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8:20 PM ET, November 13, 2013

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Erick Erickson / RedState:

It's a Trap! — Republicans are walking into a trap and they don't even realize it. — They are about to consider, in the House of Representatives, legislation by Congressman Upton that would allow people to keep their insurance plans. — There's a problem though.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, National Review, Mediaite and Hot Air

Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:

Obamacare is in much more trouble than it was one week ago — 1. The Affordable Care Act's political position has deteriorated dramatically over the last week. President Bill Clinton's statement that the law should be reopened to ensure everyone who likes their health plans can keep them was a signal event.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, The Federalist, TalkLeft, The Plum Line and Hot Air

Josh Barro / Business Insider:

Here Comes The Real Government Takeover Of Health Care — For the last few weeks, Republicans have been full of schadenfreude over President Obama's broken “If you like your plan, you can keep it” promise. — Now, this issue is about to blow up in Republicans' faces.

Discussion: Firedoglake, cbpp.org, Brad DeLong, The Dish and Talking Points Memo

New York Times:

Democrats Threaten to Abandon Obama on Health Law Provision — WASHINGTON — Anxious congressional Democrats are threatening to abandon President Obama on a central element of his signature health care law, voicing increasing support for proposals that would allow Americans to retain …

Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:

Troubled HealthCare.gov unlikely to work fully by end of November — Software problems with the federal online health insurance marketplace, especially in handling high volumes, are proving so stubborn that the system is unlikely to work fully by the end of the month as the White House has promised …

Mike Lillis / The Hill:

Dems double down in attack on Upton bill — House Democratic leaders are doubling down in their opposition to GOP legislation that would allow Americans to keep their healthcare plans, even as the party is taking a political drubbing over the contentious issue.

Discussion: BuzzFeed, Talking Points Memo and Sister Toldjah

Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Obama is boxed in by Bill Clinton

Discussion: Politico, Althouse, The Impolitic, Conservatives4Palin and Instapundit

Dana Bash / CNN:
White House officials get earful from Democrats on Obamacare

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Hot Air, The PJ Tatler, Politico, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Talking Points Memo and Hullabaloo

Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
It's Good That You Can't Keep Your Insurance Plan

Discussion: Business Insider, Fox News, Ross Douthat, The PJ Tatler, JustOneMinute, First Read, Roll Call, The World's Greatest …, VodkaPundit, The Week and Weekly Standard

Jennifer Rubin / Right Turn:
Obamacure worse than Obamacare

Discussion: Washington Post and Real Clear Politics

Alexander Bolton / The Hill:

Reid calls special ObamaCare meeting — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Thursday will convene a special meeting of the Senate Democratic caucus and senior White Officials to discuss the troubled rollout of ObamaCare. — Reid on Wednesday told reporters he would not answer questions …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Hot Air, Weasel Zippers and The PJ Tatler

Burgess Everett / Politico:
Elizabeth Warren calls for filibuster changes

Discussion: Mediaite

Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Reid lacks the votes to go nuclear (VIDEO)

Discussion: Booman Tribune and Talking Points Memo

Burgess Everett / Politico:
Harry Reid: ‘Very comfortable’ that Obamacare will improve

Discussion: Weasel Zippers

Abby D. Phillip / ABC News:

Exclusive: Obamacare's Mystery Woman Says She Fell Victim to Cyberbullies … The smiling woman who was once the face of the Affordable Care Act's website has come out of the shadows to stand up to the “cyberbullying” she says she suffered after the law's flawed kickoff.

ABC News:
Obamacare Website Targeted About 16 Times by Cyber Attacks

Discussion: National Review

Abby D. Phillip / ABC News:
Insurance Enrollment Far Short of Expectations at 106,185

Discussion: American Spectator

Laura Bassett / The Huffington Post:

Historic Pro-Choice Bill To Be Introduced In Congress — Following an unprecedented three-year wave of state legislative attacks on abortion and family planning services, a group of Democratic lawmakers in the House and Senate plan to go on the offensive Wednesday with a historic bill …

Discussion: The World's Greatest …, Daily Kos, Taylor Marsh, ThinkProgress and Shakesville

Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Democrats To Introduce Bill To Prevent States From Restricting Abortion

Discussion: Washington Post

Timwilliamspgh / CBS Pittsburgh:

Police: 3 Students Shot Near Brashear High School — PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Several people have been taken in for questioning in connection with a shooting that left three students injured near Brashear High School Wednesday afternoon. — According to police, the shooting happened between Crane …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, The Raw Story and Gawker

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
3 shot at Pittsburgh Brashear High School

Discussion: ThinkProgress

Heather Saul / The Independent:

Pope Francis corruption fury: Tie them to a rock and throw them in the sea — Impassioned sermon condemned corruption from those who donated to the church but stole from the state — Pope Francis delivered an impassioned sermon yesterday, during which he quoted a passage from the bible …

Discussion: Guardian and Crooks and Liars

MyFoxBoston:

Sudbury girl wants Apple to remove derogatory definition from dictionary — SUDBURY, Mass. (MyFoxBoston.com) - A history essay on gay rights led a 15-year-old Sudbury girl to take a stand against a giant corporation. — Becca Gorman said she was writing her essay when she typed the word “gay” into her Macbook laptop's dictionary.

Discussion: AMERICAblog News, The Huffington Post, The Raw Story, Mediaite and The Daily Caller

Kate Nocera / BuzzFeed:

Tea Party Group Will Primary 87 Republican “Traitors” — The Tea Party Leadership Fund is hoping to find “credible challengers” to any Republican who voted for the shutdown deal in October. At the top of the list: House Speaker John Boehner. — Via theteapartyleadershipfund.com

Discussion: The Daily Caller

Paul Farhi / Washington Post:

Controversy over Richard Cohen's comments on the de Blasio family — Richard Cohen has a knack for making venom-spewing enemies out of people who should be his allies. — Like on Tuesday, when The Washington Post columnist wrote about New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's chances …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Guardian, Daily Kos, Gawker, NewsBusters, TheBlaze.com, Mondoweiss, National Review, We are respectable negroes, ThinkProgress, The Huffington Post, Esquire, AMERICAblog News, Lawyers, Guns & Money, PostPartisan, Balloon Juice and Poynter

Dallas News:

One fired, three suspended after undercover health care video — By: myfoxdfw.com Staff - email — The Urban League of Greater Dallas fired one person and suspended three others after a video from a conservative activist reportedly showed the workers encouraging health care applicants to lie.

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Mediaite, Weasel Zippers, National Review, Michelle Malkin, James O'Keefe's Project …, Twitchy, UrbanGrounds and “The Lid”

Alex Isenstadt / Politico:

A ‘Duck Dynasty’ endorsement in Louisiana — Louisiana Republican Vance McAllister is hoping “Duck Dynasty” star Willie Robertson can pull him over the finish line in Saturday's special congressional election. — Robertson is coming out in support of the candidate in a TV ad, telling voters to …

Discussion: CNN and Roll Call

Russell Berman / The Hill:

Immigrant teens ambush Boehner at diner — A pair of immigrant teenagers confronted Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) at a Capitol Hill diner on Wednesday morning, telling him their parents were in danger of deportation because of the House's inaction on immigration reform.

Discussion: Politico, Crooks and Liars, Immigration Reform and The Gateway Pundit

The Times of Israel:

Palestinian youth stabs sleeping soldier to death on Afula bus — Funeral for Eden Atias, 18, to be held later Wednesday; passengers capture 16-year-old killer, who was in Israel illegally — An Israeli soldier died after he was stabbed multiple times in the neck Wednesday morning …

Discussion: Jihad Watch, The Long War Journal, Algemeiner.com, The Gateway Pundit and Atlas Shrugs

Henry C. Jackson / Associated Press:

House Votes to Increase Asbestos Claim Disclosures — The House on Wednesday voted to tighten disclosure requirements from asbestos trusts set up more than 20 years ago to help pay billions of dollars in injury claims. — By 221-199, the House approved a measure requiring asbestos trusts …

Discussion: Reuters

Judy Kurtz / The Hill:

Bush to sit down with Jay Leno — Former President George W. Bush — who has largely shunned media appearances in favor of a bit of post-presidency privacy — is poised to appear as a guest next week on “The Tonight Show.” — The ex-commander-in-chief will sit down with host Jay Leno on Nov. 19.

Discussion: PERRspectives, Mediaite and NBCNews

www.wftv.com:

Fla. KKK drops off fliers in mostly black neighborhood — NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. — A Ku Klux Klan group from North Carolina trying to recruit members from New Smyrna Beach targeted a predominantly black neighborhood, officials said. — Leaders passed out hundreds …

Discussion: Liberaland and The Raw Story