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4:05 PM ET, November 27, 2013

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The Huffington Post:
Top-Secret Document Reveals NSA Spied On Porn Habits As Part Of Plan To Discredit ‘Radicalizers’  —  WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency has been gathering records of online sexual activity and evidence of visits to pornographic websites as part of a proposed plan to harm the reputations …
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Craig Timberg / Washington Post:
Microsoft, suspecting NSA spying, to ramp up efforts to encrypt its Internet traffic
Jason Millman / Reuters:
Online SHOP enrollment delayed by one year  —  The Obama administration today announced a year-long delay of online enrollment for small businesses looking to purchase health coverage through federal-run exchanges, another setback for HealthCare.gov.  —  The delay, first reported by POLITICO …
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Sarah Kliff / Wonkblog:
Obamacare's online SHOP enrollment delayed by one year  —  Racing to improve individual health law shoppers' experience by the end of this week, the Obama administration announced Wednesday it would majorly delay a significant piece of the small business insurance marketplace.
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Online Health Law Sign-Up Is Delayed for Small Business
J.D. Harrison / Washington Post:
Obama administration delays small business exchange again; won't be ready until late 2014
Discussion: Mashable
New York Times:
A Plea to Avoid Crush of Users at Health Site  —  WASHINGTON — White House officials, fearful that the federal health care website may again be overwhelmed this weekend, have urged their allies to hold back enrollment efforts so the insurance marketplace does not collapse under a crush of new users.
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Obama's photo policy smacks of propaganda  —  Is the Obama White House airbrushing history?  —  It was a hallmark of the Stalin era: Fallen Soviet leaders vanished from official photographs.  Nobody accuses President Obama of such subterfuge (well, nobody except for those who believe …
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
If You Must Talk Politics at Thanksgiving, Here's How  —  10 unsatisfying rules for disagreeing with friends and family over the holidays  —  On Thanksgiving, it's usually best if you don't talk politics.  The subject tends to aggravate people, and it's very unlikely that anyone's mind will be changed.
NationalJournal.com:
The Hotline's Senate Race Rankings: Democrats on Defense  —  Thirteen of the 15 seats most likely to switch are Democratic-held.  —  Arkansas Sen. Mark Pryor is his party's most vulnerable incumbent seeking reelection.  (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)  —  A lot has happened since National …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Reid Wilson / GovBeat:
Is another Republican wave building?  —  President Obama's poll numbers are at record lows.  The health care law that serves as the cornerstone of his domestic policy legacy is even more unpopular.  And there are few chances to change the conversation among a skeptical public that isn't happy with Washington.
Discussion: Power Line and CNN
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Robert Reich / Salon:
The right is poisoning Obamacare
Peter Hamby / CNN:
First on CNN: Perry plans campaign-style swing through South Carolina  —  (CNN) - Texas Gov. Rick Perry will make a campaign-style swing through the key Republican primary state of South Carolina next week, making four appearances in the state's most conservative region.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
William Douglas / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
New tax law driving expats to renounce U.S. citizenship  —  McClatchy Washington BureauNovember 27, 2013  —  Facebook Twitter Google Plus Reddit E-mail Print  —  WASHINGTON — For Ruth Anne Freeborn, it boiled down to a choice between country and family.
Discussion: Hit & Run and VodkaPundit
Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Mike Huckabee radio show ending  —  Mike Huckabee's radio show is done, the former Arkansas governor announced on Wednesday.  —  “The Mike Huckabee Show on radio, which was heard 3 hours a day on over 200 radio stations across the country since April of 2012 will conclude its run at the end …
Discussion: Mediaite
Mike Allen / Politico:
GETAWAY-DAY EDITION — PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN GURUS TO PUSH FOR BIG DEBATE CHANGES based on rise of social media and early voting — DE BLASIO ALREADY AFFECTING NYC  —  EXCLUSIVE: Top officials from past presidential campaigns have quietly formed a group to push for major changes …
Brad Plumer / Wonkblog:
The turkey pardon is America's dumbest tradition  —  It's time once again for an absurd Thanksgiving ritual.  —  A 45-pounder struts in the Rose Garden during a pardoning ceremony by President Bill Clinton, with National Turkey Federation officials Frank Gessell, left, and Jerry Jerome in 1998.
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Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
President Obama crowns victor of turkey ‘Hunger Games’
Discussion: CNN, Washington Wire and The Week
Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
DNC Wants To Help You Talk With ‘Your Republican Uncle’ On Thanksgiving  —  The Democratic National Committee is launched a Thanksgiving-themed website Wednesday called YourRepublicanUncle.com that purports to help people deal with “lively discussions with Republican relatives about politics” that occur during the holiday season.
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
White House faces tough court fight on ObamaCare mandate  —  The Obama administration faces a tough task in convincing the Supreme Court to rule in favor of ObamaCare's contraception mandate, according to legal experts.  —  They say Chief Justice John Roberts's court, which upheld the health law …
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
The dog ate Obama's health-care reform.  —  When we got up this morning, there was an email on our BlackBerry from “Barack Obama.”  We assumed that, like all the other emails we get from “Obama,” it was a fundraising pitch from Organizing for Action, the 501(c)(4) “social welfare” organization that sells access to the president.
Cheryl K. Chumley / Washington Times:
Obama's call to close Vatican embassy is ‘slap in the face’ to Roman Catholics  —  The Obama administration, in what's been called an egregious slap in the face to the Vatican, has moved to shut down the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See — a free-standing facility — and relocate offices onto …
Katherine Wells / The Atlantic Online:
Soda vs. Pop vs. Coke: Mapping How Americans Talk  —  What's your general term for a sweetened carbonated beverage?  What word or words do you use to address a group of two or more people?  What do you call it when the rain falls while the sun is shining?  —  Former Harvard professor Bert …
Ben S. Carson / Washington Times:
A health care lemon  —  Americans have a right to an Obamacare refund  —  When I was a teenager, my mother broke her own rule of never buying someone else's trouble and purchased a used car.  We were quite excited because it was beautiful and sleek, and it was a convertible.
Discussion: TheBlaze.com
Rebecca Shimoni Stoil / The Times of Israel:
US now indicates Iran interim deal wasn't quite finalized  —  ‘Technical details’ have yet to be worked out, State Department says, meaning six-month countdown to permanent deal hasn't started and Iran isn't bound by any new terms  —  WASHINGTON — Iran is currently enjoying a “window” …
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Obamacare Event Hands Out Condoms as Prizes  —  An Obamacare event in Arkansas offered a prize for those who attended: Free condoms.  —  The Obamacare event took place at the University of Central Arkansas last weekend.  It was hosted by a group called the Living Affected Corporation …
Quinnipiac News + Events:
Release Detail  —  November 27, 2013 - Obama Hits Historic Low In Ohio, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Clinton Tops Kasich, Ties Christie In 2016 Race  —  President Barack Obama's job approval rating among Ohio voters is a negative 34 - 61 percent, his lowest score in any Quinnipiac …
 
 
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Gasoline prices this Thanksgiving lower than a year ago
Jim Yardley / New York Times:
Berlusconi Expelled from Senate in Italy
Associated Press:
Sriracha Factory Shut Down Over ‘Offensive’ Odors
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Roni Caryn Rabin / New York Times:
In Israel, a Push to Screen for Cancer Gene Leaves Many Conflicted
Alan Duke / CNN:
‘Fight Club’ producer Arnon Milchan: I helped Israeli spy agency
Dan / TFN Insider:
Cynthia Dunbar (Remember Her?)  Says Teaching Texas Kids about Climate Change Is ‘Socialized Education’
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Susan B. Glasser / Politico:
The Price of Smart Power
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MSNBC's Roberts Disputes Claim That Press ‘Not Interested’ in Helping People Get Obamacare
Adrian Chen / New York Times:
Much Ado About Bitcoin
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Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
MAP: Incumbent Republicans Face Almost All Of The Primary Challenges
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Senate Dems want HealthCare.gov CEO
Discussion: Politico
David Nather / Politico:
State successes show health law can work
Discussion: wahbexchange.org
 

 
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
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Anna Merlan / Mother Jones:
Attorneys for X entered an appearance during the November 14 court hearing about Infowars' auction and asked to be included on future case communications

Bloomberg:
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