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1:00 PM ET, August 14, 2014

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Karoli / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Ferguson Police Chief Turns To Hannity To Handle His PR  —  After a long day of crowd control and reporter arrests, the chief made an appearance on Sean Hannity's show to reassure everyone he had things under control.  —  Police Chief Thomas Jackson took a breather from all of his responsibilities …
Discussion: Slate and New York Times
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Ashley Alman / The Huffington Post:
Huffington Post Reporter Arrested In Ferguson  —  The Huffington Post's Ryan J. Reilly and the Washington Post's Wesley Lowery were arrested Wednesday evening while covering the protests in Ferguson, Missouri after the death of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown, who was shot by a police officer last week.
Mark Berman / Washington Post:
Washington Post reporter arrested in Ferguson  —  Wesley Lowery, a reporter for The Washington Post who has been reporting on the unrest in Ferguson, Mo., was detained Wednesday evening by police in Ferguson.  —  He and other reporters were working in a McDonald's in Ferguson when about half …
Mary Katharine Ham / Hot Air:
Free societies require more of police than turning tough situations into militarized zones  —  There's a lot of bad going on in Ferguson, Missouri right now.  Let me start with the shooting, several times over, by police of an unarmed young man.  It is not in dispute that he was unarmed …
Discussion: RedState and Mediaite
Washington Post:
Even before Michael Brown's slaying in Ferguson, racial questions hung over police  —  FERGUSON, Mo. — When an unarmed black teenager and a police officer crossed paths here last weekend with fatal results, the incident cast a blinding spotlight on a small police department struggling …
Bloomberg:
St. Louis County Police to Be Removed From Ferguson: Clay  —  Missouri Governor Jay Nixon will announce that St. Louis County law enforcement will be relieved of duty in Ferguson, which has been roiled by protests after the shooting death by police of an unarmed teenager, according to Representative William Lacy Clay.
Discussion: Hot Air, UPROXX and CNN
Stephanie Baumer / KMOV-TV:
Alderman Antonio French released from police custody in Ferguson  —  (KMOV.com) -St. Louis Alderman Antonio French was released from police custody Thursday morning after being arrested the night before during a protest in Ferguson.  —  After being released from custody …
Ross Kaminsky / American Spectator:
Ferguson on Fire  —  As the suicide of Robin Williams — one of the few self-inflicted deaths of a public figure which truly saddened me; the man made me laugh since my teenage years — grabs the headlines, Ferguson, Missouri is literally and figuratively on fire.
KSDK-TV:
Nine charged for alleged Ferguson looting
Discussion: National Review, Daily Kos and Hot Air
Stephen Deere / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
St. Louis alderman released from jail after arrest during Ferguson protest
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Harrowing Images Out of Ferguson
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Washington Post:
Post's Lowery detained in Ferguson
Max Fisher / Vox:
Washington Post reporters have been arrested in two cities this year: Ferguson and Tehran
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Governor must let Ferguson be where better begins
Matt Higgins / CBS St. Louis:
Ferguson Mayor Addresses Racial Tensions, Number of Black Officers in City
Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
Clinton hurt 2014 Dems  —  Democrats face potentially catastrophic midterm elections that could leave Republicans and conservatives in control of the House, the Senate and the Supreme Court.  Yet while Democrats face a political state of emergency, Hillary Clinton this week launched …
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Peter Beinart / The Atlantic Online:
How Money Warps U.S. Foreign Policy  —  The key divide on America's role in the world is no longer between Democrats and Republicans.  It's between elites and everyone else.  —  On Sunday, when Hillary Clinton used an interview with Jeffrey Goldberg to take pointedly more hawkish stances …
William Douglas / News, sports and weather …:
Clinton's lead over GOP candidates shrinking
Discussion: CNN and Politico
Washington Post:
Obama administration shows little urgency for stemming Islamic State violence  —  Senior U.S. officials describe the threat posed by the Islamic State in chilling terms, but they have mounted a decidedly modest military campaign to check its advance through northern Iraq.
Discussion: Power Line and Booman Tribune
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Mario Trujillo / The Hill:   Obama prepares schools for migrant kids
Adam Taylor / Washington Post:
It doesn't matter if you call it ISIS, ISIL or Islamic State, the extremist brand is winning
Casey Nolen / KSDK-TV:
TV crews hit by bean bags, tear gas  —  AL JAZEERA AMERICA TV crews were overcome with tear gas fired near their vehicle in Ferguson, Missouri, Wednesday night.  Minutes later, police took down the crew's light kit, and pointed their camera at the ground.  KSDK  —  CONNECT
New York Times:
President Obama: No Internet Fast Lanes  —  The Federal Communications Commission, which could soon allow phone and cable companies to block or interfere with Internet content, has been deluged with more than a million comments.  Last week, President Obama offered some thoughts of his own …
Discussion: The Hill and The Raw Story
 
 
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