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Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
The War on Thanksgiving Is America at Its Worst — THE $14.92 PROJECT … There's no better time or place to be alive than in 21st century America. But a nation that can't honestly tell its own story and find nobility in it is a nation without a future.
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Liza Featherstone / New Republic:
America, Rediscover Thanksgiving's Radical Past — What does Thanksgiving mean in a culture where we are constantly exhorted to be grateful all year long? In progressive circles—and even in some corporate boardrooms—we now often begin a meeting by giving thanks to Indigenous people, acknowledging that we are on “stolen lands.”
Joshua Zeitz / Politico:
When People Thought the First Thanksgiving Was Too Woke — In late 1863, President Abraham Lincoln unwittingly launched what would soon become a cherished American tradition. — A well-wisher had sent a turkey to the White House for the first family's holiday meal.
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Washington Examiner
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Georgia prosecutor booked into jail for mishandling Ahmaud Arbery case — The former prosecutor charged with misconduct in the Ahmaud Arbery case was booked into a Georgia jail the same day three men were convicted of murdering the Black jogger. — Former Brunswick Judicial Circuit district …
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Meryl Kornfield / Washington Post:
How a shaky cellphone video changed the course of the Ahmaud Arbery murder case — The first news story about the Feb. 23, 2020, shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, a mere four paragraphs, offered little detail about what led to the death of the 25-year-old. — In the small coastal Georgia town of Brunswick …
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Outside the Beltway, HuffPost and littlegreenfootballs.com
David Frum / The Atlantic:
It Wasn't a Hoax — People with scant illusions about Trump are volunteering to help him execute one of his Big Lies. — About the author: David Frum is a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of Trumpocalypse: Restoring American Democracy (2020). In 2001 and 2002, he was a speechwriter for President George W. Bush.
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Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA
Tara Palmeri / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: A Dave Chappelle Thanksgiving special — DRIVING THE DAY — READ OF THE DAY — WaPo's account of our own Meridith McGraw's retelling via Twitter of one dead turkey's journey on a Southwest flight from DCA to Austin: through scanning at TSA, into an overhead bin and …
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National Review and Fox News
Washington Post:
How the events unfolded at Waukesha parade — It was 4:35 p.m. in Waukesha, Wis., 34 days before Dec. 25. But the neighbors of this city west of Milwaukee were celebrating a Christmas parade moving through Main Street. — At the same time a few blocks away, an officer reported he had heard …
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New York Times:
Waukesha Suspect's Previous Release Agitates Efforts to Overhaul Bail — Darrell Brooks, accused of plowing his S.U.V. through a Wisconsin parade, had been freed on $1,000 bail for a different charge in Milwaukee County, where there is a backlog of cases. — In early November …
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Washington Post, Althouse and The Gateway Pundit
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Dakota Smith / Los Angeles Times:
L.A. firefighter accused of ‘despicable act’ in protest over vaccine mandate — The Los Angeles Fire Department is investigating an incident in which a firefighter “responded inappropriately” after being handed a letter to comply with the city's vaccine mandate, a department spokeswoman said Wednesday.
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The Daily Wire, New York Post, KTLA and TheBlaze
ABC News:
Biden wishes Americans happy, closer-to-normal Thanksgiving — President Joe Biden is wishing Americans a happy and closer-to-normal Thanksgiving — NANTUCKET, Mass. — President Joe Biden on Thursday wished Americans a happy and closer-to-normal Thanksgiving, the second celebrated …
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Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
President Biden Arrives in Nantucket for Thanksgiving
President Biden Arrives in Nantucket for Thanksgiving
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Insider, Daily Kos, The Daily Caller and The Western Journal
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Judge Rules Scottish Officials Can Keep Being Sketchy About Trump — It's now up to Scotland's top prosecutor to pursue a financial investigation of Donald Trump's golf courses there, a judge has ruled. — A Scottish judge on Thursday shot down attempts to force the government …
David Dayen / American Prospect:
Fighting the Inflation Profiteers — Companies are raising prices well above increases in their costs. The only antidote is to finally take action against corporate power. — President Biden delivering remarks on the economy on Tuesday — In a time of high inflation …
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Common Dreams
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
G.O.P. Cements Hold on Legislatures in Battleground States — Democrats were once able to count on wave elections to win back key statehouses. Republican gerrymandering is making that all but impossible. — Republicans are locking in newly gerrymandered maps for the legislatures …
Steve Neavling / News & Views, Detroit Metro Times:
Anti-vax Wayne County Republican is in ICU with COVID-19 — William Hartman, then-Vice Chairman of the Wayne Board of Canvassers, has been in the hospital with COVID-19. — A Trump-adoring Wayne County Republican who spread misinformation about COVID-19 and the vaccine has been hospitalized …
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