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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
NUCLEAR OPTION TRIGGERED: Dems Make Historic Change To Filibuster Rules — After years of threats and warnings, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and his Democratic majority on Thursday executed the “nuclear option” to eliminate the filibuster for executive branch and judicial nominees, except for the Supreme Court.
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Landmark Senate Vote Limits Filibusters — WASHINGTON — The Senate voted on Thursday to eliminate the use of the filibuster against most presidential nominees, a move that will break the Republican blockade of President Obama's picks to cabinet posts and the federal judiciary.
Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
Nine reasons the filibuster change is a huge deal — 1. The change the Senate made today is small but consequential: The filibuster no longer applies to judicial or executive-branch nominees. It still applies to bills and Supreme Court nominations. — Goodbye, filibuster. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Reid, Democrats trigger ‘nuclear’ option; eliminate most filibusters on nominees — The partisan battles that have paralyzed Washington in recent years took a historic turn Thursday, as Senate Democrats eliminated filibusters for most presidential nominations, severely curtailing …
TIME:
Reid Blocks First G.O.P. Offer on Filibuster Reform, Leaves Nuclear Option on Table — Sen. John McCain's proposal doesn't go far enough for Majority Leader Harry Reid — For at least the third time this year, Senate Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid is threatening the “nuclear option” …
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ThinkProgress:
Why Senate Democrats Had To Invoke The ‘Nuclear Option’ — President Obama introduces three nominees to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit — Well, it finally happened. — After five years of filibusters, obstruction, lengthy waits for confirmation …
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Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
Senate Could Go Nuclear As Soon As Today: Sources
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Politico:
Senate goes for ‘nuclear option’
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Washington Wire:
Q&A: What Is the Nuclear Option?
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate guts filibuster power
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Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
Don't Believe the Republican Cries of Vengeance
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New York Times:
G.O.P. Maps Out Waves of Attacks Over Health Law — WASHINGTON — The memo distributed to House Republicans this week was concise and blunt, listing talking points and marching orders: “Because of Obamacare, I Lost My Insurance.” “Obamacare Increases Health Care Costs.”
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Nicole L. Hopkins / Wall Street Journal:
Nicole Hopkins: ObamaCare Forced Mom Into Medicaid — My mother preferred to pay for her care rather than be on the government dole. Now she has no choice. — My mother is not one to seek attention by complaining, so her recent woeful Facebook post caught my eye: “The poor get poorer.”
James Oliphant / NationalJournal.com:
Love It or Hate It, Obamacare Redistributes Americans' Wealth
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Republican Talking Points on Obamacare
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Richard Kim / The Nation:
The problems with the Affordable Care Act stem from government being too small and weak, not too big and powerful.
George W. Bush / The Fix:
Why re-selling Obamacare won't be easy
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Jason Zengerle / Politico:
The race that broke the Cheney family — What happened when a gay sister came between Liz Cheney and a Senate seat. — Liz Cheney just wanted to enjoy her milkshake. It was a Friday afternoon in early November, and the shadows were growing longer over the flat expanse of eastern Wyoming as a hard week dragged on.
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Ron Fournier / NationalJournal.com:
Obama's Image Machine: Monopolistic Propaganda Funded by You — News organizations protest White House restrictions on independent photo coverage. — New York Times photographer Doug Mills strode into Jay Carney's office Oct. 29 with a pile of pictures taken exclusively …
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Nancy Gibbs / TIME:
Obama's Race for the Cure — The President's second term may hinge on how fast his health care reform can recover — A good President needs a big comfort zone. He should be able to treat enemies as opportunities, appear authentic in joy and grief, stay cool under the hot lights.
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Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
Fox News Chastises People For Giving To The Homeless: 'You're An Enabler' — According to Fox News, this woman is likely a scammer, alcoholic, or addict who doesn't deserve your help. — CREDIT: AP — I don't throw around the term “hero” lightly, but it takes a special kind of person …
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Bloomberg:
Blame Rich, Overeducated Elites as Our Society Frays — Complex human societies, including our own, are fragile. They are held together by an invisible web of mutual trust and social cooperation. This web can fray easily, resulting in a wave of political instability, internal conflict and, sometimes, outright social collapse.
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Byron Tau / Reuters:
Tea party groups can't shield donors, FEC rules — The Federal Election Commission declined on Thursday to grant a tea party group the same exemption from disclosure that it has long granted to left-wing political parties. — The panel voted 3-2 against a proposal that would have allowed …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP on ObamaCare: Let it self-destruct — Republican lawmakers who pushed the government shutdown to stop ObamaCare say their new plan is to sit back and watch the law self-destruct. — Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and other Tea Party allies of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) say the threat of a shutdown …
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