Soros group banned from Russia over national security (RT)
Inside politics: Strike force, Obama, Dems, House, Pentagon, Syria, Russia, talk of nuclear threat (NR)
Record: 185K gun sales on Black Friday (USA Today)
SCOTUS to rule on Obamnesty earlier than usual: 2016 will see “United States v. Texas, 15-674” (Bloomberg)
FBI a joker in the Clinton deck (Hill)
Hillarymail: 2016 tabs at State Dept. (POLITICO)
Talk Smart: 11 Words and Phrases Successful People Refuse to Say (Inc) · · · →
Internet v FCC goes back to DC Cirtuit, judges, review, background, the scoop (WP)
Russia responds to Turkey by bombing ISIL, review of situation (Yahoo-Reuters)
Russia’s & Turkey’s very peaceful response, de-escalation anticipated (Guardian)
History: The Statue of Liberty Was Originally a Muslim Woman (Smithsonian.com)
Speaking of Turkey…
Happy Thanksgiving: Truth, History & Ideologies (Jesse Steele)
Have a Happy, Politics-Free Thanksgiving (National Review)
How to Talk to Your Relatives About Politics at Thanksgiving (NY Times)
How to talk to your family about politics this Thanksgiving (WP) · · · →
Chicago police-teen shooting Laquan McDonald from 2014, protests (ABC)
NATO, Turkey airspace, downed Russian jet… mess. (WP)
The southern border rout for refugees, Nepal, Syria, Somalia, Pakistan, the scoop… (Guardian)
Obamnesty case conflicts with normal SCOTUS schedule, WH wants exception (Bloomberg)
More “clie-mate” scandal, NOAA, govt. scientists, ongoing (WP)
Shootings & numbers, Quartz tries spin, but proves Trump’s point: Here are four charts on race and murder in America to tweet back at Donald Trump (QZ)
…Trump will go up in polls again, thanks to Quartz · · · →
The week buzzed about China’s currency while the US spotlight made an unusual stop on Taiwan.
Marco Rubio mentioned Taiwan, something significant for an experienced Senator and presidential candidate on the campaign trail. Quartz gave a shout over Taiwanese presidential hopeful, Tsai, in her response to the negative Facebook comments from China (where Facebook happens to be banned). The US State Department even commented about Taiwan as a “beacon of truly representative government”, signifying as proof that Asia is not entirely inept on the matter of Human Rights.
China, by contrasting reports and comment, is the economic dirt devil, so goes the spotlight this week anyhow. China’s money is about to dominate the IMF. Northern China must choose between either cold winters or toxic air. And China continues to meddle with its own currency.
And, by the way, the Pentagon doesn’t seem to get much support from the current White House concerning China. · · · →
Five 4th GOP debate takeaways (POLITICO)
Pentagon inside baseball: Russia & China (Bloomberg View)
‘C-lie-mate gate’, normal solar minimums, cooling sun & 2030 (The Nation)
Foreign $$ = ‘spy’… Russian crackdown (Yahoo)
Hollywood ‘player’, HIV epidemic? (The Sun) [discretion advised]
Jeb is toast: Dole endorsed him, of course (Huff Post)
Israel Holocaust ALERT: Europe has taken one more small step towards making Israel a pariah state · · · →
TPP trade deal ‘erodes’ online rights (TC)
TPP full text (ustr.gov)
Russians going at it in Syria: 263 targets, 2 days (RT)
France’s largest warship off to Iraq (BBC)
The Limbaugh article everyone is talking about (Nat’l Review)
4 lessons of hope: How This Entrepreneur Fought Her Depression and Built a $300 Million Business · · · →
