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Niall Stanage / The Hill:
GOP in panic over Trump — The Republican establishment is nearing full-blown panic about Donald Trump. — The demise of Trump's candidacy has been predicted by centrist Republicans and the media alike virtually since the day it began. But there is no empirical evidence at all to suggest it is happening.
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Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:
Trump denies mocking journalist who has disability, demands an apology — Donald Trump has been accused of using this moment during a Nov. 24, 2015, rally in South Carolina to mock a reporter who has a disablity that limits flexibility in his arms. (Reuters)
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Nancy LeTourneau / Washington Monthly:
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Trump-Mania? — David Frum took up the cause of proposing yet another plan for how “the establishment” can bring down Donald Trump. His suggestion is that the driving force behind Trump-mania is immigration, and so they should call out Trump …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
“It's Alive. It's Alive ...” — Read the editorial and news pages today and you'll find a mix of hand-wringing and demands about an uncouth and outrageous outsider who is threatening to wrest the Republican party from its rightful owners. Liar, racist, clown, fascist, vigilante.
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Donald Trump Says His Mocking of New York Times Reporter Was Misread
Donald Trump Says His Mocking of New York Times Reporter Was Misread
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Molly Ball / The Atlantic:
The Ecstasy of Donald Trump
The Ecstasy of Donald Trump
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Sun Herald:
One dead after shooting at Biloxi Waffle House … BILOXI — A Waffle House customer shot and killed an employee after she told him to put out a cigarette at the U.S. 90 business in the early-morning hours Friday, police said. — Biloxi police Sgt. Donnie Dobbs said the 52-year-old employee …
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Washington Post:
He said, 'All right, let's do this.' Then he jumped the White House fence. — A man draped in an American flag was taken into custody Thursday afternoon after he jumped the fence of the White House while the first family was inside celebrating Thanksgiving.
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Robinson Meyer / The Atlantic:
Video Is Never Enough … On October 20, 2014, a white Chicago Police Department officer named Jason Van Dyke fired 16 shots at a black Chicago resident, a 17-year-old named Laquan McDonald. Van Dyke started shooting McDonald while he had his back turned on the officer, and he continued firing after McDonald had fallen to the ground.
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Protesters for Laquan McDonald Plan Chicago March to Disrupt Black Friday
Protesters for Laquan McDonald Plan Chicago March to Disrupt Black Friday
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New York Daily News:
Black Friday brawls break out across the country, including several ugly incidents at Walmart and food court melee — VIDEO — Call it Black-eye Friday. — Brawls broke out at Walmart retail stores and other shopping centers across the country on Thursday evening, the official start of “Black Friday.”
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Randall Kennedy / New York Times:
Black Tape at Harvard Law — Cambridge, Mass. — IN a grand corridor of Harvard Law School, framed professors' photographs hang on a wall. A week ago, someone put slivers of black tape over the faces of most of the African-American professors. I am one of those whose photograph was marked.
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Michael Koziol / Sydney Morning Herald:
Nutella rejects personalised jar for five-year-old girl named Isis — Illawarra mother Heather Taylor is becoming accustomed to the odd looks, gasps and uncomfortable silences that accompany the mention of her daughter's name. Now she has suffered perhaps the ultimate indignity - being denied a personalised jar of Nutella.
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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
The 2016 ballot wars begin — Voting doesn't begin for another two months but some presidential candidates have already failed their first big ballot test - actually getting on the ballot in all 50 states. — The business of getting a candidate's name on the ballot is a costly and complex endeavor …
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The Week
Elizabeth Preza / Mediaite:
Dem Rep Declares He Will ‘File That Beautiful Lawsuit’ If Canadian-Born Cruz Wins Presidency — Florida Congressman Alan Grayson told radio host Alan Colmes Wednesday that if Ted Cruz is elected president, he “will file that beautiful lawsuit saying that he's unqualified for the job” according to the Constitution.
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