memeorandum: How Money Warps U.S. Foreign Policy (Peter Beinart/The Atlantic Online)

11:30 AM ET, August 14, 2014

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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 …

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 …

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Politico:

Reporters arrested in Ferguson — Reporters from The Washington Post and the Huffington Post were arrested in Ferguson, Mo., on Wednesday night while covering the protests that have rocked the St. Louis suburb. — Wesley Lowery, a Washington Post political reporter, and Ryan Reilly …

Discussion: The Hill, USA Today, RedState, No More Mister Nice Blog and The Mahablog

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 …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, The Huffington Post, ABC News and Latest from Crooks and Liars

Mary Katharine Ham / Hot Air:
Free societies require more of police than turning tough situations into militarized zones

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Washington Post:
Post's Lowery detained in Ferguson

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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Harrowing Images Out of Ferguson

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Matt Pearce / Los Angeles Times:
Two reporters briefly detained near protest in Ferguson, Mo.

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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

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Matt Higgins / CBS St. Louis:
Ferguson Mayor Addresses Racial Tensions, Number of Black Officers in City

Discussion: CNN, Brad DeLong's Grasping Reality, The Gateway Pundit and Bloomberg View

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 …

Discussion: Taylor Marsh and New York Times

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 …

Discussion: LewRockwell, The Federalist, Washington Times and Liberal Values

Politico:

Democrats to White House: Immigration's your call — Senate Democratic leaders are grappling with how far to push President Barack Obama on immigration before the crucial midterm elections. — For all the insistence that Obama take bold action — and despite a furious push from immigration activists …

Discussion: The Hill, Washington Post and National Review

Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton's Barack Obama problem

Discussion: New York Times, Ed Driscoll, Betsy's Page and Hot Air

Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Hillary Clinton Doesn't Have A Problem On Her Left

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Bloomberg View, Washington Monthly, Booman Tribune 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

Mario Trujillo / The Hill:

Obama prepares schools for migrant kids — The Obama administration is preparing the nation's schools to accept thousands of new students who illegally crossed the southwest border and are now awaiting trials on their possible deportations. — A fact sheet from the Department of Education sent …

Los Angeles Times:
Column Make no mistake: We're back in an Iraq war

Discussion: National Review and Politico

Adam Taylor / Washington Post:
It doesn't matter if you call it ISIS, ISIL or Islamic State, the extremist brand is winning

Discussion: PJ Media, Financial Times, The Dish and Instapundit

Wall Street Journal:

Israel Outflanks White House Over Gaza — The Obama administration has tightened control on arms transfers to Israel since learning last month that the Israeli military had been securing supplies of ammunition from the Pentagon without its approval.

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Washington Post:

Seeking clarity on the number of jobs the Export-Import Bank is responsible for — THE EXPORT-IMPORT Bank is fighting for its life on Capitol Hill. To both advocates and opponents, one key bone of contention is jobs — specifically, how many does Ex-Im add, subtract or multiply?

Kevin Cirilli / The Hill:
Ex-Im busts travel budget by $3M

Discussion: The Daily Caller and Daily Signal

David Martosko / Daily Mail:

‘When people are dying, you must come back from vacation’: French foreign minister seems to slam Obama for golfing while Iraq burns — Obama is on Martha's Vineyard while Iraq undergoes regime change and terrorists slaughter ethnic and religious minorities

Discussion: PJ Media, Hot Air, The Gateway Pundit and Outside the Beltway

Laura Barron-Lopez / The Hill:

Carter: ‘Nutcases’ are stopping climate action — Former President Carter says climate skeptics are the “biggest handicap” for the U.S. when it comes to acting on global warming. — “I would say the biggest handicap we have right now is some nutcases in our country that don't believe in global warming …

Discussion: Aspen Times and RedState

Ahiza Garcia / Talking Points Memo:

GOP Candidate: I Had An Affair Two Weeks Ago, Am Quitting My Campaign — New York state Senate candidate Gia Arnold, a 24-year-old Republican, halted her campaign on Wednesday because she said she had engaged in an extramarital affair within the past two weeks.

Discussion: The Raw Story

Glenn Blain / NY Daily News: New York state senate candidate halts her campaign because of recent extramarital affair

Chris Frates / CNN:

Sen. Mary Landrieu to reimburse Senate for charter flight — (CNN) — Sen. Mary Landrieu will reimburse the Senate more than $5,700 for a charter flight she paid for with taxpayer money after CNN questioned the expense. — The Louisiana Democrat chartered a private plane last September …

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