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2:49 AM ET, November 26, 2014

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Meghan Keneally / ABC News:

Exclusive: George Stephanopoulos Interviews Police Officer Darren Wilson … In an exclusive interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos, police officer Darren Wilson breaks his silence about the shooting of Michael Brown. — Wilson told ABC News that he did not execute Brown on August 9 …

Discussion: New York Times, Hot Air, Addicting Info, Raw Story, FOX News Radio and Los Angeles Times

Meghan Keneally / ABC News:

Exclusive: Police Officer Darren Wilson Explains How He Feared for His Life … Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson has spoken out to ABC News for the first time publicly since fatally shooting a black teenager, Michael Brown, and he said that he would not do anything differently.

Discussion: New York Magazine, The Huffington Post, Time and Daily Signal

David Edwards / Raw Story:

‘Fanciful and not credible’: CNN legal analyst destroys Darren Wilson's testimony — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — CNN legal analyst Sunny Hostin ripped St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch for asking Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson “softball” …

Discussion: Addicting Info, Bloomberg Politics, FiveThirtyEight and St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Kendall Breitman / Politico:

Peter King: President Obama should invite Officer Darren Wilson to the W.H. — Rep. Peter King has a suggestion for the White House in dealing with the latest developments in Ferguson — invite Officer Darren Wilson over. — “I think it would be very helpful if President Obama went and met …

Discussion: Hullabaloo

Eric Tucker / Associated Press:

Holder: ‘Disappointed’ by Violence in Ferguson — Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday he was “disappointed” by the violence in Ferguson, Missouri, that followed a grand jury's decision not to indict Police Officer Darren Wilson for killing 18-year-old Michael Brown.

Discussion: Politico, ABC News and abc7news.com

Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
Why Darren Wilson was never going to be indicted for killing Michael Brown.

Discussion: BillMoyers.com, Addicting Info, Mother Jones, Reuters, ThinkProgress, Facebook, Wall Street Journal, The Dish, Mediaite, Associated Press, Washington Monthly, Hot Air, RedState, The Federalist, National Review, Talking Points Memo, The Daily Beast and Guardian

Ezra Klein / Vox:
Officer Darren Wilson's story is unbelievable. Literally.

Discussion: BuzzFeed, New York Times, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES, The Toast, Bloomberg View, Time, RedState, The Huffington Post, Addicting Info, The Dish, PoliticusUSA, Gawker and New York Magazine

Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
Witnesses Saw Michael Brown Attacking-and Others Saw Him Giving Up

Discussion: Salon, Talking Points Memo, Addicting Info, National Review, Outside the Beltway, The Daily Caller, The Dish, Hot Air and Mashable

Wbastone / The Smoking Gun:
Michael Brown's Stepfather Urged Protesters To “Burn This Bitch Down” After Grand Jury Announcement

Discussion: FOX2now.com, Time, ABC News, Mediaite, National Review, FOX News Radio and USA Today

Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
GOP Rep. Peter King: Obama Should Invite Darren Wilson to White House

Discussion: FOX News Radio and Politico

Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:

Congress Poised To Eliminate Key Tax Breaks For Middle Class, Provide Permanent Tax Breaks For Corporations — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has reached a compromise with House Republicans on a package of tax breaks that would permanently extend relief for big multinational …

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Roll Call, Daily Kos and Washington Monthly

Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:

Obama Threatens to Veto $440 Billion Tax Deal — WASHINGTON — With negotiators nearing an accord on permanent tax breaks for businesses worth $440 billion over 10 years, President Obama rallied Democratic opposition and promised a veto. — “The president would veto the proposed deal …

Discussion: PoliticusUSA and Washington Post

Brian Faler / Politico: White House threatens to veto tax deal

John Hudson / Foreign Policy:

Exclusive: Flournoy Drops Out of Race to Be Next Secretary of Defense

Discussion: The New Republic, Israel Matzav, New York Times, Mediaite, Hot Air, Politico, The PJ Tatler, Washington Post, The Week and New York Times

Minneapolis Star Tribune:

Car plows through protesters during Ferguson rally in south Minneapolis — Star Tribune videographer Mark Vancleave shot video of the altercation during a solidarity rally Tuesday near the Minneapolis Police's 3rd Precinct building at Lake Street and Minnehaha Avenue S.

Discussion: Raw Story, Daily Kos and The Gateway Pundit

Kathleen Hunter / Bloomberg.com:

Democrats Erred by Acting on Health Care in 2010, Schumer Says — Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) — Democrats made a mistake by passing President Barack Obama's health-care law in 2010 instead of focusing more directly on helping the middle class, third-ranking U.S. Senate Democrat Charles Schumer said today.

Discussion: Washington Post, Bloomberg Politics, No More Mister Nice Blog, RedState, Outside the Beltway, Washington Monthly and Josh Blackman's Blog

Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Schumer: Democrats Screwed Up By Passing Obamacare In 2010

Discussion: Politico, Balloon Juice and Mediaite

Burgess Everett / Politico:
Schumer slams ‘sensationalist’ press

Discussion: Hot Air

Sen. Rand Paul / TIME:

Rand Paul: The Politicians Are To Blame in Ferguson — The failure of the War on Poverty has created a culture of violence and put police in a nearly impossible situation. — We are witnessing a tragedy in Ferguson. This city in Missouri has become a focal point for so much.

Discussion: CNN, OnPolitics, Politico, Bloomberg Politics, Mediaite, Washington Post, Hit & Run, alicublog and Daily Signal

Washington Post:
Ferguson violence broke the mold in three ways — one of which is just unfolding now

Discussion: Hot Air, No More Mister Nice Blog and Mediaite

Betty Cracker / Balloon Juice:

Witness #40 — I've been reading through the Ferguson grand jury doc dump released by Mr. McCullough; the documents are housed at the St. Louis public radio station here. The oddest thing I've seen so far is the account of Witness #40, who just happened to set out on a journey …

Discussion: The Huffington Post, The Atlantic Online, emptywheel, Talking Points Memo and The Mahablog

Coral Davenport / New York Times:

Obama to Introduce Sweeping New Controls on Ozone Emissions — WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is expected to release on Wednesday a contentious and long-delayed environmental regulation to curb emissions of ozone, a smog-causing pollutant linked to asthma, heart disease and premature death.

Discussion: Politico, Washington Times and FOX News Radio

Jack Conte / Medium:

Pomplamoose 2014 Tour Profits — Pomplamoose just finished a 28-day tour. We played 24 shows in 23 cities around the United States. It was awesome: Nataly crowd surfed for the first time ever, we sold just under $100,000 in tickets, and we got to rock out with people we love for a full month.

Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money

Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:

Ferguson Library Sees ‘Staggering’ Spike In Donations After Grand Jury Decision — The Ferguson, Mo. Public Library saw a “staggering” spike in donations Tuesday in the wake of widespread unrest in the St. Louis suburb. — While area schools cancelled classes for the day following …

Discussion: Time, KSDK-TV, The Huffington Post and Mediaite