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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 Explains MSNBC Departure: ‘They Killed My Show’
Alec Baldwin Explains MSNBC Departure: ‘They Killed My Show’
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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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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 …
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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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The Plum Line, Wall Street Journal and Mediaite
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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BizPac Review, RT, Allen B. West, Power Line, Hot Air, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Weasel Zippers, Israel Matzav, The Gateway Pundit, The PJ Tatler and Jihad Watch
Justin Sink / The Hill:
White House won't rule out future executive action on immigration
White House won't rule out future executive action on immigration
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National Review and Weasel Zippers
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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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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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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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.
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Weekly Standard, Taylor Marsh and Talking Points Memo
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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Democrats eagerly seeking signs of success with health-care law
Democrats eagerly seeking signs of success with health-care law
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NationalJournal.com and Democratic Strategist
Robert Reich / Salon:
The right is poisoning Obamacare
The right is poisoning Obamacare
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Postmodern Conservative and The Week
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’
Dinesh D'Souza Deletes Tweet Calling Obama ‘Grown-Up Trayvon’
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Scared Monkeys and Global Grind
Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
Dinesh D'Souza: America ‘Will Survive Grown-Up Trayvon in the White House’
Dinesh D'Souza: America ‘Will Survive Grown-Up Trayvon in the White House’
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The Hill:
Obama seeks limits on tax-exempt groups — The Obama administration on Tuesday moved to rein in the “dark money” groups that have spent millions of dollars in political campaigns without disclosing their donors. — In draft guidance to be issued by Treasury and the IRS …
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Mediaite and Right Wing News
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Byron Tau / Politico:
President Obama pitches new rules for political nonprofits
President Obama pitches new rules for political nonprofits
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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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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court to rule on birth-control mandate (UPDATED)
Court to rule on birth-control mandate (UPDATED)
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Sunlight Foundation Blog, Democracy in America, Hit & Run, The Volokh Conspiracy and Washington Monthly
Matt Spetalnick / Reuters:
Americans back Iran deal by 2-to-1 margin: Reuters/Ipsos poll — (Reuters) - Americans back a newly brokered nuclear deal with Iran by a 2-to-1 margin and are very wary of the United States resorting to military action against Tehran even if the historic diplomatic effort falls through, a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed on Tuesday.
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David Nather / Politico:
State successes show health law can work — With all the waves of bad news about the Obamacare website and the canceled policies, it would be easy to conclude that nothing in this law will ever work — that it's just too big and complicated and messy. — But that's not the complete picture of the Affordable Care Act rollout.
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Senate Dems want HealthCare.gov CEO — Seven Senate Democrats are calling on President Obama to appoint a permanent “chief executive officer” to oversee the ObamaCare website after the departure of Jeffrey Zients at the end of the year. — In a letter sent to the White House on Tuesday …
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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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Mary Cheney takes veiled shot at Liz Cheney — Mary Cheney, the gay daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney whose split with her Senate candidate sister, Liz, has become a national story, sent an email on behalf of the pro-gay marriage group “Freedom Indiana” in which she appears to take a veiled dig at her sibling.
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Jay Hancock / Kaiser Health News:
‘Narrow Networks’ Trigger Push-Back From State Officials — This KHN story was produced in collaboration with — Officials in at least a half dozen states are pushing back against health plans in the new insurance markets that limit choice of doctors and hospitals in a bid to control medical costs.
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Wall Street Journal, The New Republic, AEIdeas, The Incidental Economist and National Review
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Michael Hiltzik / Los Angeles Times:
The Obamacare success stories you haven't been hearing about
The Obamacare success stories you haven't been hearing about
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Liberal Values, American Prospect, NPR, msnbc.com and PERRspectives