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Rebecca Traister / New York Magazine:
How the Planned Parenthood Attack Could Reverse the Politics of Abortion — The Democrats are no longer treating it like a dirty word. — Pin It — On November 13, the Supreme Court agreed to hear Whole Woman's Health v. Cole, a challenge to Texas's 2013 omnibus abortion bill enforcing an array of abortion-clinic regulations.
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Irin Carmon / MSNBC:
Abortion opponents defend their movement after Colorado shooting
Abortion opponents defend their movement after Colorado shooting
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Eliza Collins / Politico:
Cruz: ‘Overwhelming majority of violent criminals are Democrats’
Cruz: ‘Overwhelming majority of violent criminals are Democrats’
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Friendly Atheist, addictinginfo.org and The Week
Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Fiorina: Spin after clinic attack ‘typical left-wing tactics’
Fiorina: Spin after clinic attack ‘typical left-wing tactics’
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Brian Lyman / The Montgomery Advertiser:
Alabama settles Planned Parenthood suit; will pay fees
Alabama settles Planned Parenthood suit; will pay fees
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Talking Points Memo
Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Obamacare repeal may finally land on Obama's desk
Obamacare repeal may finally land on Obama's desk
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The Daily Signal
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
GOP chairwoman defends abortion probe after Planned Parenthood shootings
GOP chairwoman defends abortion probe after Planned Parenthood shootings
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Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
Cruz Excoriates Rubio on Foreign Policy, Links Him to Clinton — In an exclusive interview, the Texas Republican positions himself as a third way between “neo-con” interventionism and isolationism. — Ted Cruz on Monday offered his strongest denunciation so far of Marco Rubio's foreign policy views …
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Liz Kreutz / ABC News:
Elizabeth Warren Only Female Democratic Senator Missing From Hillary Clinton Endorsement Event — One by one tonight, 13 female Democratic senators took the stage inside the packed ballroom at the Hyatt Regency in Washington, DC to raise money and announce their support for Hillary Clinton.
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The Week and Bloomberg.com news
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio Punish Each Other for the Best Things They've Done — On June 2, 2015, Congress did something that it rarely does: it passed a law. The U.S.A. Freedom Act, which had passed the House in May, cleared the Senate, and President Obama signed it the same day.
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Betsy Klein / CNN:
Ted Cruz: GOP isn't ‘condom police’ — Bettendorf, Iowa (CNN)Iowans at a town hall waded into awkward territory on Monday evening as Ted Cruz tackled a question on contraceptives. — During a question and answer session at the final stop of a three-day Iowa campaign swing …
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Shirley Washington / FOX2now.com:
Ferguson mom's body found nude in pool of blood after meeting Facebook friend — FERGUSON, MO (KTVI) - The Major Case Squad is activated in Ferguson after a young mother is found dead in her home. Was the killer caught on camera? That's what her relatives believe.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Obama skeptical Putin will shift focus to fighting ISIL in Syria — President Barack Obama indicated Tuesday that he did not expect Russia to fully shift its focus to fighting the Islamic State in Syria in the near future, telling reporters that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin continue …
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BBC:
Russia says Turkey ‘shot down plane for IS oil’
Russia says Turkey ‘shot down plane for IS oil’
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Vlad Tepes, The Week and Jihad Watch
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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Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Trump insists ‘most’ black pastors endorsing him
Trump insists ‘most’ black pastors endorsing him
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Politico and Liberaland
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump quadruples down: Muslims ‘went wild’ after 9/11
Trump quadruples down: Muslims ‘went wild’ after 9/11
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ThinkProgress, Washington Free Beacon, Hot Air, Daily Kos, Right Wing Watch and The Colorado Independent
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.
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Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
For Clinton, one glaring holdout among female Democratic senators
For Clinton, one glaring holdout among female Democratic senators
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Algemeiner.com
Christina Cauterucci / Slate:
Amy Schumer and Serena Williams' Nude Photoshoot Is a Big Middle Finger to Trolls — For more than half a century, Italian tire maker Pirelli has released an annual calendar full of photos of supermodels in pin-up poses wearing skimpy lingerie or nothing at all.
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Taylor Marsh and New York's PIX11
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Vanessa Friedman / New York Times:
The 2016 Pirelli Calendar May Signal a Cultural Shift
The 2016 Pirelli Calendar May Signal a Cultural Shift
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Jezebel and The Frisky
Bernard E. Harcourt / New York Times:
Cover-Up in Chicago — THERE'S been a cover-up in Chicago. The city's leaders have now brought charges against a police officer, Jason Van Dyke, for the first-degree murder of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. But for more than a year, Chicago officials delayed the criminal process …
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New York Times:
Sheldon Silver, Ex-New York Assembly Speaker, Is Found Guilty on All Counts — Sheldon Silver, an assemblyman who rose from the Lower East Side of Manhattan to become one of New York State's most powerful politicians, was found guilty on Monday in a federal corruption trial …
The White House:
Remarks by President Obama at the First Session of COP21 — PRESIDENT OBAMA: President Hollande, Mr. Secretary General, fellow leaders. We have come to Paris to show our resolve. — We offer our condolences to the people of France for the barbaric attacks on this beautiful city.
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Philip Pullella / Reuters:
World headed toward ‘suicide’ if no climate agreement: pope — The U.N. climate conference in Paris is most likely humanity's last chance to thwart global environmental disaster, Pope Francis said on Monday, warning the world was “at the limits of suicide”.
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Chicago Tribune:
Man charged 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. … Federal officials charged a Chicago engineering student Monday with making the online threat that shut …
Emily Heil / Washington Post:
When in Paris... President Obama has a ‘working dinner’ at three-star eatery — As working dinners go, President Obama's meal Monday night in Paris with French President Francois Hollande, Secretary of State John Kerry and others wasn't too shabby. — No cartons of takeout — instead …
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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Aide reached out to NFL commish after Clinton head injury — A longtime Hillary Clinton aide reached out to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) after the former secretary of State sustained a head injury in late 2012.
Thomas Gibbons-Neff / Washington Post:
On Ukraine's front lines, U.S.-supplied equipment is falling apart — The United States has delivered more than $260 million in non-lethal military equipment to help the government of Ukraine in its fight against a Russian-backed insurgency, but some of the U.S.-supplied gear meant to protect …
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Washington Post:
First trial in death of Freddie Gray begins in a city still on edge … BALTIMORE — Shortly after the first trial in the death of Freddie Gray got underway Monday, a judge asked more than 70 potential jurors several questions: How many had not heard of the case? About the curfew that followed?
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