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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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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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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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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.
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 …
Cory Shaffer / Plain Dealer:
Cleveland police officers accuse department of racial discrimination in wake of deadly chase — CLEVELAND, Ohio — Nine non-African American Cleveland police officers accused the police department of racial discrimination in the aftermath of the deadly Nov. 29, 2012 chase in a federal lawsuit filed late Friday.
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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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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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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 …
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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