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New York Times:
The Meaning of the Ferguson Riots — The St. Louis County grand jury's decision not to indict the white police officer who in August shot and killed Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, would have generated widespread anger and disappointment in any case.
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Rich Lowry / Politico:
The Ferguson fraud — The bitter irony of the Michael Brown case is that if he had actually put his hands up and said don't shoot, he would almost certainly be alive today. His family would have been spared an unspeakable loss, and Ferguson, Missouri wouldn't have experienced multiple bouts of rioting …
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Ed Driscoll:
New York Times Publishes Darren Wilson's Address — All the doxing that's fit to print. — “The Times “had no qualms whatsoever about publishing almost all the information needed for Officer Darren Wilson's enemies to track him and his wife down at home,” John Nolte writes at Big Journalism …
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Dan Good / ABC News:
Exclusive: Ferguson Officer Darren Wilson Tells George Stephanopoulos He's Having a Baby … Police Officer Darren Wilson, who has been in seclusion since the fatal shooting of Ferguson teenager Michael Brown, revealed to “Good Morning America” today that he and his new wife are expecting a baby.
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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
The Case for Police Reform Is Much Bigger Than Michael Brown — As a longtime proponent of sweeping reforms to the criminal-justice system, I'm extremely apprehensive of the impulse to treat the killing of Michael Brown as a focal rallying point, even granting that the case has mobilized people and attention.
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Jelani Cobb / New Yorker:
Chronicle of a Riot Foretold
Chronicle of a Riot Foretold
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The Great Debate, Politico, Talking Points Memo and New York Times
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Exclusive: Police Officer Darren Wilson Explains How He Feared for His Life
Exclusive: Police Officer Darren Wilson Explains How He Feared for His Life
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
‘Fanciful and not credible’: CNN legal analyst destroys Darren Wilson's testimony
‘Fanciful and not credible’: CNN legal analyst destroys Darren Wilson's testimony
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James Oliphant / National Journal:
Obama's Split-Screen Appeal Lost in Ferguson's Anger
Obama's Split-Screen Appeal Lost in Ferguson's Anger
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Washington Post, Time and The Dish
Charles Roberts / opposingviews.com/homepage.xml:
Watch: Darren Wilson Explains Why He Shot Michael Brown (Video)
Watch: Darren Wilson Explains Why He Shot Michael Brown (Video)
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Why Didn't Republicans See Obama's Immigration Move Coming? — Congress foiled by extremely predictable scheme. — Shares — One of the strangest things about the immigration debate is the fervent belief by conservatives that President Obama is motivated only by devious partisan considerations.
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Nick Hanauer / Politico:
The Pitchforks Are Coming... For Us Plutocrats — To: My Fellow Zillionaires — You probably don't know me, but like you I am one of those .01%ers, a proud and unapologetic capitalist. I have founded, co-founded and funded more than 30 companies across a range of industries …
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Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:
What's Next for the Democrats? — I was talking to Ted Strickland, the former governor of Ohio, when Nick Hanauer approached. “What did you call it again?” Strickland asked Hanauer, a Seattle-based tech zillionaire who has become a celebrity on the left for his advocacy of wealth redistribution.
Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Veto threat derails Reid tax deal — The White House on Tuesday threatened to veto an emerging deal that would restore several lapsed tax breaks, bringing into the open tensions between President Obama and the top Senate Democrat. — Jennifer Friedman, a White House spokeswoman …
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Wall Street Journal:
Congressional Talks On Tax Breaks Stall As White House Threatens Veto
Congressional Talks On Tax Breaks Stall As White House Threatens Veto
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Obama Threatens to Veto $440 Billion Tax Deal
Obama Threatens to Veto $440 Billion Tax Deal
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Seeing the Forest, Washington Post, Gawker, Daily Kos, PoliticusUSA and Balloon Juice
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Schumer: Dems erred with ObamaCare — Democrats made a strategic mistake by passing the Affordable Care Act, Sen. Charles Schumer (N.Y.), the third-ranking member of the Senate Democratic leadership, said Tuesday. — Schumer says Democrats “blew the opportunity the American people gave them” …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Chuck Schumer joins criticism chorus
Chuck Schumer joins criticism chorus
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NBC News:
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Has Stent Placed in Her Heart — Ginsburg, 81, said in a series of interviews this year that she has no plans to retire.
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Paige Lavender / The Huffington Post:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg ‘Resting Comfortably’ After Heart Surgery
Ruth Bader Ginsburg ‘Resting Comfortably’ After Heart Surgery
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Darlena Cunha / TIME:
Ferguson: In Defense of Rioting — Darlena Cunha is a Florida-based contributor to The Washington Post and TIME among dozens of other publications. — The violent protests in Ferguson, Mo., are part of the American experience. Peaceful protesting is a luxury only available to those safely in mainstream culture
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Obama Admits: ‘I Just Took an Action to Change the Law’ — The White House has argued that President Obama's executive amnesty order last week was made well within the existing law. But in remarks in Chicago tonight, President Obama went off script and admitted that in fact he unilaterally made changes to the law.
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Eric Bradner / CNN:
Obama to immigration hecklers: ‘I just took an action to change the law’
Obama to immigration hecklers: ‘I just took an action to change the law’
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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.
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Rachel Huggins / The Hill:
Obama fires back at hecklers: ‘Get the facts’ — President Obama shot back at hecklers Tuesday who interrupted his speech in Chicago, insisting they “get the facts.” — Back in his hometown, Obama pitched his sweeping executive actions on immigraton to a pre-dominantly Polish-American crowd.
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Reuters:
U.S. judges overturn gay marriage bans in Arkansas, Mississippi — (Reuters) - U.S. district judges on Tuesday struck down as unconstitutional same-sex marriage bans in Arkansas and Mississippi, separately overturning measures that voters approved a decade ago in both socially conservative Southern states.
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Danielle Scruggs / FOX2now.com:
Two FBI agents shot during confrontation with murder suspect in north St. Louis County — HANLEY HILLS, MO (KTVI)- Two FBI Special Agents were shot during a confrontation with a murder suspect around 3a.m. Wednesday morning in north St. Louis County. The agents were assisting …
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