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9:55 PM ET, December 1, 2015

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Richard Fausset / New York Times:
For Robert Dear, Religion and Rage Before Planned Parenthood Attack  —  CHARLESTON, S.C. — The man she had married professed to be deeply religious.  But after more than seven years with Robert L. Dear Jr., Barbara Micheau had come to see life with him as a kind of hell on earth.
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Lance Benzel / Gazette:
Clerical glitch causes speculation about Colorado Springs shooting suspect's gender identity  —  An El Paso County clerical error was apparently to blame for Planned Parenthood shooting suspect Robert Lewis Dear Jr. being listed as a woman on his voter registration card …
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker sees ‘common denominator’ in shooter, abortion  —  Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.), a leading House abortion opponent, says last week's shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic should “only increase” efforts to defund the organization.  —  Franks said that the shooting at a clinic …
Marianne Goodland / The Colorado Independent:
GOP lawmaker: Planned Parenthood is the ‘real culprit’ in the shooting
Mark Zuckerberg / Facebook:
A letter to our daughter  —  Your mother and I don't yet have the words to describe the hope you give us for the future.  Your new life is full of promise, and we hope you will be happy and healthy so you can explore it fully.  You've already given us a reason to reflect on the world we hope you live in.
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Kerry A. Dolan / Forbes:   Mark Zuckerberg Announces Birth Of Baby Girl & Plan To Donate 99% Of His Facebook Stock
Neetzan Zimmerman / The Hill:
MTV News posts 2001 clip that sparked Trump 9/11 claim  —  As Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump continues to offer newspaper clippings and soundbites he says are proof of his claim that he saw “thousands and thousands” of Muslim Americans cheering the terror attacks of Sept. 11 …
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John Nolte / Breitbart:
Trump Card: New Report Points To DC Media Cover-Up of 9/11 NJ Muslim Celebration
Discussion: Liberaland
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Wary of Donald Trump, G.O.P. Leaders Are Caught in a Standoff  —  WASHINGTON — For months, much of the Republican Party's establishment has been uneasy about the rise of Donald J. Trump, concerned that he was overwhelming the presidential primary contest and encouraging other candidates to mimic his incendiary speech.
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Donald Trump is a bigot and a racist
Fran Spielman / Chicago:
Emanuel fires McCarthy  —  Chicago Police Supt.  Garry McCarthy has been fired by Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the mayor confirmed Tuesday.  —  McCarthy was called into City Hall on Monday and when he left City Hall he still had a job.  But overnight, the mayor called McCarthy to tell him he was out …
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Associated Press:
Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush said Tuesday that he's not so sure he would have attended this week's international climate talks in Paris.  The policies being discussed, he said, could hurt the U.S. economy at a time Americans are struggling to recover from the recession.
Discussion: Bloomberg Business
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Michael C Bender / Bloomberg Business:
Columba Bush Heads To Christie Country for Campaign Cash
Discussion: Politico
Mark Murray / NBC News:
$47.5 Million Can't Buy These Candidates Love (At Least So Far)
Discussion: Political Wire and Washington Post
Bob Brenzing / Fox17:
Photo of birthday cake decorated at Meijer goes viral for good reasons … GAINES TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A picture of a cake decorated at the Gaines Township Meijer is making the rounds on social media as people learn the story behind who created it.  —  Over the weekend, Lisa Aldrich posted a photo of a cake she purchased at Meijer.
Discussion: FOX31 Denver, KFOR-TV, fox8.com and WGN-TV
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton is getting crushed on social media, captured in one word cloud  —  Above is a word cloud of all mentions related to Hillary Clinton during the month of November, through midnight Eastern time.  —  The graphic, via our analytics partners at Zignal Labs, does not exactly highlight …
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Speaker Paul Ryan eyes strategy for government shutdown fight  —  House Speaker Paul Ryan's (R-Wis.) strategy for avoiding a government shutdown is taking shape, with his leadership team seeking a clean break from the divisive intraparty warfare that plagued John Boehner's (R-Ohio) tenure.
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Lauren Gardner / Politico:
Congress reaches deal on 5-year highway bill
Discussion: The Last Refuge
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Jeb on VP pick: I think she will be a great partner … Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush hinted on Tuesday that he is considering a female running mate in 2016.  —  “Should I be elected president, I would have my vice president — I think she will be a great partner,” the Republican White House hopeful said in Waterloo, Iowa.
William Cummings / OnPolitics:
Trump mulls debate boycott unless CNN donates $5M  —  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (Steven Senne, AP)  —  Donald Trump proposed demanding $5 million from CNN in order for him to participate in the next Republican presidential debate during a rally in Macon, Ga. on Monday.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Is Donald Trump too chicken to debate?
Discussion: Mediaite, Politico and Hot Air
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
You Can't Understand American Politics Without Reading This Study  —  I don't say this lightly or often.  But this is one of the most important studies in years in terms of understanding the current state of American politics and society.  The study is the work of two Princeton University scholars …
Discussion: Mother Jones
Tom Moran / New Jersey Online:
You won't believe why N.H.'s top paper endorsed Christie |  Moran  —  If you haven't read the fulsome endorsement of Gov. Chris Christie from New Hampshire's most influential paper, take a minute.  This could be important.  —  Know two things about this endorsement from the Manchester Union-Leader.
FOX2now.com:
Man charged for murdering Ferguson woman after Facebook meeting  —  FERGUSON, MO - A man has been charged with shooting a Ferguson single mother, Sharae Bradford, 25, last Saturday.  Stassie Greer, 20, of Jennings has been charged with 1st degree murder, 1st degree robbery, and two counts of armed criminal action.
Discussion: myfox8.com, WGN-TV and New York's PIX11
David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Votes in Congress Move to Undercut Climate Pledge  —  WASHINGTON — Hours after President Obama pledged Tuesday in Paris that the United States would be in the vanguard of nations seeking a global response to climate change, Congress approved two measures aimed at undercutting him.
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Eric Roston / Bloomberg Business:
Unearthing America's Deep Network of Climate Change Deniers  —  A new study attempts the first tally of those driving the peculiarly American strain of climate change denial.  —  The American public has turned away from outright denial of climate change.  Sixty-three percent of adults describe …
Peter Abraham / BostonGlobe.com:
Red Sox, David Price reach deal that is largest ever for a pitcher  —  The Red Sox are taking no shortcuts with their rotation this time.  According to a source briefed on the negotiations, they agreed on Tuesday on a seven-year, $217 million contract with lefthander David Price.
Discussion: WWLP-TV, NBCSports.com and The Big Lead
Sam Borden / New York Times:
Long-Hidden Details Reveal Cruelty of 1972 Munich Attackers  —  In September 1992, two Israeli widows went to the home of their lawyer.  When the women arrived, the lawyer told them that he had received some photographs during his recent trip to Munich but that he did not think they should view them.
Nick Penzenstadler / USA Today:
Black Friday breaks record with 185K gun background checks  —  More Americans had their backgrounds checked purchasing guns on Black Friday than any day in the on record, according to data released by the FBI this week.  —  The National Instant Criminal Background Check System processed 185,345 requests …
Nick Hallett / Breitbart:
Migrants Beat Up Locals In Restaurant In Germany  —  Migrants and locals got into a fight in a restaurant in Bavaria on Sunday, resulting in a 50-year-old German man receiving serious head injuries.  —  The brawl, which began as an argument between a small group of migrants and local residents eating …
Richard Lawson / Vanity Fair:
The Reagan Administration's Unearthed Response to the AIDS Crisis Is Chilling  —  A new short film, When AIDS Was Funny, unearths never-before-heard audio reaction to the escalating AIDS crisis.  —  One of the most prominent stains on the reputation of the much-mythologized Reagan administration …
 
 
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Aaron Pero / KRON4.com:
Video: Food fight inside Concord 7-Eleven store
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Chicago Pastor Leads Prayer of Repentance on Behalf of ‘White Brethren’
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Juneau Empire:
Mayor Fisk found dead in his home
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Donald Trump's Second Ex-Wife Was Ready For Hillary
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Jonah Goldberg / USA Today:
Planned Parenthood and those villainous Christians
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Donald Trump Is Not a Liar
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