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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
CBS News' Lara Logan Taking Leave Of Absence Over Discredited ‘60 Minutes’ Benghazi Report — NEW YORK — Jeff Fager, chairman of CBS News and executive producer of '"60 Minutes," informed staff Tuesday that Lara Logan and her producer, Max McClellan, would be taking a leave of absence following …
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Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
CNN/ORC poll: Democrats lose 2014 edge following Obamacare uproar — Washington (CNN) - What a difference a month makes. — A new CNN/ORC International poll indicates a dramatic turnaround in the battle for control of Congress in next year's midterm elections.
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Josh Kraushaar / NationalJournal.com:
Democrats Fear Obamacare Will Cost Them The Senate — One top Democratic pollster: “If there's nothing you want to fix, there's something wrong with you.” — Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., is one of the most vulnerable Democrats headed into the midterms. (Liz Lynch)
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msnbc.com, Hot Air, Taylor Marsh, ABC News, The Plum Line and Politico
Brynn Gingras / nbcnewyork.com:
Family Says They Did Tip Gay Server, Didn't Leave Note — After a gay server at a New Jersey restaurant said a customer denied her a tip and wrote her a hateful note on the receipt, a local family contacted NBC 4 New York and said their receipt shows they paid a tip and didn't write any such note.
Fox News:
Almost 80 million with employer health care plans could have coverage canceled, experts predict — Almost 80 million people with employer health plans could find their coverage canceled because they are not compliant with ObamaCare, several experts predicted.
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CBS News:
Shares - Tweets - Stumble — The Obama administration is promising the federal health care website, HealthCare.gov, will run smoothly by the end of this weekend. However, with that self-imposed deadline approaching, CBS News' Sharyl Attkisson learned some of those who get their insurance through work are losing their coverage.
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Firedoglake, CBS DC and Weasel Zippers
Wall Street Journal:
Miller and McCloskey: The Next ObamaCare Mirage
Miller and McCloskey: The Next ObamaCare Mirage
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National Review and Economics Policies …
Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
You Might Lose Your Doctor, But Don't Blame Obamacare
You Might Lose Your Doctor, But Don't Blame Obamacare
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Washington Monthly, Slate and NationalJournal.com
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court to review contraceptive coverage mandate — The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to consider a new challenge to President Obama's Affordable Care Act and decide whether employers with religious objections may refuse to provide their workers with mandated insurance coverage of contraceptives.
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court to rule on birth-control mandate (UPDATED)
Court to rule on birth-control mandate (UPDATED)
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The Volokh Conspiracy
U.S. Department of the Treasury:
Treasury, IRS Will Issue Proposed Guidance For Tax-Exempt Social Welfare Organizations — WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) today will issue initial guidance regarding qualification requirements for tax-exemption as a social welfare …
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Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Mark Halperin: Death Panels Are ‘Built Into’ Obamacare (VIDEO) — One of the Beltway's best-known pundits gave credence this week to perhaps the fringiest of all Obamacare conspiracy theories. — In an interview on Monday with the conservative Newsmax, Time's Mark Halperin said that so-called …
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Emily Schultheis / Politico:
Tom Corbett's numbers continue to sink — Pennsylvania GOP Gov. Tom Corbett has been in trouble all year, and a new poll out Tuesday suggests he's trailing even the unknown Democratic candidates by double digits. — The poll, from the Democratic firm Public Policy Polling …
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Outside the Beltway
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Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
PPP: Pennsylvania's Tom Corbett The Most Unpopular Governor In America
PPP: Pennsylvania's Tom Corbett The Most Unpopular Governor In America
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rubber hose
Guardian:
Pope Francis calls unfettered capitalism ‘tyranny’ and urges rich to share wealth — Pontiff's first major publication calls on global leaders to guarantee work, education and healthcare — Pope Francis has attacked unfettered capitalism as “a new tyranny”, urging global leaders …
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ProfessorBainbridge.com, BillMoyers.com and Shakesville
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Iranian nuclear deal strains Obama's relations with big Jewish donors — The Iran nuclear deal has put new strains on President Obama's relationship with Jewish donors, a pillar of Democratic fundraising. — The U.S.-led agreement — endorsed by France, Germany, Britain, China and Russia …
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Mondoweiss and JP Updates
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Yossi Klein Halevi / The New Republic:
Israel's Freakout, Explained
Israel's Freakout, Explained
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Postmodern Conservative
Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:
Julian Assange unlikely to face U.S. charges over publishing classified documents — The Justice Department has all but concluded it will not bring charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for publishing classified documents because government lawyers said they could not do so without …
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Anna Palmer / Politico:
Tea party unscathed in early GOP civil war — The Republican civil war erupted into full view this fall, and the establishment looked like it was about to shove the movement back in line. — But the early skirmishes ended with the tea party no weaker than it was.
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Hullabaloo and Daily Kos
Kristine Gill / Naples Daily News:
Trey Radel: ‘People coming & harassing me’ — U.S. Rep. Trey Radel at Hazelden — A day after Collier and Lee Republicans called for his resignation, U.S. Rep. Trey Radel took a smoke break at his treatment facility in downtown Naples and said he's being harassed as he tries to focus on his health.
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Politico, Talking Points Memo, The Impolitic, Post Politics and Naked Politics
Matt Welch / Hit & Run:
The Boys Who Cried “Munich” — Was it really only 55 days ago that the world—including the part inhabited by Republicans—rolled its collective eyes at U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry bizarrely mischaracterizing the decision whether or not to bomb the regime in Syria as our latest …
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Wall Street Journal, ThinkProgress, Daniel W. Drezner, JustOneMinute, Mondoweiss, The Daily Beast and Hot Air
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama's pivot No. 5 this year — The White House, for at least the fifth time this year, is seeking to pivot to the economy, this time in a bid to change the subject from the disastrous rollout of ObamaCare. — It's a common play for the White House, which frequently seeks to refocus attention …
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Weekly Standard and Weasel Zippers
Washington Post:
Among American workers, poll finds unprecedented anxiety about jobs, economy — Will Figg/For The Washington Post - John Stewart works at the Philadelphia International Airport escorting passengers in wheelchairs. The job pays $5.25 an hour, plus tips. “I'm glad I don't have a family,” Stewart said.
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ThinkProgress, No More Mister Nice Blog, Hot Air, BillMoyers.com and Shakesville
Shaun Chaiyabhat / WPLG-TV:
African-American girl faces expulsion over ‘natural hair’ — Vanessa VanDyke told to cut hair or leave school — An African-American teen says she faces expulsion because administrators at her private school want her to cut and shape her hair. — Vanessa VanDyke said she was given …
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The Raw Story and Shakesville