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4:45 PM ET, November 30, 2015

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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
As Cruz gains, GOP senators rally for Rubio  —  Ted Cruz has built his Senate career and presidential campaign on his willingness to stick it to the Republican establishment.  And now that he's gaining momentum in the primary, his many GOP nemeses in Congress are returning the favor by quietly coalescing behind Marco Rubio.
Glenn Thrush / Politico:
5 takes on 2016 as the campaign kicks into high gear  —  The untamable 2016 campaign has settled into a kind of comprehensible chaos with 60 days until the Iowa caucuses.  —  Donald Trump, a contender who embodies the ultimate cross-pollination of politics and entertainment that began with Ronald Reagan …
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Trump would ‘err on side of security’ in NSA debate
Discussion: whorunsGov
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Hispanic Republican leaders shun Donald Trump
Discussion: Liberaland, Raw Story and whorunsGov
Alissa Scheller / The Huffington Post:
2 Degrees Will Change The World  —  More Floods, More Drought Inevitable.  How Bad Do We Want It To Get?  —  World leaders are meeting in Paris this month in what amounts to a last-ditch effort to avert the worst ravages of climate change.  Climatologists now say that the best case scenario …
Discussion: Slantpoint
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Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune:
1 in custody in threat at University of Chicago linked to Laquan McDonald shooting  —  University of Chicago security officers patrol the Hyde Park campus quad on Nov. 30, 2015. … An online threat to kill 16 white male students or staff in retaliation for the shooting of Laquan McDonald forced …
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Chicago Sun Times:
UIC student's online threat linked to Laquan McDonald shooting  —  Sign-up for Chicago Sun-Times newsletters. … A University of Illinois at Chicago student threatened online to shoot 16 individuals at the University of Chicago — one for each time Laquan McDonald was shot — which resulted in U. of C. classes being cancelled Monday.
Discussion: Washington Post and The Week
Vanessa Friedman / New York Times:
The 2016 Pirelli Calendar May Signal a Cultural Shift  —  When Agnes Gund, the 77-year-old philanthropist and president emerita of the Museum of Modern Art, got the call, she thought: “That's odd.  What's that got to do with someone like me?”  —  When Fran Lebowitz, the 65-year-old author …
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Daily Mail:
Pirelli Calendar 2016 sees Serena Williams, Patti Smith and Amy Schumer pose
Discussion: Independent Journal
Alice Ollstein / ThinkProgress:
Black Pastors Rail Against Closed-Door Meeting With Trump, Citing Racist Language And Incitement  —  Dozens of African American pastors gathered behind closed doors with GOP frontrunner Donald Trump at his office in New York City on Monday.  The Trump campaign originally told press the pastors …
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Spiegel Online:
Ex-US Intelligence Chief on Islamic State's Rise:  —  ‘We Were Too Dumb’  —  Interview Conducted By Matthias Gebauer and Holger Stark  —  Without the Iraq war, Islamic State wouldn't exist today, former US special forces chief Mike Flynn openly admits.  In an interview …
Associated Press:
Clinton opened State Department office to dozens of corporate donors, Dem fundraisers  —  WASHINGTON - As secretary of state, Hillary Rodham Clinton opened her office to dozens of influential Democratic party fundraisers, former Clinton administration and campaign loyalists …
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
GOP chairwoman defends abortion probe after Planned Parenthood shootings  —  The leader of the GOP-controlled House committee charged with investigating abortion providers is defending its mission in the wake of a deadly rampage at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado.
Discussion: Politico and PoliticusUSA
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Walker Bragman / Salon:
More like Reagan than FDR: I'm a millennial and I'll never vote for Hillary Clinton  —  I never thought I'd be encouraging people to not vote for the Democratic nominee for president.  But I am  —  I am a 27-year-old, politically active, progressive millennial voter.
Discussion: Independent Journal
Jeff Sparrow / Guardian:
We can save atheism from the New Atheists like Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris  —  There must be another way for nonbelievers than to transform, as Dawkins and Harris have done, into toxic know-it-alls  —  hy are the New Atheists such jerks?  Case in point: Richard Dawkins' continuing pursuit …
Discussion: Friendly Atheist and Eschaton
Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune:
State sues prisoners to pay for their room, board  —  Melvin Moore is a paroled inmate being sued by the Illinois Department of Corrections to recoup the costs of incarceration. … The $31,690 Johnny Melton received to settle a lawsuit over his mother's death was going to help him start life anew after prison.
Discussion: Mediaite and The Week
Chris Ariens / Advertising & Branding:
How Roger Ailes Built Fox News Into a Media Powerhouse  —  Roger Ailes' first moon shot came when he was 29 years old.  He was in the Oval Office setting up the first interplanetary split screen.  “Eagle” had just landed on the moon.  —  “I had video from the Earth and I realized I could set …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate GOP to meet, discuss ObamaCare repeal  —  Senate Republicans will meet Monday evening to discuss plans to pass an ObamaCare repeal package later this week.  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is convening the meeting to walk through the special budgetary process known …
 
 
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Brian M. Rosenthal / Houston Chronicle:
Texas to refugee groups: If you let in a Syrian, we might sue you
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Target website goes down on Cyber Monday
Michael Eric Dyson / New Republic:
Yes She Can  —  Why Hillary Clinton will do more for black people than Obama
Kiri Blakeley For / Daily Mail:
Father suspected of ‘murdering seven-year-old son and feeding his remains to pigs’
Reuters:
VW knew fuel usage in some cars was too high a year ago: report
Discussion: Mashable, Engadget and The Verge
Blake Seitz / Washington Free Beacon:
Conference Organizers Hit the Buzzer as Obama's Climate Speech Goes 11 Minutes Over Schedule
Orrin G. Hatch / Washington Times:
The wall separating faith and public life must be torn down
Discussion: Friendly Atheist and Raw Story
Caitlin Yilek / The Hill:
Trump gets OK to use Twisted Sister song
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Alana Goodman / Washington Free Beacon:
Clinton Appoints Ex-Congressman Who Blamed Defeat on Jewsto ‘Leadership Team’
Shane Harris / The Daily Beast:
'They're Being Tortured': U.S. Ally Accused of Abusing ISIS Prisoners
Oliver Holmes / Guardian:
Mobile dating apps spur HIV epidemic among Asia's teenagers, says UN
Discussion: RT and Engadget
Dan Majors / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Muslim taxi driver shot on Thanksgiving in Hazelwood calls attack a hate crime
Tony Schwartz / New York Times:
Addicted to Distraction  —  ONE evening early this summer …
 

 
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Om Malik / On my Om:
AI platforms are unlikely to become a major source of traffic or ad revenue for media outlets, with content deals offering only a short-term revenue boost

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Bloomberg:
A look at Crunchyroll's challenges, including current and former employees saying its management is out of touch, as Disney and Netflix's expand into anime
 
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