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Alec Baldwin / The Huffington Post:
Two Requests in Light of Recent Events — I think it is important to note, in light of recent events, a couple of clarifications. — One is that I never used the word faggot in the tape recording being offered as evidence against me. What word is said right after the other choice word I use is unclear.
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
MSNBC Suspends Alec Baldwin's Show For Two Weeks
MSNBC Suspends Alec Baldwin's Show For Two Weeks
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Matt Taibbi / Rolling Stone:
Chase's Twitter Gambit Devolves into All-Time PR Fiasco — I almost couldn't believe it when I heard that JP Morgan Chase was going to do a live Twitter Q&A with the public - you know, all those people around the world they've been bending over and robbing for, oh, the last decade or so.
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Michelle Cottle / The Daily Beast:
Sarah Palin Serves Up a Healthy Serving of Venom in Her Christmas Book — By Michelle CottleNovember 16th 20135:45 AM — She didn't write about ‘Protecting the Heart of Christmas’ at all—instead, the eternally offended governor may have penned the perfect manual for another holiday altogether: Festivus.
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Zeba Siddiqui / Reuters:
UnitedHealth drops thousands of doctors from insurance plans: WSJ — (Reuters) - UnitedHealth Group dropped thousands of doctors from its networks in recent weeks, leaving many elderly patients unsure whether they need to switch plans to continue seeing their doctors, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
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J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
“He Took the Time to Chat”: Ken Starr's Plea for a Child Molester — What's Ken Starr up to these days? According to Virginia court documents, the famously pious former Clinton prosecutor recently pleaded with a Fairfax County judge to let a confessed child molester go free. Because he's a family friend.
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Liberaland, The Mahablog, Daily Kos and Booman Tribune
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Holder seeks Fast and Furious appeal — Attorney General Eric Holder has moved to appeal a judge's ruling allowing the House of Representatives to continue with a contempt case stemming from his refusal to turn over documents related to the Justice Department's response to the Operation Fast and Furious gunwalking controversy.
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Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:
Justice is reviewing criminal cases that used surveillance evidence gathered under FISA
Justice is reviewing criminal cases that used surveillance evidence gathered under FISA
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Politico and Lawfare, more at Mediagazer »
ThinkProgress:
Why Pope Francis is Polling The World's Catholics — Jack Jenkins is a Senior Writer and Researcher with the Faith and Progressive Policy Initiative. Follow them on Twitter @CAPfaith. — Pope Francis raised eyebrows among church officials and lay Catholics alike this past weekend …
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CatholicHerald.co.uk and Liberaland
Liz Alderman / New York Times:
Young and Educated in Europe, but Desperate for Jobs — MADRID — Alba Méndez, a 24-year-old with a master's degree in sociology, sprang out of bed nervously one recent morning, carefully put on makeup and styled her hair. Her thin hands trembled as she clutched her résumé …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
27 Democratic senators who promised you could keep your health coverage — BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL CONGRESS OBAMACARE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HEALTH CARE 2014 ELECTIONS HEALTHCARE.GOV — President Obama has taken a lot of heat for promising that if Americans liked the health coverage that they had before Obamacare …
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Jonathan V. Last / Weekly Standard:
Penalty for Marriage in Obamacare — Every time you think that we've finally touched bottom on Obamacare, some new problem emerges. So what began merely as a dysfunctional website became a broken and mis-designed system. When it turned out that lots of people were paying more for their plans …
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The PJ Tatler
Associated Press:
Obamas, Clintons to visit JFK grave — WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will visit John F. Kennedy's gravesite and honor two of Kennedy's lasting initiatives as the nation observes the 50th anniversary of his assassination in the coming week. — Obama and his wife, Michelle …
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CNN, Scared Monkeys and Washington Monthly
Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Obamacare woes beg for repeal — We've all heard the saying, “It's going to get worse before it gets better.” In the case of the Affordable Care Act, it's going to get worse before it gets worse still. Millions of people are learning they can't keep their current individual plans …
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The Hugh Hewitt Show, Connecting.the.Dots, Post Politics and The PJ Tatler