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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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Robert Pear / New York Times:
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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Conservative Intelligence …, Weasel Zippers and National Review
Juan Williams / Fox News:
Insurance cancelled? Don't blame Obama or the ACA, blame America's insurance companies — Liar! Pinocchio! Deceiver! — With all the charges flying against President Obama in the on-going effort to stop ObamaCare it's time for a reality check. — Having failed to kill …
kff.org:
State-by-State Estimates of the Number of People Eligible for Premium Tax Credits Under the Affordable Care Act — Key provisions of the 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA) create new Marketplaces for people who purchase insurance directly and provide new premium tax credits to help people with low or moderate incomes afford that coverage.
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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.
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Senator Cites ‘Crisis of Confidence’ on Health Care Site
Senator Cites ‘Crisis of Confidence’ on Health Care Site
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Washington Free Beacon
The Lead with Jake Tapper:
Obamacare ‘War Room’ docs: We're concerned next media story is some consumers getting on website …
Obamacare ‘War Room’ docs: We're concerned next media story is some consumers getting on website …
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Z. Byron Wolf / CNN:
Obama further alters ‘you can keep your plan’ pledge
Obama further alters ‘you can keep your plan’ pledge
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Mediaite and The Lead with Jake Tapper
Erika Eichelberger / Mother Jones:
If the GOP Repeals Obamacare, 137 Million Americans Could Get Cancellation Notices
If the GOP Repeals Obamacare, 137 Million Americans Could Get Cancellation Notices
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Washington Monthly, Taegan Goddard's …, American Power and The Daily Caller
Charlie Spiering / Washington Examiner:
David Axelrod claims Obama line on keeping your coverage was ‘substantially’ true
David Axelrod claims Obama line on keeping your coverage was ‘substantially’ true
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Michelle Malkin, Weasel Zippers and TheBlaze.com
Washington Post:
How to watch the exit polls in the Virginia governor's race — Tuesday's elections bring an early Christmas gift for election watchers: exit polling! The data gathered from people leaving the polls in the Commonwealth should answer a number of key questions at the end of a venomous campaign …
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James Hohmann / Politico:
Touting Ken Cuccinelli, Ron Paul urges ‘nullification’ — RICHMOND, Va. — Headlining the final rally of Ken Cuccinelli's underdog campaign for Virginia governor, Ron Paul suggested the “nullification” of Obamacare on Monday night. — “Jefferson obviously was a clear leader on the principle …
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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 …
New York Times:
After Plagiarism Charges, Paul Announces Office Restructuring — WASHINGTON — Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, who in recent weeks has had to explain a series of plagiarism charges, said in an interview Tuesday that he was being held to an unfair standard, but that there would be an office “restructuring” to prevent future occurrences.
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Sections Of Rand Paul's Op-Ed On Drug Sentencing Plagiarized From Article Week Earlier
Sections Of Rand Paul's Op-Ed On Drug Sentencing Plagiarized From Article Week Earlier
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Politico, Talking Points Memo, Conservative Intelligence … and Mediaite
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Senator Rand Paul Faces New Charges of Plagiarism
Senator Rand Paul Faces New Charges of Plagiarism
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Tim Murphy / Mother Jones:
GOP Congressional Candidate Told Gay Citizens to Go “Back to California” — ...and he could win. — Courtesy of the Dean Young Campaign — It would be tough to find a political office-seeker less prepared for the job he's running for than Alabama congressional candidate Dean Young.
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Ben Jacobs / The Daily Beast:
Alabama's Republican Runoff Election May Predict the Party's Future
Alabama's Republican Runoff Election May Predict the Party's Future
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Washington Monthly, al.com, The New Republic and Business Insider
Harry J Enten / Guardian:
The ultimate guide to US election night 2013
The ultimate guide to US election night 2013
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The Raw Story, The Week, The Dish and Business Insider
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.
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Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
Hillary's Odyssey — From Senator Clinton's tergiversations …
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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Firedoglake, Weasel Zippers, The Daily Caller, Via Meadia, AEIdeas, The Plum Line, VodkaPundit and The Hugh Hewitt Show
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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Washington Monthly, The Daily Caller and VodkaPundit
KOB.com:
4 On Your Side investigates traffic stop nightmare — This 4 On Your Side investigation looks into the actions of police officers and doctors in Southern New Mexico. — A review of medical records, police reports and a federal lawsuit show deputies with the Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office …
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ThinkProgress, Infowars, Business Insider and The Raw Story
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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CBC News:
Mayor Rob Ford: ‘Yes I have smoked crack cocaine’ — Toronto mayor makes stunning admission during city hall scrum — Toronto Mayor Rob Ford admitted today he has smoked crack cocaine, saying it was probably “in one of my drunken stupors” about a year ago.
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Toronto Sun, Post Politics and National Review
Chris Rauber / bizjournals:
Blue Shield forced by state to delay its Obamacare cancellations — California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones will announce Tuesday an agreement with a “major health insurance company” in California to delay by three months cancellation of more than 115,000 individual policies due to Affordable Care Act rules.
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Talking Points Memo, Politico and ProPublica
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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Taylor Marsh and Hot Air
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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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Tom Coburn diagnosed with prostate cancer — Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn has been diagnosed with a recurrence of prostate cancer, his spokesman said Tuesday. — Coburn will be “undergoing further evaluation and treatment,” John Hart said. The Republican senator will miss this week of work and hopes to return as soon as next week.
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