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Chris kitching / Mirror.co.uk:
CAMERAS CAPTURE MOMENT RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR SHOT DEAD IN TURKEY — Get Politics updates directly to your inbox — Russia's ambassador to Turkey has been assassinated by an off-duty police officer in front of terrified witnesses allegedly in retaliation for the crisis in Aleppo.
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Associated Press:
Official: Russia's Ambassador To Turkey Dead After Gunman Attack — MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's ambassador to Turkey has died after being shot in Ankara, according to Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman. — A gunman opened fire on Russia's ambassador to Turkey at a photo exhibition on Monday.
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Daily Mail:
Horror as Russian ambassador to Turkey is shot dead in art exhibition in Ankara by well-dressed …
Horror as Russian ambassador to Turkey is shot dead in art exhibition in Ankara by well-dressed …
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New York Times:
Russian Ambassador to Turkey Is Assassinated in Ankara
Russian Ambassador to Turkey Is Assassinated in Ankara
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BBC:
Russian ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov shot dead in Ankara
Russian ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov shot dead in Ankara
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Roland Oliphant / Telegraph:
Watch | The moment Russia's ambassador to Turkey is shot dead
Watch | The moment Russia's ambassador to Turkey is shot dead
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The Guardian:
Russian ambassador to Turkey killed in Ankara shooting
Russian ambassador to Turkey killed in Ankara shooting
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David Bright / Facebook:
Love it or hate it, here's the statement I'll issue after the Electoral college vote today. — Statement by Democratic Elector David Bright — Dec. 19, 2016 — If my vote today could have helped Secretary Clinton win the presidency, I would have voted for her.
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
The Anti-Trump Electoral College Effort Is Only The Beginning — WASHINGTON — The battle over Monday's Electoral College vote is the beginning, not the end. A larger campaign to undermine the legitimacy — and constitutionality — of Donald Trump's presidency is likely just getting underway.
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Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:
Plurality Wants Popular Vote Over Electoral College
Plurality Wants Popular Vote Over Electoral College
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Michael Moore / Facebook:
A Personal Appeal to the Republican Members of the Electoral College from Michael Moore
A Personal Appeal to the Republican Members of the Electoral College from Michael Moore
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The Portland Press Herald:
Maine Electoral College elector says he will cast his ballot for Sanders
Maine Electoral College elector says he will cast his ballot for Sanders
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Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Maine Elector Says He's Switching His Vote from Clinton to Sanders
Maine Elector Says He's Switching His Vote from Clinton to Sanders
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Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Trump private security force ‘playing with fire’ — GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — President-elect Donald Trump has continued employing a private security and intelligence team at his victory rallies, and he is expected to keep at least some members of the team after he becomes president, according to people familiar with the plans.
NPR:
Transcript And Video: NPR's Exit Interview With President Obama — In a wide-ranging exit interview, NPR's Steve Inskeep asks President Obama about Russian interference in the U.S. election, executive power, the future of the Democratic party and his future role.
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Scott Detrow / NPR:
To Rehabilitate Democratic Party, Obama Plans To ‘Coach’ Young Talent — President Obama sees a role for himself in rebuilding the Democratic Party after he leaves office — coach. — “What I am interested in is just developing a whole new generation of talent,” Obama told NPR's Steve Inskeep …
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Allen Cone / UPI:
Obama warns Trump not to overuse executive orders
Obama warns Trump not to overuse executive orders
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Bill Clinton: Trump knows how to get ‘angry, white men to vote for him’ — President-elect Donald Trump “doesn't know much,” former President Bill Clinton told a local newspaper earlier this month, but “one thing he does know is how to get angry, white men to vote for him.”
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
POLITICO/MORNING CONSULT poll: Electoral College shouldn't reject Trump …
POLITICO/MORNING CONSULT poll: Electoral College shouldn't reject Trump …
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The Charlotte Observer:
Gov. Pat McCrory calls for special legislative session to repeal HB2 — Following a surprise move by the Charlotte City Council, Gov. Pat McCrory said Monday he would call a special session to consider repeal of House Bill 2. — The governor's statement came in a rapidly unfolding series …
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Associated Press:
Chief Justice John Roberts Denies Plea To Force Senate Action On Merrick Garland — WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts has denied a lawyer's bid to get the Supreme Court to force the Senate to consider the high court nomination of Judge Merrick Garland.
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Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed:
Merrick Garland Will Be On The Bench — But Not The Supreme Court — In January
Merrick Garland Will Be On The Bench — But Not The Supreme Court — In January
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Buck Ryan / Lexington Herald-Leader:
UK prof: Singing a Beach Boys' tune got me punished for ‘sexual misconduct’ — The University of Kentucky has punished me in a “sexual misconduct” case, in part, for singing a Beach Boys tune covered by Alvin and the Chipmunks. — Under Administrative Regulation 6:1, Discrimination and Harassment …
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Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Title IX is ‘bureaucratic sex creep’ gone wild: Glenn Reynolds
Title IX is ‘bureaucratic sex creep’ gone wild: Glenn Reynolds
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
How Republics End — Many people are reacting to the rise of Trumpism and nativist movements in Europe by reading history — specifically, the history of the 1930s. And they are right to do so. It takes willful blindness not to see the parallels between the rise of fascism and our current political nightmare.
Anthony Faiola / Washington Post:
In Poland, a window on what happens when populists come to power — WARSAW — The Law and Justice Party rode to power on a pledge to drain the swamp of Polish politics and roll back the legacy of the previous administration. One year later, its patriotic revolution, the party proclaims …
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Megyn Kelly: ‘Fox was not without sin’ in 2016 campaign coverage — In the tour for her new book “Settle For More,” Fox News host Megyn Kelly has spoken at length about a certain progression over her career. After claiming that she was sexually harassed in the mid-2000s by Fox News chief Roger Ailes …
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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
A dad was awakened by his toddler's crying. He found a stranger holding her in the living room. — Around 2:30 a.m. last Thursday, a father in Tempe, Ariz., awoke to the sounds of his 2-year-old daughter crying, so he left his bedroom to check on her. — In his living room …
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Pema Levy / Mother Jones:
Trump's Budget Director Pick Spoke at a John Birch Society Event — Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.), the ultra-conservative congressman tapped by Donald Trump to run the Office of Management and Budget, recently accepted a speaking invitation from the notorious John Birch Society …
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