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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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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 …
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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.
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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 …
Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
Did Alabama legislators redraw district lines to hurt Democrats or to disenfranchise black voters?
Did Alabama legislators redraw district lines to hurt Democrats or to disenfranchise black voters?
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Donna Brazile / CNN:
Editor's note: Donna Brazile, a CNN contributor and a Democratic strategist, is vice chairwoman for voter registration and participation at the Democratic National Committee. A nationally syndicated columnist, she is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University and author of “Cooking With Grease: Stirring the Pots in America.”
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Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:
The problem with Valerie Jarrett
The problem with Valerie Jarrett
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
The 6 Senate Democrats Most Likely To Vote With McConnell's GOP — By the time Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) moves in to the majority leader's suite just off the Senate floor, he'll likely be leading a caucus of 54 Republican senators. — That means he'll need six Democrats to break filibusters …
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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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Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian / Foreign Policy:
Putin Hits on China's First Lady, Censors Go Wild — Russia's Don Juan-in-chief just got a little too friendly with Xi Jinping's wife. — GOOGLE +
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Hilary Whiteman / CNN:
Cut the shawl talk: Chinese censors wipe Putin's move on China's first lady
Cut the shawl talk: Chinese censors wipe Putin's move on China's first lady
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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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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
McCain Gives Obama Attorney General Nominee A Tentative Thumbs-Up
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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Brad Cooperthe / Kansas City Star:
Kansas revenues will fall $1 billion short of 2015 and 2016 expenses, fiscal experts say — Kansas will collect $1 billion less in revenue in 2015 and 2016 than its projected expenses following massive income tax cuts signed into law by Republican Gov. Sam Brownback.
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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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Daniel P. Bolger / New York Times:
The Truth About the Wars — AS a senior commander in Iraq and Afghanistan, I lost 80 soldiers. Despite their sacrifices, and those of thousands more, all we have to show for it are two failed wars. This fact eats at me every day, and Veterans Day is tougher than most.
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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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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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Ron Fournier / National Journal:
Republicans Didn't Win the Midterms (They Just Lost Less) — The real winners last week were disgust, apathy, and the push for political disruption. — Talk about a shellacking. Two-thirds of voters in last week's elections are dissatisfied or angry with Republican Party leaders in Congress …
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Beverly Gage / New York Times:
What an Uncensored Letter to M.L.K. Reveals — The note is just a single sheet gone yellow with age, typewritten and tightly spaced. It's rife with typos and misspellings and sprinkled with attempts at emending them. Clearly, some effort went into perfecting the tone, that of a disappointed admirer …
Christopher / Sacramento Bee:
Doug Ose's lead over Ami Bera shrinks - again — › — ‹ — Democratic Rep. Ami Bera has pulled to within 530 votes of Republican challenger Doug Ose in the race for suburban Sacramento's 7th Congressional District. — Ose, who finished election night with a 3,011-vote advantage …
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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 …
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Hagel Sports Bandage On Face After ‘Minor Kitchen Mishap’ — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel delivered remarks Tuesday at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington with a bandage covering his left cheek. — A defense official told NBC News that Hagel was involved in a “minor kitchen mishap” that didn't require stitches.
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