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5:15 PM ET, December 1, 2015

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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 …
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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.
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 …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
Post and Courier:
Accused Planned Parenthood shooter charged with rape in North Charleston in 1992
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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New York Times:
Mayor Rahm Emanuel Fires Chicago Police Superintendent  —  CHICAGO — Mayor Rahm Emanuel ousted Chicago's police superintendent on Tuesday, responding to an uproar over a white officer shooting a black teenager 16 times and anger at the Police Department for resisting, for more than a year, release of a video of the fatal shooting.
Bernard E. Harcourt / New York Times:
Cover-Up in Chicago  —  THERE'S been a cover-up in Chicago.
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.
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: The Daily Banter
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 …
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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.
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 …
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The Hill:   FBI chief is wild card for Clinton
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
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
Cruz Excoriates Rubio on Foreign Policy, Links Him to Clinton  —  In an exclusive interview, the Texas Republican positions himself as a third way between “neo-con” interventionism and isolationism.  —  Ted Cruz on Monday offered his strongest denunciation so far of Marco Rubio's foreign policy views …
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Cruz hits Hillary on contraceptive rhetoric: What nonsense
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Samuel Smith / Christian Post:
Rubio: Paris Attacks and 9/11 Are Part of God's Plan for Our Lives  —  Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio spoke about seeking God's guidance, arguing that the deadly terrorist attacks in Paris last month and in the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, were both part of God's mysterious plan for the universe.
Discussion: LiberalAmerica.org and Joe.My.God.
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Eric W. Dolan / Raw Story:
Marco Rubio: 9/11 terror attacks were part of God's plan for the universe
Discussion: addictinginfo.org
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 …
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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Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Trump To CNN: Give Me $5 Million Or I Won't Be At Your Next Debate
Discussion: OnPolitics
Drudge Report:
DICAPRIO RAPED BY BEAR IN FOX MOVIE  —  The new movie ‘REVENANT’ features a shocking scene of a wild bear raping Leo DiCaprio!  —  The explicit moment from Oscar winning director Alejandro Inarritu has caused maximum controversy in early screenings.  Some in the audience escaped to the exits …
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Roger Friedman / Showbiz411:
The Revenant: Leonardo DiCaprio Molestation By Grizzly Bear Depicted in Spectacular Detail from the Novel It's Based On
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.
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
Nico Perrino / FIRE:
Yale Faculty Defend Freedom of Speech, Express Support for Christakises in Open Letter  —  Forty-nine current or emeritus faculty members at Yale University have signed an open letter of support for Erika and Nicholas Christakis' right to “free speech and freedom of intellectual expression.”
Nola Marketplace / WGNO:
‘Exploding’ hoverboard blamed for destroying Lafitte family's home  —  LAFITTE, La. (WGNO)- Jessica Horne can't believe that the hoverboard her son couldn't wait to get— could have killed him.  Now she blames the toy for a fire that destroyed her home.  —  Just five days before Thanksgiving …
 
 
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David Rutz / Washington Free Beacon:
Obama, While Speaking in Paris, on Planned Parenthood Shooting: 'This Just Doesn't Happen in Other Countries'
Jonah Goldberg / USA Today:
Planned Parenthood and those villainous Christians
Lee Drutman / Washington Monthly:
Secrets of the Chamber  —  In 2011, Chamber of Commerce president …
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