Arrests and Oath Keepers in Ferguson, Larry Lessig for President?, Nancy Reagan Snubs Jim Gilmore: A.M. Links

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 8.11.2015 9:00 AM

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  Ferguson, Missouri, saw more tension Monday evening after protesters are said to have thrown water bottles at St. Louis County police, who responded by ordering the crowd to disperse or face arrest. At least 20 people were ultimately arrested.

• Meanwhile, heavily-armed members of the "patriot" group Oath Keepers traipsed about Ferguson in camouflage gear while carrying assault rifles. "If there were black and brown people in this country who showed up in the streets open carrying assault rifles in paramilitary garb would they still be received the same way?" asked Patricia Bynes, Democratic Committeewoman of Ferguson Township. 
• Harvard professor and early digital-culture guru Larry Lessig is considering a Democratic presidential bid.
• Bernie Sanders has released a "racial justice" policy platform. 
• Former First Lady Nancy Reagan has invited every 2016 Republican presidential candidate except Jim Gilmore to participate in the CNN/Reagan Library debate on September 16.
• Rick Perry has stopped paying his campaign staff. 
• Turn off your ad-block, people! We need to eat. 
• Miley Cyrus speaks out for breasts, not guns. 

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Elizabeth Nolan Brown is a senior editor at Reason.