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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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Liberaland, Daily Kos, Washington Monthly and Gawker
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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.
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.
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
CBO director: Obamacare will reduce unemployment — As noted here yesterday, Republicans went mad with glee at the new Congressional Budget Office report on deficits and the Affordable Care Act, with multiple GOP officials claiming it showed the law will kill over two million jobs. That was false.
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JustOneMinute, Liberaland, Economix, Mediaite, Daily Kos, New York Magazine and Hullabaloo
Wall Street Journal:
The Jobless Care Act
The Jobless Care Act
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Business Insider, NewsBusters, Betsy's Page, The White House and Washington Free Beacon
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Obamacare's scorekeepers deliver a game-changer
Obamacare's scorekeepers deliver a game-changer
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The Week, TPNN, americanthinker.com and National Review
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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Washington Monthly, Talking Points Memo and Mother Jones
Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
Obamacare Is Not a Job Killer
Obamacare Is Not a Job Killer
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Washington Monthly, Ross Douthat, Slate, Post Politics, The Baffler, Paul Krugman, Talk Radio News Service, PostPartisan and The Dish
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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National Review, NY Daily News, The Daily Caller, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Liberaland, PerezHilton and BuzzFeed
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Ashley Killough / CNN:
Biden's one reason NOT to run for President — (CNN) - As he considers another run for the White House, Vice President Joe Biden laid out one reason why he wouldn't want to be the nation's next chief executive. — “Everybody wants to know whether or not I'm going to run for president.
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Politico and The Daily Caller
Jake Tapper / The Lead with Jake Tapper:
John Kerry a no on 2016: This is my last stop
John Kerry a no on 2016: This is my last stop
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Talking Points Memo, Politico, Mediaite and Weasel Zippers
Eric Lach / Talking Points Memo:
Christie's ‘High School’ Attack On Wildstein Has One Big Flaw — An article published Tuesday by The Bergen Record called into question the accuracy of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's (R) attack against the character of former Port Authority of New York and New Jersey executive David Wildstein.
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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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Talking Points Memo, Capital New York, Mediaite and Daily Kos
Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
Is Chris Christie Being Treated Unfairly?
Is Chris Christie Being Treated Unfairly?
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Washington Monthly and nbcnewyork.com
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
A reporter jumps to conclusions, and hilarity ensues.
A reporter jumps to conclusions, and hilarity ensues.
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Instapundit, americanthinker.com and ABC News
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.
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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Right Turn, Hot Air, americanthinker.com, National Republican …, National Review and Shakesville
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 …
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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Politico:
House GOP could tie doc fix to debt bill — House Republicans, having trouble finding votes for a debt ceiling hike, are considering attaching a nine-month patch of the reimbursement formula for doctors who treat Medicare patients. — That the so-called “doc fix” — known more formally …
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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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Talking Points Memo, BuzzFeed, CBS New York and The World's Greatest …
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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The Verge, Talking Points Memo and The Huffington Post
Raf Sanchez / Telegraph:
Barack Obama's ‘hard-working American’ is actually a London Overground commuter — New advert by Organising for Action, an Obama campaign group, accidentally features footage from a British train — President Barack Obama's political action group, Organizing for Action …
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The Daily Caller, Weasel Zippers and The PJ Tatler
CNN:
Poll: Majority of Americans want government to reduce income gap — (CNN) - A majority of Americans surveyed believe the government should work to reduce the income gap between rich and the poor, according to a new national poll. — A CNN/ORC International survey released Wednesday indicates …
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Daily Kos, The Plum Line and Shakesville
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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.
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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TMZ.com:
George Zimmerman — Boxing Match Set — HE WILL FIGHT DMX — Boxing Match Set!!! — HE WILL FIGHT DMX — 2/4/2014 8:48 PM PST BY TMZ STAFF — EXCLUSIVE — It's official ... X gonna give it to George Zimmerman — TMZ has learned, rapper DMX has just been named Zimmerman's opponent in his upcoming celebrity boxing match.