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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Latest Frivolous Attack on Obamacare — My parents used to own a small house with a large backyard, in which my mother cultivated a beautiful garden. At some point, however — I don't remember why — my father looked at the official deed defining their property, and received a shock.
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RedState, National Review, Washington Post and Patterico's Pontifications
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Daily Signal:
Caught on Camera: Obamacare Architect Admits Deceiving Americans to Pass Law — In a newly surfaced video, one of Obamacare's architects admits a “lack of transparency” helped the Obama administration and congressional Democrats pass the Affordable Care Act.
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Hit & Run, Weekly Standard, The Right Scoop, The PJ Tatler, Hot Air, National Review, Mediaite, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Ed Driscoll, BizPac Review and Moonbattery
Patrick Howley / The Daily Caller:
Rush Limbaugh Threatens To Sue Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee — Radio host Rush Limbaugh has threatened to sue the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) for defamation, The Daily Caller has learned. — Limbaugh retained the services of lawyer Patty Glaser …
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The PJ Tatler, BizPac Review, “The Lid” and FOX News Radio
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Limbaugh threatens to sue DCCC for ‘out of context’ quotes about sexual consent
Limbaugh threatens to sue DCCC for ‘out of context’ quotes about sexual consent
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Talking Points Memo and Bloomberg Politics
Colin Campbell / Business Insider:
Ted Cruz Says Net Neutrality Is ‘Obamacare For The Internet’ — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) came out swinging after President Barack Obama wholeheartedly endorsed new internet regulations Monday morning. — Cruz, who is mulling a run for president in 2016, compared the entire concept of …
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Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
Obama makes aggressive push on net neutrality regulations
Obama makes aggressive push on net neutrality regulations
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Politico
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Breitbart Issues Best Correction Since Forever — I generally don't like harping on other outlets' errors or the always mortifying process of issuing a correction. It's a mix of ‘there but for the grace of God’ and, in this case, look at the source. But I think here we may have perhaps …
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New York Times, Althouse and BREITBART.COM
Shaila Dewan / New York Times:
Police Use Department Wish List When Deciding Which Assets to Seize — The seminars offered police officers some useful tips on seizing property from suspected criminals. Don't bother with jewelry (too hard to dispose of) and computers ("everybody's got one already"), the experts counseled.
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NPR, Daily Signal, Hit & Run, Washington Free Beacon and Prairie Weather
Sam Kleiner / The New Republic:
Republicans Are Already Undermining Obama's Highly Qualified Attorney General Pick — President Obama on Saturday announced the nomination of Loretta Lynch, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, to be the next U.S. attorney general. Within hours, at least one Republican …
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Washington Post, The Dish, Shakesville and ThinkProgress
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Mike Allen / Politico:
Rand's grand plan — An inside look at the senator's presidential rollout. — Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul has made key decisions about how to launch his presidential campaign for the 2016 Republican nomination, including a plan to headquarter his effort in Louisville and opting to run …
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BuzzFeed, Mediaite, Daily Kos, No More Mister Nice Blog, Washington Monthly and FOX News Radio
Susan Snyder / Philly.com:
A college president's words to young women about men — With an auditorium full of female students, Lincoln University president Robert R. Jennings offered the sort of fatherly advice he believes many of them need when it comes to sex and men. — “We have, we had, on this campus …
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Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Elizabeth Murray / Today:
George W. Bush talks Jeb in 2016, why he never asked his dad if he should run — and reveals a never-before-seen painting — Savannah Guthrie sat down with President George W. Bush at his home in Dallas to discuss his new book, “41,” about his father. The pair also discussed a number of other topics …
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Talking Points Memo, Mashable, Washington Post, NBC News, Bloomberg Politics and New York Magazine
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Anemona Hartocollis / New York Times:
Craig Spencer, New York Doctor With Ebola, Will Leave Bellevue Hospital — Craig Spencer, the New York City doctor who became the first person in the city to test positive for Ebola, is being released from Bellevue Hospital Center on Tuesday morning, people familiar with his treatment said on Monday.
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Mashable, The Daily Caller, Outside the Beltway and New York Magazine
Sen. Rand Paul / The Daily Beast:
Obama's ISIS War Is Illegal — The president is subverting the Constitution—and America's latest undeclared war in the Middle East is just the latest example. — For a generation, Democrats stood up against Republican presidents who they deemed to be too eager to go to war …
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Hot Air, National Review, CNN, Hit & Run, The Daily Caller and Washington Times
Ben Jacobs / The Daily Beast:
Did a Flawed Computer Model Sabotage the Democrats? — Don't blame turnout. How a late change in strategy may have sent Democratic volunteers after the exact wrong type of voter. — The much-vaunted Democratic turnout machine didn't fail Tuesday. Volunteer shifts made record numbers …
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Hot Air
Gary Buiso / New York Post:
Never-before-heard tapes of Reagan revealed — President Ronald Reagan secretly recorded some of his conversations with foreign leaders, discovered author William Doyle, who shared some of these never-heard tapes exclusively with The Post. — “Until now, taping was thought to have stopped in the Nixon era.
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Washington Post, CNN and Fox News
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Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
WND Columnist: ‘Congress Must At Once Announce An Investigation’ Into Obama's Birth Certificate — Gushing over Republican victories in last week's election, WorldNetDaily columnist Lord Christopher Monckton hopes that the GOP will immediately go after President Obama's …
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Liberaland and FOX News Radio
Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:
McConnell pressed to repeal ObamaCare with budget move — Conservatives in Washington are adamant that Senate Republicans should pass a full repeal of the healthcare law next year, even it if means a certain veto from President Obama. — With Senate Democrats likely to filibuster …
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Daily Kos and PoliticusUSA
Fredric U. Dicker / New York Post:
Cuomo had a secret re-election ‘pact’ with Republicans — The state's most powerful Republican secretly worked for months to help Democratic Gov. Cuomo win re-election — in exchange for Cuomo's promise not to aid Senate Democrats in their Long Island races, a top New York GOP leader has charged.
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Daily Kos and BillMoyers.com
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Tom Cotton Campaign Bars Liberal Editor From Press Call — As a liberal in a red state, Max Brantley is used to being unwelcome in certain political circles. So the editor of the left-leaning Arkansas Times wasn't too surprised when he was denied access last week to a press call with members …
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Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times