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12:55 PM ET, December 1, 2015

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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  —  Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) tackled the topic of contraception during a town hall late Monday in Iowa, rejecting the notion the GOP is anti-contraceptive.  —  “As I noted, Heidi and I, we have two little girls.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and ABC News
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Cruz: ‘Overwhelming majority of violent criminals are Democrats’  —  Ted Cruz on Monday equated Democrats with violent crime.  —  In an interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt on Monday, the Texas senator said that “the simple and undeniable fact is the overwhelming majority of violent criminals are Democrats.”
Betsy Klein / CNN:
Ted Cruz: GOP isn't ‘condom police’  —  Bettendorf, Iowa (CNN)Iowans at a town hall waded into awkward territory on Monday evening as Ted Cruz tackled a question on contraceptives.  —  During a question and answer session at the final stop of a three-day Iowa campaign swing …
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Cruz: Most violent criminals are Democrats
Discussion: Raw Story
John Hawkins / Townhall.com:   The Conservative Case For Ted Cruz
Chicago:
Emanuel fires McCarthy  —  Sign-up for Chicago Sun-Times newsletters. … 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.
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Bernard E. Harcourt / New York Times:
Cover-Up in Chicago  —  THERE'S been a cover-up in Chicago.  The city's leaders have now brought charges against a police officer, Jason Van Dyke, for the first-degree murder of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald.  But for more than a year, Chicago officials delayed the criminal process …
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Trump To CNN: Give Me $5 Million Or I Won't Be At Your Next Debate  —  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump threatened Monday that he may not attend CNN's next debate unless the network forks over $5 million, which the real estate mogul said would go to charity.
Discussion: OnPolitics
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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.
Washington Post:
Donald Trump ponders charging CNN for his debate participation
Discussion: Mediaite
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.
Shirley Washington / FOX2now.com:
Ferguson mom's body found nude in pool of blood after meeting Facebook friend  —  FERGUSON, MO (KTVI) - The Major Case Squad is activated in Ferguson after a young mother is found dead in her home.  Was the killer caught on camera?  That's what her relatives believe.
Discussion: FOX31 Denver and KTLA
Fox News:
Clinton emails show Benghazi response, back-patting after contentious hearing  —  As the number of classified Hillary Clinton emails grew to nearly 1,000, they also reveal how freely she and her staff shared information on the Benghazi attacks including confirming the death of Ambassador Chris Stevens …
Discussion: Pirate's Cove
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Do Hillary's Emails Confirm Clinton-Obama Enmity?
Dylan Stableford / Yahoo Politics:
Giuliani refutes Trump's 9/11 claim: ‘We had some pockets’ of people celebrating — not thousands'  —  Donald Trump's claim that he saw “thousands and thousands of people” in New Jersey cheering the destruction of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, has been refuted by police …
Discussion: ABC News, CNN and NBC News
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Liz Kreutz / ABC News:
Elizabeth Warren Only Female Democratic Senator Missing From Hillary Clinton Endorsement Event
Discussion: The Week and Bloomberg.com news
Emily Heil / Washington Post:
When in Paris... President Obama has a ‘working dinner’ at three-star eatery  —  As working dinners go, President Obama's meal Monday night in Paris with French President Francois Hollande, Secretary of State John Kerry and others wasn't too shabby.  —  No cartons of takeout — instead …
Emily Atkin / ThinkProgress:
Black Pastor: Donald Trump Isn't Telling The Whole Truth About Closed-Door Meeting  —  In the minutes following a closed-door meeting with black pastors on Monday afternoon, billionaire presidential candidate Donald Trump touted the event as a huge success.  More than 100 leaders …
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 …
Discussion: Mediaite and Death and Taxes
Jeet Heer / New Republic:
Donald Trump Is Not a Liar  —  He's something worse: a bulls**t artist.  —  Falsehoods fly out of Donald Trump's mouth with such unstoppable frequency that it's tempting to describe him as a liar.  Among the recent Trumpian untruths is his claim to have seen a video showing “thousands and thousands” …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Niklas Magnusson / Bloomberg Business:
Sweden Anti-Immigration Party Surges in Poll Amid Refugee Crisis  —  Swedes are responding to their government's historic intake of refugees by turning to an anti-immigration group that both the ruling coalition and opposition deem too xenophobic to work with.
Human Rights Watch:
No More Excuses  —  A Roadmap to Justice for CIA Torture  —  It is now well established that following the attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001, the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operated a global, state-sanctioned program in which it abducted scores of people throughout the world …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Politico
Timothy Wheeler, MD / The Hill:
Why Congress stopped gun control activism at the CDC  —  History is not always written by the victors.  In a Nov. 20 letter to the Labor, Health, Human Services, and Education Appropriations Subcommittee, House Democrats urged repeal of the 1996 ban on funding for gun control advocacy …
Ben Carson / The Hill:
Refugee crisis can, and must, be solved by Syria's neighbors  —  In the decades following World War II, the world witnessed the greatest movement of populations in history.  War refugees from displaced persons camps in Europe were helped to begin life anew in other countries and on other continents.
Discussion: Mother Jones, Reuters and The Week
 
 
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Speaker Paul Ryan eyes strategy for government shutdown fight
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‘Exploding’ hoverboard blamed for destroying Lafitte family's home
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Eric Morath / Wall Street Journal:
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Luis Martinez / ABC News:
Carter: U.S. Special Operations Forces Expanding in Iraq
Discussion: Politico
Eric Schmitt / New York Times:
56 Arrests in U.S. This Year Related to ISIS, Study Says
Discussion: Politico and New York Times
Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
Spike Lee Doesn't Hold Back: On ‘Chi-Raq,’ Laquan McDonald, and How Trump Is ‘Like Hitler’
Discussion: Mediaite
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A Path for Climate Change, Beyond Paris
Jessica Hamzelou / New Scientist:
Scans prove there's no such thing as a ‘male’ or ‘female’ brain
Discussion: Washington Post
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Artonorato / CBS New York:
Cops: Transgender Woman Brutally Attacked In Queens
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Brian Lyman / The Montgomery Advertiser:
Alabama settles Planned Parenthood suit; will pay fees
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Thomas Gibbons-Neff / Washington Post:
On Ukraine's front lines, U.S.-supplied equipment is falling apart
 

 
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