memeorandum: After Changes, How Green Is The Times? (Margaret Sullivan/New York Times)

5:15 PM ET, November 25, 2013

Top Items:

Gershom Gorenberg / American Prospect:

Bibi's Agreement Anxiety Disorder — To explain Benjamin Netanyahu's frenzied reaction to the Geneva agreement on Iran's nuclear program, let me begin with the stack of brown cardboard boxes under my wife's desk. — Each of the five cartons contains a gas mask and related paraphernalia …

Discussion: Christian Science Monitor, The Daily Beast, +972 Magazine, Hit & Run, Washington Monthly, Taylor Marsh, Booman Tribune, Power Line and The Week

Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:

Deal or No Deal — The final details of a nuclear agreement signed over the weekend between Iran and Western nations will not actually go into effect until further negotiations take place at a later date, according to a senior administration official and sources on Capitol Hill.

Discussion: Reuters, Weasel Zippers, Jihad Watch, Weekly Standard, The PJ Tatler and JP Updates

Jerusalem Post:
Netanyahu: Israel to send team to US to work on final Iran nuclear deal

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, New York Times, The Jawa Report, Israel Matzav, www.whoradio.com, Washington Post, The Hugh Hewitt Show and First Read

Burgess Everett / Politico:
Harry Reid: Iran nuclear deal an ‘important first step’

Discussion: JP Updates and The Hill

Jeffrey Goldberg / Bloomberg:
In Iran, Obama Achieves 50 Percent of His Goals

Discussion: Wonkblog, Washington Post, The Plum Line, Associated Press, Hot Air, BuzzFeed, Politico and Little Green Footballs

Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Top Dems, Republicans blast Obama's nuke deal with Iran

Discussion: BillMoyers.com, No More Mister Nice Blog, National Review, The Week, CNN, Heritage Action for America, Power Line, The Heritage Foundation, Faster, Please!, Weasel Zippers, Guardian and Washington Wire

Brian Beutler / Salon:

Right-wing extremists face new moral conundrum — When Healthcare.gov actually starts working, GOP will have to choose between politics or their constituents' health — The confluence of two pieces of news last week will place Republicans at a moral crossroads — either by this weekend …

Discussion: Twitchy, The Plum Line, Daily Kos, Weasel Zippers and Liberaland

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.

Discussion: The Impolitic and BizPac Review

Franklin Foer / The New Republic:
Obamacare's Threat to Liberalism

Discussion: Power Line and The American Mind

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.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, CNN, NationalJournal.com, USA Today, The Hill, Outside the Beltway, Hot Air, BizPac Review, The Other McCain and Betsy's Page

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.

Discussion: CNN, Washington Monthly, Hot Air, The PJ Tatler, Politico, The Volokh Conspiracy and Power Line

The Fix:
Republicans embrace Wag-the-Dog-ism

Discussion: CBS DC and Washington Post

Economics Policies for the 21st Century:

No Grounds for Claim that Obamacare Lowers Healthcare Costs — Public support for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has plummeted now that the oft-repeated claim that “If you like your health care plan, you can keep it” is widely understood to be untrue. Despite previous assurances …

Discussion: National Review

Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
No, the Failure of Obamacare Would Not Lead to Single-Payer

Discussion: Washington Monthly and Economix

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 …

Discussion: protein wisdom, Hot Air, The Week, The Daily Caller, Weasel Zippers, Politico, LifeNews.com, Taylor Marsh, Talking Points Memo, Post Politics, The PJ Tatler, The Gateway Pundit and National Review

Eric Lach / Talking Points Memo:

Crossroads GPS Spent More On Politics Than It Reported To IRS — You know what they say: a million here, a million there, pretty soon you're talking real dark money. — ProPublica on Monday documented how the Karl Rove-linked dark money group Crossroads GPS spent about $11 million …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice

ProPublica:
New Tax Return Shows Karl Rove's Group Spent Even More On Politics Than It Said

Discussion: Firedoglake, PoliticusUSA and Prairie Weather

Eric W. Dolan / The Raw Story:

Noam Chomsky slaps down 9/11 truther: People spend an hour on the Internet and think they know physics — MIT professor Noam Chomsky doesn't know what happened to “Building 7″ of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. — But he is convinced that so-called “9/11 Truthers” don't have the answer.

Discussion: Mediaite

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

USA Today won't publish handout photos from White House — In a memo to staff Sunday, USA Today Deputy Director of Multimedia Andrew P. Scott said the news organization will not use “handout photos originating from the White House Press Office, except in very extraordinary circumstances.”

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon, Guardian, Pat Dollard, BizPac Review, Mediaite, Weasel Zippers and Outside the Beltway, more at Mediagazer »

Yahoo:

Welcome aboard, Katie. Anchors aweigh! — Today, I am incredibly excited to announce that Katie Couric is joining Yahoo as our Global Anchor. Starting in early 2014, Katie will lead a growing team of correspondents at Yahoo News who will cover the world's most interesting stories and newsmakers.

Discussion: Politico, TechCrunch, Business Insider, AllThingsD, Mediaite and Mashable, more at Mediagazer »

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 …

Discussion: WTVR-TV, NPR, RH Reality Check and Shakesville

Deirdre Walsh / CNN:

House GOP leader becomes only Member of Congress to give birth three times in office — Washington (CNN) - House Republican Conference Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, the fourth ranking House GOP leader, delivered a baby girl on Sunday, becoming the only Member of Congress to give birth three times while in office.

Discussion: Politico

Jeff Mason / Reuters:

Obama: I'm not a particularly ideological person — SEATTLE (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, on a fundraising swing in Seattle on Sunday, described himself as “not a particularly ideological person” despite ongoing political clashes with Republicans over healthcare, the economy, and immigration reform.

Discussion: Hot Air and Weasel Zippers

Philip Rucker / Post Politics:
Obama: I'm ‘not a particularly ideological person’

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, The Fix, Mediaite, Weasel Zippers, BizPac Review and The PJ Tatler

Molly Redden / Mother Jones:

New Warning: Morning-After Pill Doesn't Work for Women Over 176 Pounds — The European manufacturer of a pill identical to Plan B says its product won't work for women who weigh more than 176 pounds. Will American pharma companies warn women of weight limits? — Maybe not as effective as you think.

Discussion: Rush Limbaugh, ThinkProgress and The Raw Story

Alex Kane / Mondoweiss:

(Updated) Senator Chuck Schumer promises more Iran sanctions, vows to ‘defeat’ Arab world and Palestinians — New York Senator Chuck Schumer was his usual hawkish self on Sunday evening. In an address to the OHEL Children's Home and Family Services gala, Schumer railed against the deal …

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, The World's Greatest …, Talking Points Memo, MJ Rosenberg, JP Updates, The Daily Caller and The PJ Tatler

Nicole Flatow / ThinkProgress:

Teen Jailed At Rikers For 3 Years Without Conviction Or Trial — Kalief Browder talking to WABC-TV. — A teen who spent three years in a notorious New York jail without ever having been convicted or put on trial is coming forward after filing a lawsuit against New York City.

Discussion: Hullabaloo and Global Grind

Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:

Herring wins Virginia attorney general race, elections board announces — RICHMOND — The state Board of Elections on Monday certified Democrat Mark Herring as the winner of the Nov. 5 election for Virginia attorney general, even as the board chairman raised questions about the “integrity” of the vote tallies.

Discussion: Politico, Feeds, Outside the Beltway and Daily Kos