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2:55 PM ET, August 19, 2014

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New York Times:
Is Gov. Rick Perry's Bad Judgment Really a Crime?  —  Gov. Rick Perry of Texas is one of the least thoughtful and most damaging state leaders in America, having done great harm to immigrants, abortion clinics and people without health insurance during his 14 years in office.
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Simon Maloy / Salon:
The right's “bombshell” deceit: Why the left's defense of Perry reveals so much  —  Tons of big-time liberals are saying Rick Perry's indictment looks weak.  Can you imagine the right ever doing that?  —  Rick Perry is under indictment.  For a guy trying to put together a comeback bid …
Michael Lind / Salon:
Rick Perry's indictment is bad for Democrats: A Texas perspective  —  From a shoddy charge to an awful martyr — and its effect on 2016 — here's why the left should hope this goes away  —  When I heard that Texas Governor Rick Perry had been indicted, I thought, “This had better be good, or it will backfire on the Democrats.”
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
3 Reasons Why Rick Perry Will Be Very Tough To Take Down In Court
The Huffington Post:
Why Rick Perry Will Be Convicted
Discussion: Off the Kuff and Brains and Eggs
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Why Obama won't give the Ferguson speech his supporters want  —  TWEET SHARE +1 LINKEDIN EMAIL PRINT  —  President Obama's statement today on Ferguson began with the words “I also want to address the situation in Ferguson.  Earlier this afternoon I spoke with Governor Nixon...” It didn't get much more passionate from there.
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New York Times:
Obama Is Seen as Frustrating His Own Party  —  WASHINGTON — The meeting in the Oval Office in late June was called to give President Obama and the four top members of Congress a chance to discuss the unraveling situation in Iraq.  —  But Harry Reid, the Senate majority leader, wanted to press another point.
Glenn Thrush / Politico:
The Survivor  —  Why the hell is Eric Holder still around?
Discussion: Fox News
Los Angeles Times:
President Obama chooses his words carefully on Michael Brown
John Cook / The Intercept:
Intercept Reporter Shot With Beanbags and Arrested While Covering Ferguson Protests  —  Intercept reporter Ryan Devereaux was arrested this morning while on the ground covering the protests in Ferguson, Mo. According to St. Louis Post-Dispatch photographer David Carson, who witnessed the apprehension …
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Ferguson police will keep arresting reporters  —  Police in Ferguson, Missouri, are continuing to arrest journalists and have said that they will continue to do so because of safety concerns, despite condemnation from media organizations that say such detentions are unwarranted.
Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
Poll finds sharp racial, political divide over Ferguson shooting  —  A new poll finds the public sharply divided along racial and political lines amid violence in Ferguson, Mo., sparked by the police killing of an unarmed black teenager.  —  An overwhelming majority of black people …
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Medical Examiner: Marijuana Could've Made Ferguson Teen Act ‘Crazy’  —  The doctor who carried out a private autopsy on Michael Brown expressed a pretty old-school view on marijuana in a Monday interview with Fox News, when he speculated that the drug may have made the black teen act “crazy” at the time he was shot by a white cop.
Discussion: Washington Post and The Raw Story
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Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
History Says Ferguson Police Officer Likely Won't Be Charged For Shooting
Discussion: Washington Post and Unfogged
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:   Frustration in Ferguson
Sunil Dutta / Washington Post:
I'm a cop.  If you don't want to get hurt, don't challenge me.  —  It's not the police, but the people they stop, who can prevent a detention from turning into a tragedy.  —  Sunil Dutta, a professor of homeland security at Colorado Tech University, has been an officer with the Los Angeles Police Department for 17 years.
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
The Trouble With Tenure  —  DENVER — Mike Johnston's mother was a public-school teacher.  So were her mother and father.  And his godfather taught in both public and private schools.  —  So when he expresses the concern that we're not getting the best teachers into classrooms or weeding …
TIME:
Trayvon Martin's Mom: ‘If They Refuse to Hear Us, We Will Make Them Feel Us’  —  Sybrina Fulton is the mother of Trayvon Martin and the founder of the Trayvon Martin Foundation.  In a letter to the family of Ferguson teen Michael Brown written exclusively for TIME, Fulton reflects on what the families now share.
Argus Leader:
Reid: ‘We are going to lose in South Dakota’  —  RENO, Nev. - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Monday he expects Democrats to maintain control of Senate in the fall elections but acknowledged things could change between now and then.  —  “If the election were held today …
Charlie Spiering / BREITBART.COM:
MISSOURI GOP: MICHAEL BROWN VOTING REGISTRATION BOOTHS ‘DISGUSTING’  —  Republicans are criticizing efforts by liberal organizers to set up voter registration booths at the site where Missouri teenager Michael Brown was shot and killed by a local police officer.
The Atlantic Online:
Reparations for Ferguson  —  A few weeks ago I received an anxious text from my wife informing me that a group of young men were fighting outside of our apartment building.  We've spent most of our adult lives in New York, and most of that time in New York living in Harlem.
Discussion: The Dish
Reuters:
Egypt Urges US Restraint Over Missouri Unrest  —  CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt on Tuesday urged U.S. authorities to exercise restraint in dealing with racially charged demonstrations in Ferguson, Missouri - echoing language Washington used to caution Egypt as it cracked down on Islamist protesters last year.
Discussion: Mediaite
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Daily News Egypt:
Egypt calls for restraint in Ferguson
Matt Wilstein / Mediaite:
WATCH: Ferguson Protesters Throw Rocks at Chris Hayes' Head  —  MSNBC's Chris Hayes was reporting live from Ferguson, Missouri Monday night when protesters began throwing rocks at him.  It appeared that he was hit at least once before his colleague Craig Melvin stepped in and helped block him from the unexpected onslaught.
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Politico:
The Kochs' plan to beat Harry Reid  —  LAS VEGAS — Harry Reid's reelection is more than two years off, but the Koch brothers' political machine is already methodically laying the groundwork that will be used to try to take him out.  —  The efforts in recent months have been largely subterranean, but they are unmistakable.
 
 
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Daily Mail:
Fiancé faked his own death to get out of dream wedding to 23-year-old partner by ringing …
Discussion: fox4kc.com, Gothamist and Liberaland
Michael Harthorne / KOMO News:
Charges: Talkative white supremacist gets himself arrested
Discussion: Liberaland and The Raw Story
Stuart Stevens / The Daily Beast:
Why Won't Obama Go to Ferguson?
Discussion: VodkaPundit
Isabel Kershner / New York Times:
Israelis and Palestinians Agree to Lengthen Cease-Fire
Discussion: Mondoweiss and Outside the Beltway
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Paul Ryan: Lawmakers Shouldn't ‘Try To Capitalize’ On Ferguson
Peter Hamby / CNN:
Howard Dean: I hope Hillary Clinton becomes president
 Earlier Items: 
Washington Post:
Ferguson protesters: The peaceful, the elders, the looters, and the ‘militants’
New York Times:
Don Pardo, the Voice of ‘Saturday Night Live,’ Dies at 96
Discussion: Deadline, Gothamist, Shakesville and Gawker
Joe Vardon / The Columbus Dispatch:
Top staffers leaving FitzGerald campaign
Evan Soltas / Vox:
Americans are taking fewer vacations than they used to
Discussion: The Raw Story
Ruben Navarrette / The Daily Beast:
A Texas Democrat Tries to Fix the Border
Discussion: National Review
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Ice Bucket Challenge Donations Continue to Exceed Expectations
 

 
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