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2:50 AM ET, November 18, 2014

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ABC News:
FBI Warns Ferguson Decision ‘Will Likely’ Lead to Violence By Extremists Protesters … As the nation waits to hear whether a Missouri police officer will face charges for killing unarmed teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., the FBI is warning law enforcement agencies across the country that the decision …
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Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Governor Declares State Of Emergency Ahead Of Ferguson Grand Jury Decision  —  Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon (D) declared a state of emergency Monday, preempting a grand jury decision in the Ferguson shooting of Michael Brown that is expected to be delivered any day.
Ahiza Garcia / Talking Points Memo:   Supporters Of Ferguson Cop Plan 'Pants Up, Don't Loot' Billboard
Adam Weinstein / Gawker:
Ferguson Cop Supporters Crowdfunded a “Pants Up, Don't Loot” Billboard
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
Amityshedd / CBS St. Louis:
Nixon Activates Missouri National Guard in Response to Potential ‘Period of Unrest’
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
The worst two paragraphs about American politics you'll read today  —  Ron Fournier, like many of us, is frustrated with the state of American politics.  And like a moth driven to the flame, Ron Fournier knows that what's wrong is a lack of bipartisanship.  —  How else to explain …
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Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
Thanks to Jonathan Gruber for revealing Obamacare deception  —  Democrats are desperately distancing themselves from Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber.  He “never worked on our staff,” President Obama said this weekend in Brisbane, Australia, (even though Gruber was paid almost $400,000 …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Why Is This Bush Official Flip-Flopping on Obamacare?  —  Smellin' of Troy.  —  Shares  —  Jonathan Gruber's candid video commentaries have unleashed the latest in a never-ending round of conservative denunciations of Obamacare, the evilest, sneakiest, failing-est, and most unconstitutional assault of freedom ever.
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David Klein / Wall Street Journal:   Another ObamaCare Deception
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Health Care Law Recasts Insurers as Obama Allies
Daily Mail:
SAUDI HUSBAND DIVORCES WIFE AFTER SHE FAILS TO REPLY TO HIS WHATSAPP TEXT MESSAGE  —  A Saudi husband has divorced his wife after she failed to reply to a WhatsApp text message.  —  The man, who got married two years ago, sent the message from his office and waited for a response from his wife.
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Nicole Flatow / ThinkProgress:
California Tells Court It Can't Release Inmates Early Because It Would Lose Cheap Prison Labor  —  Out of California's years-long litigation over reducing the population of prisons deemed unconstitutionally overcrowded by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2010, another obstacle to addressing …
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Su Wu / New York Times:
Jaden and Willow Smith on Prana Energy, Time and Why School is Overrated  —  One of the gifts of being young is that particular blend of self-confidence and self-consciousness.  Jaden and Willow Smith have managed to turn this form of heady teenage introspection into expression instead of ennui.
Adam Serwer / BuzzFeed:
California's Attorney General Thinks Legal Weed Is Inevitable  —  In an interview with BuzzFeed News, California Attorney General Kamala Harris, a rising star in the Democratic Party, said she had “no moral opposition” to marijuana legalization.  But there are a lot of details to figure out.
Shane Harris / The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: Obama Orders Hostage Policy Review  —  The Obama administration is finally looking to fix its disjointed efforts to handle U.S. hostages.  But that comes too late for the family of an American aid worker killed by ISIS.  —  President Obama has ordered a top-to-bottom review …
Discussion: Fox News, CNN, Daily Signal and The Dish
KSDK-TV:
Ferguson corrections officer accused of sex with inmate  —  ST. LOUIS COUNTY - A 29-year-old Ferguson corrections officer is accused of having sex with an inmate at the city jail, whom he later allegedly allowed to escape.  —  Jaris Hayden is charged with public servant acceding to corruption …
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Susan Page / USA Today:
Poll: Resistance to Obama order on immigration  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama's plan to sign an executive order on immigration, expected as early as this week, will meet more resistance than support, a new USA TODAY Poll finds.  Close to half of those surveyed, 46%, say he should wait …
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Obamacare repeal is more likely, and now GOP needs an alternative  —  CONGRESS OBAMACARE SUPREME COURT HEALTH CARE LAW MAGAZINE  —  This month, two developments have shaken the conventional wisdom that repealing President Obama's healthcare law is an impossibility.
Discussion: Newsalert
Andy Cush / Gawker:
Son Allegedly Chopped 350-Pound Dad Into Pieces, Used Body as a TV Stand  —  Nathan Robinson, 28, stands accused of murdering his 350-pound father, chopping the body into small pieces, placing those pieces into a set of stacked storage boxes, and using the assemblage as a TV stand.
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Why Hillary 2016 Thinks She Can Expand Obama's Electoral Map  —  The top minds in the proto-Hillary Clinton 2016 campaign infrastructure are already gaming out Electoral College scenarios.  What they think they have is a candidate who could compete in a handful of traditionally red states …
Discussion: Washington Post and Hot Air
The Marshall Project:
Eric Holder on His Legacy, His Regrets, and His Feelings About the Death Penalty  —  Bill Keller and Tim Golden of The Marshall Project spoke with Holder in Brooklyn, where he was visiting a widely praised drug court.  The transcript has been edited for length and clarity.
Miranda Blue / Right Wing Watch:
Rick Santorum Wishes Obama Would Be A Racial Uniter Like Segregationists Jerry Falwell and Jesse Helms  —  Potential Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum had an opportunity to speak at length to Iowa conservatives last week, when he guest hosted Steve Deace's radio show on Veterans Day.
Discussion: Liberaland and FOX News Radio
Ken Belson / New York Times:
Federal Investigation Into Painkillers Targets N.F.L. Teams' Medical Staffs  —  Federal drug enforcement agents questioned medical-staff members from the San Francisco 49ers and several other teams on Sunday as part of a continuing investigation into the distribution of painkillers in the N.F.L.
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World's Worst Cop Dad Pulls over School Bus Because Son Forgot Lunch
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Al From / Politico:
A Blueprint for Democratic Victory
Discussion: Democratic Strategist
Associated Press:
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Discussion: Hot Air
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Cassidy Headed for a Landslide in Louisiana Runoff
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Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:
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