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Sharyl Attkisson / CBS News:
Obamacare enrollments got off to very slow start, documents show — (CBS News) WASHINGTON - For 31 days now, the Obama administration has been telling us that Americans by the millions are visiting the new health insurance website, despite all its problems.
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Book Details Obama Aides' Talks About Replacing Biden on 2012 Ticket — President Obama's top aides secretly considered replacing Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. with Hillary Rodham Clinton on the 2012 ticket, undertaking extensive focus-group sessions and polling in late 2011 when Mr. Obama's re-election outlook appeared uncertain.
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Irin Carmon / msnbc.com:
'I'm showing my son mercy' — On their last night in Dallas, the ramen noodles and microwave popcorn were finished. The money for the motel had run out too. So on a hot August night Jessica and Erick Davis and their three young kids slept in the Mazda rented for the trip.
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
GOP State Rep. Calls Clarence Thomas ‘The Black Judge’
ThinkProgress:
How To Spot A Fake Obamacare Horror Story — Since insurers have begun informing beneficiaries that their health care plans do not meet the new federal requirements of Obamacare, and will be either cancelled or significantly altered, the media has profiled countless middle class Americans …
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Howard Fineman / The Huffington Post:
Another Obamacare Deadline Blunder Is Worrying Democrats
Another Obamacare Deadline Blunder Is Worrying Democrats
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ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Senate Republicans Block Vote On Key Judicial Candidate, Daring Dems To Go Nuclear — Senate Republicans voted to hold up a key federal appeals court nominee Thursday, daring Senate Democrats to invoke what is known as the nuclear option and change the Senate rules with a simple majority vote.
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Threatens Mass Blockade Of Obama's Top Judges
GOP Threatens Mass Blockade Of Obama's Top Judges
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Paul Sherman / Forbes:
Will The U.S. Supreme Court Defend Free Speech For The Little Guy?
Will The U.S. Supreme Court Defend Free Speech For The Little Guy?
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Igor Bobic / Talking Points Memo:
CHART: ‘Winners And Losers From Obamacare’ — University of Michigan professor and senior Brookings fellow Justin Wolfers on Thursday created a chart depicting the “winners and losers” under the Affordable Care Act, sourced to a Ryan Lizza article that used estimates from M.I.T. economist Jon Gruber, a former adviser to Mitt Romney.
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Troubled Start for Health Law Has Democrats Feeling Anxious — WASHINGTON — Already under fierce attack from Republicans over the new health care law, President Obama now faces broad and mounting Democratic concerns that the troubled start of the insurance program will cut into the political benefit …
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James Arkin / BuzzFeed:
GOP Congressman Hands Out Copies Of Book Calling For Obama's Impeachment — Texas Rep. Steve Stockman gave copies of the book “Impeachable Offenses: The Case For Removing Barack Obama From Office” to every member of Congress this month. — Via wndbooks.wnd.com
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ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Three Bush-Appointed Judges Reinstate Texas' Anti-Abortion Law — A panel of three Republican judges, all of whom were appointed by President George W. Bush, granted the state of Texas' request Wednesday night to reinstate a law that will force many of the state's abortion clinics to close their doors.
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Todd Starnes / Fox News:
Pentagon training manual: white males have unfair advantages — A controversial 600-plus page manual used by the military to train its Equal Opportunity officers teaches that “healthy, white, heterosexual, Christian” men hold an unfair advantage over other races, and warns in great detail about a so-called “White Male Club.”
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
IRS' Lois Lerner gave confidential Tea Party tax info to FEC, violating law — WASHINGTON SECRETS TAXES TEA PARTY JUDICIAL WATCH IRS FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT FEC — The Internal Revenue Service shared highly confidential tax information of several Tea Party groups in the IRS scandal …
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Joseph Goldstein / New York Times:
Court Blocks Stop-and-Frisk Changes for New York Police — A federal appellate court on Thursday granted a stay in the landmark police stop-and-frisk ruling in New York City, and removed the trial judge, Shira A. Scheindlin, from the case. — The United States Court of Appeals …
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
In the Clintons' talk of brokering compromise, an implicit rebuke of Obama years — NORFOLK — In recent stump speeches and policy remarks, Bill and Hillary Clinton have offered sharp criticisms of the partisan gridlock paralyzing Washington, signaling a potential 2016 campaign theme if Hillary Clinton chooses to run for president.
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Peter Nicholas / Washington Wire:
Hillary Clinton's Ratings Slip in New WSJ/NBC Poll
Hillary Clinton's Ratings Slip in New WSJ/NBC Poll
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EndPlay / TheDenverChannel.com:
Adams County couple files lawsuit to overturn Colorado's ban on same-sex marriage — BRIGHTON - A Colorado couple is suing to overturn the state ban on same-sex marriage. — Dr. Rebecca Brinkman and Margaret Burd filed the suit in Adams County District Court Wednesday, according to attorney Ralph Ogden.
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ABC News:
Israeli Warplanes Strike Inside Syria for Fifth Time This Year … Israeli warplanes conducted an airstrike early today on a Syrian military facility near the northern Syrian port city of Latakia along the Mediterranean coast, a U.S. official confirms to ABC News.
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Elizabeth Harrington / Washington Free Beacon:
8,400 Security Clearance Holders Owe IRS $85 Million in Unpaid Taxes — More than 8,000 federal workers and contractors with security clearances owe $85 million in unpaid taxes to the IRS, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO). — The GAO warned that individuals …
Robert Costa / National Review:
Paul: NSA ‘Could Be Spying’ on Obama — In light of a recent report, Senator Rand Paul (R., Ky.) fears the National Security Agency may be spying on President Barack Obama. “They could well be spying on the president, for all I know,” Paul says, in an interview with National Review Online.
US News:
Top Hospitals Opt Out of Obamacare — Americans who sign up for insurance on the state exchanges may not have access to the nation's top hospitals, Watchdog.org reports. — The Obama Administration has been claiming that insurance companies will be competing for your dollars under the Affordable Care Act …
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