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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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Ed Rogers / PostPartisan:
The Insiders: For Democrats, dark days ahead — Is the president's Obamacare “fix” part of the Obama administration's pattern of deceit or a product of its frequent delusion? — A cursory discussion with almost anyone who knows anything about the insurance business would have alerted …
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Conservative Intelligence …, Washington Post, Post Politics and Right Turn
ThinkProgress:
Republicans Reject Obamacare ‘Fix’ Because It Includes Too Many Consumer Protections
Republicans Reject Obamacare ‘Fix’ Because It Includes Too Many Consumer Protections
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Crooks and Liars, Talking Points Memo, DownWithTyranny! and The Impolitic
New York Times:
House Approves Bill That Allows Policy Renewals
House Approves Bill That Allows Policy Renewals
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VTDigger, The Daily Caller, Roll Call, The Reaction, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and Red Alert Politics
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
House approves ‘Keep Your Plan’ ObamaCare bill; 39 Dems defect
House approves ‘Keep Your Plan’ ObamaCare bill; 39 Dems defect
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Politico, Associated Press, Scared Monkeys, Right Wing News, The Plum Line, PoliticusUSA and Washington Monthly
Alex Yudelson / BuzzFeed:
Everything You Need To Know About Make-A-Wish Foundation's Adorable, Crime-Fighting Batkid — The city of San Francisco teamed up with more than 11,000 Make-A-Wish volunteers to make a 5-year-old's superhero dreams come true. … Miles, a 5-year-old whose leukemia is currently in remission …
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The Riddler And The Penguin Charged With Conspiracy And Kidnapping; Duo Faces Long Prison Terms Thanks To Batkid — SAN FRANCISCO/GOTHAM - Edward “E.” Nigma, aka, “The Riddler,” and Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot, aka, “The Penguin” were formally arrested today and charged with multiple counts …
Vivian Ho / San Francisco Chronicle:
Thousands of volunteers to welcome Batkid to S.F.
Thousands of volunteers to welcome Batkid to S.F.
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Gawker, PopWatch and Shakesville
Carol Kuruvilla / NY Daily News:
San Francisco turns into Gotham City for Batkid
San Francisco turns into Gotham City for Batkid
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Alec Baldwin / msnbc.com:
A statement from Alec Baldwin — I would like to address the comments I made this past week. — I did not intend to hurt or offend anyone with my choice of words, but clearly I have - and for that I am deeply sorry. Words are important. I understand that, and will choose mine with great care going forward.
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
MSNBC Suspends Alec Baldwin's Show For Two Weeks — Alec Baldwin's “Up Late” program will not air tonight or next Friday on MSNBC in the wake of comments the actor made while dealing with reporters seeking to question him about a salacious court case in which he is involved.
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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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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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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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Dave McKinney / Chicago Sun Times:
Springfield Catholic bishop plans same-sex marriage ‘exorcism,’ …
Springfield Catholic bishop plans same-sex marriage ‘exorcism,’ …
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Daily Kos and The Raw Story
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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Liberaland, RT and Crooks and Liars
Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
Business, labor unite to end O-Care tax — Business and labor are uniting behind legislation that will repeal one of ObamaCare's much-maligned taxes. — A bill introduced by Reps. Pat Tiberi (R-Ohio) and Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.) would end the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) reinsurance fee.
Jelani Cobb / News Desk:
The Killing of Renisha McBride — Amid the commemorations of the first anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, rich with progress reports on repair and rebuilding, there was an overlooked moment—one for which ribbon cuttings and indexes of municipal development are no salve.
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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 …
Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:
Justice is reviewing criminal cases that used surveillance evidence gathered under FISA — The Justice Department is conducting a comprehensive review of all criminal cases in which the government has used evidence gathered through its warrantless surveillance program and will be notifying defendants …
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Matthew Holehouse / Telegraph:
Christians ‘face extinction’ amid sectarian terror, minister warns — Exclusive: violence against Christian minorities is now a “global crisis” as worshippers are driven out of their ancient homelands by militants, a senior minister warns — Christianity is in danger of becoming extinct …
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CNN:
Kerry's advice on how to marry women like Clinton — (CNN) - Appearing at Georgetown University on Friday with predecessor Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State John Kerry gave some tips to the men at the school, where former President Bill Clinton also studied.
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