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Rams players enter field with hands up — You can read the full statement below:
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Nicole Hensley / NY Daily News:
St. Louis police officers upset over Rams players' 'hands up, don't shoot' gesture before game, demand apology — St. Louis Police Officers Association called for a ‘very public apology’ and wants the players involved disciplined by the team or NFL after five Rams players came onto the field …
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Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
Obama gathering civil rights leaders for Ferguson discussions — President Obama on Monday will focus on the relationship between local police and the communities they protect and serve in the wake of sometimes violent protests in Ferguson, Mo. — Obama will meet with Cabinet members …
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New York Times:
On Rooftops of Ferguson, Volunteers — With Guns
On Rooftops of Ferguson, Volunteers — With Guns
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NRO's Rich Lowry Explains What Lessons He Thinks We Should Learn From Ferguson
NRO's Rich Lowry Explains What Lessons He Thinks We Should Learn From Ferguson
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Naomi Schaefer Riley / New York Post:
CNN is lying when they say Ferguson protests were ‘peaceful’
CNN is lying when they say Ferguson protests were ‘peaceful’
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Frank Rich / Vulture:
What's saving America. — The last time Frank Rich had a conversation with Chris Rock was in early 1996, when they and the 1950s teen heartthrob Pat Boone were thrown together in a New York television studio as panelists on Bill Maher's old show Politically Incorrect.
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Juan Williams / The Hill:
Warren towers above — The 2014 winner of my annual award for “Member of Congress of the Year” goes to the politician who had such a good year she now defines her party's future — Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.). — Warren faced some serious competition.
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Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Hillary Clinton's rickety bridge to the White House — Voters lack a compelling reason to embrace Democrats, as opposed to simply rejecting Republicans — The grand view of American politics is that Republicans have a lock on Congress, while Democrats have an inbuilt White House advantage.
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David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
With executive action, Obama risks losing Chief Justice John Roberts — President Obama always knew his plan to shield millions of immigrants from deportation would enrage Republicans on Capitol Hill who oppose most of what he does. — But by claiming the power to forge ahead based …
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Obama Shafts Hillary With Amnesty and Ferguson — SHARES — As Barack Obama invites in five million illegals to scoop up American jobs, and as those normal Americans lucky enough to still have jobs wait in traffic while morons block the freeway because some Swisher Sweets-puffing felon got himself killed …
Alexandra Jaffe / CNN:
Poll: Americans predict more gridlock in full GOP control of Congress — Washington (CNN) — Half of Americans believe Republican control of both chambers of Congress will be bad for the country, and a majority say it will in fact cause more gridlock in Washington, according to a new CNN/ORC nationwide poll.
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Matti Friedman / The Atlantic Online:
What the Media Gets Wrong About Israel — The news tells us less about Israel than about the people writing the news, a former AP reporter says. — During the Gaza war this summer, it became clear that one of the most important aspects of the media-saturated conflict between Jews and Arabs …
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Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Not working for the working class: Column — The key to Obama's struggle with white working class voters is not ‘white,’ but ‘working.’ — Working class white people don't like President Obama much. According to the latest Gallup poll, only 27% approve of him.
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Donal MacIntyre / Daily Express:
EXCLUSIVE: Al Qaeda plot to blow up 5 passenger planes in Christmas ‘spectacular’ — TERRORISTS are plotting to blow up five European passenger jets in a Christmas “spectacular”, security experts say. — DAVIDDYSON — Armed police patrol Heathrow amid warnings of a serious terror threat to UK airports
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