WHO, ME?

GOP candidates deny that hateful rhetoric encourages abortion clinic violence -- and then pile on more hateful rhetoric

Cruz: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/11/29/ted-cruz-mocks-media-for-planned-parenthood-shooter-coverage.html

Carson: http://crooksandliars.com/2015/11/ben-carson-wont-condemn-abortion-extremism

Fiorina: http://crooksandliars.com/2015/11/fiorina-doubles-down-fetal-parts-lie

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/fiorina-typical-left-wing-tactics-to-connect-pro-lifers-to-planned-parenthood-attack/

Huckabee: http://crooksandliars.com/2015/11/mike-huckabee-planned-parenthood-shooter

More: http://crooksandliars.com/2015/11/se-cupp-wasteful-exercise-address-rights

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/11/29/gop-candidates-condemn-planned-parenthood-shooting-but-dismiss-link-to-antiabortion-rhetoric/

Ted Cruz is coming on

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/30/us/politics/ted-cruz-surges-in-iowa-powered-by-outsider-fervor.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Ted Cruz Surges in Iowa

https://politicalwire.com/2015/11/30/ted-cruz-is-running-the-best-campaign/
Ted Cruz Is Running the Best Campaign 

Good one

https://politicalwire.com/2015/11/30/quote-of-the-day-1117/
“This is the pattern, isn’t it? The pattern is — he says something insulting, offensive and outrageous; the media pays attention; then he claims we all misunderstood him.”  

— Carly Fiorina, quoted by the Washington Post, on Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.

More on the politics of fear

http://www.salon.com/2015/11/27/this_is_the_entire_gop_plan_credibility_destroyed_after_bush_debacle_their_only_strategy_is_to_scare_us/

Bonus item: Fascinating - The Green Book

http://www.vox.com/identities/2015/11/29/9813966/green-book-segregation-history

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SILENCE

Will any of the GOP candidates condemn the Planned Parenthood shootings?

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2015/11/republican-candidates-too-busy-morning-denounce-attack-planned-parenthood-clinic

More: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/11/29/the-gop-ignores-the-bigger-terror-threat-from-the-right.html
They slam Obama because he won’t say “radical Islam.” But why won’t the Republicans acknowledge radical white terrorists?

Cause and effect

http://crooksandliars.com/2015/11/planned-parenthood-shooter-told-police-no
It certainly appears that Robert Lewis Dear, the man held in custody for terrorizing a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic, was inspired by David Daleiden's inflammatory rhetoric against Planned Parenthood and in particular, his false claim that they were "harvesting baby parts."

Robert Lewis Dear, a North Carolina native who was living in a trailer in Colorado, made statements to police Friday at the scene of the Colorado Springs clinic and in interviews that law enforcement sources described as rantings. . . In one statement, made after the suspect was taken in for questioning, Dear said "no more baby parts" in reference to Planned Parenthood, two law enforcement sources with knowledge of the case told NBC News.  

More: http://crooksandliars.com/2015/11/david-daleiden-damn-well-better-be-nervous

http://www.vox.com/2015/11/28/9810572/abortion-attacks-planned-parenthood-colorado
Attacks on abortion providers have increased since the Planned Parenthood videos

Stranger than fiction: literary harbingers of the Rich Guy's crypto-fascist campaign

Philip Roth: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/27/opinion/donald-trumps-police-state.html

The Simpsons: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/11/29/the-time-sideshow-bob-joined-the-gop.html
 
In some kind of shift in the pop culture zeitgeist, Batman saves a black kid FROM the police

http://www.vox.com/identities/2015/11/28/9801624/batman-police-brutality

The Sunday talk show line-ups

http://crooksandliars.com/2015/11/sunday-morning-bobblehead-thread-2
ABC's "This Week" - Republican presidential candidates Ben Carson and John Kasich.

NBC's "Meet the Press" - Carson; Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump; former Defense Secretary Robert Gates.

CBS' "Face the Nation" - Carson; Republican presidential candidates Jeb Bush and Lindsey Graham; Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.

CNN's "State of the Union" - Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee; Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas.

Bonus item: Is doing yoga racist?

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/11/28/should-we-ban-yoga.html

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CALL IT TERRORISM

Gunman arrested

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/active-shooter-reported-in-colorado-springs-near-planned-parenthood_5658a87be4b079b2818a6d86
3 Dead After Gunman Opens Fire Inside Colorado Planned Parenthood

More: http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2015/11/why-fbi-is-on-scene-of-planned.html

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2015_07/curled_up_in_a_fetal_position056757.php

http://www.vox.com/2015/11/27/9808224/abortion-clinic-violence-history
Shootings at abortion clinics are rare. Violence against abortion clinics isn’t.

Mass shootings since Sandy Hook

http://www.vox.com/a/mass-shootings-sandy-hook

The Rich Guy brags that he has a "fabulous memory." Uhhhh, not so much

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2015/11/fabulous-memory-donald-trump

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/11/donald-trump-denies-mocking-disabled-reporter.html

Simply put

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2015/11/donald-trump-and-politics-resentment
Donald Trump and the Politics of Resentment 

Fail!

http://crooksandliars.com/2015/11/ted-cruz-scores-lowest-knowing-anything
Ted Cruz Scores Lowest On AP Study Of Knowledge On Climate Change

Here's a big part of the explanation for America's high incarceration rate

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/11/27/heres-why-ending-the-drug-war-will-have-a-bigger-impact-on-prisons-than-you-might-think/

When "civil rights" means "anti-gay"

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/11/27/civil-rights-means-anti-gay-for-some-republicans.html

Bonus item: The psychology of standing in line

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/11/27/what-you-hate-about-waiting-in-line-isnt-the-wait-at-all/

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UNSTOPPABLE?

Think about it. Maybe the very lies and outrages that make most of us repulsed by the Rich Guy don't actually hurt him -- but HELP him -- with his party. What kind of campaign is that?

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/11/donald-trump-mocks-new-york-times-reporter-serge-kovaleski-216219
Donald Trump has added a new item to his growing list of presidential campaign firsts: mocking a person’s physical handicap . . .

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/will-trump-eventually-cross-a-line--or-do-the-lines-no-longer-exist/2015/11/25/5a1c9f0a-9225-11e5-b5e4-279b4501e8a6_story.html
Will Trump eventually cross a line — or do the lines no longer exist? 

http://www.vox.com/2015/11/25/9800174/why-one-political-scientist-thinks-donald-trump-might-actually-win
Why one political scientist thinks Donald Trump might actually win

More: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/america-is-too-dumb-for-tv-news-20151125#ixzz3sWsywYYX 

For example

http://digbysblog.blogspot.hk/2015/11/the-birther-is-back.html
[Trump] "We can’t close our eyes. I don’t know what’s wrong with Obama, he wants to close his eyes and pretend it’s not happening. Why is he so emphatic on not solving the problem? There’s something we don’t know about . . . Obviously some people think it's evil intentions, I think it's incompetence, regardless, a lot of people think it's evil intentions."

No Plan B

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/plan-a-for-gop-donors-wait-for-trump-to-fall-there-is-no-plan-b/2015/11/25/91436a00-92dd-11e5-8aa0-5d0946560a97_story.html
Plan A for GOP donors: Wait for Trump to fall. (There is no Plan B.)

More: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/11/the-one-way-to-take-down-trump/417699/
How to Beat Donald Trump

Is he a fascist?

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/11/donald-trump-a-fascist.html

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2015/11/donald_trump_is_a_fascist_it_is_the_political_label_that_best_describes.html

More: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/what-matters

Theocracy watch

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/11/25/1454300/-Rubio-says-gay-marriage-ruling-isn-t-settled-law-cuz-it-conflicts-with-God-s-rules
Rubio says gay marriage ruling isn't 'settled law' cuz it conflicts with 'God's rules'

Any questions?

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/11/military-tries-to-explain-kunduz-bombing.html
Military Releases 3,000-Page Explanation of Why Kunduz Hospital Was Bombed

More: http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2015/11/stunning-series-screw-ups-led-octobers-us-strike-afghan-hospital
In summary: the gunship crew left without getting briefed. Their targeting system malfunctioned, so they decided to open fire on the nearest large building instead. When the targeting system later found the right building, the crew ignored it. And when they sent coordinates to headquarters, nobody there matched it up with their no-strike list.  If this is the whole truth, it's a pretty stunning series of screw-ups. If it's not the whole truth, then something even worse happened. We may never know which.

So, walking away from the police is a killing offense?

http://crooksandliars.com/2015/11/fox-host-lesson-chicago-shooting-laquan 

More: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/11/25/the-other-laquan-mcdonalds-more-questionable-killings-by-chicago-police.html
The Other Laquan McDonalds: More Questionable Killings by Chicago Police 

Reconsidering Woodrow Wilson

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/11/26/1454329/-Woodrow-Wilson-is-deserving-of-a-re-examination

More: http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2015/11/20/9766896/woodrow-wilson-racist

Bonus item: Inflation

http://www.vox.com/2015/11/25/9795692/turkey-large-size-grown
Turkeys have gotten ridiculously large since the 1940s

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ANGRY YET?

Angry yet?

http://www.vox.com/2015/11/24/9795856/chicago-mcdonald-video-vox-sentences
Over a year ago, Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke shot 17-year-old Laquan McDonald 16 times, killing him.

Angry yet?

Now — thanks to a lawsuit forcing them to release the footage of McDonald's death — the city of Chicago has finally released a video recording from a police-car dashboard camera, which shows Van Dyke continuing to fire after McDonald is on the ground. 

Angry yet?

Not coincidentally, city prosecutors also decided that this morning was the right time to file murder charges against Van Dyke in McDonald's killing.
 
Angry yet?

Officials claim the announcement of the murder charge was "moved up" because of the impending video release. The officials did not explain why it took over a year for the indictment to be filed to begin with.

Angry yet?

The dash cam video shouldn't have been the only footage of McDonald's death. A Burger King security camera was also in a position to record his last minutes — but there was a mysterious hourlong gap in the security footage. A Burger King manager has outright accused Chicago police officers of deleting the relevant security footage after asking to see it.
 
Angry yet?

http://www.vox.com/explainers/2015/11/24/9796704/laquan-mcdonald-police-shooting-chicago
Jason Van Dyke has a long history of complaints

Angry yet?

There have been several high-profile police killings since 2014 involving black suspects. In Baltimore, six police officers were indicted for the death of Freddie Gray while in police custody. In North Charleston, South Carolina, Michael Slager was charged with murder and fired from the police department after shooting Walter Scott, who was fleeing and unarmed at the time. In Ferguson, Darren Wilson killed unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown. In New York City, NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo killed Eric Garner by putting the unarmed 43-year-old black man in a chokehold.
 
Angry yet?

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jun/01/black-americans-killed-by-police-analysis
Black Americans killed by police twice as likely to be unarmed as white people 

http://www.propublica.org/article/deadly-force-in-black-and-white
A ProPublica analysis of killings by police shows outsize risk for young black males. 

http://www.buzzfeed.com/nicholasquah/heres-a-timeline-of-unarmed-black-men-killed-by-police-over#.nmWDnVxpk
Here’s A Timeline Of Unarmed Black People Killed By Police Over Past Year

The media is starting to focus on the Rich Guy's lies. Will it matter?

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2015/11/donald-trump-pathological-liar-its-time-stop-tiptoeing-around

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/11/24/1453817/-Outlets-are-finally-calling-Donald-Trump-out-for-lies-racism-and-xenophobia

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/11/24/1453801/-Abbreviated-pundit-roundup-Calling-out-Donald-Trump-s-lies

More: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/25/nyregion/a-definitive-debunking-of-donald-trumps-9-11-claims.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
A Definitive Debunking of Donald Trump’s 9/11 Claims

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/11/24/donald-trump-actually-admitted-that-he-doesnt-check-his-facts-seriously/
Donald Trump actually admitted that he doesn’t check his facts. Seriously.

It DOESN'T seem to matter

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/11/24/its-not-just-donald-trump-half-of-republicans-shares-his-views-on-immigrants-and-refugees/
It’s not just Donald Trump: Half of Republicans share his views on immigrants and refugees

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2015/11/24/why-donald-trumps-demagoguery-is-winning-over-gop-voters-in-one-chart/
Why Donald Trump’s demagoguery is winning over GOP voters, in one chart

More: https://politicalwire.com/2015/11/24/why-trump-will-be-very-hard-to-take-down/
Why Trump Will Be Very Hard to Take Down 

If the GOP rivals are going to take on the Rich Guy, they're going to have to do better than this

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/jeb-bush-you-can-tell-when-someone-christian
Every time Jeb Bush tries to take the high ground against Donald Trump, he seems to stumble into a detour.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/john-kasich-trumps-dangerous-rhetoric--campaign-2016/2015/11/24/c82f9558-92f0-11e5-befa-99ceebcbb272_video.html
The presidential campaign for Gov. John Kasich (R-Ohio), put out a new ad, lashing out directly at fellow Republican candidate Donald Trump with a harsher tone than any other candidate has taken thus far. . .

Dr. Magoo is  . . . . very confused

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/carson-backtracks-new-jersey-cheering-9-11
After telling reporters that he "saw the film" of American Muslims in New Jersey cheering on Sept. 11, 2001, Ben Carson walked back his comments and said he was unsure of where the footage of celebrations was taken. . . . Later in the day, Carson's campaign told ABC News that the candidate did not mean to say he saw cheering in New Jersey, but that he meant to refer to celebrations in the Middle East.

More: http://www.salon.com/2015/11/24/megyn_kelly_confronts_ben_carson_with_video_evidence_that_hes_lying_about_911_protesters_but_carson_just_cant_stop_lying/
Carson claims that “it really was more of a misunderstanding of what we were talking about, and me trying to make the point that celebrating [9/11] is totally inappropriate, no matter where you are.”

Marco Rubio figures out how to get attention in this Republican contest

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/11/24/1453605/-Marco-Rubio-s-clarion-call-to-homophobes-coming-through-loud-and-clear
Marco Rubio's clarion call to homophobes

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/11/rubio-doesnt-want-you-to-know-abortion-position.html
What Marco Rubio Doesn’t Want You to Know About His Abortion Position

http://www.salon.com/2015/11/23/marco_rubios_fear_mongering_first_tv_ad_warns_paris_attacks_could_happen_in_u_s_without_a_president_rubio/
Marco Rubio’s fear-mongering first TV ad warns Paris attacks could happen in U.S

More: http://crooksandliars.com/2015/11/rubio-paris-attacks-are-positive
Rubio: Paris Attacks Are A 'Positive Development'

The House GOPers are already "Boehnering" Ryan

http://digbysblog.blogspot.hk/2015/11/theyre-already-boehnering-ryan.html

Bonus item: Ready for the holiday

http://crooksandliars.com/2015/11/stephen-colbert-gives-thanks-donald-trump

Stephen Colbert Gives Thanks For Donald Trump

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WHO WILL RID ME OF THIS TROUBLESOME . . . ?

I will believe that there is a Republican with the force and courage to be president when one of them takes on this charlatan

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/note-trump-terrorism/story?id=35370291
At this point, it’s not simply a matter of Donald Trump defying political gravity. Even his opponents have to marvel at how good a politician he is, in his ability to adapt to moments and channel the (often unspoken) passions of his supporters. With the establishment turning up the heat – and the cash – on Trump, there’s a real possibility that he can’t be brought down in a substantial way. (What new information about Trump will do what all the reams of information haven’t done before?) His rivals have to count on Trump supporters not being serious about supporting Trump – or not being serious about caucusing or voting at all. That would count as hope, not strategy. . . .

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/11/23/hey-gop-will-you-stop-your-fascist-now.html
Who in GOP Will Finally Stop Trump?

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2015/11/my-morning-advice-dont-talk-about-taking-down-donald-trump-just-take-him-down
Don't Talk About Taking Down Donald Trump. Just Take Him Down.

Why the Rich Guy's lies don't hurt him

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/11/23/4-theories-why-people-give-donald-trump-a-pass-for-saying-things-that-just-arent-true/
4 theories why Donald Trump’s many falsehoods aren’t hurting him

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/11/23/1453504/-Why-are-media-outlets-downplaying-Trump-s-lying-and-demagoguery
Why are media outlets downplaying Trump's lying and demagoguery?

http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2015/11/23/9784766/donald-trump-abc-stephanopoulos
The media has no idea how to deal with Donald Trump's constant lying

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/11/24/why-the-media-can-t-tell-the-truth-about-donald-trump-s-lies.html
Why the Media Can’t Tell the Truth About Donald Trump’s Lies

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/11/23/the-2016-campaign-is-largely-fact-free-thats-a-terrible-thing-for-american-democracy/
Donald Trump is leading an increasingly fact-free 2016 campaign

http://politicalwire.com/2015/11/23/the-post-truth-candidate/
The Post-Truth Candidate 

More: http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2015/11/catalog-donald-trumps-divorce-reality
An Incomplete Catalog of Donald Trump's Never-Ending Fabrications

The New Jersey Muslim lie

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-real-story-behind-trump-s-cheering-muslims-9-11-fever-dream
You've probably seen this firestorm which has erupted about Donald Trump's claim that he watched thousands of Muslim residents in North Jersey celebrating as the Twin Towers fell fourteen years ago. We just published a fascinating piece on it. Needless to say, nothing remotely like that actually happened. And since it didn't happen, Donald Trump definitely didn't see it.  . . .

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/11/23/1453539/-Donald-Trump-claims-thousands-in-New-Jersey-cheered-destruction-of-World-Trade-Center
Donald Trump lives in a different world than you or I. That is part of his popularity; he wastes no time on what is true or what is false, but simply declares that the world is what he says it is, and that the people he has declared to be evil are evil, and this is very comforting to other people who believe the same things and don't like candidates or books or news reports or Wikipedia or their Bibles or scientists who might have the gall to point out that some of those things are not true. . . .

Dr. Magoo jumps in the pool too (then jumps out again): http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/11/23/1453587/-Ben-Carson-says-he-too-saw-imaginary-footage-of-New-Jersey-residents-celebrating-9-11
Ben Carson says he too saw imaginary footage of New Jersey residents celebrating 9/11

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/11/23/carson-campaign-confused-by-9-11-comment.html
Ben Carson told an ABC News reporter on Monday that he “saw the film” of American Muslims cheering after the World Trade Center fell on 9/11. But his campaign tells The Daily Beast they’re “a bit of a loss” about what Carson meant by that. . . .

http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/11/23/ben-carson-clarifies-remarks-on-muslims-celebrating-on-911/?partner=rss&emc=rss
Ben Carson Clarifies Remarks on Muslims Celebrating on 9/11

Oh, okay, I am reassured

http://politicalwire.com/2015/11/23/trump-says-its-unlikely-he-would-nuke-anyone/
Donald Trump told GQ that it is extremely unlikely he would use nuclear weapons as president.

Said Trump: “I wouldn’t be nuking anybody. I will have a military that’s so strong and powerful, and so respected, we’re not gonna have to nuke anybody.”

He added: “It is highly, highly, highly, highly unlikely that I would ever be using them.”

The kind of person he is

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/11/23/donald-trump-on-waterboarding-if-it-doesnt-work-they-deserve-it-anyway/
Donald Trump on waterboarding: ‘If it doesn’t work, they deserve it anyway.’

The collapse of the Jeb W. Bush campaign

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/11/23/things-are-bad-and-getting-worse-for-jeb-bush-just-look-at-this-chart/

I think we know

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/11/gop-islam-refugees-213383#ixzz3sJh1iipN
After 2012, the GOP Set Out to Be More Inclusive. What Happened?

We need a Benghazi investigative committee investigative committee

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/24/us/politics/benghazi-committee-bradley-podliska-trey-gowdy.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Fired Investigator Sues House Benghazi Committee and Its Leader

More: http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/11/trey-gowdy-a-fair-man-in-an-unfair-town.html

Bonus item: Prepping for your Thanksgiving family arguments

http://www.vox.com/a/thanksgiving-family-debates-2015

http://www.forbes.com/sites/mikefenn/2015/11/23/saturday-night-live-knows-how-to-quell-thanksgiving-arguments/

More: http://www.vox.com/2015/11/23/9782704/how-to-argue-better-according-to-science

How to argue better, according to science

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BROWN SHIRTS

The Rich Guy knows exactly what he's doing

http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/11/22/donald-trump-says-he-supports-those-who-roughed-up-protester-at-his-event/?partner=rss&emc=rss
Donald Trump Says He Supports Those Who ‘Roughed Up’ Protester at His Event

http://www.vox.com/2015/11/22/9778330/trump-protester-rally-violent
“Maybe he deserved to get roughed up”

More from the Rich Guy

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2015/11/22/donald-trumps-outrageous-claim-that-thousands-of-new-jersey-muslims-celebrated-the-911-attacks/
Trump’s outrageous claim that ‘thousands’ of New Jersey Muslims celebrated the 9/11 attacks

Rush: http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/261043-limbaugh-trump-doing-a-great-service
“Donald Trump is, I think, doing a great service,” Limbaugh said on “Fox News Sunday.” “He is showing that you do not have to fear attacks from media. . . . He’s showing you do not have to fear being politically correct or violating political correctness.”

More: http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/11/trump-makes-racist-point-with-incorrect-tweet.html

Waterboarding? WATERBOARDING?

http://digbysblog.blogspot.hk/2015/11/trump-on-roll-and-letting-it-all-hang.html
STEPHANOPOULOS: So you’d bring back waterboarding?  
TRUMP: We have to -- I would bring it back, yes. I would bring it back. . .

More: http://crooksandliars.com/2015/11/ben-carson-equates-being-against
Ben Carson Equates Being Against Waterboarding With 'Political Correctness'

Ted Cruz reinvents himself as a theocrat, trolling for Christian support

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/at-the-center-of-the-cruz-strategy-a-play-for-christian-voters/2015/11/22/3df800ac-8fa6-11e5-acff-673ae92ddd2b_story.html

More: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/11/20/1452601/-Ted-Cruz-campaign-organizes-national-prayer-team-to-pray-for-Ted-Cruz
Ted Cruz campaign organizes 'national prayer team' to pray for Ted Cruz 

How dangerous ARE Syrian refugees?

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/11/23/john-oliver-don-t-listen-to-fear-mongering-gop-we-should-accept-heavily-vetted-syrian-refugees.html
 
Reactions to Paris: beating the drums of war

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/11/22/1451912/-Reaction-to-France-s-9-11-in-Paris-is-d-j-vu

http://crooksandliars.com/2015/11/greenwald-blasts-cnn-despicable-anti

Does the Dem win in Louisiana indicate new possibilities in the South? (Probably not)

http://www.vox.com/2015/11/22/9777950/louisiana-governor-bel-edwards

The kind of people they are

http://crooksandliars.com/2015/11/redondo-beach-man-stiffs-waitress-says
Redondo Beach Man Stiffs Waitress, Says Tips For 'U.S. Citizens Only'

Bonus item: Auditions that DIDN'T make it into the new "Star Wars"

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/11/22/star-wars-the-force-awakens-jon-hamm-emma-stone-and-more-audition-for-roles-on-snl.html

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DOG WHISTLE POLITICS

The Rich Guy brings out the ugly side of his crowds

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/11/22/black-activist-punched-at-donald-trump-rally-in-birmingham/
"Get him the hell out of here, will you please?" Trump said.

More: http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/11/protester-tackled-by-crowd-at-trump-rally.html

The Rich Guy now says his Muslim database is only for Syrian refugees. Huh-uh

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/11/21/donald-trump-says-he-absolutely-wants-a-database-of-syrian-refugees/
"If I win, they're going back. They're going back. We can't have them."

More: http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2015/11/yes-donald-trump-agreed-we-should-have-national-registry-muslims 

The kind of people they are

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/261016-republican-syrian-refugees-coming-to-us-for-a-paid-vacation
Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) says refugees fleeing war-torn Syria are trying to come to the U.S. for a “paid vacation” . . .

The Dems pick up a Southern governorship. How did it happen?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/11/21/with-david-vitters-loss-a-spot-of-blue-in-the-red-of-the-deep-south/
As of last December, there was not a single Democratic governor, senator or state legislature in the Deep South. . . . Less than a year later, that is no longer the case. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) lost his bid to replace termed-out Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) to Democrat John Bel Edwards in spectacular fashion Saturday night, losing by nearly 10 points by the time the Associated Press called the race. . . .

How? http://politicalwire.com/2015/11/21/did-jindal-quit-campaign-to-sink-vitter/
Did Jindal Quit Campaign to Sink Vitter?  

A lot of Dems still distrust Clinton's Wall Street ties

http://politicalwire.com/2015/11/21/clinton-cant-shake-wall-street-image/

http://www.salon.com/2015/11/21/it_will_be_extremely_difficult_for_hillary_to_say_no_to_wall_street_partner/

Theocracy watch: GOP pollster asks Republican candidates, Who would you call first if you were president and there was another 9/11 attack?

http://digbysblog.blogspot.hk/2015/11/a-frank-luntz-thanksgiving.html 

Is Fox World settling on Ted Cruz as their new favorite?

http://crooksandliars.com/2015/11/ted-cruz-blows-obama-secret-muslim-dog

The Sunday talk show line-ups

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/11/22/1452634/-Sunday-Talk-Get-the-flock-out
NBC Meet The Press: Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R); Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta; New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton.

CBS Face the Nation: Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA); Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY); Terrorism Roundtable: Special Envoy to the Global Coalition to Combat ISIS Brett McGurk; Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX); Former CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell; Former Bush Homeland Security Adviser Fran Townsend; Former National Security Adviser Tom Donilon; Political Roundtable: Ruth Marcus (Washington Post), Ron Brownstein (National Journal), and Republican Strategist Karl Rove.

ABC This Week: Nazi Donald Trump (R); Idiot Savant Dr. Ben Carson (R); Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley (D); Roundtable: Democratic Strategist David Axelrod, "Independent" Strategist Matthew Dowd, Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), and Rep. Martha McSally (R-AZ).

CNN State of the Union: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R); Former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel; Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA);  Roundtable: Former Special Representative to Muslim Communities Farah Pandith, Former Sen. Bob Kerrey (D-NE), Radio Host Hugh Hewitt, and Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN).

Bonus item: The pack of GOP losers is very frustrated that Trump got to be on SNL. Now they want "equal time"

http://www.salon.com/2015/11/21/petty_and_desperate_for_attention_stephen_colbert_mocks_gop_candidates_invoking_equal_time_after_trump_hosts_snl/

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