memeorandum: WMO: 2015 likely to be Warmest on Record, 2011-2015 Warmest Five Year Period (wmo.int)

6:45 PM ET, November 25, 2015

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Deborah L. Shelton / Chicago Reporter:

How Chicago tried to cover up a police execution — It was just about a year ago that a city whistleblower came to journalist Jamie Kalven and attorney Craig Futterman out of concern that Laquan McDonald's shooting a few weeks earlier “wasn't being vigorously investigated,” as Kalven recalls.

Discussion: Washington Post, FiveThirtyEight, Fusion, ThinkProgress, Slantpoint, Campaign for America's Future, Guardian, New York Times, DNAinfo Chicago, Daily Kos, Chicago Tribune, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Gawker, The Stranger … and Outside the Beltway, more at Mediagazer »

CNN:

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.

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.

Discussion: Above the Law

John KassContact / Chicago Tribune:
Emanuel holds others accountable on police shooting video, not himself

Discussion: The Marshall Project, LiberalAmerica.org, Guardian, Wall Street Journal, The Daily Caller, addictinginfo.org, BillMoyers.com, Hullabaloo, Jammie Wearing Fools, ThinkProgress and CBS Chicago

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 …

Discussion: National Review, Liberal Values and Hot Air

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 …

Discussion: Washington Post, Little Green Footballs, CNBC, Salon, Daily Kos and The Week

MJ Lee / CNN:
Donald Trump has been called lots of things — now a new label is surfacing

Discussion: PolitiFact, Washington Post, U.S. News, New York Times, Salon, Hullabaloo, Mother Jones, Guardian and Business Insider

Matt Taibbi / Rolling Stone:

America Is Too Dumb for TV News — Trump and others are proving it: we can't handle the truth — Donald Trump said this to supporters at an Alabama rally: — “Hey, I watched when the World Trade Center came tumbling down. And I watched in Jersey City, New Jersey …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, NPR, Right Wing Watch, Weekly Standard, Raw Story, Mediaite, Political Wire and addictinginfo.org

Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:

Rudy Giuliani: I Heard Reports Of 9/11 Cheering, But I Didn't See It (VIDEO) — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) said Wednesday that he heard reports about people cheering the 9/11 terror attacks, but didn't see it for himself. — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump recently …

Discussion: Mediaite and Liberaland

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 …

Discussion: Yahoo Politics

Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Obama jokes his way through annual turkey pardon

Discussion: ABC News and 89.3 KPCC

David Jackson / USA Today:
Obama to address nation on Islamic State threats

Discussion: Liberaland

Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Obama says there is ‘no specific and credible intelligence’ of U.S. terrorist plot over Thanksgiving

Discussion: Mother Jones

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.

Discussion: Bloomberg Business, Associated Press, Washington Post, Balloon Juice, Taylor Marsh, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Mother Jones, Sunlight Foundation Blog, Texas Monthly and The Hill

Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Marco Rubio: ‘Ignore’ Gay Marriage Decision Because 'God's Rules Always Win'

Discussion: Washington Blade, Mock Paper Scissors and Metro Weekly

Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Rubio: 'God's Rules' Win Over Supreme Court Decisions (VIDEO)

Discussion: Washington Post

Avi Selk / Irving Blog:

Armed mosque protesters publish Irving Muslims' home addresses — This group has posted the home addresses of dozens of Muslims and “sympathizers”. (Avi Selk/TDMN) — An anti-Muslim group that brought guns to an Irving mosque has published the home addresses of dozens of Muslims and “Muslim sympathizer[s]” in the city.

Discussion: Little Green Footballs, Raw Story and Mediaite

Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Armed Texas Mosque Protestor Shares Home Addresses Of Local Muslims

Discussion: Washington Post

Stephanie Pedersen / ledger-enquirer:

Sheriff's ‘politically incorrect’ sign draws strong reaction … In an effort to “stir people's belief and patriotism,” Harris County Sheriff Mike Jolley posted a new sign Tuesday morning outside of his department that says his county is politically incorrect, and if you have a problem with that, you can leave.

Discussion: Washington Post, Raw Story, The Daily Caller, Fusion, Truth Revolt, WRBL-TV, Mediaite and WNCN

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.

Discussion: Slantpoint, NOLA River and Daily Kos

New York Times:
The Case Against Woodrow Wilson at Princeton

Discussion: USA TODAY College and Bloomberg View

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,’ ” …

Discussion: Raw Story and TVNewser

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.

Discussion: RedState, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, addictinginfo.org, Mediaite, Truth Revolt, Scared Monkeys and Daily Mail

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.

Discussion: Right Wing Watch, The Daily Banter, 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.

Discussion: CBS DC, Instapundit and The Gateway Pundit

Chris Morran / Consumerist:

No, Target Is Not Giving You A 50% Off Everything Coupon For Liking A Page On Facebook — We all want to believe that there are special coupons out there just waiting to be grabbed, and the newest questionable offer to take hold of Facebook newsfeeds involves the false promise of a coupon …

Discussion: WCMH-TV

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 …

Discussion: EcoWatch, Hit & Run, Common Dreams and ThinkProgress

Uncle Strickland / Washington Free Beacon:

GUEST COLUMN: How to Talk to Your Pansy Marxist Nephew at Thanksgiving — Happy Thanksgiving and thanks for publishing my column. I'm a big fan of this holiday because few things are more American than boozing up and chowing down 'til your ankles swell and your corduroys pop. In between …

Discussion: Hot Air, Never Yet Melted and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

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 …