Catherine
Rampell | Our Government Officials Are Deluded About the Limits of Their
Power
Catherine Rampell, The Washington Post
Rampell writes: "If the revered Founding Fathers had clear-cut ideas about which branch of government does what, how the powers counterbalanced one another and how jurisprudence and justice are supposed to be carried out, it's all gotten a bit jumbled in recent months."
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Catherine Rampell, The Washington Post
Rampell writes: "If the revered Founding Fathers had clear-cut ideas about which branch of government does what, how the powers counterbalanced one another and how jurisprudence and justice are supposed to be carried out, it's all gotten a bit jumbled in recent months."
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On Black
Friday, Walmart Is Pressed for Wage Increases
Steven Greenhouse, The New York Times
Greenhouse writes: "While millions of shoppers flocked to Walmart stores nationwide on Black Friday, thousands of protesters descended on Walmarts to protest what they said were the retailer's low wages."
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Steven Greenhouse, The New York Times
Greenhouse writes: "While millions of shoppers flocked to Walmart stores nationwide on Black Friday, thousands of protesters descended on Walmarts to protest what they said were the retailer's low wages."
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MRAPs and
Bayonets: What We Know About the Pentagon's 1033 Program
Arezou Rezvani, Jessica Pupovac, David Eads and Tyler Fisher, National Public Radio
Excerpt: "Amid widespread criticism of the deployment of military-grade weapons and vehicles by police officers in Ferguson, Mo., President Obama recently ordered a review of federal efforts supplying equipment to local law enforcement agencies across the country. So, we decided to take a look at what the president might find."
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Arezou Rezvani, Jessica Pupovac, David Eads and Tyler Fisher, National Public Radio
Excerpt: "Amid widespread criticism of the deployment of military-grade weapons and vehicles by police officers in Ferguson, Mo., President Obama recently ordered a review of federal efforts supplying equipment to local law enforcement agencies across the country. So, we decided to take a look at what the president might find."
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Report:
Prosecutors May Have Misled the Ferguson Grand Jury About the Law for Two
Months
German Lopez, Vox
Lopez writes: "St. Louis County prosecutors may have misled the grand jury investigating the police shooting of Michael Brown into believing that Ferguson, Missouri, police officer Darren Wilson was justified in shooting Brown merely because the unarmed black 18-year-old fled from the officer, according to a review of the grand jury documents by MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell."
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German Lopez, Vox
Lopez writes: "St. Louis County prosecutors may have misled the grand jury investigating the police shooting of Michael Brown into believing that Ferguson, Missouri, police officer Darren Wilson was justified in shooting Brown merely because the unarmed black 18-year-old fled from the officer, according to a review of the grand jury documents by MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell."
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The Fed Under
Goldman's Thumb: Carmen Segarra's Picture Gets Senate Hearing
Ian Katz and Jeff Kearns, Bloomberg News
Excerpt: "William C. Dudley came under attack today by U.S. senators, who accused the Federal Reserve Bank of New York president of being too cozy with big Wall Street banks."
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Ian Katz and Jeff Kearns, Bloomberg News
Excerpt: "William C. Dudley came under attack today by U.S. senators, who accused the Federal Reserve Bank of New York president of being too cozy with big Wall Street banks."
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Mexico's
President Announces Federal Takeover of Local Police Forces
Agence France-Presse
Excerpt: "Mexico's embattled president unveiled sweeping reforms Thursday to dissolve corruption-plagued municipal police forces nationwide amid an outcry over the role of gang-affiliated authorities in the presumed slaughter of 43 students."
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Agence France-Presse
Excerpt: "Mexico's embattled president unveiled sweeping reforms Thursday to dissolve corruption-plagued municipal police forces nationwide amid an outcry over the role of gang-affiliated authorities in the presumed slaughter of 43 students."
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TransCanada
Drops PR Firm That Suggested Attacking Environmental Activists in Leaked
Plans
Ryan Holeywell, Fuel Fix
Holeywell writes: "TransCanada Corp., the Calgary-based energy company behind the controversial Keystone Pipeline, announced plans to end its contract with public relations firm Edelman after a proposal to attack the company's opponents was leaked."
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Ryan Holeywell, Fuel Fix
Holeywell writes: "TransCanada Corp., the Calgary-based energy company behind the controversial Keystone Pipeline, announced plans to end its contract with public relations firm Edelman after a proposal to attack the company's opponents was leaked."
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