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11:50 AM ET, November 18, 2013

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Washington Post:
How we got Obamacare to work  —  (BRIAN SNYDER/REUTERS) - Liz Carlson, a self-employed student, attends a health care enrolment fair co-sponsored by Planned Parenthood of Northern New England and the State Employees Association at Great Bay Community College in Portsmouth, New Hampshire November 9, 2013.
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Lesson Is Seen in Failure of Law on Medicare in 1989  —  WASHINGTON — Angry Americans voice outrage at being asked to pay more for health coverage.  Lawmakers and the White House say the public just doesn't appreciate the benefits of the new health law.  Opponents clamor for repeal before the program fully kicks in.
The Daily Beast:   President Obama Should Never Apologize for Passing Obamacare
Josh Kraushaar / NationalJournal.com:
Why Obamacare Is On Life Support  —  Democrats may begin calling for repeal if the law's problems don't get resolved soon.  —  President Obama will fight to preserve his signature domestic legislation, but Democrats may not let him.  (Mandel Ngan/AFP)  —  There's nothing that Democrats …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Justices turn down surveillance case  —  The Supreme Court on Monday passed up an opportunity to weigh in on the constitutionality of the National Security Agency's collection of a massive database containing information on virtually every telephone call made to, from or within the United States.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, CNN and The Verge
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
NSA spying challenge turned aside
Discussion: Liberaland and Mediaite
Daily Mail:
'We've listened - and here's how we'll halt this depravity': Google chief ERIC SCHMIDT explains block on child porn  —  Last week 348 people were arrested in Canada - and 386 young kids rescued - in one of the largest child sex investigations ever seen.  It defies belief that anyone …
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Rory Cellan-Jones / BBC:
Google and Microsoft agree measures to block abuse images
Discussion: Samizdata
Associated Press:
Soldier: Minnesota Man Was Once SS Commander, Ordered Nazi Massacre Of Polish Village  —  BERLIN (AP) — A retired Minnesota carpenter, shown in a June investigation to be a former commander in a Nazi SS-led unit, ordered his men to attack a Polish village that was razed to the ground …
Discussion: The Raw Story and Liberaland
Joseph Curl / Washington Times:
The beginning of the end for Barack Obama  —  ANALYSIS/OPINION:  —  Second-term presidents in the past 30 years have had some pretty embarrassing news conferences, full of frank admissions of failure, submissive spasms of shame and groveling, grieving apologies.
Truth Revolt:
Dem Senator: ‘We All Knew’ Obama Was Lying  —  Obama should have been “more specific,” Gillibrand explains.
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David Nather / Politico:
Obamacare: So, what could go wrong next?  —  Busted website, canceled policies, lousy early enrollment numbers.  And that could be just the warmup.  —  Because the lesson of the last six weeks is that when it comes to the Obamacare rollout, if it can go wrong, it probably will.
Discussion: The Hugh Hewitt Show
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
A Permanent Slump?  —  Spend any time around monetary officials and one word you'll hear a lot is “normalization.”  Most though not all such officials accept that now is no time to be tightfisted, that for the time being credit must be easy and interest rates low.
Juan Williams / The Hill:
A phony Republican war aims to frustrate will of voters  —  Last week, 20 House Republicans, including Louie Gohmert (Texas), Ted Yoho (Fla.) and Michele Bachmann (Minn.), took the first step to impeach Attorney General Eric Holder.  —  They introduced articles of impeachment that target Holder …
Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Ramps Up Smear Campaign Against Obamacare Navigators  —  Beware anybody trying to help people sign up for health insurance under Obamacare.  —  That's the line from top Senate Republicans, who have magnified their smear campaign against the law's so-called navigators …
Discussion: Liberaland
ThinkProgress:
George W. Bush: Building The Keystone XL Pipeline Is A ‘No-Brainer’  —  While the news was that George W. Bush was the keynote speaker at a conference put on by a group that wants to convert Jews to Christianity received more national and international attention, the 43rd president …
Discussion: DeSmogBlog
Washington Post:
Capital gains: Spending on contracts and lobbying propels a wave of new wealth in D .C.  —  So much money to be had if you know where to look.  —  The avalanche of cash that made Washington rich in the last decade has transformed the culture of a once staid capital and created a new wave of well-heeled insiders.
David Feith / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Navy to the Rescue Again  —  In the wake of Typhoon Haiyan, one man desperately seeks contact with his uncle in Virginia who served in the U.S. Navy.  —  Guiuan, Philippines  —  'I have an uncle there in the U.S. Can you help me to contact him?  Trudoro Dado Tan is yelling this plea …
Politico:
House GOP 2014 agenda starts with blank slate  —  Last Thursday, a group of House Republicans filed into Majority Leader Eric Cantor's Capitol office suite and received a blank piece of paper labeled “Agenda 2014.”  —  The blank slate just about sums up where Republicans find themselves …
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Obama nominee a mystery man on Hill  —  Lawmakers in both parties are lining up questions for Timothy Massad, who has been tapped by the president to oversee a key financial regulator.  —  Massad has been a fixture of Washington for years, but members say they need to know more about the man …
Ted Rowlands / CNN:
Tornadoes rip through Midwest, killing 6 and devastating neighborhoods  —  Severe weather slams Midwest … Washington, Illinois (CNN) — Hundreds of thousands of people were without power and hundreds were without homes across the Midwest on Monday after powerful storms wreaked havoc in three states.
Discussion: The Jawa Report and The Week
Jonathan Martin / The Caucus:
Dispute Over Gay Marriage Erupts in Cheney Family  —  Mary Cheney, a daughter of the former vice president, and her wife, Heather Poe, sharply criticized on Sunday a comment by by Ms. Cheney's sister, Liz Cheney, a candidate for the Senate in Wyoming, that they disagreed on the issue of same-sex marriage.
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Chris Wallace / Fox News:
Liz Cheney on her run for US Senate; Can President Obama ‘fix’ ObamaCare?
Discussion: Advocate and Althouse
 
 
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NBCNews:
Nov. 17: Nancy Pelosi, Kelly Ayotte, Dan Henninger, Ezra Klein, Tom Brokaw, Kathleen Parker, Mike Murphy, Chris Matthews
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Althouse
Nickarama / Weasel Zippers:
Harvey Weinstein, Hollywood Producer And Obama Donor: Obama's Not Embarrassing, U.S. Is Embarrassing
Discussion: National Review and Ed Driscoll
Paul Krugman:
What To Do When You're Wrong  —  Barry Ritholtz reminds us …
Jay Rosen / Pressthink:
Out of the press box and onto the field
Lucy McCalmont / Politico:
2016 New York poll: Chris Christie beats Andrew Cuomo
Discussion: CNN
Associated Press:
Afghan villagers find the bodies of 6 beheaded contractors in restive southern province
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Jihad Watch
 Earlier Items: 
Nelson Mandela / Telegraph:
Bill Clinton tells China forum he hopes for female US president
Discussion: Politico
Washington Post:
Obamacare failures are not a cure for the GOP
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
DealBook:
Pressure Builds to Finish Volcker Rule on Wall St. Oversight
Herb Keinon / Jerusalem Post:
Analysis: Unpopular at home, Hollande appreciated in Israel
Discussion: Israpundit and Power Line
Nina Carter / KQCD-TV:
Craig Cobb in Custody
John Kass / Chicago Tribune:
Hubris has a way of ruining grand designs
Discussion: Hot Air
Annie Lowrey / New York Times:
Caught in Unemployment's Revolving Door
 

 
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