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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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USA Today, The Other McCain and Hot Air
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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.
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
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!
Jerusalem Post:
Netanyahu: Israel to send team to US to work on final Iran nuclear deal — PM says at Likud faction meeting that he agreed with Obama that Israeli team would be sent to US next week; says that Iran interim deal is bad but would have been worse without Israeli diplomatic efforts.
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The Jawa Report, Washington Post, Israel Matzav, Power Line, Atlas Shrugs and The Gateway Pundit
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Wall Street Journal:
Tehran can continue to enrich uranium at 10,000 working centrifuges.
Tehran can continue to enrich uranium at 10,000 working centrifuges.
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The Hugh Hewitt Show
Gershom Gorenberg / American Prospect:
Bibi's Agreement Anxiety Disorder
Bibi's Agreement Anxiety Disorder
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Booman Tribune, Power Line, 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
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, Associated Press and News Desk
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
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, The American Mind and New York Times
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Patrick Howley / The Daily Caller:
Top U.S. hospital laying off staff due to Obamacare — The Cleveland Clinic, which is ranked among the top four U.S. hospitals, is making layoffs and cutting its budget more than $100 million as a direct result of the Affordable Care Act, the Daily Caller has learned.
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BizPac 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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protein wisdom, The Daily Caller, The Week, Weasel Zippers, LifeNews.com, The PJ Tatler, Talking Points Memo, Politico, Post Politics and National Review
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’
Obama: I'm ‘not a particularly ideological person’
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The Fix, BizPac Review, Talking Points Memo, The PJ Tatler and Weasel Zippers
Jim Kuhnhenn / Associated Press:
Money, Star Power Await Obama on Fundraising Tour
Money, Star Power Await Obama on Fundraising Tour
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Michelle Malkin and Liberaland
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 and Talking Points Memo
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Juan Williams / The Hill:
Pressure builds on Boehner
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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Firedoglake, 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
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, Health Care Policy …, The Hugh Hewitt Show, 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
Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
Four Adults Charged With Helping Cover Up The Steubenville Rape Case — CREDIT: AP Photo/Steubenville Herald-Star, Michael D. McElwain — On Monday, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced that the grand jury investigating the Steubenville rape case has charged four adults in the community …
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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