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December 11, 2015
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Report: GOP Leaders Huddled To Talk How To Stop Trump At Convention
The Gist: Top Republican leaders reportedly met at a D.C. restaurant to discuss what to do if the GOP convention next summer ends up being contested.
Oklahoma Ex-Cop Daniel Holtzclaw Found Guilty Of 18 Counts In Sexual Assaults Trial
The Gist: Holtzclaw was convicted of raping and sexually victimizing eight women on his police beat in a minority, low-income neighborhood.
Armed Man Arrested At Arkansas State University With No Shots Fired
The Gist: A man armed with a shotgun and containers of gasoline and propane drove onto the Arkansas State campus, sparking a lockdown before police took him into custody.
From The Reporter’s Notebook
The first plane of Syrian refugees arrived in Toronto late Thursday night and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was on hand to personally greet them with winter clothes, snacks and toys. Trudeau’s government has remained committed to their plan to accept 25,000 refugees by February while the debate in Europe and the U.S. has focused on limiting the number and type of refugee the respective governments will accept. As TPM’s Caitlin Cruz said, when we talk about the statistics of a conflict thousands of miles away, it’s easy to forget the human beings involved. Trudeau is reminding us of our humanity.
Agree or Disagree?
Of 1,024 TPM readers polled, 35.4 percent think Donald Trump is going to be the Republican party’s presidential nominee. Marco Rubio came in second with 30.9 percent of the vote.
Say What?!
“And that’s okay because the ones that don’t like Trump aren’t even here legally and they can’t vote, so it doesn’t really matter, right? And I understand their point of view. They’re—they do not want to be asked to leave, right?”
-A top Trump aide told Yahoo that Latinos who don’t like Trump are illegal immigrants who can’t vote anyway.
BUZZING: Today in the Hive
From a TPM Prime member: “I’m in the camp of “We’re winning the war with ISIS” because, with a small amount of resources applied against ISIS for less than 2 years, the caliphate is collapsing. Now more people than ever are pissed at ISIS and even Turkey has to toe a rhetorical line. But there are no US banners waving in this US fight against ISIS. No glorious footage of Marines storming beaches. True, from afar we see some bombs being dropped, but that isn’t enough to get the Administration any kudos. Not enough Hollywood. So, effective public policy, effective military policy, but poor domestic politics policy. That is Obama’s problem and it is a poor job in defining goals and explaining policy. But I like the calibrated response so far. I only have a fear that we’ll see all the good go down the drain if our friends the Kurds and our “friend” Turkey, turn on each other. The Turks shooting down the Russian plane on the flimsiest of excuses doesn’t make me feel good about being formally allied to them at this time in these circumstances.”
Related: Trevor Noah called Trump White ISIS.
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