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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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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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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.
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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 …
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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 — In draft guidance to be issued by Treasury and the IRS …
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Byron Tau / Politico:
President Obama pitches new rules for political nonprofits
President Obama pitches new rules for political nonprofits
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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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Robert Reich / Salon:
The right is poisoning Obamacare
The right is poisoning Obamacare
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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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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.
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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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Elizabeth B. Wydra / CNN:
Religious liberty is for people, not corporations
Religious liberty is for people, not corporations
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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 …
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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.
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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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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.
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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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Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
MAP: Incumbent Republicans Face Almost All Of The Primary Challenges — Though much has been made about Democrats' positioning on Obamacare as 2014 approaches, it may be Republicans that face more hurdles in the early parts of the campaign. — In seven of eight Senate races …
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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ThinkProgress:
Five People Obama Could Pardon In Addition To The Turkey — A year ago this time, when President Obama issued presidential mercy to one lucky turkey, he hadn't exercised this presidential pardon a single time that year to spare a human being facing prison. — This year, his record was slightly improved.
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Roni Caryn Rabin / New York Times:
In Israel, a Push to Screen for Cancer Gene Leaves Many Conflicted — KFAR SABA, Israel — Ever since she tested positive for a defective gene that causes breast cancer, Tamar Modiano has harbored a mother's fear: that she had passed it on to her two daughters.
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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” …
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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 …
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