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ThinkProgress:
Fox News Host Demands To Know Why GOP Hasn't Offered An Alternative To Obamacare — On the final day of Obamacare's open enrollment, Fox News host Jenna Lee hammered Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) about why Republicans have yet to offer a comprehensive alternative to the health law — despite repeatedly voting for its repeal.
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Talking Points Memo, Mediaite and The Raw Story
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The Fix:
Democrats' support for Obamacare surges — Democrats are rallying back behind the 2010 health-care law and boosting President Obama's ratings for handling the law's rollout, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. — But most Republicans and independents remain stubbornly opposed …
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CBS DC, Daily Kos, Hot Air and Washington Post
Douglas Graham / Roll Call:
Cantor Says GOP Finishing Work on Obamacare Alternative, Details Agenda — House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., reiterated on Friday that the House plans to bring up a bill to replace President Barack Obama's health care law. — In a memo to members laying out the House agenda …
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Washington Monthly
Noam N. Levey / Los Angeles Times:
Obamacare has led to health coverage for millions more people — At least 9.5 million previously uninsured people have gotten health insurance since Obamacare started, surveys and reports show. — Precise figures on national health coverage will not be available for months …
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New York Times, ThinkProgress, Washington Examiner, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, American Spectator, The Daily Caller, addictinginfo.org, JustOneMinute, Wonkblog, Business Insider, Washington Post, Daily Kos, ACASignups.net, The Plum Line, Talking Points Memo, Politico, The Dish, The Moderate Voice, Liberaland and Health Care Policy …
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Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
That Good News on Obamacare? Republicans Insist It's Not Real — Americans are signing up for the Affordable Care Act. And they appear to be doing so in really big numbers. As of the latest official update, last week, more than 6 million people had selected a private insurance plan through …
Avik Roy / Forbes:
RAND: Only One-Third Of Obamacare Exchange Sign-Ups Were From The Previously Uninsured — Today is March 31, 2014: in theory, the last day you can sign up for coverage under the subsidized Obamacare insurance exchanges. If you've been a regular reader of this space, you know that the numbers …
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The PJ Tatler, Weasel Zippers, The Fix and Bloomberg View
Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
Making up good news about Obamacare
Making up good news about Obamacare
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Power Line and CNSNews
Justin Gillis / New York Times:
Panel's Warning on Climate Risk: Worst Is Yet to Come — YOKOHAMA, Japan — Climate change is already having sweeping effects on every continent and throughout the world's oceans, scientists reported Monday, and they warned that the problem is likely to grow substantially worse unless greenhouse emissions are brought under control.
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BBC, The Strata-Sphere, National Review, Washington Post, Guardian, BillMoyers.com, Climate Science Watch, The Week, Capital Weather Gang, The Huffington Post, ThinkProgress, WGBH News, News Desk, Hot Air, Mashable, The Verge, Firedoglake, The PJ Tatler, Gothamist, The Agonist and Gawker
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John McConnico / Fox News:
National Science Foundation funded climate change musical to tune of $700,000
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Kerry on UN climate change report: ‘Costs of inaction are catastrophic’
Kerry on UN climate change report: ‘Costs of inaction are catastrophic’
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Washington Monthly and Weasel Zippers
Ashley Killough / CNN:
Christie weighs in on top Republicans, defends post-Sandy Obama praise — (CNN) - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who's considering a 2016 White House run, listed some names for “good” potential Republican presidential candidates, including two non-governors.
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Weasel Zippers
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David Firestone / New York Times:
The Line to Kiss Sheldon Adelson's Boots
The Line to Kiss Sheldon Adelson's Boots
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NewsBusters and Hullabaloo
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Sheldon Adelson: Wild card
Sheldon Adelson: Wild card
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Las Vegas Review-Journal and Washington Monthly
Steve Kroft / CBS News:
Is the U.S. stock market rigged? — Steve Kroft reports on a new book from Michael Lewis that reveals how some high-speed traders work the stock market to their advantage — The following script is from “Rigged” which aired on March 30, 2014. Steve Kroft is the correspondent.
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The Daily Caller, CBS New York, Bloomberg View, The Big Picture and WTVR-TV
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Michael Lewis / New York Times:
An Adaptation From ‘Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt,’ by Michael Lewis
An Adaptation From ‘Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt,’ by Michael Lewis
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Balloon Juice, Bloomberg View and The Verge
NY Daily News:
Ratings may sink Ronan Farrow's show on MSNBC — ‘Ronan Farrow Daily’ came in 708th in the Nielsens on Wednesday, and a network source says he ‘sort of stinks on TV’ — Ronan Farrow's MSNBC talk show is facing cancellation amid poor ratings, sources exclusively tell Confidenti@l.
Paul Caron / TaxProf Blog:
President ‘Crushed Hopes of Law School’ by Rejecting Dean Candidates Approved by Faculty — Gainesville Sun op-ed: Failed dean search delivers a terrible blow to law school, by Michelle Jacobs (Florida): — I am a tenured full professor at the University of Florida Levin College of Law.
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ProfessorBainbridge.com
Politico:
Deadline day: Obamacare glitches, take 2 — A double whammy of new HealthCare.gov glitches shadowed the final day of Obamacare sign-up, causing confusion and delay just as the White House tried to push procrastinatorsover an enrollment finish line that may be far closer to the 7 million mark than seemed possible even a week ago.
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CNN, Wall Street Journal, NBC News, Associated Press, The Daily Caller, ThinkProgress, WGBH News, FishbowlDC and ACASignups.net
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Politico:
Dave Camp won't seek reelection — Michigan Rep. Dave Camp, the chairman of the prestigious Ways and Means Committee, will not run for reelection in November, according to multiple Republican sources. — Camp was first elected in 1990.
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CNN and Talking Points Memo
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic Online:
How You, I, and Everyone Got the Top 1 Percent All Wrong — Unveiling the real story behind the richest of the rich — For years, I've been making the same embarrassing mistake about U.S. economic inequality. Sorry. — I've written, over and over, that the most important divide …
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Talking Points Memo, Outside the Beltway and The Daily Caller
BuzzFeed:
Exclusive: U.S. Taxpayers To Spend $400,000 For A Camel Sculpture In Pakistan — A camel staring at the eye of a needle would decorate a new American embassy — in a country where the average income yearly is $1,250. — “Camel Contemplating Needle” by John Baldessari on display …
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Hit & Run, BizPac Review, Weasel Zippers, The Daily Caller, Conservative and Independent Journal Review
Ashley Parker / New York Times:
‘Imperial Presidency’ Becomes Republicans' Rallying Slogan — COLUMBUS, Ga. — Republicans, poised for strong gains in the midterm elections, are offering starkly conflicting messages about President Obama to rally their voters. In one moment, they say the president is feckless and weak.
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Daily Kos
Associated Press:
U.S. talks with Israel on release of spy Jonathan Pollard — JERUSALEM — The United States is talking with Israel about the possibility of releasing convicted spy Jonathan Pollard early from his life sentence as an incentive in the troubled Mideast peace negotiations, a person familiar with the situation said Monday.
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Politico and Liberaland
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Paul Ryan Will Release His New Budget On Tuesday — House Budget Chair Paul Ryan (R-WI) will release his new budget blueprint on Tuesday, his office announced. — It's scheduled to be unveiled on Capitol Hill in the morning and marked up in the Budget Committee the following day, on Wednesday.
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Washington Monthly