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2:35 PM ET, November 28, 2019

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Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
Ken Cuccinelli walked into a bar.  And Martin O'Malley lit into him.  —  A liberal ex-governor walks into a bar, followed by a conservative Trump administration official.  —  Instead of a punchline, what followed, one witness said, was a “shame-invoking tirade” by Martin O'Malley …
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Chantal Da Silva / Newsweek:
Ken Cuccinelli Forced To Leave Thanksgiving Eve Bash After Martin O'Malley Publicly Shames Him For Putting ‘Immigrant Kids In Cages’  —  Ken Cuccinelli, the acting deputy secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, was reportedly forced to retreat from a Thanksgiving Eve bash on Wednesday …
Discussion: Raw Story and Fox News
New York Times:
Donald Trump Jr., Debut Author, Sees Sales Bolstered by G.O.P. Allies  —  Boxes began arriving in early November at the Phoenix headquarters of Turning Point USA, a conservative student group with ties to the Trump family.  —  They contained copies of the new book by Donald Trump Jr. …
Discussion: Raw Story, Axios and PinkNews
Michael Crowley / New York Times:
Trump Makes Unannounced Trip to Afghanistan and Says He Reopened Talks With Taliban  —  The trip helped to provide a fresh backdrop of visible military support for the president amid strained relations with Pentagon leaders over his interventions in high-profile war-crimes cases.
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Anita Kumar / Politico:
Trump makes surprise Thanksgiving visit to U.S. troops in Afghanistan  —  The president used the trip to announce the restart of peace negotiations with the Taliban, the insurgent force the U.S. originally invaded Afghanistan to oust.  —  President Donald Trump serves dinner during …
Discussion: Washington Post and NBC News
BuzzFeed:
Boris Johnson Is Threatening To Review Channel 4's Broadcasting Licence After They Replaced Him With An Ice Sculpture At Thursday's Debate  —  A Conservative source told BuzzFeed News that if they win the coming election they will reassess the channel's public service broadcasting licence.
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The Guardian:
Johnson accused of racial stereotyping with view on Nigerians
Discussion: BBC, Bloomberg, Financial Times and PinkNews
Stephen Grey / Reuters:
Exclusive: Daphne murder accused details plot to kill for 150,000 euros  —  VALLETTA (Reuters) - One day in the summer of 2017, Vince Muscat dropped his friend Alfred Degiorgio at the Busy Bee, a harbour-front café near Malta's capital renowned for its pastries stuffed with ricotta cheese.
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Nick Squires / Telegraph:   Maltese PM's chief-of-staff arrested over journalist's murder
Yanan Wang / Associated Press:
Furious, China summons US ambassador over Hong Kong bills  —  1 of 9  —  BEIJING (AP) — China reacted furiously Thursday to President Donald Trump's signing two bills aimed at supporting human rights in Hong Kong, summoning the U.S. ambassador to protest and warning the move would undermine cooperation with Washington.
Discussion: Reuters, Axios and Political Wire
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Marik Von Rennenkampff / The Hill:
How to shut down your Trump-supporting family member at Thanksgiving dinner  —  Today hundreds of millions of Americans will sit down with close friends and family over heaping portions of turkey, stuffing and mashed potatoes.  After the usual small talk about chilly weather and the day's football matchups …
Richard Spencer / Washington Post:
I was fired as Navy secretary.  Here's what I've learned because of it.  —  Richard Spencer is the former secretary of the Navy.  —  The case of Chief Petty Officer Edward Gallagher, a Navy SEAL who was charged with multiple war crimes before being convicted of a single lesser charge earlier this year …
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Melissa Lemieux / Newsweek:
After Mitch McConnell Named WholeFoods Magazine's Man of the Year, Twitter Users Call for Boycott of Supermarket Company  —  WholeFoods Magazine has named Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell as its Man of the Year for championing a hemp growing project in his home state of Kentucky.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
How money laundering is poisoning American democracy  —  After winning the cold war, the US sought to export the rule of law to other countries.  That flow has gone into reverse.  Today it is importing some of the worst corruption from abroad.  America's largest law firms …
CNN:
Trump official who promoted fringe conspiracy theories now senior adviser at State Department  —  (CNN)A former naval intelligence officer and conservative talk radio host who promoted fringe conspiracy theories in radio appearances is now a senior adviser at the State Department Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance.
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John Hudson / Washington Post:
Trump official who suggested dropping nuclear bombs on Afghanistan now responsible for arms control issues
Paul Musgrave / Foreign Policy:
Mikhail Gorbachev's Pizza Hut Thanksgiving Miracle … It's dangerous for leaders to outlive their countries.  Whether they move on or become obsessed with returning to power, they cannot escape their role as symbols of a vanished world—a condition fraught with both nostalgia and danger.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
The Horrible History of Thanksgiving  —  Before you fill your plate, please remember why we mark this day.  —  When I was a child, Thanksgiving was simple.  It was about turkey and dressing, love and laughter, a time for the family to gather around a feast and be thankful for the year …
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Max Boot / Washington Post:
Trump's claim of a ‘war on Thanksgiving’ is absurd — but also sinister
Discussion: HuffPost
Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:
Time Is Running Out for Trump's North Korean Diplomacy, Analysts Say  —  Analysts fear a looming crisis as North Korea warns of a Dec. 31 deadline for a new proposal from the United States on denuclearization.  —  SEOUL, South Korea — The clock is ticking.
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Bonnie Bley / Foreign Affairs:   The New Geography of Global Diplomacy
Peter Maass / The Intercept:
The Nobel Prize, a Rape Camp in Bosnia, and Peter Handke  —  What does it mean to spend a night at the Vilina Vlas hotel?  —  The answer to this seemingly odd question reveals the moral and intellectual collapse of the Swedish Academy, which last month bestowed on Peter Handke the 2019 Nobel Prize for Literature.
Brian Resnick / Vox:
Most people are bad at arguing.  These 2 techniques will make you better.  —  Argue better — with science.  —  Anyone who has argued with an opinionated relative or friend about immigration or gun control knows it is often impossible to sway someone with strong views.
Washington Post:
Witness testimony and records raise questions about account of Trump's ‘no quid pro quo’ call  —  President Trump was cranky when they spoke on the phone in September, Ambassador Gordon Sondland told members of Congress, but his words were clear: Trump wanted no quid pro quo with Ukraine.
Matt Donnelly / Variety:
Inside 'America's Got Talent': Ousted Judges Had Complained of Toxic Culture (EXCLUSIVE)  —  In April of this year, former late night host Jay Leno visited NBCUniversal in Los Angeles to appear as a guest judge on the network's unscripted program “America's Got Talent,” a variety show that seeks …
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Brent Staples / New York Times:
The Death of the Black Utopia
Mike Eckel / Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
How Much Did Russian Spy Agencies Rely On Bitcoin? New Hints In Leaked Recordings
Frances Perraudin / The Guardian:
Corbyn says Labour has offered apologies to antisemitism victims
Rich Lowry / National Review:
Our National Festival
Shay Khatiri / The Bulwark:
I Believe in America  —  Happy Thanksgiving, to my adopted home.
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Who Are Turkey's Proxy Fighters in Syria?
Jonathan S. Tobin / JNS.org:
Who can speak for American Jews against anti-Semitism? Not the ADL
NBC News:
How did Mina Chang get a State Department job in the first place?
Spencer Hsu / Washington Post:
Appeals court stays ruling that former White House counsel Donald McGahn must comply with House subpoena
Discussion: Raw Story
The Daily Beast:
Sondland's Ties to Romanian Official Set Off Alarms at National Security Council
Discussion: Raw Story
HuffPost:
Trump Has Spent $115 Million On Golf Trips ― Or 287 Years Of Presidential Salary
Discussion: Common Dreams
Colin Kalmbacher / Law & Crime:
Devin Nunes Subpoena Aimed at ‘Cow’ and ‘Mom’ Twitter Accounts Was Improperly Filed
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