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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Dems worry leaders in denial on Obamacare — Democratic leaders claim the bungled launch of Obamacare is just the latest news sensation — a media-stirred tempest that looks in the heat of the moment like it could upend the midterm election, but ends up fizzling well before voters head to the polls.
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The Fix:
Republicans embrace Wag-the-Dog-ism — The Republican strategy of late can be summed up in a single word: Distraction. — When Senate Democrats moved last Thursday to invoke the nuclear option — a rules change that came after eight years of back and forth between the two parties over judicial …
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CBS DC and Washington Post
Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Filibuster's end imperils Sebelius — Kathleen Sebelius may become the biggest loser in the Senate's approval of filibuster reform. — The Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary has kept her job despite the botched rollout of ObamaCare's insurance exchanges, but it will now be easier for Obama to replace her.
Steven Hayward / Power Line:
Filibuster Rope-a-Dope? — Did the crafty Mitch McConnell …
Filibuster Rope-a-Dope? — Did the crafty Mitch McConnell …
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American Prospect and DownWithTyranny!
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
For flailing Obama, it's fixing healthcare, stupid
Wall Street Journal:
Tehran can continue to enrich uranium at 10,000 working centrifuges. — President Obama is hailing a weekend accord that he says has “halted the progress of the Iranian nuclear program,” and we devoutly wish this were true. The reality is that the agreement in Geneva with five Western nations takes Iran …
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Washington Post and The Hugh Hewitt Show
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Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
Longer-Term Deal With Iran Faces Major Challenges
Longer-Term Deal With Iran Faces Major Challenges
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BillMoyers.com, WJLA-TV, The Week, The Caucus, News Desk and Associated Press
Gershom Gorenberg / American Prospect:
Bibi's Agreement Anxiety Disorder
Bibi's Agreement Anxiety Disorder
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Power Line, Booman Tribune, The Moderate Voice and emptywheel
Washington Post:
An Iran deal worth trying — risks and all
An Iran deal worth trying — risks and all
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The Plum Line, The Fix, Bloomberg, Hot Air and Mediaite
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Nuclear Accord With Iran Opens Diplomatic Doors in the Mideast
Nuclear Accord With Iran Opens Diplomatic Doors in the Mideast
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Jerusalem Post, Washington Post, First Read, The Atlantic Online, Wall Street Journal, Hot Air, BillMoyers.com, NBCNews, Associated Press and BuzzFeed
Barrie McKenna / Globe and Mail:
Canada ‘deeply skeptical’ Iran will follow through on nuclear deal
Canada ‘deeply skeptical’ Iran will follow through on nuclear deal
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Brookings Institute, Michael J. Totten's blog and National Review
CNN:
President's marks as manager take hit in new CNN/ORC poll — Washington (CNN) - Only four out of 10 Americans believe President Barack Obama can manage the federal government effectively, according to a new national poll. — And a CNN/ORC International survey released Monday morning …
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The Daily Caller, Weasel Zippers, LifeNews.com, Talking Points Memo, The PJ Tatler, Politico, Hot Air, Post Politics and National Review
Franklin Foer / The New Republic:
Obamacare's Threat to Liberalism — There's a term of art that the Obama White House uses to describe its neurotic supporters who instantly race to the worst-case scenario: They are known as “bed-wetters.” Two months into the dysfunctional life of healthcare.gov, however, that seems a perfectly appropriate physiological reaction.
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Power Line and New York Times
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Juan Williams / The Hill:
Pressure builds on Boehner — If Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) put the Senate's immigration bill to a vote in the House, it wins. — The math is pretty simple. It will take 218 votes to pass it. All 200 Democrats are on board as well as three Republican co-sponsors.
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Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Top Dems, Republicans blast Obama's nuke deal with Iran — Top lawmakers on both side of the aisle on Sunday voiced skepticism about the newly struck agreement with Iran, and vowed to keep up the pressure with sanctions. — Senior members in both chambers said that, at first glance …
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Faster, Please!, The Daily Caller, The PJ Tatler, Weasel Zippers, Mediaite, Talking Points Memo and CNN
Lucy McCalmont / Politico:
Obama: 'I'm not a particularly ideological person' — President Barack Obama says he is not a “particularly ideological person,” but remains passionate about certain issues. — “I'm not a particularly ideological person,” Obama said Sunday during a fundraiser in Seattle.
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Taylor Marsh
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Philip Rucker / Post Politics:
Obama: I'm ‘not a particularly ideological person’ — MEDINA, Wash. - Opening a three-day campaign swing to raise money for fellow Democrats, President Obama charged here Sunday night that House Republicans are the biggest impediment to the nation's progress.
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The Fix, Weasel Zippers, Talking Points Memo and The PJ Tatler
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
California, Here We Come? — It goes without saying that the rollout of Obamacare was an epic disaster. But what kind of disaster was it? Was it a failure of management, messing up the initial implementation of a fundamentally sound policy? Or was it a demonstration that the Affordable Care Act is inherently unworkable?
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National Review, The Hugh Hewitt Show, Health Care Policy …, Balloon Juice and PoliticusUSA
Lawrence R. Jacobs / New York Times:
Right vs. Left in the Midwest — MINNESOTA and Wisconsin share much more than bone-chilling winters: German and Northern European roots; farming; and, until recently, a populist progressive tradition stretching back a century to Wisconsin's Fighting Bob La Follette and the birth of Minnesota's Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party.
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Liberaland, Jared Bernstein and The Mahablog
Susan Mohamed / OnIslam.net:
Angola Bans Islam, Destroys Mosques — LUANDA - According to several Angolan newspapers, Angola has become the first country in the world to ban Islam and Muslims, taking first measures by destroying mosques in the country. — “The process of legalization of Islam has not been approved …
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Weasel Zippers, Jihad Watch, Atlas Shrugs, Blazing Cat Fur and The Volokh Conspiracy
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Connor Adams Sheets / International Business Times:
Angola ‘Bans Islam’, Dismantles Mosques, According To News Reports
Angola ‘Bans Islam’, Dismantles Mosques, According To News Reports
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The Daily Caller and The Gateway Pundit
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Court Confronts Religious Rights of Corporations — WASHINGTON — Hobby Lobby, a chain of crafts stores, closes on Sundays, costing its owners millions but honoring their Christian faith. — The stores play religious music. Employees get free spiritual counseling.
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MySanAntonio.com:
SAPD officer accused of rape — A San Antonio police officer was arrested Saturday and accused of raping a 19-year-old woman on the South Side early the day before. At a news conference Saturday, police said the officer has been accused of sexual assault before.
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Crooks and Liars and Scared Monkeys
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