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Marilyn Tavenner / HHS.gov:
Enrollment Surged Prior to the Deadline for Coverage on January 1 — As we continue our open enrollment campaign, we experienced a welcome surge in enrollment as millions of Americans seek access to affordable health care coverage through new Health Insurance Marketplaces nationwide.
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Politico, CNN, NBCNews and The Hinterland Gazette
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Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
ObamaCare enrollment tops 1 million — More than 1.1 million people enrolled in ObamaCare before a December 24 deadline for consumers seeking healthcare plans that begin Jan. 1, the Obama administration said early Sunday. — Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) …
Associated Press:
Federal health market surpasses 1 million signups — HONOLULU — A December surge propelled health care sign-ups through the government's rehabilitated website past the 1 million mark, the Obama administration said Sunday, reflecting new signs of life for the problem-plagued federal insurance exchange.
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Right Wing News
Fox News:
House Intelligence chair: Benghazi attack ‘Al Qaeda-led event’ — The 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya was an “Al Qaeda-led event” according to multiple on-the-record interviews with the head of the House Intelligence Committee who receives regular classified briefings and has access …
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Power Line, The Hugh Hewitt Show, PoliticusUSA, Prairie Weather, BBC, The Agonist, The Gateway Pundit and First Read
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
A Deadly Mix in Benghazi
A Deadly Mix in Benghazi
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Taylor Marsh and Little Green Footballs
Eric Lach / Talking Points Memo:
New York Times: No Evidence Al Qaeda ‘Had Any Role’ In Benghazi Attack
New York Times: No Evidence Al Qaeda ‘Had Any Role’ In Benghazi Attack
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susiemadrak.com, The Moderate Voice and Mediaite
Daniel Bates / Daily Mail:
Who cares if we wreck that million dollar painting? JP Morgan's $19m-a-year boss under fire for ‘opulent’ Christmas card of him hitting tennis balls around palatial home — JP Morgan boss Jamie Dimon, 57, has been branded ‘tone deaf’ after releasing a decadent Christmas card in which he hits tennis balls around his palatial home.
Matthew O'Brien / The Atlantic Online:
The Greatest Investment Opportunity Since Dogecoin — Dogecoin, a joke cryptocurrency based on an internet dog meme, exploded last week. Now it's Ponzicoin's turn. — DEAR MOST SAVVY AND RESPECTED INVESTOR: — I AM WRITING TO YOU TO INFORM YOU ABOUT AN EXCITING AND ENRICHING INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY …
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Paul Krugman
Andrew Cohen / The Atlantic Online:
Is the NSA's Spying Constitutional? It Depends Which Judge You Ask — Two recent rulings draw diametrically opposed conclusions about the same set of facts. — This is why we have a justice system in which lower-court conflicts rise up for resolution by a single, supreme court.
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New York Times and Truthdig
Patrick Howley / The Daily Caller:
DNC sends email defending Obama from impeachment possibility — The Democratic National Committee (DNC) sent out a paranoid email Saturday evening urging supporters to vote for Democrats so that Republicans can't impeach President Obama. — The email, subject line “Impeachment,” …
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The Gateway Pundit, BizPac Review and Israel Matzav
Heather / crooksandliars.com/user/91:
Gohmert: Administration Has To Keep Susan Rice Close So She 'Doesn't Spill The Beans On What All She Knows' — Rep. Louie Gohmert with another round of wingnut conspiracy theories. — The talking heads over at Fox “news” are terribly upset that the United States is talking to the Iranians instead …
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Liberaland
Fox News:
Popularity of 'Don't Tread on Me' plates in Virginia suggests Tea Party still strong — FILE: Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles — A Virginia license plate with the Tea Party-embraced “Don't Tread on Me” logo is a big seller, suggesting the movement remains popular, at least in the state …
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The Other McCain
Daily Mail:
Anelka's ‘Nazi’ salute storm: Striker could face lengthy FA ban for offensive goal celebration along with sanctions in France — Controversial striker Nicolas Anelka is to be the subject of a Football Association investigation after allegations that he used an anti-Semitic gesture to celebrate …
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Arutz Sheva, The Hinterland Gazette, Israel Matzav and Algemeiner.com
Steve Meltzer / Imaging Resource News Page:
On Ice: 100 year-old negatives discovered in Antarctic — Conservators restoring an Antarctic exploration hut recently made a remarkable discovery: a small box of 22 exposed but unprocessed photographic negatives, frozen in a solid block of ice for nearly one hundred years.
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Washington Monthly, Little Green Footballs and The Verge