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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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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Lara Logan out as CPJ dinner host
Lara Logan out as CPJ dinner host
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The Daily Caller and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, more at Mediagazer »
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Lara Logan to Take Leave of Absence From CBS in Wake of ‘60 Minutes’ Report
Lara Logan to Take Leave of Absence From CBS in Wake of ‘60 Minutes’ Report
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Little Green Footballs
Jen Carlson / Gothamist:
Alec Baldwin Talks About His MSNBC Show's Sudden Cancellation — Following a confrontation with paparazzi outside of his New York City home—allegedly calling a paparazzo a “c**ksucking fag”— MSNBC suspended Alec Baldwin's show, and now they have cancelled it.
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Alec Baldwin's MSNBC Show Canceled Following Gay Slur
Alec Baldwin's MSNBC Show Canceled Following Gay Slur
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New York Times and Little Green Footballs
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.
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Iran: White House Lying About Details of Nuke Deal — Iranian officials say that the White House is misleading the public about the details of an interim nuclear agreement reached over the weekend in Geneva. — Iran and Western nations including the United States came to an agreement …
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Israel Matzav, Hot Air, The PJ Tatler, Jihad Watch, Pat Dollard, Weasel Zippers and TIP
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Fars News Agency:
Iran Strongly Rejects Text of Geneva Agreement Released by White House — TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday called invalid a press release by the White House alleged to be the text of the nuclear agreement struck by Iran and the Group 5+1 (the US, Russia, China, Britain and France plus Germany) in Geneva on Sunday.
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Corbett's numbers just keep getting worse — Tom Corbett's situation has gone from bad to worse in the eight months since PPP last polled Pennsylvania. Corbett is now the most unpopular Governor anywhere in the country that we've polled, with only 24% of voters approving of him to 65% who disapprove.
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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
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
Democrats Fear Obamacare Will Cost Them The Senate
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Hot Air, Taylor Marsh, ABC News, The Plum Line and Politico
Jose Delreal / Politico:
Dinesh D'Souza calls Obama ‘Grown-Up Trayvon’ — Conservative commentator and writer Dinesh D'Souza ignited a social media backlash Tuesday, when he referred to President Barack Obama as “Grown-Up Trayvon” on Twitter. — “I am thankful this week when I remember that America is big enough …
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Igor Bobic / Talking Points Memo:
Dinesh D'Souza Deletes Tweet Calling Obama ‘Grown-Up Trayvon’ — Conservative commentator Dinesh D'Souza on Tuesday called President Barack Obama a “Grown-Up Trayvon” on his Twitter page, but he appeared to delete the tweet shortly after. — “I am thankful this week when I remember …
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Global Grind and Liberaland
Michael Hiltzik / Los Angeles Times:
The Obamacare success stories you haven't been hearing about — Delaware artist David Shevlino will get better health coverage at lower cost next year, thanks to Obamacare. Why aren't we hearing more about him? (David Shevlino / November 25, 2013) — Last summer Ellen Holzman and Meredith Vezina …
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msnbc.com, NPR, American Prospect and PERRspectives
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Jay Hancock / Kaiser Health News:
‘Narrow Networks’ Trigger Push-Back From State Officials
‘Narrow Networks’ Trigger Push-Back From State Officials
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National Review
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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Slate, Washington Monthly and NationalJournal.com
Ashley Killough / CNN:
IRS proposes new rules for tax-exempt organizations — (CNN) - The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service proposed new rules Tuesday that more specifically define the political activity allowed for tax-exempt organizations. — The proposed rules may affect the way groups …
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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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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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Washington Monthly, Mondoweiss, Daniel W. Drezner and The Daily Beast
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Bret Stephens / Wall Street Journal:
Stephens: Worse Than Munich
Stephens: Worse Than Munich
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ThinkProgress, Betsy's Page, Reuters, The Daily Caller, Hit & Run and Daniel W. Drezner
Paul Krugman:
The Obamacare Worm Turns — I suggested yesterday that we're probably heading for a turning point in the health reform discussion. Conservatives are operating on the assumption that it's an irredeemable disaster that they can ride all the way to 2016; but the facts on the ground …
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Weasel Zippers, Mediaite and Talking Points Memo
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 …
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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Hit & Run, The Fix, The Plum Line, Shakesville and Washington Monthly
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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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Democracy in America and The Volokh Conspiracy
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
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
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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The Raw Story