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9:25 AM ET, November 23, 2013

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Leigh Ann Caldwell / CNN:

And credit for the nuclear option goes to... Washington (CNN) — What was known as the nuclear option yesterday is known as the Reid Rule today. Time will only tell if the Reid Rule is productive or destructive. But we'll leave that to the historians. — As for how it became the Reid rule …

Discussion: Daily Kos and Talking Points Memo

Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:

Rush Limbaugh uses rape analogy on filibuster — Rush Limbaugh on Friday used a rape analogy as he told listeners about the Senate's historic filibuster rule change, touching off an immediate and intense backlash to comments that were called “offensive” and “despicable.”

Discussion: New York Magazine, The Daily Caller, CNN and Hullabaloo

John Fund / National Review:

Reid's Law — It may sound like congressional “inside baseball,” but yesterday's decision by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to limit the power of the minority to block nominees for Executive Branch and most judicial vacancies is momentous. Ezra Klein, a liberal Washington Post columnist …

Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Washington Post

Mother Jones:

3 Charts Explain Why Democrats Went Nuclear on the Filibuster — No one has completely clean hands when it comes to filibusters in the Senate. Democrats have used them and Republicans have used them. But hoo boy, Republicans sure have used them more. That's why Democrats went nuclear on Thursday.

Discussion: Taylor Marsh and Liberaland

John Podhoretz / New York Post:
The hatchetmen win: Harry Reid's muscle move

Discussion: Washington Monthly, National Review, Wall Street Journal and Constitution Society

Manu Raju / Politico:
Harry Reid's gambit

Discussion: Reuters, Talking Points Memo, National Review, Rush Limbaugh, Slate and First Read

Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:

Katie Couric Negotiating ABC News Exit (Exclusive) — UPDATED: Couric is set to exit her role as ABC News special correspondent early as she nears a deal for an interview show on Yahoo. — Less than three years after joining ABC in a lucrative and wide-ranging deal that included …

Discussion: New York Times, Business Insider, Mediaite, Politico, The Verge and TVNewser, more at Mediagazer »

Z. Byron Wolf / CNN:

Extended: Obamacare enrollment deadline for January 1 coverage — (CNN) - The Obama administration announced Friday that the Department of Health and Human Services will extend a key Obamacare deadline by one week. — Americans can now sign up through December 23 in order to have health coverage start …

Discussion: Reuters

CNN:
2015 Obamacare signup delayed

Discussion: The Week, The Heritage Foundation, American Spectator and Fox News

Aaron Rupar / The Blotter:

Stewart Mills, GOP congressional candidate, hits a beer bong [PHOTOS] — In June, we broke the news that Stewart Mills is a Packers fan. That being the case, perhaps nobody should be surprised to learn that dude knows how to party. — Photos obtained by City Pages show Mills …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Politico

Cecilia Kang / Washington Post:

FCC sees backlash after proposing to allow in-flight cellphone calls on planes — Air travel may get a lot chattier with a new federal proposal to allow cellphone calls on airplanes. — The Federal Communications Commission said Thursday that it will consider rules that would allow air travelers …

Discussion: Hot Air, The Week, New York Times, NBCNews and Politico

petitions.whitehouse.gov:
Instruct the FCC and FAA that cell phone use is not appropriate on flights

Discussion: Politico and New Day

Matthew Boyle / BREITBART.COM:

EXCLUSIVE — MCCONNELL: TEA PARTY ‘BULLIES’ WHO NEED PUNCH IN NOSE — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said on a conference call organized by Karl Rove's Crossroads organization for large donors and their advisers on Oct. 30 that the Tea Party movement, in his view, is a …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Weasel Zippers, Rush Limbaugh, Riehl World News and Washington Monthly

Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:

‘FLASH PRESIDENT DEAD’: How News Of The JFK Assassination Broke In Real Time — To watch the coverage of the Kennedy assassination 50 years later is to see just how raw and unformed so many parts of the news media that we now take for granted were, and to marvel at the ways in which our technology …

Discussion: Washington Monthly and Taylor Marsh

Merriman Smith / UPI:
Eyewitness account of John F. Kennedy assassination

Discussion: The Dish

Adam Clymer / New York Times:
‘Kennedy Has Been Shot’: Memories From Nov. 22, 1963

Discussion: The Democratic Daily, Taylor Marsh, The Reaction, Towleroad News #gay and Los Angeles Times

Rosie Taylor / Daily Mail:

Children of 8 are ‘racist’ if they miss Islam trip: School's threatening letter to parents is met with outrage — Parents were ordered to send their children to a workshop on Islam or have them labelled as racist for the rest of their school career. — They were sent a letter warning …

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Weasel Zippers and The Gateway Pundit

Theo Balcomb / History:

Moved By Kennedy's Death, The Boston Symphony Played On … A visit to the symphony: It's often a solitary experience that can, in truly important moments, become communal — as it did in Boston on Nov. 22, 1963. — At 2 p.m., the Boston Symphony Orchestra's Friday afternoon concert began like any other.

Discussion: Firedoglake and Crooks and Liars

Rich Lord / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

Catholic dioceses of Pittsburgh, Erie win injunction against Affordable Care Act — The right of church-related organizations to keep a clear conscience trumps the federal government's desire to improve access to contraceptives, a federal judge ruled Thursday in a preliminary decision …

Discussion: Hot Air, National Review and ProfessorBainbridge.com

Andrew Cohen / The Atlantic Online:

The Filibuster's Demise Is Great News for Judicial Confirmation Hearings — Knowing obstruction was an option, senators have long had pillow fights with nominees. That's almost certainly going to change. — The phrase “nuclear option” always has been terribly misleading as a way of describing …

Discussion: Daily Kos