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Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Doesn't Eat, Doesn't Pray and Doesn't Love — The question of whether for-profit companies can claim a religious identity, one that exempts them from obeying a generally applicable law, is fully worthy of the attention the Supreme Court is about to give it.
Ben Goad / The Hill:
Congress faces deadline on undetectable plastic guns — Guns that cannot be detected by X-ray machines will no longer be banned if Congress does not renew the decades-old prohibition by Dec. 9. — The 1998 Undetectable Firearms Act will sunset that day, ending the prohibition …
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Lucy McCalmont / Politico:
White House menu: Turkey, 9 types of pies — Thanksgiving dinner at the White House will be heavy on tradition and heavy on pies. — For dinner itself, the Obamas will have an assortment of dishes including sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, green bean casserole …
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CNN and Washington Monthly
Daniel Greenfield / Front Page Magazine:
Cancer Patient Who Spoke Out Against ObamaCare Now Being Audited — Bill Elliot was a cancer patient who lost his insurance due to ObamaCare and couldn't pay the expensive new premiums. He was talking about paying the ObamaCare fine, going without health insurance and “letting nature take its course.”
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Weasel Zippers
Snejana Farberov / Daily Mail:
How Obama referred to Tea Party protesters as ‘tea-baggers’ in handwritten letter to Texas teacher complaining about health care law — Responding to an angry constituent's letter about the Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama allegedly used a sexually charged derogatory term referring to members of the Tea Party movement.
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Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters:
Kanye West on Obama's Failures: 'Black People Don't Have the Same Connections as Jewish People' — You know why Barack Obama is having problems executing his agenda? — Rapper Kanye West told 105.1 FM radio in New York City earlier this week that it's because “Black people don't have the same level …
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The Hinterland Gazette and The Gateway Pundit
CBC News:
New Snowden docs show U.S. spied during G20 in Toronto — Surveillance during 2010 summit ‘closely co-ordinated with Canadian partner’ CSEC — Security expert on NSA's G20 spying 6:34 — Top secret documents retrieved by U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden show that Prime Minister Stephen …
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New York Times, Guardian and The Hinterland Gazette
Linda Shapley / Editor's Notes:
Q&A with Ricardo Baca, The Post's new marijuana editor — Ricardo Baca has been appointed Marijuana Editor at the Denver Post. (Craig F. Walker, The Denver Post) — As noted last week, The Denver Post is appointing an editor to oversee our coverage of the recreational marijuana law taking effect in January.
Jonelle Merrill / KUTV-TV:
Mormon Bishop Goes Undercover as Homeless Man to Teach about Compassion and Gratitude — (KUTV) An LDS Bishop went undercover as a homeless man in his congregation last Sunday. He wanted to use his disguise as a tool to teach on compassion this Thanksgiving. — David Musselman is the bishop of the Taylorsville Fourth Ward.
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ABC News and The Raw Story
Robert Farago / The Truth About Guns:
And So It Begins: New York Sending Out Gun Confiscation Notices — New York's SAFE Act is a bad, bad thing. It requires people to register, sell or transfer (out of state) “assault rifles” and “high capacity” magazines. Many Empire State gun and standard capacity ammunition magazine owners have complied.
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The Gateway Pundit, protein wisdom, Weasel Zippers and Ricochet Conversations Feed
Ariel Ben Solomon / Jerusalem Post:
Report: London is mediating indirect secret talks between US and Hezbollah — Talks reportedly deal with fight against al-Qaida, regional stability and other Lebanese political issues. — The US and Hezbollah are in secret indirect talks managed by London dealing with the fight against Al-Qaida …
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The PJ Tatler, Jihad Watch, Weasel Zippers and Israel Matzav
Ian Duncan / Baltimore Sun:
College student home for holidays mistakenly arrested — Police got him mixed up with man wanted as a witness in Washington — Somewhere in the wide world exists a certain Jawan Johnson, who has a warrant out for his arrest so he can be brought to testify in a Washington burglary case.
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Business Insider and The Raw Story