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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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Associated Press, JustOneMinute, Pejman Yousefzadeh, USA Today, Hot Air, Conservatives4Palin, Townhall.com and Washington Post
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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
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.
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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Pejman Yousefzadeh, The PJ Tatler, Betsy's Page, Hot Air, The Hill, Scared Monkeys, Weasel Zippers, CNN and The Gateway Pundit
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
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
Neil Munro / The Daily Caller:
Obama denies ‘you can keep it’ videotaped promises
Obama denies ‘you can keep it’ videotaped promises
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The PJ Tatler and NO QUARTER USA NET
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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Washington Monthly, Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo, The Raw Story, Dependable Renegade, CNN, Washington Post and Guardian
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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 …
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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Booman Tribune, ABC News, NBCNews, CNN, Daily Kos, Washington Blade and First Read
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 Dish, Business Insider and The Week
Lachlan Markay / Washington Free Beacon:
Democratic Robo-Calls Claim Cuccinelli Supports Obamacare, Abortion
Democratic Robo-Calls Claim Cuccinelli Supports Obamacare, Abortion
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VodkaPundit, Weasel Zippers, LifeNews.com and The Lonely Conservative
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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Politico, Talking Points Memo, Conservative Intelligence … and Mediaite
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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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BuzzFeed, Talking Points Memo, Right Turn, Hit & Run, Mediaite, Connecting.the.Dots, Politico, Shakesville, Liberaland, The Fix, Washington Free Beacon, The Raw Story and The Reaction
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
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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Washington Monthly, al.com, The New Republic and Business Insider
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Tim Murphy / Mother Jones:
GOP Congressional Candidate Told Gay Citizens to Go “Back to California”
GOP Congressional Candidate Told Gay Citizens to Go “Back to California”
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The Raw Story, The Huffington Post, Talking Points Memo and Liberaland
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, VodkaPundit, The Plum Line and The Hugh Hewitt Show
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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Power Line and Ken Cuccinelli …
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Carla Marinucci / blog.sfgate.com:
We Call B.S.! Hillary's big S.F. events closed to press
We Call B.S.! Hillary's big S.F. events closed to press
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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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CBS New York, Liberaland and Runnin' Scared
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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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Riehl World News
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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Talking Points Memo, CNN, Washington Blade, DownWithTyranny! and Booman Tribune
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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PoliticusUSA and Bangor Daily News
Julia O'Donoghue / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Louisiana Medicaid paid companies to care for people already dead — The Greater New Orleans Community Health Connection, a Medicaid waiver program that enables 60,000 people who donâà ÂÃÂt otherwise qualify for Medicaid to access care at 40 area clinics.
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Talking Points Memo
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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BizPac Review, Weasel Zippers and The Raw Story