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2:20 PM ET, November 27, 2015

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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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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.
Discussion: 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 …
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.
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.
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Insiders: Trump's grip on Iowa is tenuous
Discussion: Political Wire
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.
Discussion: Slantpoint
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Protesters for Laquan McDonald Plan Chicago March to Disrupt Black Friday
Discussion: 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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John Parkinson / ABC News:
President Obama Compares Syrian Refugees to Mayflower Pilgrims, Administration Says States Can't Block Them
Discussion: 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.”
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.
Discussion: Mediaite
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Oli Smith / Daily Express:
Inside secret underground ISIS bomb-making lair found littered with US-made guns and drugs
Discussion: Jihad Watch
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.
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 …
Discussion: The Week
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 …
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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Sun Herald:
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Mick Krever / CNN:
Bloomberg: U.S. climate ‘crazies’ are being forced to accept reality
Discussion: Mediaite and Business Insider
Graham Rayman / New York Daily News:
EXCLUSIVE: FBI warns NY police about anti-Islam Arizona man who may be headed to state to confront Muslim group
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Cortney O'Brien / Townhall.com:
DNC Nearing $7 Million in Debt
Discussion: Independent Journal
Kimberly Alters / The Week:
The Washington Redskins sent out a perfectly oblivious Thanksgiving tweet
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