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2:40 PM ET, November 11, 2014

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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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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.
Brian Beutler / The New Republic:
Eight Reasons to Stop Freaking Out About the Supreme Court's Next Obamacare Case  —  What makes liberals so nervous about the Supreme Court's decision to hear arguments in a case that could wipe out Affordable Care Act insurance subsidies in dozens of states isn't just that the stakes are so high …
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Daily Kos
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
The 6 Senate Democrats Most Likely To Vote With McConnell's GOP
Discussion: Liberaland
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.
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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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
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 ›
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Dems unlikely to ram through Obama's attorney general pick
Discussion: Hot Air and The PJ Tatler
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.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Balloon Juice
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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 …
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 …
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.
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Hot Air
Fox News:
Racially-charged tweet on Ferguson shooting to get Texas teacher fired  —  Texas English teacher Vinita Hegwood is out of a job after tweeting that those who disagreed with her about the racially-charged shooting in Ferguson, Mo., which sparked looting and riots, could kill themselves.
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 …
Discussion: Joanne Jacobs
Richard V. Reeves / The Atlantic Online:
Progressives Lost the Election, but Their Ideas Are Winning  —  Progressives, these days, are a gloomy bunch, and it's not just because of the outcomes of last week's election.  As they see it, there's much to be gloomy about: Poverty levels are stuck, they say, with little improvements made in recent decades.
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.
Discussion: Gawker, Raw Story and The Big Lead
Sam P.K. Collins / ThinkProgress:
There Are Now Zero Cases Of Ebola In The United States  —  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, announced a mandatory quarantine after Dr. Craig Spencer of New York fell ill.  —  CREDIT: AP Photo/Mark Lennihan  —  After 19 days of treatment …
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
 
 
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Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Catherine Rampell: Voter suppression laws are already deciding elections
Simon Kennedy / Bloomberg:
Predictors of '29 Crash See 65% Chance of 2015 Recession
Mike Allen / Politico:
Mike Bloomberg takes his money local
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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs:
Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Forget the Chatter, This is the Democrats' Real Problem
Discussion: The Dish
Jennifer Donelan / WJLA-TV:
Connecticut Congresswoman?s Capitol Hill home broken into
Discussion: Politico and OnPolitics
Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
Democratic Candidates Spent At Least $700K To Fly In Clintons
Discussion: The Hill and Hot Air
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Detroit Free Press:
THE INSIDE STORY OF DETROIT'S HISTORIC BANKRUPTCY CASE
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Greg Bluestein / Political Insider blog:
Johnny Isakson to announce he will seek a third term
David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
Democrats: History Is On Our Side. History: Good Luck With That.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
HHS: Expect fewer ObamaCare sign-ups
Discussion: Politico
Blupman / Our Bad Media:
Newsweek Corrected 7 of Fareed Zakaria's Plagiarized Articles; The Washington Post Needs To Do The Same For These 6
Josh Zumbrun / Wall Street Journal:
Younger Generation Faces a Savings Deficit
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