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9:40 AM ET, November 26, 2014

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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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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.
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” …
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 …
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 …
James Oliphant / National Journal:
Obama's Split-Screen Appeal Lost in Ferguson's Anger
Discussion: Washington Post, Time and The Dish
Charles Roberts / opposingviews.com/homepage.xml:
Watch: Darren Wilson Explains Why He Shot Michael Brown (Video)
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Michael Brown's Father to MSNBC: ‘They Crucified His Character’
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Officer Darren Wilson's story is unbelievable. Literally.
Kendall Breitman / Politico:
Peter King: President Obama should invite Officer Darren Wilson to the W.H.
Discussion: Mediaite, FOX News Radio and Hullabaloo
Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
Why Darren Wilson was never going to be indicted for killing Michael Brown.
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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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 …
Wall Street Journal:
Congressional Talks On Tax Breaks Stall As White House Threatens Veto  —  Package Was Unlikely to Include Earned Income and Child Tax Credits  —  WASHINGTON—Congressional negotiations to extend a slate of temporary tax breaks stalled Tuesday when the White House pushed back on a deal under discussion on Capitol Hill.
Discussion: Political Wire
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 …
Brian Faler / Politico:   White House threatens to veto tax deal
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” …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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Sarah Mimms / National Journal:
Chuck Schumer: Passing Obamacare in 2010 Was a Mistake  —  The Senate's No. 3 Democrat says that his party misused its mandate.  —  Sen. Chuck Schumer upbraided his own party Tuesday for pushing the Affordable Care Act through Congress in 2010.  —  While Schumer emphasized during a speech …
Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
How To Talk To Your Tea Party Uncle About Obamacare This Thanksgiving
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Obama to immigration hecklers: ‘I just took an action to change the law’  —  Washington (CNN) — President Barack Obama told three people who repeatedly interrupted his latest speech on immigration to stop their yelling because he “just took an action to change the law.”
Discussion: Riehl World News
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Obama Admits: ‘I Just Took an Action to Change the Law’
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Reuters:   Flournoy withdraws from consideration as U.S. defense secretary: sources
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.
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.
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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 …
 
 
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