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CBS News:
Poll: Obamacare support, Obama approval sink to new lows — President Obama's job approval rating has plunged to the lowest of his presidency, according to a new CBS News poll released Wednesday, and Americans' approval of the Affordable Care Act has dropped it's lowest since CBS News started polling on the law.
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama hits new low with Dems — President Obama's relationship with congressional Democrats has worsened to an unprecedented low, Democratic aides say. — They are letting it be known that House and Senate Democrats are increasingly frustrated, bitter and angry with the White House …
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Hot Air, Weasel Zippers, New York Times, CNN, Politico, Weekly Standard and National Review
Brian Beutler / Salon:
The right's in a box: Here's how GOP loses Obamacare fight — The amazing politics of Obamacare's success stories — especially in Kentucky — could cost the GOP their leader — The fact that Affordable Care Act enrollments are spiking in states that have functioning exchange websites …
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The Week, Mediaite, Liberal Values and Booman Tribune
Tal Kopan / Politico:
CBS poll: President Obama, ACA hit record lows — President Barack Obama's approval has dropped below 40 percent, the lowest its ever been in CBS News polling. — Just 37 percent of Americans approve of the job Obama is doing as president, compared with 57 percent who disapprove in a CBS News poll out Wednesday.
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Power Line and Weasel Zippers
Ron Fournier / NationalJournal.com:
The Party of Zilch — With Democrats sagging, Republicans are missing an opportunity to fill the leadership void. — The Republican Party stands for nothing. As Barack Obama threatens to fumble away his presidency along with the Democratic Party's reasons for existence—championing an active …
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PostPartisan, Ross Douthat, The Moderate Voice, Booman Tribune, Yahoo! News, United Liberty and New York Times
TIME:
‘You Can Keep Your Doctor’: Obamacare's Next Broken Promise?
‘You Can Keep Your Doctor’: Obamacare's Next Broken Promise?
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Talking Points Memo and The Heritage Foundation
John Cassidy / News Desk:
Americans Like Obamacare Where They Can Get It
Americans Like Obamacare Where They Can Get It
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The Week, The Caucus, Taylor Marsh, Connecting.the.Dots, Liberaland, Hot Air, First Read and Daily Kos
USA Today:
Rep. Trey Radel busted in cocaine sting — Freshman GOP lawmaker says he struggles with alcoholism and made ‘an extremely irresponsible choice.’ — WASHINGTON — Rep. Trey Radel, R-Fla., was caught buying drugs as part of a federal investigation into a Washington, D.C. …
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Talking Points Memo, The Hinterland Gazette, Red Alert Politics, ABC News, Taegan Goddard's … and BuzzFeed
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Politico:
Rep. Trey Radel charged with cocaine possession — Rep. Trey Radel, a freshman Republican from Florida, was arrested on Oct. 29 for possession of cocaine in the District of Columbia, according to D.C. Superior Court documents. — Radel, 37, was charged with misdemeanor possession of cocaine in D.C. Superior Court on Tuesday.
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Harry Reid is set to go nuclear — Senator Harry Reid appears set to go nuclear — before Thanksgiving. — With Senate Republicans blocking a third Obama nomination to the powerful D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, a senior Senate Democratic leadership aide tells me Reid is now all but certain …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Reid threatens to go nuclear
Reid threatens to go nuclear
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Politico, Taking Note, CNN and The Impolitic
Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
Key Senate Democrats Flip, Now Ready For Filibuster Reform Via ‘Nuclear Option’
Key Senate Democrats Flip, Now Ready For Filibuster Reform Via ‘Nuclear Option’
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Liberaland and Daily Kos
Scott Gordon / nbcdfw.com:
North Texas Drivers Stopped at Roadblock Asked for Saliva, Blood — Fort Worth police apologize for its role in federal survey — Some drivers along a busy Fort Worth street on Friday were stopped at a police roadblock and directed into a parking lot, where they were asked by federal contractors …
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The Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit, Infowars and The Jawa Report
Lateef Mungin / CNN:
Serial killer Joseph Franklin executed after hours of delay — (CNN) — White supremacist serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin was executed Wednesday morning after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected his final requests for a stay, the Missouri Department of Public Safety said.
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The Week, The BLT and The Raw Story
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Supreme Court Refuses to Block Texas Abortion Law
Supreme Court Refuses to Block Texas Abortion Law
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Talking Points Memo, Politico and Liberaland
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Texas abortion law left in effect
Texas abortion law left in effect
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ThinkProgress, Mediaite, CNN and Hullabaloo
The White House:
President Obama's Handwritten Tribute to the Gettysburg Address — One hundred fifty years after President Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address, President Obama penned a handwritten tribute to President Lincoln's historic remarks. Read his essay below, then share it with others.
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TIME, Yahoo! News and CNN
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Larry O'Connor / BREITBART.COM:
OBAMA REMOVES ‘GOD’ FROM GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
OBAMA REMOVES ‘GOD’ FROM GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
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The Raw Story, Little Green Footballs, Mediaite, Liberaland, Ed Driscoll, Weasel Zippers, Weekly Standard and Atlas Shrugs
CNN:
Voters reject ban on late-term abortions in Albuquerque — (CNN) — Voters rejected a ban on late-term abortions in Albuquerque, New Mexico, a proposal believed to be a first on a city level. — Referenda putting abortion on the ballot have been tried on the state level.
Politico:
Hope grows for budget deal — They've been written off as a doomed-to-fail duo: Rep. Paul Ryan and Sen. Patty Murray, the congressional budget leaders who are on an uphill quest to reach any kind of fiscal deal. — But an agreement may not be so elusive after all.
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NationalJournal.com
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The GOP's scary-movie strategy — House Republican leaders could not have been more blatant in their attempts to frighten Americans if they had emerged from their weekly meeting wearing hockey masks and carrying chainsaws. — “The American people are very, very worried,” Majority Leader Eric Cantor …
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Hot Air and Washington Center …
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Obamacare bombshell: IT official says HealthCare.gov needs payment feature — Another ‘black eye’ for HealthCare.gov — CNBC's Dan Mangan analyzes the startling admission by an Obama administration official that a large portion of the Obamacare web site has not yet been built.
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Washington Post, National Review, JustOneMinute, Patterico's Pontifications and Ed Driscoll
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Administration Official: Obamacare Payment Systems Still Need to Be Built
Administration Official: Obamacare Payment Systems Still Need to Be Built
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Scared Monkeys, Politico and Questions and Observations
Ewen Callaway / Nature:
Mystery humans spiced up ancients' rampant sex lives — Genome analysis suggests interbreeding between modern humans, Neanderthals, Denisovans and a mysterious archaic population. — Rights & Permissions — New genome sequences from two extinct human relatives suggest …
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The Raw Story, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES and Sploid
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Virginia Political Figure Stabbed as Son Takes Own Life, Police Say — State Senator R. Creigh Deeds, a leading Virginia political figure who ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2009, was stabbed repeatedly on Tuesday at his home during an altercation with his son, who then apparently took his own life, the authorities said.
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Balloon Juice
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Ian Shapira / Washington Post:
Police: Son likely stabbed Va. state Sen. Creigh Deeds, shot himself
Police: Son likely stabbed Va. state Sen. Creigh Deeds, shot himself
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Daily Kos, The Other McCain and Clayton Cramer
Emily Schultheis / Politico:
NRSC apologizes for Obama Girl tweet — The National Republican Senatorial Committee came under fire Tuesday for tweeting a photo that superimposed Kentucky Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes's head on the body of “Obama Girl,” the model who starred in a series of 2007 music videos about her crush on President Obama.
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Daily Mail, BluegrassBulletin.com, Lexington Herald-Leader, Taylor Marsh, National Review, Liberaland and PoliticusUSA
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Laura Bassett / The Huffington Post:
NRSC Tweets Sexualized Attack Against Alison Lundergan Grimes
NRSC Tweets Sexualized Attack Against Alison Lundergan Grimes
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BluegrassBulletin.com, Riehl World News and Mediaite