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New York Times:
Contractors See Weeks of Work on Health Site — Federal contractors have identified most of the main problems crippling President Obama's online health insurance marketplace, but the administration has been slow to issue orders for fixing those flaws, and some contractors worry that the system …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Lousy Medicaid Arguments — For now, the big news about Obamacare is the debacle of HealthCare.gov, the Web portal through which Americans are supposed to buy insurance on the new health care exchanges. For now, at least, HealthCare.gov isn't working for many users.
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Daily Kos
Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
HealthCare.gov's glitches prompt Obama to call in more computer experts
HealthCare.gov's glitches prompt Obama to call in more computer experts
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Power Line and The Week
HHS.gov:
Doing Better: Making Improvements to HealthCare.gov
Doing Better: Making Improvements to HealthCare.gov
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Bloomberg, Taylor Marsh, Politico, Scared Monkeys, Health Insurance Blog, Right Wing News, The Daily Caller, Weasel Zippers, The Hill and The Verge
Louise Radnofsky / Washington Wire:
‘Tech Surge’ Planned to Fix Obamacare Exchanges
‘Tech Surge’ Planned to Fix Obamacare Exchanges
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Connecting.the.Dots and Power Line
Jason Millman / Politico:
Tech ‘surge’ to tackle Obamacare websites
Tech ‘surge’ to tackle Obamacare websites
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ThinkProgress, Roger L. Simon and National Review
Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
GOP, Boehner take shutdown hit in new CNN poll — Washington (CNN) — Just more than half the public says that it's bad for the country that the GOP controls the House of Representatives, according to a new national poll conducted after the end of the partial government shutdown.
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Ashley Killough / CNN:
Cruz: Senate Republicans are ‘single-most damaging thing’ for the GOP in 2014 — (CNN) - If Republicans suffer losses in next year's mid-term elections because of the recent partial government shutdown, Sen. Ted Cruz said Senate Republicans-not Democrats-will be responsible.
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Talking Points Memo and Politico
Richard Wolf / USA Today:
Republicans blame each other after shutdown fiasco
Republicans blame each other after shutdown fiasco
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First Read and CNN
Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
CONNECT — Cracks are showing in the Democratic coalition as the next round of budget talks gets under way, hurting the chances for progress toward a broad deal that changes the tax code and significantly narrows future deficits. — While Republicans are still smarting over nasty infighting …
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Zach Carter / The Huffington Post:
Why Democrats Might Cave On Social Security Cuts
Why Democrats Might Cave On Social Security Cuts
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Firedoglake, LewRockwell, Campaign for America's Future and Hullabaloo
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Top Senate Democrat says ObamaCare is on its way to ‘substantial success’
Top Senate Democrat says ObamaCare is on its way to ‘substantial success’
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Hot Air, The Hinterland Gazette, The Moderate Voice and The PJ Tatler
Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Our choice for governor in 2013: none of the above — The Times-Dispatch is not endorsing a candidate for governor in 2013. — The words that follow should not come as a surprise. During recent months, numerous editorials in The Times-Dispatch have lamented the gubernatorial campaign.
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CNN, First Read, Mediaite, TheBlaze.com, The Fix, Outside the Beltway, Politico and The Raw Story
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] …
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Reuters, CNN and The Impolitic
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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.
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Stan Schroeder / Mashable:
Facebook Currently Doesn't Allow Status Updates — As of Monday morning, Facebook is experiencing errors across the site. It won't allow you to update your status, post comments, send messages or post photos. Users are also unable to Like posts — Trying to update your status will yield …
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TechCrunch and KDVR.com
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 …
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Scared Monkeys, Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit, UrbanGrounds, The Hinterland Gazette and Gothamist
CBS News:
Dick Cheney's heart — The following script is from “Dick Cheney's Heart” which aired on Oct. 20, 2013. The correspondent is Dr. Sanjay Gupta. Michael Radutzky and Denise Schrier Cetta, producers. — Dick Cheney is one of the most polarizing figures in America.
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Talking Points Memo, Taegan Goddard's …, NPR and Gawker
Benjamin Bell / ABC News:
Jeb Bush to GOP: ‘Have a Little Bit of Self-Restraint,’ Offer Alternative to Achieve Obamacare Repeal — During an interview for “This Week,” former Republican Florida Gov. Jeb Bush encouraged the GOP to come up with an alternative and show some restraint if their aim was to repeal the president's signature healthcare law.
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Talking Points Memo, Hot Air, Conservatives4Palin and The Gateway Pundit
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Jeb Bush urges Cruz to show ‘self-restraint’
Jeb Bush urges Cruz to show ‘self-restraint’
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Politico and his vorpal sword