memeorandum: Social issues take center stage for GOP candidates in Iowa (Jamie Klatell/Ballot Box)

9:00 AM ET, November 20, 2011

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Garance Franke-Ruta / The Atlantic Online:

Too Much Violence and Pepper Spray at the OWS Protests — The dousing of seated, non-violent students with a chemical agent at U.C. Davis should provoke a call for restraint — Police dressed in riot gear at U.C. Davis on Friday afternoon used pepper spray to clear seated protesters …

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Peter Moskos / Washington Monthly:

Dumb-ass Training and the U.C. Davis Pepper Spray Incident: Thoughts From a Fromer Cop — Facebook Twitter Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Delicious — This UC Davis pepper-spray incident from yesterday, in which campus police sprayed a group of protesting “Occupy” students who were sitting on the ground, was just brought to my attention.

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Davis Faculty Association:

DFA Board Calls for Katehi's Resignation — The DFA Board calls for the immediate resignation of Chancellor Katehi. The Chancellor's authorization of the use of police force to suppress the protests by students and community members speaking out on behalf of our university …

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Brian Stelter / The Lede:

U.C. Davis Calls for Investigation After Pepper Spraying — Police use of pepper spray on a dozen protesters at University of California, Davis, on Friday sparked calls for the resignation of the university's chancellor and the start of an investigation into the incident.

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chancellor.ucdavis.edu:

Chancellor creates task force to review Friday's incident — Dear Member of the UC Davis Community: — Yesterday was not a day that would make anyone on our campus proud; indeed the events of the day need to guide us forward as we try to make our campus a better place of inquiry, debate, and even dissent.

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Linda P.B. Katehi / chancellor.ucdavis.edu:

Chancellor addresses Friday's removal of tents from the Quad — To UC Davis Campus Community: — I am writing to tell you about events that occurred Friday afternoon at UC Davis relating to a group of protestors who chose to set up an encampment on the quad Thursday as part of a week …

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James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
Pepper-Spray Brutality at UC Davis

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Crank / UCDavis Bicycle Barricade:
Open Letter to Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi

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Zaid Jilani / ThinkProgress:
Police Attack Peaceful UC Davis Students With Pepper Spray

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Jason Cherkis / The Huffington Post:
UC Davis Police Pepper-Spray Seated Students In Occupy Dispute (VIDEO) (UPDATE)

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Jamie Klatell / Ballot Box:

Social issues take center stage for GOP candidates in Iowa — The Republican presidential field was in Des Moines, Iowa, for the Thanksgiving Family Forum on Saturday night — all except for Mitt Romney, that is. — This event, sponsored by the National Organization for Marriage and the Family Leader …

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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:

Romney Shifts in Iowa, Playing to Win Quickly — DES MOINES — The answer to one of the great lingering questions about the Republican presidential race has suddenly turned up here along Ingersoll Avenue, where Mitt Romney's Iowa campaign headquarters is opening for business.

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Iowa Caucuses

John Hinderaker / Power Line:

Slandering the Red States, Part VI: Laura Sullivan Responds — NPR's Laura Sullivan did a three-part series on Indian children in South Dakota, and the role of that state's Department of Social Services in providing foster care for such children. The essence of NPR's sensationalized account …

Allison Klein / Washington Post:

Occupy D.C. protesters claim vacant Franklin School — Authorities removed protesters Saturday evening from an abandoned school in downtown Washington that had been entered by members or sympathizers of the Occupy D.C. movement. — By 7:15 p.m. 11 people had been brought …

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Kathleen Parker / Washington Post:

The Palinization of the GOP — The headline on Democratic strategist Paul Begala's recent Newsweek essay dodged subtlety: “The Stupid Party.” — “Republicans used to admire intelligence. But now they're dumbing themselves down,” was the subhead. — Democrats couldn't agree more.

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Up with Chris Hayes / msnbc.com:

Exclusive: Lobbying Firm's Memo Spells Out Plan to Undermine Occupy Wall Street (VIDEO) — (crossposted from MSNBC's “Open Channel” blog) — A well-known Washington lobbying firm with links to the financial industry has proposed an $850,000 plan to take on Occupy Wall Street and politicians …