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6:40 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.
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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
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 …
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 …
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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)  —  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
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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.
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Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Marco Rubio: ‘Ignore’ Gay Marriage Decision Because 'God's Rules Always Win'
Discussion: Washington Blade 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: Raw Story and Mediaite
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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.
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
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New York Times:
The Case Against Woodrow Wilson at Princeton
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.
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.
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.
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
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 …
Los Angeles Times:
Sanders pledge illustrates how plans to curtail mass incarceration fall short  —  Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks in October in Davenport, Iowa.  Sanders has pledged to dramatically reduce prison populations if elected.  —  After years of plunging crime rates …
Discussion: whorunsGov
 
 
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Ashley Parker / New York Times:
Libre, Backed by Kochs, Aims to Raise G.O.P. Standing With Hispanics
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Rand Paul super PAC launches ad buy ahead of Iowa, N.H.
Discussion: Bloomberg.com news
Associated Press:
Ads Featuring Nazi Imagery Pulled From New York City Subway
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Obstacles imperil budget deal
Discussion: Washington Post
New York Times:
Emirates Secretly Sends Colombian Mercenaries to Fight in Yemen
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William Poole / Wall Street Journal:
Don't Blame the Fed for Low Rates
Discussion: bradford-delong.com and EconLog
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Dem rep: I will argue with your Republican relatives for you
Discussion: Liberaland
Jared Keever / Opposing Views:
Oregon Police Officer Reassigned After Tweeting About Upcoming Black Lives Matter Event
Discussion: Liberaland
Nate Raymond / Reuters:
FBI has lead in probe of 1.2 billion stolen Web credentials: documents
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic:
Brown University's $100 Million Inclusivity Plan
Discussion: Instapundit
Ace / Ace of Spades HQ:
Thanksgivingmanship: Your Guide to Surviving The Progressive Imbeciles Who Have Spent a Week Cramming …
Jonathan Haidt / HeterodoxAcademy.org:
The Yale Problem Begins in High School
 

 
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Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg:
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Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
Interpol says a global operation has taken down over 22,000 malicious IP addresses or servers linked to cyber threats and led to the arrest of 41 individuals

 
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