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John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Congressional Budget Office sends death blow to ObamaCare — The Affordable Care Act, a k a ObamaCare, became law almost four years ago. It became operational last Oct. 1. Yesterday, Feb. 4, 2014, the ACA may well have been dealt its death blow.
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New York Times:
Freeing Workers From the Insurance Trap — The Congressional Budget Office estimated on Tuesday that the Affordable Care Act will reduce the number of full-time workers by 2.5 million over the next decade. That is mostly a good thing, a liberating result of the law.
Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Paul Ryan Fact-Checks Republicans On Obamacare Job ‘Costs’ — At least one Republican is setting the record straight on what the Congressional Budget Office actually said this week about Obamacare and its effect on jobs. — House Budget Chair Paul Ryan (R-WI) explained in a Wednesday hearing …
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Wall Street Journal:
The Jobless Care Act — Congress's budget office says ObamaCare will increase unemployment. — There are 7.8 million Americans working part-time who want full-time work, including a fry cook whose restaurant cut his hours to avoid Affordable Care Act mandates and confronted President Obama …
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Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Government will pocket $8B profit from ObamaCare ‘bailout’ program, CBO says
Government will pocket $8B profit from ObamaCare ‘bailout’ program, CBO says
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Obamacare's scorekeepers deliver a game-changer
Obamacare's scorekeepers deliver a game-changer
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Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
How the CBO Thinks Obamacare Will Kill Jobs
How the CBO Thinks Obamacare Will Kill Jobs
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Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
Obamacare Is Not a Job Killer
Obamacare Is Not a Job Killer
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Dylan Howard / RADAR:
Hurley's Ex-Lover Caught On Bombshell Audio Recording Revealing Ex-Prez's White House Sex Romps Behind Wife Hillary's Back — As Hillary Clinton prepares to run for President in 2016, RadarOnline.com has uncovered bombshell new information that could torpedo her White House dreams …
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Kathryn Davis / The Center for Media and Public Affairs:
Study: Leno's Top Joke Target Was Bill Clinton
Study: Leno's Top Joke Target Was Bill Clinton
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Alicia Dennis / People.com:
Dylan Farrow's Brother Moses Defends Woody Allen — Dylan Farrow's Feb. 1 open letter to The New York Times detailing sexual molestation she says she suffered at the hands of her father Woody Allen reignited a controversy that has divided their family bitterly for more than 20 years.
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Sarah Kliff / Wonkblog:
CVS to stop selling cigarettes by Oct. 1 — Pharmacy chain CVS said Wednesday it will stop selling tobacco products at its 7,600 locations across the United States, a move that public-health advocates hope will become a watershed and pressure other large drug store franchises to follow suit.
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Chad Terhune / Los Angeles Times:
Obamacare enrollees hit snags at doctor's offices — Many consumers faced hurdles signing up for Covered California health plans. Now they're having trouble finding in-network doctors. — Maria Berumen uses a device to manage the pain from bone spurs on her spine.
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Seema Mehta / Los Angeles Times:
Sandra Fluke forgoes congressional bid to run for state Senate — President Obama and Sandra Fluke wave at a campaign event at the University of Colorado in Aurora. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais / Associated Press / August 8, 2012) — Democratic attorney and activist Sandra Fluke has decided …
Politico:
Few signs of movement on debt ceiling — House Republicans are in an increasingly tight political box on the debt limit and have no idea how they'll get out of it. — At a GOP leadership meeting Wednesday morning, top Republicans privately acknowledged that they cannot pass a debt limit bill …
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Craig Jarvis / Raleigh News & Observer:
Clay Aiken makes it official: He will run for Congress — RALEIGH — Singer Clay Aiken will officially announce his campaign for Congress on Wednesday, injecting a nationally known personality into what has been a quiet Democratic primary to produce a challenger to U.S. Rep. Renee Ellmers.
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Rep. Cohen: Ask Philip Seymour Hoffman If Pot Is As Dangerous As Heroin — Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) on Tuesday cited the death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman while arguing that the federal government shouldn't treat marijuana and harder drugs like heroin equally.
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Tal Kopan / Politico:
Jesse Ventura hiding from drones — Former wrestler and Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura says he has gone “off the grid” in Mexico to avoid drones knowing where he is. — Ventura spoke with CNBC's “Closing Bell” from an “undisclosed location in Mexico” on Tuesday, prompting the hosts to ask him where he was and why he was there.
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James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
A reporter jumps to conclusions, and hilarity ensues. — The New York Times finally ran a correction today of its much-criticized Chris Christie scoop: … So, other than that the story was accurate? Not quite. Evidence exists tying reporter Kate Zernike to having erred.
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Steve Strunsky / New Jersey Online:
Port Authority eliminates ‘director’ job created for Wildstein
Port Authority eliminates ‘director’ job created for Wildstein
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Ken Kurson / The New York Observer:
The Tyranny and Lethargy of the Times Editorial Page — Reporters in ‘semi-open revolt’ against Andrew Rosenthal — IT'S WELL KNOWN AMONG THE SMALL WORLD of people who pay attention to such things that the liberal-leaning reporters at The Wall Street Journal resent the conservative-leaning editorial page of The Wall Street Journal.
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Matthew O'Brien / The Atlantic Online:
Everything You Need to Know About the Emerging-Market Currency Collapse — Money poured into developing economies after the financial crisis, and now it's starting to pour out. How much should we worry? — Here we go again. — First, money poured into emerging markets when it looked like they offered juicy returns.
Democrat And Chronicle:
Russia won't let Chobani yogurt in Sochi for Olympics — A shipment of New York-made Greek yogurt waiting in a New Jersey airport might just go to waste. — U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer has sent a letter to Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak and International Olympic Committee head Thomas Bach urging …
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