• Eric Boehlert, Senior Fellow at Media Matters for America, calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT to co-host Right Wing World
• The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to fill us in on how his Blanket The Earth movement to provide blankets to Occupiers went this weekend
• New Hampshire’s largest newspaper has endorsed Newt Gingrich for the Republican presidential nomination. Mitt Romney has long been considered the front-runner in the state. He hovers around 40% in recent polls, while Gingrich surged to 14%.
• Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich defended his immigration policy after days of criticism from other GOP contenders – reiterating that he does not support amnesty — on Friday night before his largest crowd yet on the campaign trail.
• More people headed to stores and websites over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, and average spending per person rose 9.1 percent as bargain-hunting shoppers scooped up discounts this weekend.
• Syracuse University has fired Bernie Fine as an assistant men’s basketball coach, the school announced Sunday night, hours after new reports arose regarding his alleged sexual abuse of boys.


