memeorandum: Robert Dear, Suspect in Colorado Killings, ‘Preferred to Be Left Alone’ (New York Times)

3:15 PM ET, November 29, 2015

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Robert Dear, Suspect in Colorado Killings, ‘Preferred to Be Left Alone’ — HARTSEL, Colo. — Robert L. Dear Jr. was a man who lived off the grid. — On this lonely, snow-covered patch of land in a hamlet ringed by the Rocky Mountains, his home was a white trailer, with a forest-green four-wheeler …

Katie Valentine / ThinkProgress:

Republican Candidates Finally Comment On Shooting, Continue False Attacks On Planned Parenthood — Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump, Carly Fiorina, and Mike Huckabeee responded to the deadly shooting at a Colorado Planned Parenthood Sunday by reiterating false claims that the organization sells babies' body parts.

Discussion: The Hill, The Huffington Post, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Towleroad, Boston Herald, MSNBC, PoliticusUSA and NewsHounds blog

ABC News:

‘This Week’ Transcript: Ben Carson and Gov. John Kasich — THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT FOR “THIS WEEK” ON NOVEMBER 29, 2015 and it will be updated. — MARTHA RADDATZ, ABC HOST: Joining us now, the mayor of Colorado Springs, John Suthers. Mr. Mayor, what more can you tell us — tell us about the motivation in this killing?

Discussion: Politico, Bloomberg.com news, Associated Press, The Week and Mediaite

Guardian:

Suspect in Planned Parenthood attack said ‘no more baby parts’ after arrest — Comments by Robert Lewis Dear suggest his motive for the deadly attack as clinic reveals how its emergency plan went into action when shooting started — The man suspected of carrying out a deadly attack …

Discussion: Jezebel, Breitbart, Associated Press, The Week and Denver Post

David Edwards / Raw Story:

Mike Huckabee: Anti-abortion shooter is ‘abominable’ like Planned Parenthood killing ‘millions of babies’ — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee declared on Sunday that the Colorado gunman who killed three people and injured nine …

NBC News:
Planned Parenthood Suspect Mentioned Politics, Abortion

Jonathan Swan / The Hill: Planned Parenthood official: ‘Hateful’ speech contributed to shootings

Amanda Holpuch / Guardian:
Planned Parenthood on shooting: we will ‘never back away’ from mission

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Washington Post:
Alleged Colorado gunman was adrift and alienated

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Kirk Mitchell / Denver Post:
44-year-old University of Colorado at Colorado Springs was married with two childen

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Jonathan Swan / The Hill:

GOP donors wrestle with possibility of Trump nomination — When asked who he would vote for if the presidential race comes down to Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, the former mayor of Los Angeles and a longtime Republican establishment figure, Dick Riordan, says: “I would probably go find a deserted island.”

Discussion: Liberaland

Kiri Blakeley For / Daily Mail:

University of Missouri assistant professor charged with ‘violently grabbing 14-year-old relative by the hair and dragging her out of school for not wearing hijab’ — Youssif Zaghwani Omar, 53, was arrested after allegedly dragging a 14-year-old female relative out of school

Discussion: RedState and Jihad Watch

Columbia Daily Tribune:
Man arrested on suspicion of abusing Hickman student

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Washington Post:

For Democrats, it's not just ‘demographics as destiny’ — Democrats who happily think Donald Trump is helping to lead the Republican Party over the cliff could be looking at the state of American politics through too narrow a lens. Whatever problems the GOP could be facing in the coming months and beyond …

Discussion: New York Times

Bethan McKernan / The Independent:

The internet has united to photoshop Isis fighters as rubber ducks

Discussion: Telegraph, Infowars and Sputnik International

Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:

A Wealthy Governor and His Friends Are Remaking Illinois … The richest man in Illinois does not often give speeches. But on a warm spring day two years ago, Kenneth C. Griffin, the billionaire founder of one of the world's largest hedge funds, rose before a black-tie dinner of the Economic Club …

Bradford Richardson / The Hill:

House Dem threatens to file suit if Cruz wins nomination — Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) says he will file a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-Texas) presidential bid if Cruz wins his party's nomination. — Grayson said Cruz, who was born in Canada to an American mother …

Discussion: RedState and The Right Scoop

New York Times:

What the Paris Climate Meeting Must Do — In 1992, more than 150 nations agreed at a meeting in Rio de Janeiro to take steps to stabilize greenhouse gases at a level that would “prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system” — United Nations-speak for global warming.

Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Obama's Legacy at Stake in Paris Talks on Climate Accord

Discussion: RedState and John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:

Christie Scores Endorsement of Leading NH Newspaper — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's struggling presidential bid got a welcome boost this weekend in an endorsement from the New Hampshire Union Leader. — “In just 10 weeks, New Hampshire will make a choice that will profoundly affect our country and the world.

Discussion: CNN, Weekly Standard, New York Times, Taylor Marsh, Wall Street Journal, Outside the Beltway, Politico, The Week, The Daily Caller and Bloomberg.com news

Eugene Scott / CNN:

Black religious leaders invited to Trump meeting say they won't endorse him — (CNN)Several black pastors invited to meet with Donald Trump on Monday have denied reports that they had plans to endorse the presidential candidate at the event. — Bishop Clarence McClendon …