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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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Talking Points Memo, PoliticusUSA, Hot Air, Althouse, Towleroad, ABC News and Mashable
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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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Politico, Political Wire and Viking Pundit
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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bradford-delong.com, Outside the Beltway and Algemeiner.com
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Donald Trump Says His Mocking of New York Times Reporter Was Misread — Responding to criticism over remarks he made on Tuesday, Donald J. Trump, the Republican presidential candidate and real estate developer, denied on Thursday that he was mocking the appearance of a reporter for The New York Times with a physical disability.
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ThinkProgress, Mother Jones, RedState, Daily Mail, Guardian, Washington Times, Mashable, KFOR-TV, ABC News, Hollywood Life, USA TODAY College and NBC News
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
“It's Alive. It's Alive ...” — Read the editorial …
“It's Alive. It's Alive ...” — Read the editorial …
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The Moderate Voice, BostonGlobe.com and The Last Refuge
Molly Ball / The Atlantic:
The Ecstasy of Donald Trump
The Ecstasy of Donald Trump
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No More Mister Nice Blog, PoliticusUSA, Daily Kos and The Gateway Pundit
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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Slantpoint
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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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NBC News
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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CNN, BizPac Review, Outside the Beltway, Fusion and The Week
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John Parkinson / ABC News:
President Obama Compares Syrian Refugees to Mayflower Pilgrims, Administration Says States Can't Block Them
President Obama Compares Syrian Refugees to Mayflower Pilgrims, Administration Says States Can't Block Them
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Hullabaloo and BillMoyers.com
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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Fusion, BizPac Review, Infowars, Mediaite and Hollywood Life
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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Mediaite
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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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Lawyers, Guns & Money, Boston Globe and Above the Law
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
Catherine Herridge / Fox News:
FBI using elite surveillance teams to track at least 48 high risk ISIS suspects — With as many as 1000 active cases, Fox News has learned at least 48 ISIS suspects are considered so high risk that the FBI is using its elite tracking squads known as the mobile surveillance teams or MST to track them domestically.
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Truth Revolt, Jihad Watch, BizPac Review and Daily Mail
Seth Barrett Tillman / THE NEW REFORM CLUB:
‘Teaching Children About World Religions and Ethics Could Help CounterIslamophobia’: A Response — a response to — Teaching Children About World Religions and Ethics Could Help Counter Islamophobia — Dr. O'Donnell tells us that teaching about world religions and ethics …
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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Raw Story