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6:20 PM ET, December 1, 2014

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Agoldberg / The Smoking Gun:
GOP Staffer Who Attacked Obama Girls Was Arrested During Her Own “Awful Teen Years”  —  Buster  —  The Republican congressional aide who castigated the Obama daughters for their lack of “class” and dressing as if they were angling for a “spot at a bar” was once arrested for larceny during her own …
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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.
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Indigestion over the Obama girls
Kendall Breitman / Politico:
Report: GOP aide quits after criticizing Obama daughters
Alex Moe / NBC News:
GOP Aide Who Criticized Obama Daughters to Resign
Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
‘Morning Joe’ Panel: Michael Brown Was A ‘Thug,’ Protests Are Based On ‘Lies’  —  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.”
Discussion: Mediaite
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KSDK-TV:
Rams players enter field with hands up  —  You can read the full statement below:
Nina Mandell / USA Today:
NFL says it won't discipline Rams players for Ferguson protest  —  The NFL will not adhere to a request from the St. Louis Police Officer's Association to discipline St. Louis Rams players who did the “hands up, don't shoot” pose used by protesters in Ferguson, Mo. during pre-game introductions on Sunday.
ESPN:
No fines for Rams players' salute
Discussion: Liberaland, Breaking911 and ABC News
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.
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Bad Memories Down South  —  I've just spent nearly a week back home in exurban Atlanta, and I regret to report that the events in and in reaction to Ferguson have brought back (at least in some of the older white folks I talked with) nasty and openly racist attitudes I haven't heard expressed in so unguarded a manner since the 1970s.
Discussion: Booman Tribune and Eschaton
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Black Friday lays an egg  —  The panic-inducing artificial-shortage bargains got rolled out on Friday morning, and in some cases on Thanksgiving evening.  The workers showed up, ready for their toughest day of the year.  Millions of shoppers, though, stayed well away from the Black Friday insanity …
Discussion: Washington Post and Don Surber
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Lauren Coleman-Lochner / Bloomberg:   Black Friday Fizzles With Consumers as Sales Tumble 11%: Retail
Politico:
Congress on the brink  —  Funding deadline, tax breaks come down to the wire.  —  December was supposed to be a sleepy month for Congress — a chance to finish up a productive lame-duck session and leave the decks clear for the new Republican majority that takes control in January.
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New York Times:
Boehner Uses New Mandate to Muffle Talk of a Shutdown
Discussion: Washington Post, Hot Air and Daily Kos
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Obama to Toughen Standards on Police Use of Military Gear  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama on Monday announced that he would tighten standards on the provision and use of military-style equipment by local police departments, but he stopped short of curtailing the transfer of such hardware or weapons to the local authorities.
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Bloomberg:
Oil at $40 Possible as Market Transforms Caracas to Iran  —  Oil's decline is proving to be the worst since the collapse of the financial system in 2008 and threatening to have the same global impact of falling prices three decades ago that led to the Mexican debt crisis and the end of the Soviet Union.
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
In Mary Landrieu Ad, Congressman Says Obama Will Be Impeached If Cassidy Wins  —  The radio ad features Landrieu saying she approves the message and is “authorized by Friends of Mary Landrieu and authorized by the Democratic State Committee of Louisiana.”  —  View Video ›  —  The text of the ad:
Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
23-Year-Old Woman Beaten To Death After Defending Teen Girls From Harassment  —  A candlelight memorial for Tuçe Albayrak in front of the hospital in Offenbach, Germany on Saturday  —  Thousands of German citizens are mourning a 23-year-old student who was murdered for sticking …
BBC:
India ‘Eve-tease’ fightback video goes viral  —  A video of two sisters beating up three men, who were allegedly sexually harassing them on a moving bus in India, has gone viral on social media.  —  The men have been arrested and charged with assault, police said.
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Harry Reid threatens recess, Christmas  —  Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid is using his final weeks as majority leader to threaten one of lawmakers' most valuable assets: Recess.  —  Facing down a daunting list of tasks, ranging from funding the government past Dec. 11 to approving …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Ahiza Garcia / Talking Points Memo:
Ben Carson Manages To Blame Ferguson On The 'Women's Lib Movement'  —  Conservative activist and former pediatric neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson recently blamed police shootings of black men on the “Me” generation that grew out of the “women's lib movement.”  —  During an appearance Tuesday …
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
Olivia Petersen / Politico:
2014 ‘Women Who Rule’ Award Winners Announced  —  POLITICO, Google and the Tory Burch Foundation are pleased to announce the winners of their inaugural Women Who Rule awards, an extension of their popular Women Rule series.  —  Kimberly Bryant of Black Girls CODE, Joanna Coles of Cosmopolitan …
Discussion: FishbowlDC
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
The Obama Republicans?  —  More GOP House members must defend Democratic-friendly districts.  —  About a week after the Republican midterm romp, nearly 20 soon-to-be House GOP freshmen huddled for a private lunch on the third floor of the Capitol Hill Club.
 
 
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John Edward Terrell / New York Times:
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Edward Luce / Financial Times:
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