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Dara Lind / Vox:
Protester gets punched at Trump rally. Trump: “Maybe he deserved to get roughed up” — Yesterday, at a Donald Trump rally in Birmingham, AL, a local activist named Mercutio Southall Jr. started shouting “Black Lives Matter!” as Donald Trump spoke. What followed was a physical altercation between Southall …
Carol Robinson / al.com:
Black protester attacked at Donald Trump rally called ‘monkey’ and other racial slurs, he says
Black protester attacked at Donald Trump rally called ‘monkey’ and other racial slurs, he says
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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Black activist punched at Trump rally
Black activist punched at Trump rally
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Political Wire and Liberal Values
Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:
Donald Trump: My Fans Were Right To Beat Up Black Protester
Donald Trump: My Fans Were Right To Beat Up Black Protester
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Daily Kos, addictinginfo.org and Mediaite
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Donald Trump Calls for Surveillance of ‘Certain Mosques’ and a Syrian Refugee Database
Donald Trump Calls for Surveillance of ‘Certain Mosques’ and a Syrian Refugee Database
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Business Insider, The Week and Slantpoint
CBS News:
Poll: Trump retakes lead, Cruz surges in IA; Rubio second in NH — Donald Trump has returned to the lead in Iowa while Ted Cruz has now surged past Ben Carson into second place. Carson has slipped from a first-place tie into third. — While Iowa's Republicans generally feel Trump is ready …
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Trump leads, Carson second as GOP voters favor change over experience
Trump leads, Carson second as GOP voters favor change over experience
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Politico and Political Wire
Tim Murphy / Mother Jones:
Louisiana Just Voted to Give a Quarter of a Million People Health Care — Republican Sen. David Vitter lost his bid to be the next governor of Louisiana on Saturday, and it wasn't even close. The two-term senator lost the runoff election to Democratic state Rep. John Bel Edwards by double digits …
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Julia O'Donoghue / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
John Bel Edwards beats David Vitter to become Louisiana's next governor — State Rep. John Bel Edwards, a relatively unknown Democrat from a rural Amite, will be the state's next governor after toppling Republican U.S. Sen. David Vitter, R-La., in one of the biggest political upsets in the state's history.
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Campbell Robertson / New York Times:
John Bel Edwards, Democrat, Defeats David Vitter in Louisiana Governor's Race
John Bel Edwards, Democrat, Defeats David Vitter in Louisiana Governor's Race
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New Orleans Times-Picayune, Hot Air and Outside the Beltway
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Edwards beats Vitter in Louisiana governor's race
Edwards beats Vitter in Louisiana governor's race
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Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
Trump doubles down: Thousands in NJ cheered on 9/11 — GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump is doubling down on comments that thousands of people in parts of New Jersey with large Arab populations cheered on 9/11. — Trump said at a rally on Saturday in Birmingham …
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Laura Meckler / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump: Open to Independent Bid if GOP Doesn't Treat Him ‘Fairly’ — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said he is open to running for president as an independent if he concludes Republicans are not treating him “fairly.” — He made his comments on ABC's “This Week” …
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Political Wire and Balloon Juice
John Nolte / Breitbart:
Cancel the Debate! CNN Caught Selectively-Editing Trump's ‘Muslim’ Comments
Cancel the Debate! CNN Caught Selectively-Editing Trump's ‘Muslim’ Comments
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Little Green Footballs
Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Trump refuses to rule out third-party run
Mike Flynn / Breitbart:
Majority of Americans Feel Like ‘Stranger in Own Country’
Majority of Americans Feel Like ‘Stranger in Own Country’
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Independent Journal
Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Trump advocates waterboarding enemy combatants — Donald Trump says if he's elected president, he'll bring back enhanced interrogation techniques like waterboarding for enemy combatants. — “I would bring it back, yes. I would bring it back,” Trump said on ABC's “This Week” on Sunday.
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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Buchanan: Terror attacks bringing ‘retreat of liberalism’ — Political commentator Pat Buchanan says the recent string of terrorist attacks are bringing about a “retreat of liberalism.” — “I think we are seeing a general retreat of liberalism in the United States and in Europe …
Valerie Gonzalez / KGNS:
Five Syrians Stopped at Laredo International Bridge One — Five more Syrians have been stopped at a Laredo port of entry on Friday. This brings the total number of Syrians seeking to enter the US through our city this week up to 13. — According to a statement from the Department of Homeland Security …
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Arthur C. Brooks / New York Times:
Choose to Be Grateful. It Will Make You Happier. — TWENTY-FOUR years ago this month, my wife and I married in Barcelona, Spain. Two weeks after our wedding, flush with international idealism, I had the bright idea of sharing a bit of American culture with my Spanish in-laws by cooking a full Thanksgiving dinner.
Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
DHS chief: No credible threat of terrorist attack in US — Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson says there is no credible intelligence regarding an impending terrorist attack on U.S. soil. — “We have no specific credible intelligence about a threat of the Paris type directed at the homeland here …
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