memeorandum: Vandalized Ferguson bakery receives nearly $100K in online donations (Jessica Chasmar/Washington Times)

9:55 AM ET, November 27, 2014

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Howard Kurtz / Fox News:

Reckless move: The NY Times publishes Darren Wilson's address — The New York Times, whether consciously or not, has just endangered Darren Wilson's life. — With tensions running high in Ferguson over the lack of an indictment for Wilson's killing of Michael Brown, the paper has published …

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Matt Bruenig / Gawker:

Actually, Riots are Good: The Economic Case for Riots in Ferguson — Smirking St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch took his robes off long enough yesterday to announce to the world that the killer of Mike Brown would face no criminal charges.

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PBS NewsHour:

What do the newly released witness statements tell us about the Michael Brown shooting? — In the grand jury case against Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, the prosecution revealed that physical evidence weighed in Wilson's favor and that he had not unlawfully shot 18-year-old Michael Brown to death.

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David Sims / The Atlantic Online:

Barack Obama, Ferguson, and the Evidence of Things Unsaid — Violence works. Nonviolence does too. — In a recent dispatch from Ferguson, Missouri, Jelani Cobb noted that President Obama's responses to “unpunished racial injustices” constitute “a genre unto themselves.”

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Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
Michael Brown Wasn't a Superhuman Demon

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Jacob Sullum / Hit & Run:
Darren Wilson Got a Private Trial Run by Friendly Prosecutors

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Washington Post:
Unorthodox police procedures emerge in grand jury documents

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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
The Case for Police Reform Is Much Bigger Than Michael Brown

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David / Latest from Crooks and Liars:

Wisc. Police Come To Man's Home, Arrest Him For Calling Them Racists On Facebook — A federal lawsuit filed by a Wisconsin man alleges that Arena police violated his civil rights by charging him for calling officers racists on Facebook. — A federal lawsuit filed by a Wisconsin man alleges …

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Todd Richmond / Minneapolis Star Tribune:

Man sues Wisconsin police department, alleges Facebook-related arrest violated his rights — MADISON, Wis. — A man who got arrested after he posted Facebook comments calling a southwestern Wisconsin police department racist has filed a federal lawsuit alleging one of the agency's officers violated his constitutional rights.

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Jessica Chasmar / Washington Times:

Vandalized Ferguson bakery receives nearly $100K in online donations … A Ferguson bakery owner says she is “so humbly blessed” after receiving nearly $100,000 in online donations to repair her shop that was damaged by looters. — Natalie Dubose, who owns Natalie's Cake's …

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Natalie Lcdubose / GoFundMe.com:
UPDATE #5 — Thank you to actresses Patricia Heaton …

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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:

Obama ‘amnesties’ two turkeys — President Obama joked Wednesday about his executive actions giving legal status to as many as 5 million immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, saying his Thanksgiving pardon of a turkey would doubtlessly be criticized as “amnesty.”

Josh Feldman / Mediaite:

NAACP President: Dr. Ben Carson ‘Should Stick to the Operating Room’ — Dr. Ben Carson, a former Fox News contributor and potential 2016 presidential candidate, said in an interview yesterday that race relations have gotten much worse under President Obama.

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Philip Ewing / Politico:

DHS head on new short list to replace Hagel — Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson emerged on Wednesday as a new leading contender to replace Chuck Hagel as secretary of defense, but the race remains fluid and the timetable for an appointment still unclear.

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KUSA-TV:

Probation, jail time for mom who faked son's cancer — Probation, jail time for mom who faked son's cancer. 9NEWS at 5 p.m. 11/25/14. — CONNECT — AURORA - The mom who admitted to faking her 6-year-old son's cancer was sentenced to five years probation and 90 days in jail Tuesday in Arapahoe County.

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Stewart Rhodes / Oath Keepers:

Oath Keepers Guarding Businesses in Ferguson, Missouri: Calling on Volunteers to Assist — Calling all skilled veterans and patriots! We need your help in Ferguson, Missouri. — Oath Keepers has a Security Team on the ground right now, in Ferguson, guarding businesses.

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Taegan Goddard / Political Wire:

GOP Mulls Not Inviting Obama to Give State of the Union — Congressional Republicans are weighing a variety of tactics to “address” their anger over President Obama's executive actions on immigration and are reportedly considering the idea of “refusing to invite the president to give his State of the Union address,” Politico reports.

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