memeorandum: House GOP regresses on gay rights (Greg Sargent/The Plum Line)

8:40 PM ET, November 4, 2013

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The Real Reason That The Cancer Patient Writing In Today's Wall Street Journal Lost Her Insurance — Monday's Wall Street Journal features an op-ed from Eddie Littlefield Sundby, a stage-4 gallbladder cancer survivor who won't be able to keep the coverage she currently has.

Discussion: Hot Air, The Mahablog, The Daily Caller, NewsBusters and Taylor Marsh

Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:

A dishonest presidency — The Wall Street Journal broke the news this weekend that, even as President Obama was telling the American people they could keep their health plans, “some White House policy advisors objected to the breadth of Mr. Obama's ‘keep your plan’ promise. They were overruled by political aides.”

Discussion: National Review, Hot Air, “The Lid”, Power Line and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

Lori Ziganto / Twitchy:

Despicable: WH smears cancer survivor who lost her insurance plan due to Obamacare — That can't be true, can it? … Yes. Yes it is. Check out Dan Pfeiffer's despicable tweet posted via his official White House Twitter account. … Beyond repugnant. As Twitchy reported, Edie Littlefield Sundby is a Stage IV cancer survivor.

Discussion: Ed Driscoll and ProfessorBainbridge.com

Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:

Special Investigation: How Insurers Are Hiding Obamacare Benefits From Customers — Donna received the letter canceling her insurance plan on Sept. 16. Her insurance company, LifeWise of Washington, told her that they'd identified a new plan for her. If she did nothing, she'd be covered.

Discussion: Townhall.com, protein wisdom, Daily Kos, Mediaite, The Impolitic, Hullabaloo and susiemadrak.com

Steve M. / No More Mister Nice Blog:

WHAT EDIE SUNDBY LEFT OUT OF THAT WALL STREET JOURNAL OP-ED — The Wall Street Journal has published a health care op-ed that's getting a great deal of attention. It's by a California woman named Edie Littlefield Sundby, who's been fighting stage-4 gallbladder cancer for seven years …

Discussion: The Impolitic

New York Times:

Under Health Care Act, Millions Eligible for Free Policies — Millions of people could qualify for federal subsidies that will pay the entire monthly cost of some health care plans being offered in the online marketplaces set up under President Obama's health care law, a surprising figure …

Discussion: The Impolitic, The Commonwealth Fund Blog, Hit & Run, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Hugh Hewitt Show, VodkaPundit, americanthinker.com and Booman Tribune

Washington Post:
For consumers whose health premiums will go up under new law, sticker shock leads to anger

Discussion: Wonkblog, The Lead with Jake Tapper, Wall Street Journal, National Review, Federal Eye, Scared Monkeys, The Daily Caller, BillMoyers.com and Conservatives4Palin

Edie Littlefield Sundby / Wall Street Journal:
I had great cancer doctors and health insurance.My plan was cancelled. Now I worry how long I'll live.

Barack Obama / The Huffington Post:

Congress Needs to Pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act — Here in the United States, we're united by a fundamental principle: we're all created equal and every single American deserves to be treated equally in the eyes of the law. We believe that no matter who you are …

Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:

House GOP regresses on gay rights — Today John Boehner declared he opposes the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, and senior House GOP aides said the bill is unlikely to get a House vote — putting its passage in doubt. — So perhaps it's worth recalling some historical context …

Discussion: Politico, Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos and Mock Paper Scissors

Jake Sherman / Politico:
Spokesman: Boehner against ENDA

Discussion: BuzzFeed, New York Times, The Plum Line, MacRumors, Washington Blade, Outside the Beltway and PoliticusUSA

Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
John Boehner Opposes ENDA, Dealing Blow To Bill's Chances

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Advocate, ABC News, DownWithTyranny!, Towleroad News #gay, Right Wing Watch, Washington Blade, The Daily Caller, White House.gov Blog, Daily Kos, Politico, Poliglot and Talking Points Memo

Paul Waldman / American Prospect:

Two Days until Brief Explosion of Christie Mania — Only two states, New Jersey and Virginia, hold their gubernatorial elections in odd years. Since there's generally a dearth of other political news at that time, Washington-based reporters usually decide that whoever got elected in Virginia …

Discussion: Slate, PostPartisan, The Dish and The Daily Caller

Katie Glueck / Politico:
Joe Biden: Ken Cuccinelli's views ‘from another era’

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Weasel Zippers and CNN

Politico:
Final sprint in Election 2013

Discussion: CNN, Hullabaloo and Guardian

Ross Ramsey / The Texas Tribune:

UT/TT Poll: Abbott's Lead Over Davis in Single Digits … Attorney General Greg Abbott, the leading candidate for the Republican nomination for Texas governor, holds a single-digit lead over the likely Democratic nominee, state Sen. Wendy Davis of Fort Worth, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.

Discussion: USA Today, LifeNews.com, BOR, PoliticusUSA and Politico

Ariel Edwards-Levy / The Huffington Post:
Wendy Davis Trails By Single Digits In Texas Governor's Race

Discussion: Liberaland

Manu Raju / Politico:

Senate Democrats to White House: Fix Obamacare — Democratic senators have a warning for the White House: Fix Obamacare's problems or put Senate seats at risk next year. — In interviews, Democratic senators running in 2014, party elders and Senate leaders said the Obama administration must rescue …

Discussion: Mediaite, Weasel Zippers, Hot Air, VodkaPundit, Weekly Standard and Washington Post

Roberta Rampton / Reuters:
In political messaging wars, White House deploys a Twitter army

Discussion: The Daily Caller and “The Lid”

Ron Fournier / NationalJournal.com:
Will Insularity, Incompetence, and Lies Doom Obamacare?

Discussion: Ricochet Conversations Feed, Los Angeles Times, Wonkblog, Firedoglake, PostPartisan, Reuters, Hot Air, ProPublica, The Plum Line, National Review, Conservatives4Palin, Washington Free Beacon, Weasel Zippers, Power Line and American Thinker

Un Bylined / Bangor Daily News:

Mike Michaud: Yes, I am gay. ‘But why should it matter?’ — When I entered the race for governor, I did so because I love the state of Maine and am tired of seeing it dragged in the wrong direction. There was never any question that it would be a tough race, but I know I have the vision …

Discussion: New York Times, Daily Kos, Portland Press-Herald, BuzzFeed, ABC News, PoliticusUSA, Advocate, Poliglot, The Week, The Raw Story, ThinkProgress, Post Politics, Talking Points Memo, Politico, Good As You, TheBlaze.com and Back2Stonewall

ThinkProgress:

BREAKING: Supreme Court Dismisses Major Attack On Abortion Rights — In an important, if likely temporary, victory for abortion rights, the Supreme Court took a major abortion case off its docket on Monday. The Court's brief order does not explain the justices' reason for doing so …

Discussion: SCOTUSblog, PoliticusUSA, Feministing and Liberaland

Sarah Boseley / Guardian:

CIA made doctors torture suspected terrorists after 9/11, taskforce finds — Doctors were asked to torture detainees for intelligence gathering, and unethical practices continue, review concludes — Doctors and psychologists working for the US military violated the ethical codes …

Discussion: Hit & Run, Liberaland, The Dish, Infowars and Prairie Weather

Journalism.org:

Twitter News Consumers: Young, Mobile and Educated — Nearly one-in-ten U.S. adults (8%) get news through Twitter, according to a new report by the Pew Research Center, in collaboration with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Compared with the 30% of Americans who get news on Facebook …

Discussion: Mashable, The Switch, Talking Points Memo, Poynter and Politico, more at Mediagazer »

Simon Romero / New York Times:

Brazil Acknowledges Spying on Diplomatic Targets — RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil's government acknowledged on Monday that its top intelligence agency had spied on diplomatic targets from countries including the United States, Iran and Russia, putting Brazilian authorities in the uncomfortable position …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Talking Points Memo, National Review and Little Green Footballs

Seth Borenstein / Associated Press:

Study: 8.8 Billion Earth-size, Just-right Planets — WASHINGTON (AP) — Space is vast, but it may not be so lonely after all: A study finds the Milky Way is teeming with billions of planets that are about the size of Earth, orbit stars just like our sun, and exist in the Goldilocks zone — not too hot and not too cold for life.

Discussion: Liberaland

BBC:

‘Three killed’ in Norway bus hijack — A man wielding a knife has hijacked a bus in Norway and killed three passengers, media reports say. — The suspect, said to be in his 50s and of foreign origin, has been arrested, police told Norway's TV2 news channel. — The victims included the driver of the bus.

Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:

Sen. Mark Kirk Gives First Floor Speech Since His Stroke, Addresses LGBT Bill — The Republican Illinois senator has been recovering from a stroke he suffered in January 2012, but he took to the Senate floor Monday to discuss his support for the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.

Discussion: ThinkProgress and Daily Kos

Financial Times:

US public investment falls to lowest level since war — US public investment is at its lowest percentage share of GDP since post-WW2 demobilisation — Construction projects have taken the early hit as budgets come under pressure, with state and local government building fewer schools and highways

Discussion: ThinkProgress and Marginal Revolution