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12:35 AM ET, November 27, 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: New Yorker
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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 …
Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
Michael Brown Wasn't a Superhuman Demon  —  But Darren Wilson's racial prejudice told him otherwise.  —  To his friends, Michael Brown was a “gentle giant”—a “quiet person with a wicked sense of humor.”  —  Jamelle Bouie is a Slate staff writer covering politics, policy, and race.
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
The Case for Police Reform Is Much Bigger Than Michael Brown
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Bob McCulloch's pathetic prosecution of Darren Wilson
Discussion: Riehl World News
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 …
Discussion: FOX News Radio
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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.
Discussion: Liberal Values and Raw Story
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  —  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.
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.”
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Discussion: FOX News Radio
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
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?
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Obama amnesty, Obamacare clash: Businesses have $3,000 incentive to hire illegals  —  Under the president's new amnesty, businesses will have a $3,000-per-employee incentive to hire workers granted temporary amnesty over native-born workers because of a quirk of Obamacare.
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Dick Morris / The Hill:   Why amnesty will force layoffs
 
 
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Reuters:
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is considering replacing CEO Bob Bakish with an “Office of the CEO” made up of division heads on an interim basis

Andrew Marchand / The Athletic:
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
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