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Scott Jaschik / Inside Higher Ed:
Drexel Condemns Professor's Tweet  —  University issues statement on Christmas Day over post that said “all I want for Christmas is white genocide.”  Update: Professor criticizes response to “satirical” comment.  —  Drexel University issued a statement on Christmas Day to condemn a tweet …
Discussion: Heat Street
Alex Pfeiffer / The Daily Caller:
Drexel Professor Has A History Of Hating White People And Wishing For Their Genocide  —  Drexel associate professor of political science George Ciccariello-Maher has a long history of espousing racist views towards white people on Twitter and has at times supported genocide.
David Axelrod / CNN:
Full transcript: David Axelrod interviews President Barack Obama for The Axe Files  —  PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA IS INTERVIEWED ON “THE AXE FILES” FROM CNN & THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO INSTITUTE OF POLITIC  —  AXELROD (voiceover): I first met Barack Obama when he returned to Chicago from law school …
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Obama's exit interview: Hope and change can still win elections  —  (CNN)Arguing that Americans still subscribe to his vision of progressive change, President Barack Obama asserted in an interview recently he could have succeeded in this year's election if he was eligible to run.
Jennifer Calfas / The Hill:
Obama: I'm going to keep to myself when I leave the White House  —  President Obama plans to keep a low-profile when he leaves office in January to better reflect on his time as president.  —  “I have to be quiet for a while.  And I don't mean politically, I mean internally.  I have to still myself,” Obama said.
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Obama: I could have won a third term
Rebecca Kheel / The Hill:
Israel reduces relations with 12 Security Council countries: reports  —  Israel is reducing diplomatic working relationships with 12 countries on the United Nations Security Council, after the body voted to condemn Israeli settlements in Palestinian territory last week, according to reports.
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Alan M. Dershowitz / The Hill:
Obama pulls a bait-and-switch on anti-Israel Security Council vote
Josef Federman / Associated Press:
Israel: humbled Netanyahu places hopes in Trump
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
'We don't support Satanic Jews': Trump's neo-Nazi fans freak after he posts a ‘Happy Hanukkah’ tweet  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  President-elect Donald Trump decided to throw a bone to people who care about religious diversity in the United States by wishing Jewish people a …
TMZ.com:
Versace Sued — Secret ‘Code’ for Black Customers ... Fired Employee Claims  —  Versace secretly alerts staffers when an African-American person enters the store ... according to an ex-employee who claims the company also dissed his fashion sense and then canned him.
Deroy Murdock / New York Post:
Obama's legacy is a devastated Democratic Party  —  As President Obama concludes his reign of error, his party is smaller, weaker and ricketier than it has been since at least the 1940s.  Behold the tremendous power that Democrats have frittered away — from January 2009 through the aftermath …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Media Matters for America:
As Inauguration Approaches, NRATV Says Dissent Against Trump Is An “Assault” On The Constitution  —  Ostensibly a news organization, the National Rifle Association's NRATV is actually a pro-Trump propaganda effort that routinely labels protected-speech reporting on the president-elect as a plot …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
James Kirchick / The Daily Beast:
The Jews Begging to Join the Alt-Right  —  “I refuse to join any club that will have me as a member” Groucho Marx famously said.  —  “We insist on joining the club that refuses to have us as members” might as well be the mantra of some aspiring Jewish adherents of the racist “alt-right.”
Thom Shanker / New York Times:
U.S. Sold $40 Billion in Weapons in 2015, Topping Global Market  —  WASHINGTON — The United States again ranked first in global weapons sales last year, signing deals for about $40 billion, or half of all agreements in the worldwide arms bazaar, and far ahead of France …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Chicago Tribune:
11 dead, 33 wounded in shootings so far Christmas weekend  —  Police investigated multiple sites where people were shot and killed in Chicago on Christmas Day.  (Armando Sanchez / Chicago Tribune)  —  Eleven people were killed and at least 33 others have been wounded in shootings across Chicago …
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Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
Don't be fooled: Closing the Trump Foundation doesn't solve Trump's conflict of interest problems  —  Not even close.  —  On Christmas Eve, President-elect Donald Trump announced he's closing his controversial charitable foundation in order to avoid potential conflicts of interest.
Discussion: TaxProf Blog and Slate
Paul Rosenberg / Salon:
Donald Trump's wrecking crew: A cabinet of zealots who yearn to destroy their own agencies  —  Previous GOP presidents have appointed anti-government hardliners, but Trump's cabinet goes further than ever  —  In one sense, it's nothing new.  At least since Ronald Reagan took office in 1981 …
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Sorry, But Our Fight Against Liberal Fascism Has Only Just Begun  —  I wish I could tell you that, having dodged the naggy bullet that was Felonia Milhous von Pantsuit, we can now spend the next four years being left alone.  But that's not in the cards.  Liberals won't - because they can't …
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