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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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Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Ferguson correctional officer faces sex charges, rape lawsuit — • By Robert Patrick rpatrick@post-dispatch.com > 314-621-5154 — FERGUSON • Prosecutors have accused a Ferguson correctional officer of allowing an inmate to escape in 2013 in exchange for sex, but a civil suit calls it rape.
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KSDK-TV:
Ferguson corrections officer accused of sex with inmate — ST. LOUIS COUNTY - A 29-year-old Ferguson corrections officer is accused of having sex with an inmate at the city jail, whom he later allegedly allowed to escape. — Jaris Hayden is charged with public servant acceding to corruption …
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Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Governor Declares State Of Emergency Ahead Of Ferguson Grand Jury Decision
Governor Declares State Of Emergency Ahead Of Ferguson Grand Jury Decision
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Governor Jay Nixon and Outside the Beltway
Dana Ford / CNN:
Missouri governor declares state of emergency in Ferguson
Missouri governor declares state of emergency in Ferguson
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New York Magazine and Balloon Juice
Ahiza Garcia / Talking Points Memo:
Supporters Of Ferguson Cop Plan 'Pants Up, Don't Loot' Billboard
Amityshedd / CBS St. Louis:
Nixon Activates Missouri National Guard in Response to Potential ‘Period of Unrest’
Nixon Activates Missouri National Guard in Response to Potential ‘Period of Unrest’
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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
Thanks to Jonathan Gruber for revealing Obamacare deception
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The Daily Caller, Hot Air, Conservatives4Palin and naked capitalism
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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BuzzFeed:
Uber CEO: Obamacare Has Been “Huge” For Business
Uber CEO: Obamacare Has Been “Huge” For Business
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New York Magazine, New York Times and Washington Post
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Health Care Law Recasts Insurers as Obama Allies
Health Care Law Recasts Insurers as Obama Allies
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Prairie Weather, Hit & Run and Newsalert
Katie Pavlich / The Hill:
Why is Obama ignoring the experts on illegal immigration? — There are some important voices that have been starkly absent as President Obama gets ready to issue an executive order that would usurp federal immigration law in the coming days. — “We're all pretty much ticked,” …
Laura Barron-Lopez / The Hill:
Keystone at Senate tipping point — Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) and other supporters of the Keystone XL oil pipeline are stuck at 59 votes — one vote shy of the supermajority they need to move their bill forward on Tuesday. — Sens. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) …
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Political Wire and Politico
David Brooks / New York Times:
Obama in Winter — They say failure can be a good teacher, but, so far, the Obama administration is opting out of the course. The post-midterm period has been one of the most bizarre of the Obama presidency. President Obama has racked up some impressive foreign-policy accomplishments …
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ParaPundit
Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
Uber Executive Suggests Digging Up Dirt On Journalists — Senior vice president Emil Michael floated making critics' personal lives fair game. Michael apologized Monday for the remarks. — Emil Michael, senior vice president of business for Uber, in July. — David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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Washington Post:
In Mr. Obama's own words, acting alone is ‘not how our democracy functions’ — DEMOCRATS URGING President Obama to “go big” in his executive order on immigration might pause to consider the following scenario: — It is 2017. Newly elected President Ted Cruz (R) insists he has won a mandate to repeal Obamacare.
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Mike Debonis / Washington Post:
Vincent Gray rejects plea offer; federal prosecutors appear on track for indictment — D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray rejected an offer by federal prosecutors in September that he plead guilty to a single felony count in connection with their long-running investigation of his 2010 campaign, a person with knowledge of the talks said.
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Associated Press
Shane Harris / The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: Obama Orders Hostage Policy Review — The Obama administration is finally looking to fix its disjointed efforts to handle U.S. hostages. But that comes too late for the family of an American aid worker killed by ISIS. — President Obama has ordered a top-to-bottom review …
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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 …
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Adam Serwer / BuzzFeed:
California's Attorney General Thinks Legal Weed Is Inevitable — In an interview with BuzzFeed News, California Attorney General Kamala Harris, a rising star in the Democratic Party, said she had “no moral opposition” to marijuana legalization. But there are a lot of details to figure out.