memeorandum: Senator Rand Paul Faces New Charges of Plagiarism (Jonathan Martin/New York Times)

12:30 PM ET, November 5, 2013

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Strategic Move Exempts Health Law From Broader U.S. Statute — WASHINGTON — The Affordable Care Act is the biggest new health care program in decades, but the Obama administration has ruled that neither the federal insurance exchange nor the federal subsidies paid to insurance companies …

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RealClearPolitics Video Log:

Obama: “What We Said Was You Can Keep It If It Hasn't Changed Since The Law Passed” — PRESIDENT OBAMA: Now, if you have or had one of these plans before the Affordable Care Act came into law and you really liked that plan, what we said was you can keep it if it hasn't changed since the law passed.

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The Lead with Jake Tapper:

Obamacare ‘War Room’ docs: We're concerned next media story is some consumers getting on website and finding fewer options, higher prices — Washington (CNN) - Officials expressed concern that the next shoe to drop in the evolving story about the Affordable Care Act would be disappointment …

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Ron Fournier / NationalJournal.com:

Lying About Lies: Why Credibility Matters to Obama — The president is trying to reinvent the history of his you-can-keep-it promise on health care. — It might not seem possible that President Obama could do more harm to his credibility and the public's faith in government than misleading Americans about health insurance reform.

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Erika Eichelberger / Mother Jones:
If the GOP Repeals Obamacare, 137 Million Americans Could Get Cancellation Notices

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Sharyl Attkisson / CBS News:
HealthCare.gov ducked final security requirements before launch

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Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
Obama's ACA message evolves again

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Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar / Associated Press:
Senators Grapple With Health Care Rollout Woes

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Jonathan Capehart / PostPartisan:
Decrying GOP sabotage of HealthCare.gov

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Meredith Jessup / TheBlaze.com:

REVEALED: OBAMA CAMPAIGN BUNDLER HELPING FUND LIBERTARIAN IN TIGHT VA. GUBERNATORIAL RACE — A major Democratic Party benefactor and Obama campaign bundler helped pay for professional petition circulators responsible for getting Virginia Libertarian gubernatorial candidate Robert C. Sarvis on the ballot …

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Washington Post:
How to watch the exit polls in the Virginia governor's race

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James Hohmann / Politico:
Touting Ken Cuccinelli, Ron Paul urges ‘nullification’

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Lachlan Markay / Washington Free Beacon:
Democratic Robo-Calls Claim Cuccinelli Supports Obamacare, Abortion

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Michael O'Brien / NBCNews:
It's Election Day: From N.J. to Va., what contests to watch

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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:

Senator Rand Paul Faces New Charges of Plagiarism — Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, who in recent weeks has had to explain how Wikipedia entries came to be incorporated into his speeches with no attribution, faced charges of direct plagiarism on Monday night.

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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:

Sections Of Rand Paul's Op-Ed On Drug Sentencing Plagiarized From Article Week Earlier — Portions of the Kentucky senator's op-ed in The Washington Times appear to be copied word-for-word from an article published a week earlier. — Jonathan Ernst / Reuters

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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Fresh Plagiarism Charges Raised Against Rand Paul

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Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:

Maybe Pain Will Teach You Millenials Not To Vote For Your Own Serfdom — You Millenials voted for Obama by a margin of 28 percent, which will make it a lot easier for me to accept the benefits you will be paying for. We warned you that liberalism was a scam designed to take the fruits …

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Ben Jacobs / The Daily Beast:

Alabama's Republican Runoff Election May Predict the Party's Future — Tuesday's Republican runoff election in Alabama's 1st Congressional District may not just decide the state's next congressman—it could influence the party's strategy for months to come.

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Tim Murphy / Mother Jones:
GOP Congressional Candidate Told Gay Citizens to Go “Back to California”

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Frank Bruni / New York Times:

Hillary in 2016? Not So Fast — Hillary Clinton of all people knows how political fortunes turn on a dime. But she must be puzzled nonetheless, and spooked, that over a six-month period when she made no big news whatsoever, her popularity took a double-digit tumble.

Discussion: Power Line and Ken Cuccinelli …

Carla Marinucci / blog.sfgate.com:
We Call B.S.! Hillary's big S.F. events closed to press

Discussion: Erik Wemple

CNN:

New Jersey mall gunman found dead hours after shooting — (CNN) — A gunman who opened fire at a New Jersey mall Monday night later holed up in a back room and shot himself in the head, authorities say. — No one else was injured in the mall shooting. — Richard Shoop's body was found …

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nbcnewyork.com:
Police Sweep Garden State Plaza Mall in Search for Gunman

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Ben Goad / The Hill:

Holder: Trayvon charges still possible — U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday said the Justice Department has not decided whether to file federal civil rights charges against George Zimmerman in the 2012 killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. — Zimmerman, a volunteer neighborhood watchman …

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Peggy Noonan's Blog:

Obama's Catastrophic Victory — Years ago John McPhee wrote a great book about Bill Bradley called “A Sense of Where You Are.” I keep thinking about that title. You have to know where you are in time and space, you have to know who you are and what you're doing, you have to be able …

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Wall Street Journal:

Early Buyers of Health Coverage Are Older Than Expected, Raising Expense Concerns — Insurers say the early buyers of health coverage on the nation's troubled new websites are older than expected so far, raising early concerns about the economics of the insurance marketplaces.

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Patricia Murphy / The Daily Beast:

Why National Democrats Rolled Over for Chris Christie — Fearing an expensive lost cause, the national party took a pass on Tuesday's election for New Jersey governor. But the decision may come back to haunt Democrats in 2016. — If Gov. Chris Christie wins reelection Tuesday …

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Dylan Byers / Politico:

Columnist on NRSC payroll disclosed — U.S. News & World Report will start disclosing that columnist Brian Walsh, a former National Republican Senatorial Committee communications director, is still on the NRSC payroll, following an inquiry from POLITICO. — Since April, the NRSC …

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