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4:20 PM ET, November 26, 2014

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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.”
Discussion: Slate, NPR, The Dish and Washington Post
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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.
us7.campaign-archive1.com:
THE NATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION RESPONDS TO THE GRAND JURY'S DECISION NOT TO INDICT POLICE OFFICER DARREN WILSON IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF MICHAEL BROWN  —  WASHINGTON, DC - The National Bar Association is questioning how the Grand Jury, considering the evidence before them …
Washington Post:
Unorthodox police procedures emerge in grand jury documents  —  When Ferguson, Mo., police officer Darren Wilson left the scene of the shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown, the officer returned to the police station unescorted, washed blood off his hands and placed his recently fired service revolver into an evidence bag himself.
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 …
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
The Case for Police Reform Is Much Bigger Than Michael Brown
Erick Erickson / RedState:
Ezra Klein's House of White Privilege Explains the News
Jelani Cobb / New Yorker:
Chronicle of a Riot Foretold
Discussion: The Great Debate and Politico
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Bob McCulloch's pathetic prosecution of Darren Wilson
Discussion: Riehl World News
Steve Benen / msnbc.com:
Will the GOP scrap Obama's State of the Union address?  —  In early 1999, the political environment in Washington, D.C., bordered on surreal.  President Clinton had just been impeached.  House Speaker Newt Gingrich had just been ousted from his leadership post, forced out by his own members.
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Taegan Goddard / Political Wire:
GOP Mulls Not Inviting Obama to Give State of the Union
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.
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?
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:
Poll: Obama's immigration policy popular, but approach isn't
Discussion: Daily Kos and Outside the Beltway
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Obama to immigration hecklers: ‘I just took an action to change the law’
Discussion: Riehl World News
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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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
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.”
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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
WKYC-TV:
WATCH |  Tamir Rice shooting video at half-speed:  —  Footage at half speed shows the moment Cleveland Police opened fire and shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice outside the Cudell Recreation Center.  Tamir was ordered to put his hands up, but police say he did not comply.
Dick Morris / The Hill:
Why amnesty will force layoffs  —  President Obama's amnesty for illegal immigrants will produce a disaster of unparalleled magnitude when the ObamaCare employer mandate kicks in.  —  Those granted amnesty will not be eligible for ObamaCare.  The amnesty will merely keep them safe from deportation; it won't make them legal.
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Source: Billy Joel says Obama invited him for a smoke at White House  —  President Obama, who said in 2009 that he had mostly kicked his cigarette habit, invited Billy Joel to have a smoke at the White House during a recent visit.  —  An ITK spy was sitting down at the bar at The Jefferson Hotel …
Globe and Mail:
Jian Ghomeshi faces five charges in sexual assault investigation  —  Former CBC host Jian Ghomeshi is facing five charges in relation to a sexual assault investigation.  —  Mr. Ghomeshi, 47, has been charged with four counts of sexual assault and one count of “overcome resistance - choking,” Toronto police said in a news release.
Erica Martinson / Politico:
‘The most expensive regulation ever’  —  Obama ready to roll out major EPA rule  —  The Obama administration will issue a draft air pollution rule on Wednesday that business groups charge would be the costliest regulation of all time — setting up a test of how hard the president will fight …
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CNNMoney.com:
U.S. EPA: We need tougher ozone standards
 
 
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