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3:04 AM ET, November 17, 2014

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Daily Mail:
British medical student ‘in Jihadi beheading video’: 20-year-old ‘appears next to Jihadi John’ in sickening film  —  A UK medical student was last night suspected of being in an Islamic State killing squad that murdered 17 hostages.  —  The father of Nasser Muthana said the 20-year-old appeared …
Discussion: Telegraph
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Richard Spencer / Telegraph:
Peter Kassig's family call for restraint after beheading video  —  Parents of US army veteran ask for video of their son's apparent beheading not to be shared or distributed  —  The parents of the American hostage in Syria, Peter Kassig, have called for restraint in publishing …
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Diaa Hadid / Associated Press:
Video: Islamic State group beheads US aid worker
Discussion: Reuters and The Daily Caller
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Romney says there are ‘more productive ways’ to fight Obama than shutdown  —  Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee, said Sunday that there are “more productive ways” to fight President Obama's immigration executive actions than shutting down the government.
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Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
Romney: Obama Needs to Learn That He Lost the Midterms  —  On Sunday, former GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney sat down with CBS Face the Nation to criticize the president's handling of the battle against ISIS forces, as well as his potential executive action on immigration.
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Grubergate shines spotlight on Obamacare profiteers  —  BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL OBAMACARE HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE EXCHANGES JONATHAN GRUBER  —  Remember when Nancy Pelosi declared that Obamacare was a jobs bill?  “It's about jobs,” Pelosi said in 2011, during a news conference to mark …
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Kevin Baker / New York Times:
Delusions of the Democrats  —  DEMOGRAPHICS is not enough.  —  For years now, it's been an article of faith among Democrats that the future belongs to them, thanks to the country's changing demographic mix.  The rising percentage of voters who are women, Americans of color and especially Latinos …
Discussion: Power Line
Jim Jamitis / Twitchy:
‘Well briefed’ Obama tells Ed Henry ‘I just heard about’ Gruber [video]  —  In Brisbane Australia, President Obama clumsily told Fox News' Ed Henry that he ‘just heard about’ the controversy over Jonathan Gruber whom he described as ‘some adviser who never worked on our staff.’ He then went …
Daily Mail:
‘Saudi prince paid for 9/11 pilots to learn to fly’: Incredible claims of ‘20th hijacker’ serving life in prison for terrorism as he asks to testify again in court and reveal all  —  A jihadist serving life in prison on terror charges brought in the wake of 9/11 has claimed the Saudi Arabian royal family helped finance the plot.
Discussion: Liberaland and FOX News Radio
NBC News:
Meet the Press Transcript - November 16, 2014 - NBC News  —  Meet the Press Transcript - November 16, 2014 CHUCK TODD (V/O):This Sunday, what appears to be another beheading of an American by the radical Islamic group ...
Hugh Hewitt / Townhall.com:
Dealing With A Thrashing-About Lame Duck President  —  SHARES  —  How should the new Republican-led Congress deal with the lame duck president?  —  Respectfully, but like the near non-entity he has become with regard to legislative initiatives and judicial appointees.
Discussion: Ed Driscoll
Jon Swaine / Guardian:
Ferguson: video shows Darren Wilson arresting man for recording him  —  Officer who shot and killed Michael Brown is seen telling Mike Arman 'I'm gonna lock your ass up' if he does not stop  —  Mike Arman's recording of his encounter with Darren Wilson.  —  Video footage has emerged showing …
Danielle Kurtzleben / Vox:
Americans think the unemployment rate is 32 percent  —  The latest jobs report showed the unemployment rate was at its lowest level in six years, 5.8 percent.  —  But Americans aren't convinced that things are nearly that good.  In a recent Ipsos-MORI poll, 1,001 Americans were asked …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
 
 
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Julia Preston / New York Times:
Obama's Immigration Plan Could Grant Papers to Millions, at Least for Now
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Sarah Gonzalez / WNYC News:
Booker Gets More from Wall Street Than Any Member of Congress
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Bill Cosby:
Over the last several weeks, decade-old, discredited allegations …
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Progressives' answer to 2014 midterm election results? Be more liberal
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