memeorandum: Source: Suspect spoke of ‘baby parts’ after Planned Parenthood shooting (CNN)

9:20 PM ET, November 29, 2015

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Cruz Condemns Colorado Shooting, Rejects Anti-Abortion Link … Editor's note: This story has been updated throughout. — NEWTON, Iowa — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is condemning the fatal shooting of three people at a Planned Parenthood location in Colorado but also aggressively pushing …

Discussion: BuzzFeed, Raw Story, Guardian, Reuters and New York Times

Hawaii News Now:

Family: Waianae woman among those killed in Colorado Springs shooting — One of the three victims killed in the shooting Friday at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado is from the islands, her family has confirmed. — Family members identified the woman as Jennifer Markovsky, a 1997 Waianae High School graduate.

Discussion: Denver Post, The Huffington Post, New York Times, Slantpoint, Mashable, NBC News, Jezebel and Raw Story

Jesse Paul / Denver Post:

A grieving father remembers Jennifer Markovsky, one of three victims killed in the Planned Parenthood shootings — One of the three victims killed in the shooting Friday at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado is from the islands, her family has confirmed.

Discussion: Independent Journal, Mediaite and Raw Story

Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:

Ted Cruz Describes Alleged Planned Parenthood Shooter As ‘Transgendered Leftist Activist’ — Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz is the latest presidential candidate trying to downplay the role anti-abortion rhetoric may have played in motivating the Planned Parenthood shooting in Colorado Springs Friday afternoon.

Discussion: Friendly Atheist, Breitbart, New York Times, Pharyngula, Infowars, we hunted the mammoth, Liberaland, Associated Press and The Independent

New York Times:

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

Discussion: The Hill, The Huffington Post, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Towleroad, PoliticusUSA and MSNBC

Kyle Blaine / BuzzFeed: Ted Cruz Floats Report That Planned Parenthood Shooter Was A “Transgendered Leftist”

Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Fiorina: ‘Typical Left-Wing Tactics’ to Connect Pro-Lifers to Planned Parenthood Attack

Discussion: addictinginfo.org, Daily Kos and Mock Paper Scissors

CNN:
Source: Suspect spoke of ‘baby parts’ after Planned Parenthood shooting

Discussion: Slantpoint, addictinginfo.org, KUSA-TV, Raw Story, NPR, Denver Post and Washington Post

Guardian:
Suspect in Planned Parenthood attack said ‘no more baby parts’ after arrest

Discussion: Slantpoint, Breitbart, Yahoo Politics, Jezebel, The Week, ABC News and Mashable

Amy Oviatt / YouCaring:
Officer Garrett Swasey Memorial Fund

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Wesley Lowery / Washington Post:
‘No more baby parts,’ suspect in attack at Colo. Planned Parenthood clinic told official

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Guardian, Slate, Politico, National Review, whorunsGov, The Week, Associated Press, CNN, Boston Herald, MSNBC, ThinkProgress, TalkLeft, The Huffington Post, CBS News and Yahoo Politics

Ben Schreckinger / Politico:

Trump abruptly cancels black clergy press conference — After prematurely announcing the endorsements of 100 black pastors — prompting several to protest they were not, in fact, supporters - Donald Trump's campaign abruptly cancelled a press conference with the group scheduled for Monday afternoon at Trump Tower.

Discussion: Bloomberg.com news

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: ABC News, Roll Call and Liberaland

Martin Pengelly / Raw Story:
Jeb Bush: I'd still support Trump over Clinton because ‘anybody is better than Hillary’

Discussion: Guardian, Infowars and Scripting News

Louis Nelson / Politico:
Jeb Bush: Trump not a ‘serious candidate’

Discussion: Forbes, Hot Air, Washington Times and Breitbart

Kobe Bryant / The Players' Tribune:

Dear Basketball — PHOTOGRAPH BY WALTER IOOSS JR./THE PLAYERS' TRIBUNE … I knew one thing was real: — I fell in love with you. — A love so deep I gave you my all — From my mind & body — To my spirit & soul. — As a six-year-old boy — Deeply in love with you

Discussion: New York's PIX11, fox13now.com, KTLA, Mashable, Los Angeles Times, NBCSports.com and Deadline

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: Jihad Watch and RedState

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

Discussion: TheBlaze.com, Vlad Tepes, BizPac Review, Pamela Geller, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Associated Press and The Gateway Pundit

Joel Kotkin / Orange County Register:

Fostering a climate of intolerance — Hysteria: state in which your emotions (such as fear) are so strong that you behave in an uncontrolled way; a situation in which many people behave or react in an extreme or uncontrolled way because of fear, anger, etc.

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, Independent Journal and The Right Scoop

Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:

Obama visits site of Paris concert massacre — PARIS — President Barack Obama is here to attend the international climate conference that kicks off Monday, but his first stop was to commemorate the terrorist attacks that struck the French capital Nov. 13. — Less than an hour after Air Force …

Discussion: Bloomberg Business and ABC News

Bradford Richardson / The Hill:

Trump's rhetoric turning Muslims against the US, McCain says — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Donald Trump's divisive rhetoric is only serving to turn the international Muslim community against the U.S. — “Oh, I think it has an interesting effect of turning Muslims all over the world …

Discussion: Fire Andrea Mitchell!