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10:15 PM ET, October 20, 2013

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Justin Sink / The Hill:

White House photographer weds in Rose Garden — President Obama hosted a wedding for White House photographer Pete Souza and Patti Lease on Saturday evening in the Rose Garden, according to a White House official. — “They ceremony was performed by [White House] Chaplain Rev. [Stan] …

Discussion: Reuters, CNN and The Impolitic

Edward Klein / New York Post:

Even Oprah isn't on board with ObamaCare — As the White House was gearing up to sell ObamaCare to the American people last summer, Valerie Jarrett, the president's pointwoman on a host of issues, phoned Oprah Winfrey. — She invited the Queen of All Media to join celebrities …

Discussion: BizPac Review, Independent Journal Review, Weasel Zippers, Mediaite, NewsBusters and Scared Monkeys

Justin Sink / The Hill: ObamaCare enrollees to join president in Rose Garden (Video)

NY Daily News:

Brooklyn group of black youths blocks white couple's car, bloody victims in racial attack: cops — Authorities say Ronald and Alana Russo were pummeled by attackers — ranging in age from 12 to 18 — who showered them with racial slurs. One Brooklyn teen says he was falsely arrested …

Discussion: Scared Monkeys, The Gateway Pundit, Weasel Zippers, UrbanGrounds, The Hinterland Gazette and Gothamist

HHS.gov:

Doing Better: Making Improvements to HealthCare.gov — Over the past two and a half weeks, millions of Americans visited HealthCare.gov to look at their new health care options under the Affordable Care Act. In that time, nearly half a million applications for coverage have been submitted from across the nation.

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Politico, Fox News, Health Insurance Blog, The Verge and Red Alert Politics

Louise Radnofsky / Washington Wire:

‘Tech Surge’ Planned to Fix Obamacare Exchanges — The Department of Health and Human Services said Sunday it was bringing in outside help to resolve some of the technical woes that have beset the federally run insurance exchanges, which the agency acknowledged “has not lived up to the expectations of the American people.”

Justin Sink / The Hill:

Jeb Bush urges Cruz to show ‘self-restraint’ — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) said in an interview airing Sunday that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) needs to “ have a little bit of self-restraint” if the Republican Party is to succeed in repealing ObamaCare. — The brother of former President …

Discussion: his vorpal sword and Politico

Greg Clary / CNN:
Rubio weighs in on McConnell's election fight

Discussion: Outside the Beltway

Ashley Killough / CNN:
Cruz to CNN: 'I don't work for the party bosses in Washington'

Discussion: Politico and ABC News

Justin Sink / The Hill:
Cruz defiant on stopping ObamaCare

Discussion: ThinkProgress and Prairie Weather

Julian Hattem / The Hill:

Top Senate Democrat says ObamaCare is on its way to ‘substantial success’ — A top Senate Democrat said on Sunday that ObamaCare is “on its way to be a substantial success.” — Sen. Dick Durbin (Ill.), the No. 2 Democrat in the chamber, defended the rollout of the healthcare reform law in an appearance on …

Discussion: The PJ Tatler, The Hinterland Gazette and The Moderate Voice

Fox News:
Sebelius ‘will testify’ on ObamaCare website woes, Durbin says

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Red Alert Politics

Zach Carter / The Huffington Post:
Why Democrats Might Cave On Social Security Cuts

Discussion: Campaign for America's Future and Hullabaloo

Spiegel Online:

NSA Accessed Mexican President's Email — The NSA has been systematically eavesdropping on the Mexican government for years. It hacked into the president's public email account and gained deep insight into policymaking and the political system. The news is likely to hurt ties between the US and Mexico.

Discussion: CNET, Liberaland, TechCrunch, Gawker, The Verge, NBCNews, emptywheel, Mediaite, The Hinterland Gazette and Boing Boing, more at Mediagazer »

Ross Douthat / New York Times:

Obamacare, Failing Ahead of Schedule — THIS is not the column about the Obamacare rollout I expected to write. — If you had told me, months ago, that weeks after the health care law's coverage expansion went into effect I would be writing about the problems its launch had exposed …

Discussion: Hot Air, Corrente, Washington Monthly, Hullabaloo, Marginal Revolution, Althouse, Taylor Marsh, Prairie Weather, The PJ Tatler, Brad DeLong, The Atlantic Online and Weasel Zippers

Megan McArdle / Bloomberg: Four Things We Think We Know About Obamacare

Abigail Haworth / Guardian:

Why have young people in Japan stopped having sex? — What happens to a country when its young people stop having sex? Japan is finding out... Abigail Haworth investigates — Ai Aoyama is a sex and relationship counsellor who works out of her narrow three-storey home on a Tokyo back street.

Discussion: Blazing Cat Fur, Althouse and The Raw Story

Julian Hattem / The Hill:

Lew: Obama upset about website failures — Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said on Sunday that President Obama is more upset about failures in ObamaCare's rollout than anyone else. — “There are millions of Americans who want health insurance. It's important for our economy for them to have health insurance …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Scared Monkeys and CNN

ThinkProgress:

Marco Rubio: Obama Has Undermined Immigration Reform By Refusing To Defund Obamacare — Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) suggested on Sunday that President Obama's refusal to compromise with Republicans on Obamacare to re-open the government and raise the nation's debt ceiling has jeopardized …

Discussion: Crooks and Liars

Dan Nowicki / USA Today:
Time running out for immigration reform

Discussion: The Reaction

Esther Yu-Hsi Lee / ThinkProgress:

Native-Born Americans More Likely To Commit Crimes Than Immigrants, Study Finds — A Pew Research Center report released last week found that second generation immigrants have “striking similarities” to their native-born, non-Hispanic white counterparts when it comes to committing crime.

Discussion: Liberaland