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Abby D. Phillip / ABC News:
Obamas Might Stay in Washington After Presidency Ends — The first family might choose to stay in Washington, D.C., after President Obama leaves office in 2016, the president and first lady Michelle Obama told ABC News' Barbara Walters in an interview. — By then, their eldest daughter Malia …
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Lauren Effron / ABC News:
President Obama: ‘Nowhere to Go But Up’ … Despite facing a disastrous rollout of his health care plan, criticism over his policies and approval ratings that have plunged to an all-time low, President Obama said he remains confident that his signature health care law will be an important part …
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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Obama visits protesters fasting in support of immigration reform — Washington (CNN) - President Obama paid a visit Friday to a group of activists who have been fasting for weeks in the hopes of pressuring Congress to pass new immigration laws. — The President and his wife …
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Washington Post:
Final Iran deal needs to balance out the concessions — THE FACT sheet distributed by the Obama administration about the nuclear agreement with Iran is notable for its omissions. The 2,000-word document, like President Obama's televised statement Saturday night about the deal …
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Robert Jensen / Salon:
Thanksgiving is for sociopaths
Thanksgiving is for sociopaths
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Iran — the next stage
Iran — the next stage
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Despite Filibuster Limits, a Door Remains Open to Block Judge Nominees — WASHINGTON — The decision by Senate Democrats to eliminate filibusters for most judicial nominations only marginally enhanced President Obama's power to reshape the judiciary, according to court watchers from across …
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Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
Christie leads possible 2016 GOP contenders in CNN/ORC poll — Washington (CNN) - A new national poll indicates, that for the first time, there may be an early frontrunner in the race for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. — And according to a CNN/ORC International survey …
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Daniel Greenfield / Front Page Magazine:
Cancer Patient Who Spoke Out Against ObamaCare Now Being Audited — Bill Elliot was a cancer patient who lost his insurance due to ObamaCare and couldn't pay the expensive new premiums. He was talking about paying the ObamaCare fine, going without health insurance and “letting nature take its course.”
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BigFurHat / iOwnTheWorld.com:
The Vindictive Totalitarian Hand of the Obama Regime
The Vindictive Totalitarian Hand of the Obama Regime
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Obamacare's Secret Success — The law establishing Obamacare was officially titled the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. And the “affordable” bit wasn't just about subsidizing premiums. It was also supposed to be about “bending the curve” — slowing the seemingly inexorable rise in health costs.
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
An outbreak of lawlessness — For all the gnashing of teeth over the lack of comity and civility in Washington, the real problem is not etiquette but the breakdown of political norms, legislative and constitutional. — Such as the one just spectacularly blown up in the Senate.
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Karl Smallwood / Today I Found Out:
For Nearly Two Decades the Nuclear Launch Code at all Minuteman Silos in the United States Was 00000000 — Today I found out that during the height of the Cold War, the US military put such an emphasis on a rapid response to an attack on American soil, that to minimize any foreseeable delay …
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Daniel Greenfield / Front Page Magazine:
Hillary Clinton Supporters Slowly Realizing She Didn't Do Anything as Secretary of State — But that's okay since Hillary Clinton also didn't do anything in the Senate. It could actually be a good slogan for her campaign. “Vote for Hillary: She Won't Do Anything as President Either.”
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Derek Thompson / The Atlantic Online:
11 Economic Lessons to Make You a Smarter Shopper This Black Friday — The first and last rule of prices is that nobody knows what anything is really worth. Shoppers are guided by shallow clues ("this is cheaper than that") and latent emotions ("it just feels like a good deal") rather than knowledge and deliberate thinking.
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