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5:10 PM ET, November 21, 2013

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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)
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 …
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
A Move Years in the Making, With Lasting Ramifications  —  WASHINGTON — The curtailment of the filibuster, probably the most well-known aspect of the Senate in popular culture, came in a politically charged vote Thursday that had been years in the making.  It will have significant ramifications …
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 …
Discussion: Taking Note and Hullabaloo
Jose Delreal / Politico:
Paul on Reid: 'We've got a big bully'
Discussion: PostPartisan and The Fix
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Senator: Nuclear Option Is ‘Obamacare II’
Discussion: Mediaite
Washington Wire:
Q&A: What Is the Nuclear Option?
Discussion: CBS News and Weasel Zippers
William Yeomans / Politico:
Nuke 'Em, Harry: Why Democrats Should Kill the Filibuster
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
Discussion: Ed Driscoll, Hot Air and New York Times
Richard Kim / The Nation:   The problems with the Affordable Care Act stem from government being too small and weak, not too big and powerful.
Sam Baker / NationalJournal.com:   Obamacare Delays May Create Election Bomb for Democrats
Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
Doctors Fire up the Obamacare Waaambulance
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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Justin Sink / The Hill:
States warn Obama about health fix
Discussion: Politico and WJLA-TV
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.
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.
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.
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 …
Discussion: Mediaite
Robert Gehrke / Salt Lake Tribune:
Swallow expected to resign today  —  Utah Attorney General John Swallow is expected to resign Thursday in the face of mounting investigations and a report expected from the lieutenant governor's office that could result in his ouster, according to multiple high-level sources familiar with the discussions.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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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