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3:55 PM ET, October 31, 2013

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Avik Roy / Forbes:
Obama Officials In 2010: 93 Million Americans Will Be Unable To Keep Their Health Plans Under Obamacare  —  On Wednesday, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius testified before Congress about the continuing issues with the rollout of Obamacare's health insurance exchanges.
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David Firestone / Taking Note:
The Uproar Over Insurance ‘Cancellation’ Letters  —  Kathleen Sebelius, the Health and Human Services secretary, took a lot of grief Wednesday from Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee who were outraged that some people's individual insurance policies had been “cancelled” because of health care reform.
The Hill:
Top Dems made same promises
Discussion: Hot Air
Kevin Diaz / Associated Press:
At least 140,000 Minnesotans will lose current health policies
Discussion: Hot Air and National Review
David Corn / Mother Jones:
WATCH: Ted Cruz's Dad Calls US a “Christian Nation,” Says Obama Should Go “Back to Kenya”  —  Want to understand where the tea party champion's hardcore views come from?  Meet his father, Rafael.  —  In April, Rafael Cruz, the father of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), spoke to the tea party of Hood County …
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Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:
Reid: Cruz nomination would destroy GOP  —  Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) says if Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) won the Republican nomination for president, it would destroy the GOP.  —  In an interview on MSNBC's “The Rachel Maddow Show” Wednesday night, Reid discussed fallout from the 16 …
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Ted Cruz's Dad: I'd Like To See Obama Go ‘Back To Kenya’ (VIDEO)
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Pat Dollard
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Book: Obama asked Hillary Clinton to stay  —  President Barack Obama asked Hillary Clinton several times to stay on as his secretary of state during a Nov. 2012 ride aboard Air Force One, but she told him it was time for her to move on, a new book reveals.  —  “Would you reconsider, perhaps stay another year?
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Hillary Clinton: I'm ‘minded to do it’
Discussion: Liberaland and TIME
Peter Nicholas / Washington Wire:
Hillary Clinton's Ratings Slip in New WSJ/NBC Poll
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Politico
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
President asked Hillary to stay
Kristie Greco / FAA:
Press Release - FAA to Allow Airlines to Expand Use of Personal Electronics  —  For Immediate Release  —  WASHINGTON- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Huerta today announced that the FAA has determined that airlines …
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama voices ‘enormous frustration’ with GOP  —  President Obama told donors at a fundraiser Wednesday in Boston that he sometimes felt an “enormous frustration” with Republican efforts to block his legislative agenda.  —  “Sometimes people ask me, 'Man, how do you stay optimistic …
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Mike Lillis / TheHill:
Pelosi: No revenue, no deal
Discussion: Hit & Run and VodkaPundit
Ezra Klein / Businessweek:
How the iPod President Crashed: Obama's Broken Technology Promise  —  In the 2008 election, President Obama's advisers talked of their boss's belief that it was time for an “iPod government.”  Obama, a technology addict who tools around on his iPad before going to sleep and who fought …
Norm Ornstein / NationalJournal.com:
The Right to Vote  —  It is becoming increasingly obvious that the Supreme Court decision in Shelby County v. Holder, which eviscerated the Voting Rights Act, is leading to a new era of voter suppression that parallels the pre-1960s era—this time affecting not just African-Americans …
Alex Pareene / Salon:
Obamacare is a mess, and liberals need to fix it  —  Democrats need to acknowledge that, and make it work for everyone  —  It has been a pretty lousy month for the idea that the American government is capable of expanding access to healthcare to the uninsured and underinsured.
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Thursday: Cory Booker and Mel Watt in the Senate  —  The Senate starts at 10 a.m., and will debate the nomination of Rep. Mel Watt (D-N.C.) to be the next director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency.  —  Republicans see Watt as someone who is likely to favor ongoing government intervention in the housing market.
Discussion: Reuters, CNN, Politico and Daily Kos
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Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
Booker's big day in Washington
Discussion: Politico
Investor's Business Daily:
The Biggest Lie?  ‘Keep Your Plan’  —  Deception: In the face of millions of cancellation notices, Democrats want to downplay the president's “keep your health plan” pledge as standard political hyperbole.  It was, in fact, a calculated lie that got ObamaCare enacted.
OPCW:
Syria Completes Destruction Activities to Render Inoperable Chemical Weapons Production Facilities and Mixing/Filling Plants  —  Director-General salutes returning group of OPCW inspectors to The Hague  —  The Joint Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons …
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First Read / NBCNews:
First Thoughts: Public places a curse on all of Washington
Disclose.tv:
MASSIVE OIL DISCOVERY IN AUSTRALIA IS DEATHBLOW FOR SAUDIS  —  It is 6 times larger than the Bakken, 17 times the size of the Marcellus formation, and 80 times larger than the Eagle Ford shale.  —  All told the recent discovery outside a sleepy Australian town contains more black gold than in all of Iran, Iraq, Canada, or Venezuela.
Discussion: Israpundit and Israel Matzav
Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
Obama Has Presided Over 5 of 6 Largest Deficits in U.S. History  —  (CNSNews.com) - President Barack Obama has now presided over five of the six largest annual budget deficits the U.S. government has ever run, according to data released yesterday by the U.S. Treasury.
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Erik Wasson / The Hill:   Deficit was $680 billion in 2013  —  The federal budget deficit …
Townhall.com:
Debunking the Debunkers: Yes, Obamacare Rate Shock is Real  —  On October 26, The Los Angeles Times ran a story by Chad Terhune, documenting how many Californians feel lied as they are being forced out of their current health care plans due to Obamacare.  —  “All we've been hearing …
Rasmussen Reports:
37% Say Zombies Would Do Better Job Than Federal Gov't, 37% Opt for Feds  —  It's not exactly a vote of confidence in the powers that be: A sizable number of Americans think the undead would do a better job than the brain dead in Washington, D.C.  —  Thirty-seven percent (37%) …
Discussion: TheBlaze.com and The Daily Caller
Tamar Lewin / New York Times:
As Interest Fades in the Humanities, Colleges Worry  —  STANFORD, Calif. — On Stanford University's sprawling campus, where a long palm-lined drive leads to manicured quads, humanities professors produce highly regarded scholarship on Renaissance French literature and the philosophy of language.
Discussion: Instapundit and Crooked Timber
Paul Sherman / Forbes:
Will The U.S. Supreme Court Defend Free Speech For The Little Guy?  —  Most campaign-finance cases that make their way to the U.S. Supreme Court involve big money.  Citizens United v. FEC concerned the right of a well-funded nonprofit—and, ultimately, all corporations and unions—to spend unlimited amounts on political advocacy.
Discussion: Hit & Run and SCOTUSblog
 
 
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Megan McArdle / Bloomberg:
What Everyone Knew About Obamacare and Wouldn't Say
Discussion: neo-neocon and The Dish
US News:
Top Hospitals Opt Out of Obamacare
Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
Paul: ‘Haters’ concoct plagiarism charges
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Cloture Likely To Be Filed On LGBT Bias Bill Tonight, Setting Up Monday Vote
Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
No truce for business groups, Tea Party
Rachel E. Stassen-Berger / Hot Dish Politics:
Chisago County GOP group's Facebook post nets firestorm
Tal Kopan / Politico:
Sarah Palin hits President Obama ‘ShamWow’ speech
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Yasser Okbi / Jerusalem Post:
Reports: Syrian air base destroyed in missile attack from sea
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Obamacare Navigator Hasn't Signed Up Anyone Because It's Too Expensive
Discussion: Hot Air
Dan Filler / The Faculty Lounge:
Law School Applicant Pool Likely To Shrink Further
Discussion: TaxProf Blog
Mark Murray / NBCNews:
NBC/WSJ poll: Obama approval sinks to new low
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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