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11:45 AM ET, April 11, 2014

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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Health Secretary Resigns After Woes of HealthCare.gov  —  WASHINGTON — Kathleen Sebelius, the health and human services secretary, is resigning, ending a stormy five-year tenure marred by the disastrous rollout of President Obama's signature legislative achievement, the Affordable Care Act.
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
Kathleen Sebelius is resigning because Obamacare has won  —  Obamacare has won.  And that's why Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius can resign.  —  Calls for Sebelius's resignation were almost constant after Obamacare's catastrophic launch.
Ben Domenech / The Federalist:
Kathleen Sebelius's Resignation Hands Republicans A Golden Opportunity  —  Kathleen Sebelius is resigning, and Rachel Maddow is right to not be happy about it, not one little bit.  For once, I completely agree with Maddow's analysis.  This surprise resignation presents Republicans …
Discussion: Mediaite and The PJ Tatler
Jeryl Bier / Weekly Standard:
WH RT: ‘Kathleen Sebelius Is Resigning Because Obamacare Has Won’  —  The first official word from the Obama administration on Kathleen Sebelius's resignation as secretary of health and human services is a retweet by the official White House Twitter account of a tweet by Vox.com's Ezra Klein:
Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
The Sebelius Legacy: One Epic Tech Failure, Millions of Newly Insured Americans  —  On Thursday morning, Kathleen Sebelius testified before Congress and announced that Obamacare signups had reached 7.5 million people.  —  On Thursday evening, news broke that Sebelius was stepping down as Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Will Kathleen Sebelius Win in the End? Legacy Tied to Obamacare's Outcome
Discussion: Daily Kos
Bloomberg:
Sebelius to Resign as Chief of Obama's Health Programs
Joanne Kenen / Politico:
Kathleen Sebelius resigns as HHS secretary
Discussion: CNN and naked capitalism
USA Today:
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius resigns
Kathleen Sebelius / CNN:
Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius resigning
Discussion: ABC News
Jeff Zeleny / ABC News:
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Resigning
Discussion: ABC News
Laura Myers / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Shoe misses Hillary as she speaks at recycling conference in Las Vegas  —  A female protester threw what she said was a shoe at Hillary Clinton near the start of the Democrat's speech at a metal recycling conference in Las Vegas on Thursday.  —  Authorities said they were arresting the woman, who would not give her name.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:   Short on accomplishments, Hillary leans on Bill and Barack to sell candidacy
Dan Whitcomb / Reuters:
Hillary Clinton dodges shoe during Las Vegas speech
Discussion: Power Line, Scared Monkeys and The Week
Katie Glueck / Politico:   Reports: ‘Shoe’ thrown at Hillary Clinton in Las Vegas
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
CIA's use of harsh interrogation went beyond legal authority, Senate report says  —  WASHINGTON — A still-secret Senate Intelligence Committee report calls into question the legal foundation of the CIA's use of waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques on suspected terrorists …
Discussion: Hit & Run and The Verge
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Washington Post:
Why the Senate report on the CIA's interrogation program should be made public
Discussion: Guardian and Firedoglake
Samantha Power / US Department of State:
Remarks by Ambassador Samantha Power, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, at a General Assembly Session on Improving Global Road Safety  —  U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations  —  Mr. President, colleagues, the United States is pleased to cosponsor and urge …
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Jeryl Bier / Weekly Standard:
U.S. Cosponsors U.N. Resolution to Fight Texting and Driving
Discussion: United Nations and The Week
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Health Care Nightmares  —  When it comes to health reform, Republicans suffer from delusions of disaster.  They know, just know, that the Affordable Care Act is doomed to utter failure, so failure is what they see, never mind the facts on the ground.  —  Thus, on Tuesday, Mitch McConnell …
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Marc Fisher / Washington Post:
Social Security, Treasury target taxpayers for their parents' decades-old debts  —  A few weeks ago, with no notice, the U.S. government intercepted Mary Grice's tax refunds from both the IRS and the state of Maryland.  Grice had no idea that Uncle Sam had seized her money until some days later …
Discussion: The Week and Hit & Run
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Nelson D. Schwartz / New York Times:   Tax Revenue Rockets Up, Helping Lessen the Deficit, Treasury Department Says
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
The IRS Scandal Comes Into Focus  —  House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp lays out damning evidence of Lois Lerner's targeting of conservative groups.  —  Nearly a year into the IRS scandal, we still don't know exactly what happened—though we are finally getting an inkling.
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Scott Conroy / Real Clear Politics:
Marsha Blackburn to “Test the Waters” for 2016 Bid  —  PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — Tennessee Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn will consider running for president in 2016 — if she sees an opportunity to do so, an aide to the 7th District Republican told RealClearPolitics.
Discussion: Hot Air and The PJ Tatler
David Sherfinski / Washington Times:
Virginia Republican Bob Marshall stands by remarks that raise eyebrows  —  Democrats see an easy victory  —  Delegate Robert G. Marshall has said that disabled children can be God's vengeance against women who have had abortions.  He has described incest as sometimes voluntary …
Discussion: Liberaland and Right Wing Watch
Ayaan Hirsi Ali / Wall Street Journal:
Here's What I Would Have Said at Brandeis  —  We need to make our universities temples not of dogmatic orthodoxy, but of truly critical thinking.  —  On Tuesday, after protests by students, faculty and outside groups, Brandeis University revoked its invitation to Ayaan Hirsi Ali to receive …
Discussion: Israel Matzav
Rush Limbaugh:
CBS Declares War on Heartland of America  —  RUSH: Do you really care what I think about that? (interruption) Do you care what I think of Colbert getting Letterman's gig? (interruption) You really care about what I think about that? (interruption) Well, I'll give you the short version.
Ted Barrett / CNN:
Anger over last year's filibuster fight rekindles on Senate floor  —  Washington (CNN) - Fallout from last year's fight over filibuster rules in the Senate is still being felt on Capitol Hill.  —  Senators had hoped to finish their work and begin a two week spring recess Thursday but instead ran …
Discussion: Politico
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell battle on the floor
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Hot Air
 
 
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Aaron David Miller / CNN:
Carter's wrong to blame Obama, Clinton
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Mike Levine / ABC News:
Fed-Up Eric Holder Rips Congress: ‘Unprecedented, Unwarranted, Ugly and Divisive’
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Christie Hindash.Jpg / New Jersey Online:
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