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11:05 PM ET, November 17, 2014

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ABC News:
FBI Warns Ferguson Decision ‘Will Likely’ Lead to Violence By Extremists Protesters … As the nation waits to hear whether a Missouri police officer will face charges for killing unarmed teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., the FBI is warning law enforcement agencies across the country that the decision …
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Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Governor Declares State Of Emergency Ahead Of Ferguson Grand Jury Decision  —  Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon (D) declared a state of emergency Monday, preempting a grand jury decision in the Ferguson shooting of Michael Brown that is expected to be delivered any day.
Ahiza Garcia / Talking Points Memo:   Supporters Of Ferguson Cop Plan 'Pants Up, Don't Loot' Billboard
Adam Weinstein / Gawker:
Ferguson Cop Supporters Crowdfunded a “Pants Up, Don't Loot” Billboard
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
Amityshedd / CBS St. Louis:
Nixon Activates Missouri National Guard in Response to Potential ‘Period of Unrest’
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
The worst two paragraphs about American politics you'll read today  —  Ron Fournier, like many of us, is frustrated with the state of American politics.  And like a moth driven to the flame, Ron Fournier knows that what's wrong is a lack of bipartisanship.  —  How else to explain …
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Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
Thanks to Jonathan Gruber for revealing Obamacare deception  —  Democrats are desperately distancing themselves from Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber.  He “never worked on our staff,” President Obama said this weekend in Brisbane, Australia, (even though Gruber was paid almost $400,000 …
Ron Fournier / National Journal:
The Extraordinary Smallness of Washington  —  Institutional shrinkage marks the politics and governing of the Bush-Obama era.  —  President Obama is shrinking before our eyes.  Squint and you might see his rivals running Congress: itsy-bitsy John Boehner and minute Mitch McConnell.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Why Is This Bush Official Flip-Flopping on Obamacare?  —  Smellin' of Troy.  —  Shares  —  Jonathan Gruber's candid video commentaries have unleashed the latest in a never-ending round of conservative denunciations of Obamacare, the evilest, sneakiest, failing-est, and most unconstitutional assault of freedom ever.
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David Klein / Wall Street Journal:   Another ObamaCare Deception
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Health Care Law Recasts Insurers As Obama Allies
Daily Mail:
SAUDI HUSBAND DIVORCES WIFE AFTER SHE FAILS TO REPLY TO HIS WHATSAPP TEXT MESSAGE  —  A Saudi husband has divorced his wife after she failed to reply to a WhatsApp text message.  —  The man, who got married two years ago, sent the message from his office and waited for a response from his wife.
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Kaci Hickox / Guardian:
Stop calling me ‘the Ebola nurse’  —  I never had Ebola, and politicians who lie do nothing to protect your health  —  I never had Ebola.  I never had symptoms of Ebola.  I tested negative for Ebola the first night I stayed in New Jersey governor Chris Christie's private prison in Newark.
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Nicole Flatow / ThinkProgress:
California Tells Court It Can't Release Inmates Early Because It Would Lose Cheap Prison Labor  —  Out of California's years-long litigation over reducing the population of prisons deemed unconstitutionally overcrowded by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2010, another obstacle to addressing …
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Chris Moody / CNN:
How the GOP used Twitter to stretch election laws  —  Washington (CNN) — Republicans and outside groups used anonymous Twitter accounts to share internal polling data ahead of the midterm elections, CNN has learned, a practice that raises questions about whether they violated campaign finance laws that prohibit coordination.
Justin McCarthy / Gallup:
As New Enrollment Period Starts, ACA Approval at 37%  —  Story Highlights  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the Affordable Care Act's second open enrollment period begins, 37% of Americans say they approve of the law, one percentage point below the previous low in January.
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The Marshall Project:
Eric Holder on His Legacy, His Regrets, and His Feelings About the Death Penalty  —  Bill Keller and Tim Golden of The Marshall Project spoke with Holder in Brooklyn, where he was visiting a widely praised drug court.  The transcript has been edited for length and clarity.
Susan Page / USA Today:
Poll: Resistance to Obama order on immigration  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama's plan to sign an executive order on immigration, expected as early as this week, will meet more resistance than support, a new USA TODAY Poll finds.  Close to half of those surveyed, 46%, say he should wait …
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Obamacare repeal is more likely, and now GOP needs an alternative  —  CONGRESS OBAMACARE SUPREME COURT HEALTH CARE LAW MAGAZINE  —  This month, two developments have shaken the conventional wisdom that repealing President Obama's healthcare law is an impossibility.
Discussion: Don Surber and Newsalert
Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Why Hillary 2016 Thinks She Can Expand Obama's Electoral Map  —  The top minds in the proto-Hillary Clinton 2016 campaign infrastructure are already gaming out Electoral College scenarios.  What they think they have is a candidate who could compete in a handful of traditionally red states …
Discussion: Washington Post and Hot Air
Su Wu / New York Times:
Jaden and Willow Smith on Prana Energy, Time and Why School is Overrated  —  One of the gifts of being young is that particular blend of self-confidence and self-consciousness.  Jaden and Willow Smith have managed to turn this form of heady teenage introspection into expression instead of ennui.
Tina Nguyen / Mediaite:
World's Worst Cop Dad Pulls over School Bus Because Son Forgot Lunch  —  An Indiana police officer is under investigation for the most embarrassing cool-dad move ever: Using his police vehicle to pull over a school bus to deliver his son's lunch.  —  According to a police report …
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Washington Post:
Federal drug agents launch surprise inspections of NFL teams following games  —  Federal drug agents conducted surprise inspections of NFL team medical staffs on Sunday as part of an ongoing investigation into prescription drug abuse in the league.  The Post's Sally Jenkins explains what happened and why.
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Ken Belson / New York Times:   Federal Investigation Into Painkillers Targets N.F.L. Teams' Medical Staffs
 
 
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Adam Serwer / BuzzFeed:
California's Attorney General Thinks Legal Weed Is Inevitable
Discussion: Political Wire
Katie Nguyen / Yahoo! News:
Nearly 36 million people are slaves, Qatar in focus: global index
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Miranda Blue / Right Wing Watch:
Rick Santorum Wishes Obama Would Be A Racial Uniter Like Segregationists Jerry Falwell and Jesse Helms
Discussion: Liberaland and FOX News Radio
BuzzFeed:
Uber CEO: Obamacare Has Been “Huge” For Business
Eric Adlerthe / Kansas City Star:
Legally married same-sex couples won't be allowed to stay together at City Union Mission
Discussion: Raw Story and ThinkProgress
Al From / Politico:
A Blueprint for Democratic Victory
Discussion: Democratic Strategist
Associated Press:
New data show long wait times remain at many VA hospitals
Discussion: Hot Air
Taegan Goddard / Political Wire:
Cassidy Headed for a Landslide in Louisiana Runoff
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Direct new challenges to Bakke ruling (UPDATED)
Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:
Protesters SWARM Mary Landrieu's Capitol Hill Home
Discussion: Power Line
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
The man whose memory failure helped save Bill Clinton's presidency
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Before the Beheadings
 

 
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