Thanksgiving with family often features an unwanted serving of political debate, and this year the Democratic National Committee wants to ensure millennial Democrats can give as good as they get. To this end, the DNC has published a 2015 version of YourRepublicanUncle.com, which offers comeback flashcards — with overtones of snark and undertones of rage — pertaining to five hot-button issues and five GOP presidential candidates.

While the issue selection seems pretty straightforward, the logic of which candidates were included isn't so clear: For instance, why does John Kasich, polling below 3 percent nationally, make the cut, while Ben Carson, who nears 20 percent support in recent polls, is nowhere to be found? Also unclear is what users can do if their uncle fails to be persuaded by the handful of responses offered for each category — or, in the site's parlance, if he's "still talking."

The DNC released a similar site in 2013 and 2014, announcing the flashcards in the latter year with a tweet suggesting the offending uncles in question sound like this. Bonnie Kristian

Scientists are overwhelmingly convinced that climate change is real, largely caused by human activity, and a deeply serious problem. The American electorate, on the other hand, is deeply divided over the issue. That didn't use to be the case, The Associated Press reminds us, noting that two decades ago, the leading senator proposing action on global warming was a Republican (John McCain, but still). Then, sometime around 1997, when Vice President Al Gore helped negotiate the Kyoto Protocol — and George W. Bush withdrew the U.S. four years later — the Democrats and Republicans started to split, partisan views on climate change growing into a chasm after President Obama was elected and the Tea Party revolted.

Now, climate change is "more politically polarizing than abortion," Anthony Leiserowitz, director of the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, tells AP. "It's more politically polarizing than gay marriage." Citing surveys by Yale and George Mason University, Leiserowitz has some numbers: 17 percent (and growing) of Americans are alarmed by climate change and want action now, 28 percent are concerned and believe it is man-made but don't think the threat is imminent, 27 percent are cautious but on the fence, 11 percent are skeptical, 10 percent are vocally dismissive of the science and its conclusions, and the last 7 percent aren't paying attention.

There are differing theories about why the issue is so polarizing — Northeastern University's Matthew Nisbet says that because climate change requires collective global action, "for conservatives that's especially difficult to accept"; Yale's Dan Kahan ties it to America's growing political Balkanization, noting that if you ask Americans, "they know that scientists say we're screwed" but for many that's "not what activates them"; and Georgia Tech atmospheric scientist Judy Curry, a climate change skeptic, finds fault in the scientific community, arguing, "This polarization comes down to being intolerant on disagreement."

Finally, Stanford University's Jon Krosnick argues that most Americans actually agree, noting surveys showing that 90 percent of Democrats, 80 percent of independents, and 70 percent of Republicans concede that the world is getting hotter because of human activity, even if only half of Republicans think this will be a serious problem for the U.S. This nuance in the polling becomes more understandable when you listen to actual people, as AP does in the video below. You can read more at AP. Peter Weber

In an article for Politico, a former Trump Magazine employee shared memories of her stress-filled time at the publication, complete with bounced paychecks and an absent boss.

Carey Purcell said she took a receptionist job with the magazine in 2006 in order to break into the journalism world. The magazine was the idea of Michael Jacobson, who launched it as Trump World under Lockwood Publications. He went on to form his own publishing company, Premiere Publishing Group, renamed the publication Trump Magazine, and paid Trump $120,000 to $135,000 per issue in licensing fees, Purcell said. Trump signed off on each issue, and about one-third of each magazine revolved around Trump, his business, and his family. Thousands of copies were distributed at Trump's buildings, while the rest went on sale for $5.99 at newsstands. By the end of 2005, the magazine had lost more than $3 million, Forbes reported.

Purcell said one of the hardest things to do was attempt to "train myself to ignore the magazine's sexist content, which proved difficult — especially when the end-of-year 'Trumptastic Gift Guide' featured a picture of a young blonde woman wearing a pink babydoll nightie and holding a Trump teddy bear, her mouth suggestively open." There was no leadership, scant organization, and little communication, Purcell wrote, and employees kept leaving in quick succession, especially once the paychecks began to bounce. Purcell said she wasn't able to get out as quickly as others because she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer, and was worried about insurance. Ultimately, after finding a new job and putting in her two weeks' notice, Purcell was immediately terminated, and because the company was later declared insolvent, her medical coverage was terminated.

Purcell said throughout her time at the magazine, she never met or spoke with Trump. She doesn't view him as a savvy deal maker, primarily because he "licensed his name to an inept and irresponsible businessman who broke promises, put its staff out on the street, and left a cancer patient without health care." Read the entire scathing account at Politico. Catherine Garcia

Americans love their cars, "but America's auto obsession isn't just a hobby," John Oliver said on Sunday's Last Week Tonight. Some 86 percent of U.S. workers use cars to get to work, "and if you don't have a car, holding down a job can be a tremendous challenge." But cars, of course, are expensive, which brought Oliver to the theme of his latest seriocomic explainer: auto lending. Nearly a quarter of car loans are now of the subprime variety, he said, "and if the phrase 'a boom in subprime loans' is making your eye twitch with flashbacks to the mortgage crisis, just wait, we will get there."

First, Oliver dove into the world of "buy-here, pay-here lenders," or dealers that provide their own loans — and charge an average interest rate of 19 percent. "It's just one of the many ways in which, when you are poor, everything can be more expensive," he said. About a third of buyers default within seven months, and when the dealer repossess your car, they don't have to refund your down payment, and they can even go after you for more money. "So you can easily end up with no car and thousands of dollars in debt," Oliver said, while the dealer just sells your car again — sometimes several times. Buy-here, pay-here is losing market share, he added, but mostly to subprime lenders.

That's when Oliver touched on how the subprime lending market for cars is eerily similar to the speculative mortgage-bundling bubble that crashed the global economy a few years back. The buy-here, pay-here industry has taken note, and taken action. "The news that used-car dealers are predatory is clearly not new, but it seems these days market pressures are forcing them to be more aggressive and take more risks," Oliver said. And like many of Oliver's segments, he encapsulates the main points in the last three minutes, with the help of guests, in this case Keegan-Michael Key, Bob Balaban, a used car dealership set, and a sound machine. Watch below. Peter Weber

Authorities in Milwaukee say a person was shot Sunday during a protest following the police-involved shooting of a black man during a traffic stop.

There were about 150 people blocking an intersection, and officers had to use an armored vehicle to reach the unidentified victim, who was taken to the hospital, The Associated Press reports. The skirmishes began on Saturday night after the shooting of Sylville K. Smith, 23. Six businesses burned down, 17 people were arrested, and four officers were injured by flying glass and concrete, AP reports; they have all been released from the hospital. In 2014, protests popped up in Milwaukee after officers shot and killed a mentally ill black man named Dontre Hamilton.

Police Chief Edward Flynn said Sunday that while an investigation is ongoing, he watched footage from the officer's body camera, and he "certainly appeared to be within lawful bounds." He said Smith was shot in the arm and chest after he turned toward the officer with a gun in his hand and did not comply with orders to drop it. Flynn would not name the officer involved in the shooting, but did say he is black. Mayor Tom Barnett said he wanted the community to know that the footage shows Smith with a gun, but also to keep in mind that "a young man lost his life yesterday afternoon. And no matter what the circumstances are, his family has to be hurting." Catherine Garcia

In southern Louisiana, at least 20,000 people have been evacuated amid what Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) calls "unprecedented" and "historic" flooding that followed up to 24 inches of rain in 48 hours. That evacuation number includes Edwards, whose family had to leave the governor's mansion after flooding in the basement knocked out electricity. More than 10,000 people are in shelters, including the Baton Rouge River Center, and the federal government has declared the region a major disaster area. The death toll from the floods stands at five.

Earlier Sunday, Louisiana authorities successfully airlifted some 1,500 motorists from an isolated section of I-12, and more than 1,000 National Guard troops are helping evacuate people in boats, helicopters, and high-water vehicles. You can see some of the evacuations, as well as officials discussing the flooding, in the Associated Press report below.

And below, you can witness one particularly dramatic escape, captured by WAFB, where rescuer David Phung jumped in the water and grabbed a woman out of her ragtop convertible right as it sinks, then dove under to retrieve her dog:

You may notice a common concern about pets — the Louisiana Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries is in charge of sheltering dogs, cats, and other domestic animals until they can be reunited with their owners. Peter Weber

The New York Police Department said despite reports of gunfire at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport on Sunday night, they found no evidence that any shots were fired and all affected terminals have been searched and cleared.

After the first report of gunfire was received at around 9:30 p.m., Terminal 8 was evacuated "as a precaution," the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said. Another call came in about 45 minutes later about shots being fired in Terminal 1. A senior law enforcement official told NBC News a woman getting off an airplane thought she heard gunfire, and two other sources said at least one other person reported hearing shots. One of the sources said it's possible they heard people watching the Olympics cheering and clapping, and they mistakenly believed they were the sounds of gunshots and fighting. Catherine Garcia

On Sunday night, The New York Times published an article about the relationship between Donald Trump's campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, and the Moscow-allied former president of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, as well as secret records from his once-ruling party showing millions of dollars worth of cash payments marked for Manafort.

Manafort was a consultant for Yanukovych, a member of the Party of Regions who fled to Russia after an uprising in 2014. The newly-formed National Anti-Corruption Bureau in Ukraine says that handwritten ledgers found in the former Kiev headquarters of the party show $12.7 million in undisclosed cash payments designated for Manafort from the party from 2007 to 2012, The Times reports. The records were discovered this year, and investigators believe the payments were doled out to people as part of an illegal system that influenced elections. They have not determined if Manafort ever received the money, or the purpose of any payments.

"He understood what was happening in Ukraine," Vitaliy Kasko, a former senior official with the general prosecutor's office, told The Times. "It would have to be clear to any reasonable person that the Yanukovych clan, when it comes to power, was engaged in corruption. It's impossible to imagine a person would look at this and think, 'Everything is all right.'" Manafort began focusing on international consulting in the 1980s, and his firm helped the Party of Regions win several elections. A lawyer for Manafort told The Times that Manafort did not receive "any such cash payments." Trump's former campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, tweeted a link to the Times report, without comment. Trump has not responded, on Twitter or otherwise. Read the entire report, complete with tales of oligarchs, offshore accounts, and mysterious deals, at The New York Times. Catherine Garcia