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6:15 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  —  The Obama administration announced Wednesday it would delay a significant piece of the health-care law: the online small business insurance marketplace.  —  The Small Business Health Options Program, known as the SHOP exchange …
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
Eli Stokols / KDVR.com:
Hudak will resign seat to end recall threat, hold Democrats' Senate majority  —  DENVER — State Sen. Evie Hudak has decided to resign rather than risk facing a recall election that, should she lose, would flip control of the senate to Republicans, FOX31 Denver was first to report Wednesday.
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 …
Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
President Obama crowns victor of turkey ‘Hunger Games’
Roxanne Jones / CNN:
Young men, get a ‘yes’ text before sex  —  Editor's note: Roxanne Jones is a founding editor of ESPN The Magazine and a former vice president at ESPN.  She is a national lecturer on sports, entertainment and women's topics and a recipient of the 2010 Woman of the Year award from Women in Sports and Events.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Shakesville
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
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.
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 …
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.
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.
Discussion: CNN, alicublog, Washington Wire and 24Ahead
Robin Edds / BuzzFeed:
It's Thanksgiving So We Asked Brits To Label The United States — We're So Sorry, America  —  What do you mean there's no such place as Further South Dakota?!  [Update: Turns out Americans aren't so great at Europe either.]  —  Erm, sooo, yeah.  We really wish we could tell you this is the worst attempt.
Discussion: kottke.org, rubber hose and Althouse
Steve Benen / msnbc.com:
Joe Lieberman, lobbyist  —  The week of the 2012 elections, the New York Times magazine talked to then-Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), who was wrapping up his congressional career.  “You're retiring after serving 24 years in the Senate.  What lobbying firm are you going to join now?” the Times asked.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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
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” …
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
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
Associated Press:
Sriracha Factory Shut Down Over ‘Offensive’ Odors  —  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge has given a dose of cold water to the hot sauce Sriracha, ruling Tuesday that the factory that manufactures the trendy condiment must partially shut down after neighbors complained of the spicy smells it was producing.
Discussion: NPR, The PJ Tatler and Liberaland
Sig Christenson / MySanAntonio.com:
Pentagon, Texas Guard end standoff on benefits  —  A standoff between the Pentagon and Texas National Guard ended Tuesday when officials in Austin said same-sex couples could apply for benefits immediately.  —  The decision means that five Texas Guard facilities once closed to gay couples …
Discussion: Advocate and ABC News
CNN:
CNN/ORC Poll: Are Obamacare's flaws fixable?  —  Washington (CNN) - Despite the flawed rollout of HealthCare.gov, a majority of Americans still seem to have an open mind about whether Obamacare will work, and more than half of those surveyed in a new national poll believe the current problems can be solved.
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
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 …
 
 
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David Edwards / The Raw Story:
Mike Huckabee labels Lara Logan a ‘hero journalist’ for discredited Benghazi report
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EIA:
Gasoline prices this Thanksgiving lower than a year ago
Jim Yardley / New York Times:
Berlusconi Expelled From Senate in Italy
Peter Hamby / CNN:
First on CNN: Perry plans campaign-style swing through South Carolina
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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In Israel, a Push to Screen for Cancer Gene Leaves Many Conflicted
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Senate Dems want HealthCare.gov CEO
Discussion: Politico
 

 
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