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6:35 PM ET, November 23, 2012

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New York Times:
President Morsi in Egypt Seizes New Powers  —  CAIRO — With a constitutional assembly on the brink of collapse and protesters battling the police in the streets over the slow pace of change, President Mohamed Morsi issued a decree on Thursday granting himself broad powers above any court …
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FRANCE 24:
Muslim Brotherhood offices torched, Morsi on defensive  —  Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi defended his latest decree granting himself sweeping powers before supporters in Cairo as anti-Morsi demonstrators set fire to Muslim Brotherhood offices in cities across Egypt on Friday.
BBC:
Egypt's President Mursi assumes sweeping powers
Michael Birnbaum / Washington Post:
Egypt's President Morsi takes sweeping new powers
Discussion: Power Line
Josh Eidelson / The Nation:
Walmart Strikers Arrested in SoCal Civil Disobedience (Updated 3:30 PM)  —  Check this space for updates throughout the day, and please send tips to jeidelson at gmail dot com.  —  3:30 PM: Civil disobedience is underway now in Paramount, outside Los Angeles, where organizers say 1,500 workers …
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Josh Eidelson / The Nation:
Black Friday Live Blog: 400 picket, leaflet, mic check, and sing in Maryland (Updated 12:30 PM)  —  Check this space for updates throughout the day, and please send tips to jeidelson at gmail dot com.  —  12:30 PM: HANOVER and SEVERN, MD - 400-some activists, union members …
Discussion: Gothamist
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Saxby Chambliss takes aim at Grover Norquist  —  Sen. Saxby Chambliss took aim at Americans for Tax Reform head Grover Norquist on Wednesday, telling a local television station he's not worried about a potential primary challenge if he votes to raise taxes.  —  “I care more about my country …
Discussion: Reuters, The PJ Tatler, Daily Kos and CNN
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Washington Post:
The GOP's bizarre attack on Susan Rice  —  SINCE THE Senate is solely responsible for the confirmation of Cabinet officers, it's not often that members of the House of Representatives jump into a debate about the nomination of a secretary of state — particularly before there has been a nomination.
New York Times:
Jeb Bush in 2016?  Not Too Early for Chatter  —  CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Now that the Obama and Romney campaigns have closed their headquarters in Chicago and Boston, the attention of the political world is shifting to an office suite tucked behind the colonnades of the Biltmore Hotel complex here.
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
The GOP Turnout Myth  —  To win future elections, Republicans will need more than better get-out-the-vote software.  —  To win the next presidential race, the GOP will have to understand what went wrong in 2012.  To do that, they've got to come to grips with what did, and did not, happen with turnout.
New York Post:
Man dressed as clown dies during Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade  —  DEATH AT THE PARADE:Robert Blasetti is tended to by emergency workers after collapsing at the parade yesterday.  He was later pronounced dead.  —  A 67-year-old man dressed as a clown went into cardiac arrest and died …
Discussion: Gothamist and Mediaite
Michelle Malkin:
Wal-Mart vs. the Mob  —  Black Friday always brings out the worst: long lines, short tempers and random outbreaks of shoppers' rage.  This year, Big Labor will ratchet up the Strikesgiving tension with professional grievance-mongers and workers picketing at 1,000 Wal-Mart stores nationwide.
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Monica Davey / New York Times:
One-Party Control Opens States to Partisan Rush  —  CHICAGO — Come January, more than two-thirds of the states will be under single-party control, raising the prospect that bold partisan agendas — on both ends of the political spectrum — will flourish over the next couple of years.
Wall Street Journal:
Tea Party Seeks to Regroup  —  Movement Sets Sights on Ousting Republicans Seen as Not Conservative Enough  —  The tea-party movement is trying to regroup after taking some licks in this month's elections.  Several groups already are setting their sights on 2014 congressional races …
Knoxville News-Sentinel:
Letter: Employers using loopholes in ACA  —  When my better half told me that her boss was thinking about cutting all full-time employees to part time in order to avoid the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act insurance requirements (for full-time employees), my initial response was …
 
 
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Reuters:
Syria's new opposition in race to convince skeptical Islamists
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Reason:
3 Reasons to Kill the Dept. of Homeland Security
Discussion: Hot Air and Hit & Run
New York Times:
Death of a Palestinian Highlights Confusion Over Gaza Truce
Discussion: Truthdig
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Gaza violence leads lawmakers to call for shuttering terror groups on Twitter
Discussion: The Raw Story
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The White House:
Weekly Address: Wishing the American People a Happy Thanksgiving
Rachael Bade / Politico:
GOP Plan B on taxes: Protect business owners
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
@Karoli: Weiner Truther? And Other Questions of Remaining Interest
Zachary A. Goldfarb / Washington Post:
Economists, Obama administration at odds over role of mortgage debt in recovery
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Seeking Ways to Raise Taxes but Leave Tax Rate As Is
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTuber MrBeast announces a deal with Prime Video for Beast Games, a reality-competition show with 1,000 contestants, promising the winner a $5M cash prize

 
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