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5:45 PM ET, November 24, 2013

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John Bolton / Weekly Standard:
Abject Surrender by the United States  —  Negotiations for an “interim” arrangement over Iran's nuclear weapons program finally succeeded this past weekend, as Security Council foreign ministers (plus Germany) flew to Geneva to meet their Iranian counterpart.
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Fred Kaplan / Slate:
We Have a Deal With Iran.  A Good One.  —  It's everything Obama hoped to achieve in Geneva.  —  The Iranian nuclear deal struck Saturday night is a triumph.  It contains nothing that any American, Israeli, or Arab skeptic could reasonably protest.  Had George W. Bush negotiated this deal …
Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
Obama's Very Personal Deal With Iran  —  Did he finally earn that Nobel?  —  T.J. Kirkpatrick-Pool / Getty Images  —  A little more than four years ago, the Norwegian Nobel Committee embarrassed President Barack Obama with an unearned Peace Prize.  —  The announcement praised him for having …
Discussion: Liberaland
Jason Rezaian / Washington Post:
Iran's top officials hail nuclear deal as beginning of new era  —  TEHRAN — Iran's top officials on Sunday welcomed the initial agreement struck with world powers over its nuclear activities, hailing the deal as the beginning of a new era for the Islamic republic, both in its relations …
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Schumer ‘Disappointed’ With Obama's Iran Nuclear Deal  —  Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said Sunday he is “disappointed” with the nuclear deal reached Saturday between the U.S. and Iran  —  “I am disappointed by the terms of the agreement between Iran and the P5+1 nations because it does not seem proportional …
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Post Politics
MaryAlice Parks / ABC News:
Sec. John Kerry: ‘No Daylight’ Between Israel, U.S. on Goal for Iran Nuclear Program  —  Following a historic deal on Iran's nuclear program brokered overnight in Geneva, Secretary of State John Kerry sought to temper concerns expressed by Israel over the agreement, saying in an interview on …
Reuters:
Netanyahu says Iran nuclear deal is ‘historic mistake’  —  Bennett: “Israel does not see itself as bound by this bad, this very bad agreement that has been signed.”  —  Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu characterized the agreement signed with Iran early Sunday morning as a historic mistake.
Jonathan Allen / Politico:
Early skepticism, caution on nuclear deal  —  President Barack Obama's Iranian nuclear deal is running into deep skepticism — and harsh criticism — from officials in Israel and on Capitol Hill.  —  Less than 12 hours after Obama announced the agreement at the White House …
Washington Post:
Iran, world powers reach historic nuclear deal
Laura Rozen / The Back Channel:
Exclusive: Burns led secret US back channel to Iran
Discussion: Israel Matzav, BuzzFeed and Politico
Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Schumer: Iran wins in nuclear agreement
Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Politico, Mediaite and CNN
Reuters:
Breakthrough deal curbs Iran's nuclear activity
Discussion: The Impolitic and Jihad Watch
Ashley Killough / CNN:
Kerry: Israel is safer under new deal
Discussion: Politico and The Week
Indira A.R. Lakshmanan / Bloomberg:
Iran to Reap $7 Billion in Sanctions Relief Under Accord
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Jihad Watch
Isabel Kershner / New York Times:
Israeli Leaders Denounce Geneva Accord
Discussion: Politico
Associated Press:
Obama: Iran deal ‘an important first step’
Discussion: Business Insider and Post Politics
Associated Press:
Key figures in the secret U.S.-Iranian nuclear talks:  —  UNITED STATES
Discussion: ThinkProgress and CNN
Laura Barron-Lopez / The Hill:
Filibuster change clears path for Obama climate regs crackdown  —  Green groups might be the biggest winners from Senate Democrats' decision to gut the minority party's filibuster rights on nominations.  —  Their top priority — President Obama's second-term regulations on climate change …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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The Hill:
Filibuster faces terminal decline  —  The gradual diminishment of the filibuster is inevitable now that Democrats have set off the “nuclear option,” experts say, and that could have much broader ramifications down the line.  —  “From here on in, the filibuster is likely to be eroded …
Discussion: Politico
Eric Posner / Slate:
Centrists Should Mourn the Demise of the Filibuster
Discussion: Althouse
Stephanie McCrummen / Washington Post:
In rural Kentucky, health-care debate takes back seat as the long-uninsured line up  —  | in BREATHITT COUNTY, Ky. — On the campaign trail, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was still blasting the new health-care law as unsalvageable.  At the White House, President Obama …
John Harwood / New York Times:
Don't Dare Call the Health Law ‘Redistribution’  —  WASHINGTON — Rebecca M. Blank was a top candidate in 2011 to lead President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, but then the White House turned up something politically dangerous.  —  “A commitment to economic justice necessarily implies …
New York Post:
Al Sharpton condemns ‘knockout’ attacks  —  Rev. Al Sharpton condemned “knockout” attacks Saturday but stopped short of calling for marches against the brutal hate crimes.  —  “This kind of behavior is deplorable and must be condemned by all us,” he said at his weekly National Action Network meeting in Harlem.
John Crudele / New York Post:
False job numbers: Did the White House know?  —  Did White House know about fabricated and manipulated job numbers before 2012 election?  —  Let me be the first to ask: Did the White House know that employment reports were being falsified?  —  Last week I reported exclusively that someone …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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Amy Davidson / New Yorker:
HEAL THYSELF  —  Last Tuesday, at a forum put together …
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
Republicans Attack Iran Deal Before It's Announced
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