BREAKING NEWS

Here we go AGAIN. KTLA reports: There were reports of at least 20 victims down amid an active shooter incident in San Bernardino late Wednesday morning, according to a San Bernardino Police Department official. San Bernardino Fire Department initially tweeted that they were responding to a report of a “20-victim shooting.” The call came in around 11 a.m. in the …

Raw Story reports: A gunman opened fire Friday afternoon at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado. Police said the gunman shot at passing cars from the parking lot of a clinic in Colorado Springs, reported KRDO-TV. The shooter was reported about 11:45 a.m. local time. A police officer said the gunman shot out the rear window of his patrol car …

Sky News reports: At least 100 people have been killed inside the Bataclan concert hall where attackers seized hostages, police officials say. The two attackers holding the hostages have been killed by elite police commandos in a raid. During the police assault, witnesses reported hearing five successive explosions followed by gunshots around the venue. Earlier, officials said at least 15 …

ABC News recaps tonight’s reaction by President Obama: The series of terror attacks unfolding in Paris today are attacks “on all of humanity,” President Obama said. “We’ve seen an outrageous attempt to terrorize innocent civilians,” he said. “This is a heartbreaking situation.” Obama, who said he did not yet have all the details on the attacks, said the United States …

French President Francois Hollande has declared a national state of emergency and taken the “unprecedented step” of closing all of France’s borders for an indefinite period. At this writing hostages are reportedly being slaughtered “one by one” at the Paris concert hall where the American band Eagles Of Death Metal had been playing. Events still unfolding…

News outlets are reporting that multiple terrorist attacks are taking place across Paris at this writing. At least 18 [UPDATE: 60] are reported killed by gunfire and bombings have been reported at a bar and at a soccer match taking place at Stade de France, the nation stadium where President Francois Hollande was in attendance. Hollande has been safely evacuated. …

The Washington Post reports: The White House endorsed legislation Tuesday that would amend the 1964 Civil Rights Act to ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, plunging into the next front in the national battle over LGBT rights. Speaking to reporters, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said the administration “has been reviewing for several weeks” …

HOLY CRAP! Via the Houston Chronicle: Texans owner Bob McNair is rescinding a $10,000 contribution he made to Campaign of Houston after being involved in a controversy surrounding opposition to HERO, the city’s equal rights ordinance. McNair released a lengthy statement Friday where he said unauthorized statements attributed to his beliefs were distributed that were never discussed with him, saying …

Vice President Joe Biden just announced that he will NOT be entering the presidential race. Biden spoke at length about devoting the remainder of his term to finding the cure for cancer. I’ll add video to this post shortly. UPDATE: Here is the full press conference.

Canada’s National Post reports: The Liberal Party cut a dominating swath through the Atlantic region, then stormed into Ontario, Quebec and the Prairies as the first two waves of federal election results flooded in Monday, the beginning of the end of a historic, drawn-out campaign that saw political fortunes fluctuate dramatically. Both CBC and CTV television networks declared Justin Trudeau’s …

Holy CRAP! Rep. Kevin McCarthy has unexpectedly withdrawn from the House Speaker race, reportedly because he does not have the 218 votes to guarantee a win. Capitol Hill is in an uproar and Teabagistan is doing cartwheels. Story developing… UPDATE: From the New York Times: Representative Kevin McCarthy on Thursday abruptly took himself out of the race to succeed John …