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Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
Harry Reid Told Caucus That Pete Sessions Was Behind Obama Insult, Senators Say — WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) told his Democratic caucus last week in a private meeting that a top House Republican said to President Barack Obama, “I cannot even stand to look at you …
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Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Palin: ‘No Wonder’ Why Some Think White House Fainting Was Staged — Sarah Palin got quite a kick out of a fringe right-wing conspiracy theory that the White House staged a woman's fainting at an event earlier this week — but she can't blame people for buying it!
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Niels Lesniewski / The World's Greatest …:
Reid: 'There's Not Going to Be a Grand Bargain' — Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday that he expected little more from the formal House-Senate budget conference than some relief from automatic spending cuts under sequestration. — The Nevada Democrat called the suggestion of a …
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The Lead with Jake Tapper:
White House Deputy Chief of Staff told Durbin, others about erroneous rude GOP comment
White House Deputy Chief of Staff told Durbin, others about erroneous rude GOP comment
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Ian Swanson / The Hill:
White House says it was behind Durbin ‘miscommunication’
White House says it was behind Durbin ‘miscommunication’
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Laura Barron-Lopez / E2-Wire:
Obama's former climate czar predicts president will reject Keystone XL
Obama's former climate czar predicts president will reject Keystone XL
Brett LoGiurato / Business Insider:
Here's The Racist ‘Daily Show’ Interview That Cost A Local GOP Chair His Job — A North Carolina county precinct GOP chair resigned on Thursday after an offensive interview that aired on “The Daily Show” Wednesday, in which he said “lazy black people” want “the government to give them everything.”
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Laura Leslie / @NCCapitol:
‘Daily Show’ comments cost GOP precinct chair his post — RALEIGH, N.C. — A Buncombe County Republican precinct chairman has been asked to resign after making “offensive” comments on “The Daily Show.” — Buncombe GOP Chairman Henry Mitchell said Don Yelton officially stepped down from his position Thursday.
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Igor Bobic / Talking Points Memo:
NC GOPer Resigns After Criticizing ‘Lazy Black People’ (VIDEO) — A Republican precinct chairman in North Carolina was asked to resign Thursday after making racially inflammatory comments during a ‘Daily Show’ interview on Wednesday, WRAL reported. — Buncombe GOP Chair Henry Mitchell …
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James Ball / Guardian:
NSA monitored calls of 35 world leaders — • Agency given more than 200 numbers by government official — • NSA encourages departments to share their ‘Rolodexes’ — • Surveillance produced ‘little intelligence’, memo acknowledges — The National Security Agency monitored …
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Laura Smith-Spark / CNN:
Merkel calls Obama: Spying on friends “never acceptable”
Merkel calls Obama: Spying on friends “never acceptable”
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Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Report: NSA spied on 35 world leaders
Report: NSA spied on 35 world leaders
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Baltimore Sun:
Gansler says breaking up teen party was not his job — Attorney general has advocated against underage drinking — When Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler arrived at a house party of teenagers in June, he pushed through the crowd, past youngsters dancing on a table and a smattering of red plastic cups.
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Jeane MacIntosh / New York Post:
Obama wants Marines to wear ‘girly’ hats — A change to the Marine Corps' uniform hats could take the hard-nosed Leathernecks from the Halls of Montezuma to the shops of Christopher Street. — Thanks to a plan by President Obama to create a “unisex” look for the Corps …
Lucy Kinder / Telegraph:
‘Offensive’ Halloween costumes banned by US university — University of Colorado Boulder tells students to avoid costumes including cowboys, indians, white trash or anything potentially deemed offensive — University students in America have been told not to wear “offensive” …
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Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
Clinton: US ‘careening from crisis to crisis’ — Hillary Clinton on Thursday night blamed lawmakers who govern by ideology for sending the country careening from crisis to crisis. — Speaking at the 10th anniversary of the founding of the progressive Center for American Progress (CAP) …
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RealClearPolitics Video Log:
Obamacare Operator Fired After Taking Call From Hannity; Hannity To Give Her A Year's Salary — On the top of Thursday's broadcast of his radio show, Sean Hannity revealed Erling Davis, the Obamacare operator he called early in his Monday show, got fired. Hannity quizzed her on how well the law …
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Brian Beutler / Salon:
Republicans' embarrassing Obamacare overreach backfires — Beyond a basic misunderstanding of the Democrats' position in the shutdown and debt limit fights, one of the biggest reasons Republicans got themselves into so much trouble last month is that they badly misjudged both the party's commitment …
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ThinkProgress:
Activist Tweets Former NSA Chief's ‘Off Record’ Phone Call On Train — Former National Security Agency director Michael Hayden is more used to being the one listening in on conversations than the one being eavesdropped on himself. The tables were turned on Thursday, however …
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
New Budget Numbers May Kill A Medicare Age Hike — Raising the Medicare eligibility age to 67 saves far less than previously projected, a revelation that makes the policy far less attractive in upcoming deficit reduction negotiations in Congress. — The long-debated policy now cuts …
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New York Times:
Health Care Law Fails to Lower Prices for Rural Areas — As technical failures bedevil the rollout of President Obama's health care law, evidence is emerging that one of the program's loftiest goals — to encourage competition among insurers in an effort to keep costs low — is falling short for many rural Americans.
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James Hohmann / Politico:
‘Serious’ Ken Cuccinelli keeps calm at debate — BLACKSBURG, Va. — Ken Cuccinelli might have been expected to throw the kitchen sink at Terry McAuliffe in the final debate of a governor's race the Republican attorney general is on track to lose. — It was more like a Nerf football.
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Joan Walsh / Salon:
How I became the poster girl for liberal agitprop — For suggesting pundits wait before declaring the ACA a train wreck, I was called a hack - and the C-word, of course — I woke up Monday morning to a changed America. After a month of news coverage focused on an extremist …
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Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Santorum: Satan Controls The Film Industry — Rick Santorum is asking you to do your part to free movie theatres from the Devil's clutches by purchasing tickets to his upcoming movie, The Christmas Candle. He appeared on the Trinity Broadcasting Network last week to plug the new movie …
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Reuters:
Financier George Soros backs Hillary Clinton for U.S. president — (Reuters) - Billionaire financier George Soros, a major Democratic donor, is backing an effort to persuade former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to run for president in 2016, a spokesman said on Thursday.
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Guardian:
Why the 1% should pay tax at 80% — The Reagan-Thatcher revolution changed society's beliefs about taxes. If we want economic growth shared fairly, we must rethink — In the United States, the share of total pre-tax income accruing to the top 1% has more than doubled, from less than 10% in the 1970s to over 20% today (pdf).
David Lawder / Reuters:
Congressman Paul Ryan sees narrower focus for new budget talks — (Reuters) - A new round of budget negotiations starting next week should focus more narrowly on replacing automatic spending cuts rather than attempt to reach an elusive “grand bargain,” House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan said on Thursday.
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Tal Kopan / Politico:
Nigerian ambassador demands Cruz apology — The Nigerian ambassador to the United States on Thursday decried Sen. Ted Cruz's joke earlier this week that “Nigerian email scammers” built the government's health care exchange website, saying his comments are offensive and demanded an apology.
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Steven Rattner / New York Times:
The Biggest Economy Killer: Our Government — The government shutdown and debt ceiling crisis inflicted a toll on the American economy, but that cost is only a fraction of the total damage that the federal government has been causing to the American economy.