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Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
County police chief says Rams apologized for ‘Hands up’ gesture; team's VP says otherwise — • By Jim Thomas jthomas@post-dispatch.com > 314-340-8197 — UPDATED at 9:36 p.m. Monday with comment from Rams vice president. — Rams vice president of football operations Kevin Demoff …
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Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
‘Morning Joe’ Panel: Michael Brown Was A ‘Thug,’ Protests Are Based On ‘Lies’ — MSNBC's “Morning Joe” panel started the day off on Monday with a segment slamming protestors in Ferguson, shaming the St. Louis Rams football team, and calling slain unarmed teenager Michael Brown a “thug.”
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Nina Mandell / USA Today:
NFL says it won't discipline Rams players for Ferguson protest
NFL says it won't discipline Rams players for Ferguson protest
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Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Fatal hammer attack on Bosnian immigrant not racially motivated, St. Louis police say
Fatal hammer attack on Bosnian immigrant not racially motivated, St. Louis police say
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ESPN:
No fines for Rams players' salute
No fines for Rams players' salute
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Agoldberg / The Smoking Gun:
GOP Staffer Who Attacked Obama Girls Was Arrested During Her Own “Awful Teen Years” — Buster — The Republican congressional aide who castigated the Obama daughters for their lack of “class” and dressing as if they were angling for a “spot at a bar” was once arrested for larceny during her own …
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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Indigestion over the Obama girls — On the subject of the Obama girls' supposedly disrespectful behavior at the Thanksgiving turkey pardoning: not even close to unpardonable. As my teenaged daughters would say to the Republican congressional staffer who took to Facebook to take off after Sasha and Malia: Hello?
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Alex Moe / NBC News:
GOP Aide Who Criticized Obama Daughters to Resign
GOP Aide Who Criticized Obama Daughters to Resign
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Kendall Breitman / Politico:
GOP aide quits after criticizing Obama daughters
GOP aide quits after criticizing Obama daughters
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Julia O'Donoghue / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Republican early voting increases before Louisiana's Dec. 6 runoff — The number of people who cast their ballots early in Louisiana dropped off from the Nov. 4 primary election to the Dec. 6 runoff election in every statewide category except one: registered Republican voters.
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
In Mary Landrieu Ad, Congressman Says Obama Will Be Impeached If Cassidy Wins — The radio ad features Landrieu saying she approves the message and is “authorized by Friends of Mary Landrieu and authorized by the Democratic State Committee of Louisiana.” — View Video › — The text of the ad:
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Landrieu Radio Ad: Cassidy Endorsed Documentary That Said Slavery Better Than Welfare — “Cassidy/Jindal — bad for Louisiana, disastrous for black families.” — The ad is the second of its kind from the incumbent Louisiana Democratic Senator. — Here's the text of the ad …
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Obama preparing executive order on police militarization — Washington (CNN) — President Barack Obama, responding to concerns over the use of military-style equipment during protests in Ferguson, Missouri over the summer, is asking aides to prepare an executive order that would better track …
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Obama Offers New Standards on Police Gear
Obama Offers New Standards on Police Gear
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Harry Reid threatens recess, Christmas — Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid is using his final weeks as majority leader to threaten one of lawmakers' most valuable assets: Recess. — Facing down a daunting list of tasks, ranging from funding the government past Dec. 11 to approving …
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John B. Judis / The New Republic:
The Ferguson Decision Was Not a “Miscarriage of Justice.” Liberals Need to Accept That. — Susan Sontag once famously commented that one could have learned much more about the Soviet Union from 1950 to 1970 from reading the Readers' Digest than from reading The Nation.
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Donna Cassata / Associated Press:
Obama Dealt Major Setback in Closing Guantanamo — President Barack Obama's 5-year-old campaign to close the federal prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, suffered a major setback as lawmakers finalizing the annual defense policy bill rejected steps toward shuttering the facility.
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David Weigel / Bloomberg Politics:
The Torch Is Being Passed to A New Generation of Right-Wing Media — “If you're looking for something, you might not find it,” says Lachlan Markay. “If you're looking for anything, then, who knows?” — It's the middle of November, early morning, and Markay is perched in a chair right outside …
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Noam N. Levey / Los Angeles Times:
UNEQUAL TREATMENT IN ARIZONA, SWINGS IN MEDICAID ACCESS SHOW PROGRAM'S IMPACT — Bad timing turned Karen Slone's medical problem into a crisis. — Slone, 53, a former administrative assistant with diabetes, followed doctors' advice for years, getting regular checkups.
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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Rob Portman won't run for president in 2016 — Ohio Sen. Rob Portman, a Mitt Romney ally in 2012 who was exploring his own bid for president in 2016, has opted against a White House bid and will instead seek another Senate term, sources confirmed to POLITICO.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Hispanic approval of President Obama surges following immigration announcement — Emory University political science Prof. Alan Abramowitz noticed something in Gallup's weekly assessment of President Obama's approval numbers: His approval among Hispanics has shot up by 14 points over the past two weeks.
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Sabrina Rubin Erdely, woman behind Rolling Stone's explosive U-Va. alleged rape story — Magazine writer Sabrina Rubin Erdely knew she wanted to write about sexual assaults at an elite university. What she didn't know was which university. — So, for six weeks starting in June, Erdely interviewed students from across the country.
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Mayor de Blasio Unveiling Bill to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages — The administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio is poised to introduce legislation this month that would eliminate the New York City horse-drawn carriage industry, fulfilling a promise by the mayor to animal-rights activists who played …
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