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Chicago protesters march as police release video of officer shooting teen — Chicago (CNN)Protesters took to the streets of Chicago late Tuesday after police released a graphic dash-cam video showing an officer shooting 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. — McDonald was killed in October 2014.
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Chicago Tribune:
A staggering moment for Chicago — Warning graphic content: Chicago officials released the police dash-cam video of the October 2014 fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald, 17, by a Chicago police officer. Warning: This video contains graphic images. The Chicago Tribune edited this version only for length.
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John KassContact / Chicago Tribune:
Emanuel holds others accountable on police shooting video, not himself — Photos: Follow developments in the 2014 fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald by Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke. … The mayor of Chicago talked a lot about accountability just before he released the police video showing Laquan McDonald gunned down by a cop.
David Frum / The Atlantic:
How to Beat Donald Trump — A new round of attack ads are heading Donald Trump's way, some from John Kasich's campaign and the super PAC backing him, and more in the future from an LLC created specifically to produce anti-Trump messages. — New Day for America's 47-second ad splices together …
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump: Report your neighbors for suspicious activities — GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump said late Tuesday that everyday Americans should monitor their neighbors for questionable behavior. — “The real greatest resource is all of you, because you have all those eyes …
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Associated Press:
President Barack Obama spared two turkeys named for one of the nation's most admired presidents, continuing a White House tradition that provides a refreshing sense of amusement and bipartisan cheer no matter how troubled the times. — Obama pardoned “Abe,” the 2015 national Thanksgiving turkey …
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Chris Perez / New York Post:
Austrian jihadi bride beaten to death after trying to escape ISIS: friend — One of the two teens who fled Austria last year to become a “poster girl” for ISIS has been beaten to death after trying to escape the group's Syrian stronghold of Raqqa, reports say.
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
Donald Trump beats Marco Rubio in a head-to-head matchup among Republicans — In my conversation with political scientist Alan Abramowitz, we spent a fair amount of time discussing whether elite confidence in Marco Rubio is justified. This morning, Abramowitz pointed me to a new Economist/YouGov poll that suggests maybe it isn't.
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Gordon J. Davis / New York Times:
What Woodrow Wilson Cost My Grandfather — OVER the last week, a growing number of students at Princeton have demanded that the university confront the racist legacy of Woodrow Wilson, who served as its president before becoming New Jersey's governor and the 28th president of the United States.
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Jim Dwyer / New York Times:
A Definitive Debunking of Donald Trump's 9/11 Claims — How alarmed were New Jersey officials by reports of Muslims dancing in the streets of Jersey City and Paterson on Sept. 11, 2001, to celebrate the destruction of the World Trade Center? — They feared riots would break out and were ready …
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Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Rudy Giuliani: I Heard Reports Of 9/11 Cheering, But I Didn't See It (VIDEO)
Rudy Giuliani: I Heard Reports Of 9/11 Cheering, But I Didn't See It (VIDEO)
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Dylan Baddour / Houston Chronicle:
Texas GOP official wants secession on the primary ballot — A member of the executive committee for the Republican Party of Texas plans to introduce a resolution at the group's next meeting, which would add to the party's primary ballot a non-binding measure for Texas secession.
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Right Wing Watch, Zandar Versus The Stupid and Mock Paper Scissors
Washington Post:
Flash mob hits designer store in Georgetown, steals $13,000 worth of goods — A large group of juveniles robbed a designer store in Georgetown Tuesday evening and stole $13,000 worth of items, according to D.C. Police. — The incident happened just before 6 p.m. at the Diesel store in the 3000 block of M Street NW.
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J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
Emails Show Politico's Mike Allen Promised Positive Coverage of Chelsea Clinton — Few journalists are more thoroughly connected to Washington's power elite than Politico's Chief White House correspondent Mike Allen. But as newly released emails between the veteran reporter …
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Associated Press:
Ads Featuring Nazi Imagery Pulled From New York City Subway — An ad campaign that featured Nazi imagery has been pulled from the New York City subway system. — Seats on the 42nd Street shuttle between Times Square and Grand Central Terminal were wrapped in Nazi regalia to promote …
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The Federalist and The Daily Caller
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Marco Rubio: ‘Ignore’ Gay Marriage Decision Because 'God's Rules Always Win' — In an interview today with David Brody of the Christian Broadcasting Network, Sen. Marco Rubio said that the Supreme Court's rulings on marriage equality and abortion rights in the Obergefell and Roe decisions, respectively, are “not settled law.”
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Reporter: Trump camp requiring bathroom escorts for press — Donald Trump's campaign is requiring journalists at rallies to have bathroom escorts, according to an NBC News reporter. — “Trump campaign now requiring media to have bathroom escorts at his rallies when leaving ‘the pen,’ ” …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Obstacles imperil budget deal — Congressional leaders face several hurdles to getting a budget deal done by the Dec. 11 deadline, including a fight over health funding that is holding up the omnibus spending package. — There's also a battle brewing over dozens of policy riders aimed …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Rand Paul super PAC launches ad buy ahead of Iowa, N.H. — A Rand Paul super PAC, hoping to give the struggling candidate a burst of momentum, is launching what it describes as its opening offensive ahead of the Iowa and New Hampshire nominating contests. — The group, America's Liberty PAC …
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New York Times:
Emirates Secretly Sends Colombian Mercenaries to Fight in Yemen — WASHINGTON — The United Arab Emirates has secretly dispatched hundreds of Colombian mercenaries to Yemen to fight in that country's raging conflict, adding a volatile new element in a complex proxy war that has drawn in the United States and Iran.
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wmo.int:
WMO: 2015 likely to be Warmest on Record, 2011-2015 Warmest Five Year Period — Climate Change Breaches Symbolic Thresholds, Fuels Extreme Weather — Geneva 25 November 2015 (WMO) The global average surface temperature in 2015 is likely to be the warmest on record and to reach the symbolic …
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Ashley Parker / New York Times:
Libre, Backed by Kochs, Aims to Raise G.O.P. Standing With Hispanics — MIAMI — The crowd that lined up around a megachurch here last week — largely Hispanic and mostly poor — came for the Saturday services, but also for the free flu shots that were being offered in the church …
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Jared Keever / Opposing Views:
Oregon Police Officer Reassigned After Tweeting About Upcoming Black Lives Matter Event — A Portland, Oregon, police officer has been reassigned, pending an internal investigation, after he posted a message to social media complaining about a scheduled Black Lives Matter protest in the city.
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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic:
Brown University's $100 Million Inclusivity Plan — Every university responds to student protests in its own way. — Earlier this month, scores of Brown undergraduates formed a circle on a quad and listened as black classmates expressed pain, anger, and frustration with campus life …
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