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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.
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Governor Jay Nixon and Outside the Beltway
Ahiza Garcia / Talking Points Memo:
Supporters Of Ferguson Cop Plan 'Pants Up, Don't Loot' Billboard
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
New York Times:
In Ferguson, Tactics Set for Grand Jury Decision in Michael Brown Case
In Ferguson, Tactics Set for Grand Jury Decision in Michael Brown Case
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The Gateway Pundit and The Daily Caller
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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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 …
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Hot Air, The Daily Caller, naked capitalism, Conservatives4Palin and American Spectator
Ron Fournier / National Journal:
The Extraordinary Smallness of Washington
The Extraordinary Smallness of Washington
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Gawker, Daily Kos, New York Times and BizPac Review
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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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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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.
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FOX News Radio
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 …
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Booman Tribune
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.
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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.
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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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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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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Washington Times and Political Wire
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.
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Andy Cush / Gawker:
Son Allegedly Chopped 350-Pound Dad Into Pieces, Used Body as a TV Stand — Nathan Robinson, 28, stands accused of murdering his 350-pound father, chopping the body into small pieces, placing those pieces into a set of stacked storage boxes, and using the assemblage as a TV stand.
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FOX News Radio
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 …
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Washington Post and Hot Air
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.
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The Daily Caller, Mediaite, Firedoglake and Politico
Miranda Blue / Right Wing Watch:
Rick Santorum Wishes Obama Would Be A Racial Uniter Like Segregationists Jerry Falwell and Jesse Helms — Potential Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum had an opportunity to speak at length to Iowa conservatives last week, when he guest hosted Steve Deace's radio show on Veterans Day.
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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 …
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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
The State Secrets Senator Mark Udall Should Reveal — When Mark Udall lost his Senate seat in the midterm elections, civil libertarians familiar with his efforts to inform Americans about the CIA and NSA had the same thought: Before leaving office, the Colorado Democrat should tell the public …