• The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about all the things wrong with Officer Darren Wilson’s story
• Eric Boehlert of Media Matters for America calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about the media lessons from the Benghazi charade
• Voice Deity Jim Ward joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for Maximum Mookage Mondays
• President Obama will discuss the situation in Ferguson, Missouri, today with his Cabinet, civil rights leaders, law enforcement officials and others. The meeting will focus on the administration’s review of programs that provide military-style equipment to law enforcement agencies.
• There have been “egregious” threats against the Ferguson police in the months since the killing of unarmed teen Michael Brown by Officer Darren Wilson, Mayor James Knowles said yesterday, but he denied that the city asked the cop to leave the force. Wilson resigned on Saturday.
• A body found near the Ohio State University campus today has been identified as that of Kosta Karageorge, the OSU athlete who has been missing since Wednesday, police said. A preliminary investigation found that he died of what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
• Taking advantage of earlier and longer promotions this season, fewer shoppers were in stores or purchasing online over the holiday weekend compared with last year, a trend that’s expected to continue into Cyber Monday today.
