Archive for November, 2011

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• Confederate pride and prejudice (Frances Stead Sellers/Washington Post)
  Frances Stead Sellers / Washington Post: Confederate pride and prejudice  —  Some white Northerners see a flag rooted in racism as a symbol of patriotism  —  The property belongs to former mayor Greg Cler, who runs a car repair shop in this central Illinois village of 3,500 people.  Cler isn't from the South.
• Latest stories 2018 election city/county races Most commented Obits Traffic Newsletters Weather Puzzles + games (Arkansas Online)
  Arkansas Online: Latest stories 2018 election city/county races Most commented Obits Traffic Newsletters Weather Puzzles + games  —  Democrat says she felt ‘sheer disbelief’ after being left off ballot in 1 Arkansas county  —  An Arkansas county temporarily closed most of its early voting sites …
• Sky sources: Jamal Khashoggi's body parts found (Alex Crawford/Sky News)
  Alex Crawford / Sky News: Sky sources: Jamal Khashoggi's body parts found  —  Body parts belonging to murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi have been found, according to Sky sources.  —  Sources have told Sky News the writer had been “cut up” and his face “disfigured”.  —  One source also suggested Mr Khashoggi's remains …
• Divided Democrats struggle to answer Trump's claims on migrant caravan (Washington Post)
  Washington Post: Divided Democrats struggle to answer Trump's claims on migrant caravan  —  Democrats are struggling to respond to President Trump and his Republican allies, who are casting the caravan of thousands of migrants headed toward the U.S.-Mexico border as a failure of Democrats to help enact immigration policy in the GOP-controlled Congress. […]
• Man cites President Trump after allegedly groping woman on Houston flight to Albuquerque (KHOU-TV)
  KHOU-TV: Man cites President Trump after allegedly groping woman on Houston flight to Albuquerque  —  According to the affidavit, after he was placed in handcuffs, the 49-year-old man told officers the President of the United States says it's OK to grab women by their private parts.
• Report: Saudi Journalist Khashoggi's Remains Found (Haaretz)
  Haaretz: Report: Saudi Journalist Khashoggi's Remains Found  —  Sky News reports that his body had been cut up and his face ‘disfigured’  —  The remains of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi have been found, Sky News reported on Tuesday, with one source saying remains were found in the garden of the Saudi consul general's home. […]
• Trump: 'You know what I am? I'm a nationalist' (Brett Samuels/The Hill)
  Brett Samuels / The Hill: Trump: 'You know what I am?  I'm a nationalist'  —  President Trump on Monday declared himself a “nationalist” as he railed against Democrats and “globalists” who put the wellbeing of the world over the country.  —  At a raucous campaign rally in Houston, Trump warned supporters that Democrats …
• New poll shows U.S. Senate race too close to call (Lindsey Erdody/Indianapolis Business ...)
  Lindsey Erdody / Indianapolis Business Journal: New poll shows U.S. Senate race too close to call  —  KEYWORDS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT / U.S. SENATE / ELECTIONS / POLITICS / GOVERNMENT & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT / GOVERNMENT  —  A new poll in Indiana's U.S. Senate race shows its too close to call.  —  The new poll of likely voters from SurveyUSA … […]
• The hack gap: how and why conservative nonsense dominates American politics (Matthew Yglesias/Vox)
  Matthew Yglesias / Vox: The hack gap: how and why conservative nonsense dominates American politics  —  Republicans have a huge strategic advantage in shaping the news.  —  In the fall of 2016, Hillary Clinton, asked at a fundraiser how she explained the political appeal of Donald Trump, said that …
• Republican leader Mitch McConnell just made the case for a Democratic Senate (Charles E. Schumer/USA Today)
  Charles E. Schumer / USA Today: Republican leader Mitch McConnell just made the case for a Democratic Senate  —  Mitch McConnell says Republicans will repeal health care protections if they win the Senate.  That's good reason to vote for Democrats in the midterms.  —  CONNECT  —  With only a few weeks to go until …