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9:40 AM ET, November 24, 2014

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Shimon Prokupecz / CNN:
Police: Woman allegedly kills herself with gun bought to prepare for Ferguson unrest  —  St. Louis (CNN) — A woman appears to have accidentally fatally shot herself in the head with a gun bought to prepare for possible Ferguson-related unrest, according to sources briefed on the police investigation.
Discussion: Liberaland and Raw Story
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Police: Woman Saying She's ‘Ready For Ferguson’ Shoots, Kills Self By Accident  —  St. Louis police were investigating an incident in which a woman waving a gun inside a vehicle and saying she was “ready for Ferguson” apparently shot herself in the head by accident, CNN reported Sunday.
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Hagel Said to Be Stepping Down as Defense Chief Under Pressure  —  WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is stepping down under pressure, the first cabinet-level casualty of the collapse of President Obama's Democratic majority in the Senate and a beleaguered national security team …
Juan Williams / The Hill:
Giving thanks for government  —  Raise your hand if you love big government — you know, intrusive, controlling high-tax big government.  —  Not you, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).  The only Socialist elected to Congress is excused from this caucus.  —  But seriously, every Republican …
Danielle Paquette / Washington Post:
Giuliani: 'White police officers wouldn't be there if you weren't killing each other.'  —  Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani faced immediate Web backlash Sunday morning after he asked why people protest the killing of unarmed Ferguson, Mo., teenager Michael Brown but not black-on-black crime.
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Giuliani: 'White Police Officers Won't Be There' If Blacks 'Weren't Killing Each Other' (VIDEO)
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Hullabaloo
Nicole Hensley / NY Daily News:
Transgender woman buried by family as a man at Idaho funeral  —  Jennifer Gable was buried as Geoffrey Gable by her family in Twin Falls, Idaho even though she had legally changed her name and had been living as a woman for the past several years.  'What her parents have done is just a horrible thing …
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Bigger Than Immigration  —  Don't let yourself get lost in the weeds.  Don't allow yourself to believe that opposition to President Obama's executive actions on immigration is only about that issue, the president's tactics, or his lack of obsequiousness to his detractors.
Discussion: Daily Kos
Manu Raju / Politico:
Mitch McConnell preps for 2016 battle  —  Facing a daunting map, Republicans are already plotting ways to hang onto their new Senate majority.  —  Mitch McConnell spent years charting the Republican path back to power — and now he's already plotting to make sure they don't lose it.
Jon Ralston / Ralston Reports:
Hansen: “I need to step down”  —  One day after thnaking people for their support and saying he was the victim of character assassination, incoming Spesker Ira Hansen sent an early morning email to his caucus declaring his intention to step down:  —  Ironically for an email slugged “Irony …
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Thousands of lost Lois Lerner IRS emails found by IG  —  An IRS watchdog has located an estimated 30,000 of the lost Lois Lerner emails, according to a source familiar with the matter.  —  The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration told congressional staffers Friday the emails belonging …
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Rand Paul Calls for a Formal Declaration of War Against ISIS  —  WASHINGTON — Senator Rand Paul is calling for a declaration of war against the Islamic State, a move that promises to shake up the debate over the military campaign in Iraq and Syria as President Obama prepares to ask Congress to grant him formal authority to use force.
Discussion: CNN, New York Magazine and Time
Rocco Parascandola / NY Daily News:
9-month-old girl shot inside Brooklyn home while dad cleaned gun: police  —  Jessica Rosales' parents will face criminal charges, police say, after the little girl was hit with a bullet while dad Pedro Rosales cleaned his illegal handgun.  —  A Brooklyn man shot his 9-month-old daughter …
Zachary A. Goldfarb / Washington Post:
SNL skit suggests Obama's immigration executive action is unconstitutional  —  Last night, Saturday Night Live's “cold open” mocked President Obama's new executive action shielding 4 million illegal immigrants from the threat of immediate deportation.  To the tune of a “Schoolhouse Rock!” …
Discussion: National Review and “The Lid”
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Graft Hobbles Iraq's Military in Fighting ISIS
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Diane Cardwell / New York Times:
Solar and Wind Energy Start to Win on Price vs. Conventional Fuels
Discussion: Midwest Energy News
Mona Mahmood / Guardian:
US air strikes in Syria driving anti-Assad groups to support Isis
Wall Street Journal:
No Iran Nuclear Deal Seen by Monday Deadline
Discussion: Fox News and Israel Matzav
ABC News:
Full Interview Transcript: President Obama on ‘This Week’
Discussion: Josh Blackman's Blog, Time and ABC News
Daily Mail:
'Everybody knows...that we're not going to deport 11 million people': Obama says the U.S …
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
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BBC:
Bomber ‘kills 45’ at Afghanistan volleyball match
Discussion: Washington Monthly
New York Times:
The Piecemeal Assault on Health Care
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