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Simon Maloy / Salon:
SCOTUS could roil the GOP: How new threat to Obamacare may backfire on the right — Republicans could finally realize their dream of seeing Obamacare eviscerated — and they may not like the outcome — On Friday, the Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments in King v. Burwell …
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Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
Obamacare Architect: Yeah, We Lied to The “Stupid” American People to Get It Passed — 20.5K — SHARES — Meet Jonathan Gruber, a professor at MIT and an architect of Obamacare. During a panel event last year about how the legislation passed, turning over a sixth of the U.S. economy …
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Hit & Run, Scared Monkeys, Lawyers, Guns & Money and The Daily Caller
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Why Obamacare risks falling into a ‘death spiral’ — So it turns there is an Obamacare death panel after all. — It has nine members and it operates out of a marble building directly across the street from the Capitol. — Dana Milbank writes about political theater in the nation's capital.
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The Dish, The PJ Tatler, ThinkProgress and American Prospect
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Dems unlikely to ram through Obama's attorney general pick — President Obama will have to get his nominee for attorney general past a Republican-controlled Senate, Democratic and Republican aides say. — A packed schedule after the election is almost certain to push the vetting process …
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Hot Air and The PJ Tatler
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
McCain Gives Obama Attorney General Nominee A Tentative Thumbs Up — “And I would imagine from my first glance at her credentials that she would get approved by the Senate. This is a very outstanding young woman from everything that I can tell.” — View Video ›
Erica Ritz / TheBlaze.com:
Glenn Beck Reveals the Life-Changing ‘Pivot Point’ He Has Kept Hidden From Almost Everyone for Five Years — Glenn Beck on Monday revealed the true extent of his health issues, saying he can no longer keep what has happened a secret from his friends, his staff or audience, whom he considers to be his family.
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USA Today:
Gum-chewing, limo-eschewing Obama riles some Chinese — People in China took to the internet to criticize President Obama for getting caught on camera chewing gum as he arrived at an economic summit in Beijing. Some also took offense to his method of transportation. VPC
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Wall Street Journal, Mediaite, Gawker, TPNN and VodkaPundit
Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Republicans Vow to Fight E.P.A. and Approve Keystone Pipeline — WASHINGTON — The new Republican Congress is headed for a clash with the White House over two ambitious Environmental Protection Agency regulations that are the heart of President Obama's climate change agenda.
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Peter Beinart / The Atlantic Online:
Waiting for Republicans to Act on Immigration Is Pointless
Waiting for Republicans to Act on Immigration Is Pointless
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Talking Points Memo, Roll Call and Washington Post
Charlie Cook / National Journal:
Bad Decisions Came Back to Haunt Democrats in Midterms — Americans reeling from the economy still resent the policy choices that President Obama and congressional Democrats made early on. — Democrats are now sifting through the rubble of what was their party on election night …
Nicole Flatow / ThinkProgress:
Local Officials Encourage Police To Seize Cars, Flatscreen TVs, And Computers From Civilians — Those who watch Last Week Tonight With John Oliver know what it means to be the subject of a civil forfeiture. As Oliver described it, “It's really legalized robbery by law enforcement.”
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National Review, BuzzFeed and Outside the Beltway
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Tad Devine signs on to work with Bernie Sanders on potential 2016 run — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has spent months fishing for a strategist to guide his potential 2016 presidential campaign. On Monday, he hooked a big one: Tad Devine, one of the Democratic Party's leading consultants …
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OnPolitics and PoliticusUSA
Politico:
Red-state Democrats rise in Senate — The Republican takeover is empowering senators like Joe Manchin and Heidi Heitkamp. — Republicans are about to take over the Senate, but another group is on the rise, too: red-state Democrats. — Red staters and other moderates …
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Talking Points Memo
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Nearly half of Americans will now live in states under total GOP control — Republicans had a very good Nov. 4; this much we know. — But merely looking at the GOP's likely nine-seat gain the Senate and its double-digit gains in the House doesn't really do its wave justice.
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Washington Monthly and Hot Air
Sara Neufeld / The Atlantic Online:
Can a Teacher Be Too Dedicated? — How much is too much? Charter schools are trying to stem burnout and high teacher turnover with work-life balance policies. — James Cavanagh is 22 years old, fresh out of the University of Delaware. With his degree in elementary education …
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Laurie Goodstein / New York Times:
It's Official: Mormon Founder Had Up to 40 Wives — Mormon leaders have acknowledged for the first time that the church's founder and prophet, Joseph Smith, portrayed in church materials as a loyal partner to his loving spouse Emma, took as many as 40 wives, some already married and one only 14 years old.
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Raw Story and The Big Lead
Jennifer Donelan / WJLA-TV:
Connecticut Congresswoman?s Capitol Hill home broken into — WASHINGTON (WJLA) - What a week it was for Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut. — Last Tuesday, DeLauro was reelected to her 13th term in office. Just 72 hours later, her Capitol Hill home was broken into.
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Politico and OnPolitics
CNN:
Gun sales spike as Ferguson area braces for grand jury decision — Ferguson, Missouri (CNN) — Lately, Dan McMullen has been bringing an extra gun to his office in Ferguson, Missouri. — McMullen runs Solo Insurance on West Florissant close to where looting and vandalism briefly broke …
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PoliticusUSA, Scared Monkeys, BillMoyers.com, Hot Air, The PJ Tatler, Hinterland Gazette, FOX News Radio and Shakesville
Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:
The problem with Valerie Jarrett — Two things are guaranteed to inspire envy or hatred in Washington: access to the president and the power to turn that access into action. The person who has both is guaranteed to face a torrent of criticism, deserved or not. His or her role and value are negatively questioned.
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Fox News Insider, Hot Air, Washington Free Beacon, Fox News, The Daily Caller, The PJ Tatler and Firedoglake
Adelle Nazarian / BREITBART.COM:
RICK PERRY: AMERICA'S NEXT PRESIDENT WILL NOT BE A SENATOR — LOS ANGELES, California—In an exclusive interview at Breitbart News Network's headquarters, Texas Gov. Rick Perry said President Barack Obama would cement a legacy of being the worst president in American history if he moves forward on executive amnesty.
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John DiStaso / New Hampshire Journal:
Perry insists he's still at least six months away from a decision on 2016 run
Perry insists he's still at least six months away from a decision on 2016 run
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ABC News, Shakesville, Political Wire and New York Times
Nick Gillespie / Hit & Run:
Obama: Government Should Regulate Internet to Keep it Free — So President Obama has announced that the Internet should be regulated as a public utility. He's asking the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reclassify internet service providers (ISPs) from “information services” …
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