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9:15 AM ET, January 2, 2014

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E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
The resurgent progressives  —  The reemergence of a Democratic left will be one of the major stories of 2014.  Moderates, don't be alarmed.  The return of a viable, vocal left will actually be good news for the political center.  —  For a long time, the American conversation …
Discussion: Liberaland and Booman Tribune
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New York Post:
Historic Bible goes missing after de Blasio swearing in  —  The FDR bible used by Mayor Bill de Blasio for his swearing in vanished after the New Year's Day ceremony, sparking a panicked, hours-long search for the historic tome.  —  “They had the whole detail looking through blankets,” …
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Taking Office, de Blasio Vows to Fix Inequity  —  Bill de Blasio, whose fiery populism propelled his rise from obscure neighborhood official to the 109th mayor of New York, was sworn into office on Wednesday, pledging that his ambition for a more humane and equal metropolis would remain undimmed.
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Is New York's de Blasio prompting a repositioning by the Clintons?
Discussion: NewsBusters and New York Times
Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
De Blasio & the Clintons: The ties that bind?
Discussion: Politico
Michael Moore / New York Times:
The Obamacare We Deserve  —  TODAY marks the beginning of health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act's new insurance exchanges, for which two million Americans have signed up.  Now that the individual mandate is officially here, let me begin with an admission: Obamacare is awful.
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Jonathan Allen / Politico:
W.H. stands by birth-control rule  —  The Obama administration Wednesday said the Affordable Care Act contraceptive coverage regulations are fair - and they don't really hurt the Denver-based religious organization that got a temporary New Year's Eve reprieve from Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
Discussion: Right Wing News
Sandhya Somashekhar / Washington Post:   Supreme Court temporarily allows religious groups not to cover birth control
David Nather / Politico:
For Obamacare, it's finally showtime
Discussion: ABC News
New York Times:
Millions Gaining Health Coverage Under Law
Discussion: Daily Kos and Booman Tribune
New York Times:
Edward Snowden, Whistle-Blower  —  Seven months ago, the world began to learn the vast scope of the National Security Agency's reach into the lives of hundreds of millions of people in the United States and around the globe, as it collects information about their phone calls, their email messages …
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Guardian:   Snowden affair: the case for a pardon | Editorial
Jonathan Pearlman / Telegraph:
World's climate warming faster than feared, scientists say  —  Scientists say the world's climate is warming faster than feared because previous predictions were too “optimistic” and overestimated the cooling impact of clouds  —  As the planet marked its fourth hottest year on record …
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Dan Vergano / National Geographic:
Climate: Cloud Mixing Means Extra Global Warming
New York Times:
Boehner Is Said to Back Change on Immigration  —  WASHINGTON — Speaker John A. Boehner of Ohio has signaled he may embrace a series of limited changes to the nation's immigration laws in the coming months, giving advocates for change new hope that 2014 might be the year that a bitterly divided …
John Ingold / Denver Post:
WORLD'S FIRST LEGAL RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA SALES BEGIN IN COLORADO  —  Colorado's ambitious experiment in cannabis policy hit a historic milestone Wednesday, when licensed stores began making the first legal sales of recreational marijuana anywhere in the world.
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
The price of political ignorance: More government  —  It was naughty of Winston Churchill to say, if he really did, that “the best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.”  Nevertheless, many voters' paucity of information about politics and government …
Discussion: Cafe Hayek
Nicky Phillips / Sydney Morning Herald:
Helicopter rescue delayed as second ship trapped in ice  —  On board the Aurora Australis  —  Plans to rescue 52 passengers trapped on the stricken Russian research ship Akademik Shokalskiy have been thrown into disarray after the Chinese ice-breaker Xue Long itself became stuck in pack ice, west of the Mertz Glacier.
Steven Hayward / Power Line:
Slow Learners  —  What is it about Obama that makes otherwise intelligent people so dumb?  —  Politico has a headline for the ages up right now: “Management Experts Knock Obama.”  Management “experts” are just noticing now, after five years, that Obama's lack of experience is significant.
Jeryl Bier / Weekly Standard:
Obamacare Contractor Blamed for Slow Medicare Payments to Hospitals  —  The contractor building the financial management system for Healthcare.gov is being blamed by a Houston hospital for delayed Medicare reimbursements that have caused the hospital to miss payrolls for weeks.
Discussion: Hot Air
 
 
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NY Daily News:
EDITOR'S PICKS  —  A raging New Year's Day house fire killed …
Don Buckindail / WXIA-TV:
Missing banker accused of embezzlement caught in traffic stop
Discussion: NBCNews and Mediaite
Carlo Muñoz / The Hill:
Obama faces resurgent al Qaeda in 2014
Reuters:
North Korean leader warns of nuclear disaster, threatens US
Discussion: Liberaland
Sarah Lyall / New York Times:
A's for Athletes, but Charges of Fraud at North Carolina
Discussion: Liberaland
Lisa Respers France / CNN:
James Avery, star of ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,’ dies at 68
Discussion: New York Times, WJLA-TV and Inside TV
 Earlier Items: 
CNN:
Murder most fowl? Giant rubber duck bursts in Taiwan
Steve Contorno / PolitiFact:
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Paul Krugman:
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Michael A. Memoli / Los Angeles Times:
Alabama Republican is Senate's top talker of 2013
Discussion: The Fix, Mediaite and Politico
ThinkProgress:
Chief Justice Warns Sequestration Cuts Already Threatening Public Safety
Discussion: The Raw Story and Liberaland
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
No, 2.1 million haven't enrolled in Obamacare plans
 

 
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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, alleging Believe built its business via “industrial-scale copyright infringement”

Reuters:
French judicial source: investigators searched Netflix's offices in France and the Netherlands as part of a preliminary investigation into tax fraud laundering

Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg:
Sources: Shari Redstone does not plan to stay on the board of Paramount Global after the company completes its planned merger with Skydance Media

 
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