people fleeing religious persecution. This stuff polls well in their party, even if the Bill of Rights does not.
Trump’s proposal — “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States” — is not just flotsam from the lunatic fringe. Well, it is. But the fringe is huge: Early polls show a plurality of Republican voters agree with Trump on banning all Muslims. And many would go even further.
“Add in every other kind of immigrant and it’s perfect,” tweeted Ann Coulter, who sells xenophobia as a mean girl provocateur, with many friends in the far right media universe.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/11/opinion/campaign-stops/goose-steppers-...
CARL ICAHN WARNS: I think the meltdown is only just beginning
http://www.businessinsider.com/carl-icahns-warning-on-stock-market-2015-12
Game Change: Cruz Soars to 10 Point Lead Over Trump in Iowa; Carson Sinks
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/12/12/game-change-cruz-soar...
The drug-smuggling case that brought anguish to Marco Rubio’s family
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-drug-smuggling-ring-that-bro...
Trump, Cruz Lead GOP Field; Support for Carson Plummets, Poll Finds
New Journal/NBC News poll shows Trump has 27% support, taking over top position from Carson
http://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-cruz-lead-gop-field-support-for-carson...
Trump: 'I have far better judgment' than Cruz
http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/13/politics/donald-trump-ted-cruz-judgment/
Looks like the GOP has just been hit by a "Cruz" missile.
Trump hits a new high in national poll
The billionaire businessman surges to 41 percent after releasing proposal to ban all Muslims from entering the U.S.
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/12/poll-trump-new-high-216741
How Donald Trump took the Republican Party by storm
http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/14/politics/donald-trump-republican-party-his...
NBC Poll: Clinton Would Trounce Trump But Lose to Rubio, Carson
http://www.cnbc.com/2015/12/14/nbc-poll-clinton-would-trounce-trump-but-...
Polls Suggest Trump Will Win Between 8 Percent And 64 Percent Of The Vote
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/polls-suggest-trump-will-win-between...
Iowa Isn’t The State Presidential Candidates Pretend It Is
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/iowa-isnt-the-state-presidential-can...
Polls Suggest Trump Will Win Between 8 Percent And 64 Percent Of The Vote
The reading of chicken entrails suggests somewhere between 7 percent and 68 percent.
Touché, science.
I think it really depends on the voting machine.
GOP establishment worries about Cruz-Trump showdown
http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/14/politics/ted-cruz-donald-trump-republican-...
Donald Trump on debate: 'It's gonna be good'
http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/14/politics/republican-debate-donald-trump-ra...
How Donald Trump mainstreamed Ted Cruz
http://www.vox.com/2015/12/15/10058590/donald-trump-ted-cruz
At Las Vegas, Cruz may have a Trump problem
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-idUSKBN0TY0GH20151215
Trump Boom Or Trump Bubble?
Don’t expect his numbers to fade — until his media coverage does
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/trump-boom-or-trump-bubble/
The Plot Against America: Donald Trump’s Rhetoric
http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/plot-america-donald-tr...
Less than 3.5 hours to the GOP debate on CNN.
After wht happened to the LA school system today, t's been another good day for Donald Trump. At least so far!
The fifth Republican debate
Teflon Trump
http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2015/12/fifth-republican-de...
Trump hope he gets "treated fairly" tonite.
Where is Jeb Bush?
This is a terrorism debate today for the GOP.
Dumping Trump: Four ways Republicans might take on Trump
Donald Trump: Megyn Kelly is 'very bad at math'
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2015/12/15/donald...
The Donald Trump Show comes to Las Vegas
http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/15/politics/donald-trump-republican-debate/in...
After last nite Trump will continue to lead this motley group of clowns.
Donald Trump's Walmart Candidacy
As a field of boutique candidates caters to the well-heeled, the frontrunner dominates the down-market demographic.
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/12/donald-trumps-walmar...
Ted Cruz Is Under Investigation For Possibly Leaking Classified Information During Debate
http://www.politicususa.com/2015/12/16/ted-cruz-investigation-possibly-l...
The Fifth Republican Debate Ends In A Nine-Way Draw
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-fifth-republican-debate-ends-in-...
The Secret of Trump’s Success
http://douthat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/12/16/the-secret-of-trumps-success...
From Trump to Sanders: The 'Lesser Evil' Syndrome Strikes Again
http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/12/16/from-trump-to-sanders-the-lesser-...
"...Today's political/electoral drama, almost always devoid of the crooked corporate machinations that lead to tax cuts and other perks for the super-wealthy, can best be summarized: 'The Republicans talk the talk: The Democrats walk the walk."
What a bunch of freaks! Let's hope so!
Will GOP candidates’ strikingly hawkish stances alienate swing voters?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/will-gop-candidates-strikingly-h...
Beginning to wonder after last nite's GOP display if Trump is coming close now to garnering a lock on the GOP nomination as he emerged relatively unscathed at least from a Republican perspective
