memeorandum: Creigh Deeds: ‘I am alive for a reason’ (Lucy McCalmont/Politico)

11:45 PM ET, November 25, 2013

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Republicans mindlessly oppose Iran nuclear deal — Republicans are opposed to President Obama's deal with the Iranians — whatever it is. — A couple of minutes after 9 p.m. on Saturday, word crossed the news wires that negotiators in Geneva had reached an agreement on Iran's nuclear program.

Discussion: DownWithTyranny!

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

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: The Daily Beast, BillMoyers.com, Christian Science Monitor, +972 Magazine, Hit & Run, Taylor Marsh, Washington Monthly, 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, Israel Matzav, Weasel Zippers, Jihad Watch, The PJ Tatler, Connecting.the.Dots, Associated Press and JP Updates

Matthew Kroenig / Foreign Policy:
Now for the Hard Part — The Iran deal is a good first step.

Discussion: Daniel W. Drezner, Mediaite, News Desk, Washington Post, The Fact Checker and The Monkey Cage

Noah Millman / The American Conservative:
The Obama Legacy: Iran vs. Healthcare.gov

Discussion: Firedoglake and Washington Monthly

Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Reid: Senate will consider stronger sanctions against Iran after break

Discussion: BuzzFeed and American Spectator

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

Discussion: TIP, Hot Air, The Dish, Israel Matzav, The Gateway Pundit, Pat Dollard, Weasel Zippers, www.whoradio.com, The Daily Beast, The Jawa Report, New York Times, Washington Post, First Read, Wall Street Journal, The Hugh Hewitt Show and NBCNews

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

Discussion: Foreign Policy, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Wonkblog, Associated Press, The Plum Line, Politico, Little Green Footballs and BuzzFeed

The Times of Israel:
Shifting gears, Israeli team heading to US to try to shape final nuclear pact

Discussion: CBS DC

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, Pat Dollard, Mediaite, Guardian, Weasel Zippers, BizPac Review and Outside the Beltway, more at Mediagazer »

Elise Viebeck / The Hill:

HealthCare.gov won't be perfect on Dec. 1, administration says — Administration officials said Monday that some visitors to ObamaCare's federal enrollment site would experience outages, slow response times or messages to try again later during the month of December.

Discussion: CNN

Jonathan Allen / Politico:
Obamacare deadline tests Dem patience

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, WJLA-TV and The Week

Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Dems worry leaders in denial on Obamacare

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

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: NPR, RH Reality Check and Shakesville

Tracy Connor / NBCNews:

Steubenville case: Four more charged, including superintendent, volunteer coach — An Ohio grand jury investigating an alleged cover-up in the Steubenville rape case has indicted four more people, including the school superintendent and an assistant football coach.

Discussion: The Raw Story

Nick Dutton / WTVR-TV:
School superintendent, others indicted in Steubenville rape case

Discussion: Scared Monkeys

CNN:
Four more school employees charged in Steubenville rape case

Discussion: RH Reality Check and Weasel Zippers

Paul Waldman / American Prospect:

No, the Failure of Obamacare Would Not Lead to Single-Payer — More than a few conservatives are of the opinion that should the Affordable Care Act fail to achieve its goals, it would make the adoption of single-payer health insurance in the United States more likely.

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog, Washington Monthly and The Reaction

Economics Policies for the 21st Century:
No Grounds for Claim that Obamacare Lowers Healthcare Costs

Discussion: National Review

Nancy Folbre / Economix:
The Single-Payer Alternative — Nancy Folbre is professor emerita …

Discussion: Corrente

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

Patrick Howley / The Daily Caller:
Top U.S. hospital laying off staff due to Obamacare

Discussion: The Impolitic and BizPac Review

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

Discussion: National Review, Power Line and The American Mind

The White House:

Remarks by the President on Immigration Reform — San Francisco, CA — THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody! (Applause.) Well, hello, San Francisco! (Applause.) It is great to be back in California. It is great to be with all of you. I love San Francisco. (Applause.) You got great food.

Discussion: Weekly Standard, Weasel Zippers, PoliticusUSA, New York Times, Pat Dollard and White House.gov Blog

Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
Obama Engages Anti-Deportation Heckler At Immigration Speech

Discussion: Michelle Malkin, Weasel Zippers and Guardian

Lucy McCalmont / Politico:

Creigh Deeds: ‘I am alive for a reason’ — Virginia State Sen. Creigh Deeds says he's “alive for a reason” in his first comments to the media following an altercation at his residence last week where he suffered multiple stab wounds to the head and torso and his son killed himself with a rifle.

Politico:

Chilling new details in Sandy Hook shooting — With no co-conspirators identified, Sedensky said no criminal charges will be filed. AP Photo — Close — The 48-page report lays out the horror of Sandy Hook Elementary School in methodical detail. It's all there: The sound of crashing glass …

Discussion: One Newtown

ProPublica:

New Tax Return Shows Karl Rove's Group Spent Even More On Politics Than It Said — On its 2012 tax return, GOP strategist Karl Rove's dark money behemoth Crossroads GPS justified its status as a tax-exempt social welfare group in part by citing its grants of $35 million to other similarly aligned nonprofits.

Discussion: Daily Kos, PoliticusUSA, Firedoglake and Prairie Weather

Eric Lach / Talking Points Memo:
Crossroads GPS Spent More On Politics Than It Reported To IRS

Discussion: The Moderate Voice

Michael Hiltzik / Los Angeles Times:

The dirty secrets behind Boehner's ‘spiking’ Obamacare premiums — Speaker John Boehner, grappling with Obamacare. (House of Representatives) — Perhaps in an effort to defuse reports that House Speaker John Boehner is making out pretty well as a first-time insurance customer under …

Discussion: ThinkProgress, PoliticusUSA, Daily Kos and Politico

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.