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12:45 PM ET, December 1, 2014

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KSDK-TV:
Rams players enter field with hands up  —  You can read the full statement below:
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Nicole Hensley / NY Daily News:
St. Louis police officers upset over Rams players' 'hands up, don't shoot' gesture before game, demand apology  —  St. Louis Police Officers Association called for a ‘very public apology’ and wants the players involved disciplined by the team or NFL after five Rams players came onto the field …
Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
Scarborough: Michael Brown Was A ‘Thug,’ Protests Are Based On ‘Lies’ (VIDEO)  —  MSNBC's “Morning Joe” panel started the day off on Monday with a segment slamming protestors in Ferguson, shaming the St. Louis Rams football team, and calling slain unarmed teenager Michael Brown a “thug.”
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
St. Louis police officers' group demands Rams players be disciplined for 'hands up, don't shoot'
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
St. Louis Police Want Rams Players Punished For Pre-Game Ferguson Protest
Discussion: Guardian, Shakesville and Mediaite
Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
Obama gathering civil rights leaders for Ferguson discussions
Chris Strauss / KSDK-TV:
Rams players enter field with hands up
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
Frank Rich / Vulture:
What's saving America.  —  The last time Frank Rich had a conversation with Chris Rock was in early 1996, when they and the 1950s teen heartthrob Pat Boone were thrown together in a New York television studio as panelists on Bill Maher's old show Politically Incorrect.
Alexandra Jaffe / CNN:
GOP staffer resigns over criticism of Obama daughters  —  Washington (CNN) — A senior Republican staffer is resigning after her comments that the Obama daughters should “try showing a little class” caused a firestorm of criticism on social media this weekend.
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Kendall Breitman / Politico:
Report: GOP aide quits after criticizing Obama daughters
New York Times:
Boehner Uses New Mandate to Muffle Talk of a Shutdown  —  WASHINGTON — John A. Boehner does not want to be remembered as the Shutdown Speaker.  —  As Congress returns from recess on Monday facing a Dec. 11 deadline for funding the government, Mr. Boehner and his fellow Republican leaders …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Washington Post
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Politico:
Congress on the brink  —  Funding deadline, tax breaks come down to the wire.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Daily Kos
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Hillary Clinton's rickety bridge to the White House  —  Voters lack a compelling reason to embrace Democrats, as opposed to simply rejecting Republicans  —  The grand view of American politics is that Republicans have a lock on Congress, while Democrats have an inbuilt White House advantage.
Discussion: Washington Center …
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Juan Williams / The Hill:
Warren towers above  —  The 2014 winner of my annual award for “Member of Congress of the Year” goes to the politician who had such a good year she now defines her party's future — Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.).  —  Warren faced some serious competition.
David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
With executive action, Obama risks losing Chief Justice John Roberts  —  President Obama always knew his plan to shield millions of immigrants from deportation would enrage Republicans on Capitol Hill who oppose most of what he does.  —  But by claiming the power to forge ahead based …
Lauren Coleman-Lochner / Bloomberg:
Black Friday Fizzles With Consumers as Sales Tumble 11%: Retail  —  Even after doling out discounts on electronics and clothes, retailers struggled to entice shoppers to Black Friday sales events, putting pressure on the industry as it heads into the final weeks of the holiday season.
Discussion: Hot Air and Washington Post
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Hiroko Tabuchi / New York Times:
Thanksgiving Weekend Sales, at Stores and Online, Slide 11 Percent
Alexandra Jaffe / CNN:
Poll: Americans predict more gridlock in full GOP control of Congress  —  Washington (CNN) — Half of Americans believe Republican control of both chambers of Congress will be bad for the country, and a majority say it will in fact cause more gridlock in Washington, according to a new CNN/ORC nationwide poll.
Discussion: Politico and Political Wire
Matti Friedman / The Atlantic Online:
What the Media Gets Wrong About Israel  —  The news tells us less about Israel than about the people writing the news, a former AP reporter says.  —  During the Gaza war this summer, it became clear that one of the most important aspects of the media-saturated conflict between Jews and Arabs …
Cory Shaffer / Plain Dealer:
Cleveland police officers accuse department of racial discrimination in wake of deadly chase  —  CLEVELAND, Ohio — Nine non-African American Cleveland police officers accused the police department of racial discrimination in the aftermath of the deadly Nov. 29, 2012 chase in a federal lawsuit filed late Friday.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, CNN and Raw Story
Donal MacIntyre / Daily Express:
EXCLUSIVE: Al Qaeda plot to blow up 5 passenger planes in Christmas ‘spectacular’  —  TERRORISTS are plotting to blow up five European passenger jets in a Christmas “spectacular”, security experts say.  —  DAVIDDYSON  —  Armed police patrol Heathrow amid warnings of a serious terror threat to UK airports
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Obama Shafts Hillary With Amnesty and Ferguson  —  SHARES  —  As Barack Obama invites in five million illegals to scoop up American jobs, and as those normal Americans lucky enough to still have jobs wait in traffic while morons block the freeway because some Swisher Sweets-puffing felon got himself killed …
 
 
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Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
HealthCare.gov's insurance marketplace for small businesses gets off to a slow start
Discussion: New Yorker, Fox News and Hot Air
Elizabeth Olson / New York Times:
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Discussion: NPR, Eater and New York Magazine
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney.com:
NBC's Dr. Nancy Snyderman still on the bench
Sam Hananel / Associated Press:
Supreme Court To Consider Free-Speech Rights Of Social Media Users
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Chris Wallace / Fox News:
Ferguson fallout: Attorneys on both sides react to grand jury decision
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
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William Voegeli / New York Post:
Obama is killing us with ‘kindness’
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Ariel Ben Solomon / Jerusalem Post:
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Discussion: naked capitalism and Power Line
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Not working for the working class: Column
Discussion: Ed Driscoll and Chicago Boyz
Philip Pullella / Reuters:
Pope says it is wrong to equate Islam with violence
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
David Brooks: White People ‘Need to Acknowledge Legacy of Racism’ in Police Issues
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Democrats assail Wall Street ties in Obama administration
Will Hobson / Tampa Bay Times:
Tampa homeless program uses unpaid, destitute residents as steady labor force, revenue source
Discussion: Raw Story
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