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Michael F. Cannon / Cato Institute:
Oregon Study Throws a Stop Sign in Front of ObamaCare's Medicaid Expansion — Today, the nation's top health economists released a study that throws a huge “STOP” sign in front of ObamaCare's Medicaid expansion. — The Oregon Health Insurance Experiment, or OHIE, may be the most important study ever conducted on health insurance.
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Jonathan Cohn / New Republic:
The New Study that Republicans Who Reject Medicaid Must Read — A major new study on Medicaid just became public. I know—nothing excites readers more than the phrase “major new study on Medicaid.” Bear with me. This study is already getting a lot of attention: Conservatives and libertarians …
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Multiple Authors / The Incidental Economist:
Oregon and Medicaid and Evidence and CHILL, PEOPLE! — This is a joint post by Aaron Carroll and Austin Frakt. Relevant to this post, recently we have published three papers arguing for expansion of Medicaid, not relative to all possible other reforms, but relative to the status quo.
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Hit & Run, Mother Jones, Brad DeLong, A plain blog about politics and Balloon Juice
Megan McArdle / Asymmetrical Information:
Study: Giving People Government Health Insurance May Not Make them Any Healthier
Study: Giving People Government Health Insurance May Not Make them Any Healthier
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Dr. Boyce Watkins / Your Black World:
Mountain Dew Releases Arguably the Most Racist Commercial in History Tweet — If you've never heard of Felicia the Goat, you'll know about her soon. Felicia the Goat is the main character in a recent Mountain Dew commercial, created in part by Tyler the Creator.
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Sarah Kliff / Wonkblog:
Obama administration plans to appeal Plan B ruling — The Justice Department filed notice late Wednesday that it will challenge a federal court decision requiring the government to make emergency contraceptives available over the counter to women of all ages.
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Michael Winter / USA Today:
Justice Dept. to appeal judge's order on Plan B pill
Justice Dept. to appeal judge's order on Plan B pill
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Firedoglake, The Daily Caller, Guardian, Feministing and Hit & Run
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Kissinger jokes about Hillary Clinton 2016 run — Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on Wednesday offered joking encouragement to Hillary Clinton's possible 2016 run, noting that the nation's top diplomats have a good record of winning presidential bids.
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Chicago Tribune:
Penny Pritzker to be nominated for Commerce secretary … Making official what many Democrats have expected for weeks, President Obama plans to nominate Chicago business executive Penny Pritzker, a longtime political supporter and heavyweight fundraiser, as his new Commerce secretary this morning.
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David Jackson / USA Today:
Obama selects Pritzker for Commerce secretary
Obama selects Pritzker for Commerce secretary
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Joshua Roberts / Laramie Boomerang:
UW Police: Facebook post was a hoax — UPDATED — Citation: UW woman ‘admitted’ making controversial statement — The University of Wyoming Police Department issued a citation Monday afternoon in Albany County Circuit Court for Meg Lanker-Simons, a woman allegedly threatened last week …
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Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
The Dreaded Wyoming GOP Facebook ‘Hatef-k’ Rapist Has Been Apprehended
The Dreaded Wyoming GOP Facebook ‘Hatef-k’ Rapist Has Been Apprehended
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Henry Blodget / Business Insider:
DEAR WORKERS OF THE WORLD: These Three Charts Show How You're Getting Totally Shafted — It's May Day. — In America, to the extent anyone notices May Day, they notice the sunshine and spring weather. — Elsewhere in the world, however, May Day is all about celebrating the cause (and grievances) of the world's employees.
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Felix Salmon:
The systemic plight of labor
The systemic plight of labor
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Adam Housley / Fox News:
Special ops called for military backup during Libya attack, sources say — On the night of the Benghazi terror attack, special operations put out multiple calls for all available military and other assets to be moved into position to help — but the State Department and White House never gave …
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
What Ted Cruz knows — Ted Cruz for president? — What you just heard was the sound of a thousand eyeballs rolling in Washington and Austin, where the freshman senator's transparent ambition and self-regard have earned him more than a few detractors during his first few months in office.
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Laura Ly / CNN:
Woman missing 11 years turns up alive — (CNN) — A Pennsylvania woman who mysteriously disappeared 11 years ago has resurfaced in Florida, saying that she just walked out on her family, her life and her problems. — Brenda Heist, 54, turned herself into authorities in Key Largo …
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Obama prods liberals to give-and-take on Senate immigration bill — President Obama is warning liberal supporters that their push to make changes in a comprehensive immigration bill could jeopardize the strategy of Senate leaders, who are aiming to win up to 70 votes for the measure.
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Power Line, National Review, Weasel Zippers, Politico and Capital New York
Tim Elfrink / Riptide 2.0:
Florida School Responds to Criticism for Expelling Student Over Science Project: “There Are Consequences to Actions” — By all accounts, Kiera Wilmot's science experiment gone wrong triggered just a tiny pop and a small amount of smoke at Bartow High School last week — but her tale is certifiably blowing up the Internet today.
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Bloomberg:
Six Ways to Separate Lies From Statistics — The discovery of a spreadsheet error in an influential study by Harvard University economists Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff inevitably raises a troubling question: To what extent can we trust what any researcher claims to be true?
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Eli Lake / The Daily Beast:
Where Are Syria's Chemical Weapons? — Multiple U.S. officials tell Eli Lake the scary truth: in many cases, we simply don't know. Plus: irregular militias loyal to Assad have reportedly been training in how to use them. — As the White House mulls whether Syria has crossed President Obama's red line …
Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Conservative groups: Balanced budget plan is price for debt hike — Conservative groups are vowing to force lawmakers to adopt a balanced budget plan before passing any increase in the nation's debt ceiling. — The Club for Growth and Heritage Action said that establishing a path …
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Investor's Business Daily:
Just How Ignorant Is Obama About ObamaCare? — Health Care: At his press conference this week, President Obama tried to reassure Americans about ObamaCare. Instead, he displayed either an incredible lack of understanding about his own law, or something far worse.
Ebindelglass / CBS New York:
FBI Adds Cop Killer Joanne Chesimard To Most Wanted Terrorist List — NEWARK, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) - The decades-old international case of a convicted cop killer is getting new attention in New Jersey. — It was 40 years ago today that New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster was shot …
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She The People and The PJ Tatler
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Obama group misleadingly cites a vote on a climate change bill — “Number of House members who voted in 2011 that climate change was a ‘hoax’: 240” — President Obama's new political group, Organizing for Action, last week released a new video that mocks Republican lawmakers for appearing …
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Rolling Stone:
Too-Big-to-Fail Takes Another Body Blow — Minds are changing on Too Big to Fail. A month ago, it was just something in the air. Now, it looks like we're headed for a real legislative confrontation. And man, is the finance sector freaking. — Last week, on April 24th …
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
The Time Terry McAuliffe Left The Delivery Room For A Washington Post Party — Another time: “We got to the dinner and by then Dorothy was in tears, and I left her with Justin and went inside.” But he raised a million bucks. — Source: youtube.com — Former Democratic National Committee …
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Wall Street Journal:
Governors, GOP Allies Clash Over Tax Cuts — Republican lawmakers in several states are blunting plans by GOP governors to reduce or eliminate income taxes, putting the legislators at odds with figures many in the party see as leading voices on reshaping government.
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Greg Bluestein / The Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Kingston's in the Senate race, and he won't be outflanked — News from Georgia and the region — Immigration Debate Gives Life to Annual Rallies — U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston has a message for his conservative challengers for an open Senate seat: He won't be outflanked on the right.
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Ballot Box, Georgia Pundit and Post Politics
Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:
Meat Processing Plant Ordered To Pay Mentally Disabled Workers $240 Million For Decades Of Abuse — A badly stained mattress at the Henry's Turkey Services bunkhouse (Credit: Justin Hayworth/The Des Moines Register) — A federal jury ruled Wednesday afternoon that Henry's Turkey Service of Goldwaithe …
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