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7:30 AM ET, November 12, 2014

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Eddie Scarry / Mediaite:
Jonathan Gruber to MSNBC: My ‘Stupidity of the American Voter’ Remark was Inappropriate  —  Jonathan Gruber, MIT professor and so-called architect of Obamacare, is walking back year-old remarks that the health care system overhaul passed only because of a “lack of transparency” and the “stupidity of the American voter.”
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Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
ObamaCare architect: I regret ‘stupidity’ of voter comment  —  An architect of ObamaCare on Tuesday said he regretted his 2013 comment that a “lack of transparency” and the “stupidity of the American voter” helped Congress pass the healthcare law.  —  Massachusetts Institute …
Discussion: Weekly Standard
Avik Roy / Forbes:
ACA Architect: ‘The Stupidity Of The American Voter’ Led Us To Hide Obamacare's True Costs From The Public
Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:
Obamacare consultant under fire for ‘stupidity of the American voter’ comment
Keith Bradford Hennessey / Keith Hennessey:
Dr. Gruber's honesty about lying
Discussion: The Federalist and National Review
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
It's Not Just Dumb, It's Krugman Dumb!  —  We have written here and elsewhere about the King v. Burwell case, in which a panel of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals held that the Affordable Care Act allows the federal government to subsidize participants in the federal Obamacare exchange as well as the state exchanges.
Discussion: Josh Blackman's Blog
Bloomberg:
Senate Democrats Said to Consider Keystone Vote Soon  —  Senate Democrats are considering a vote in the lame-duck session to force approval of TransCanada Corp. (TRP)'s Keystone XL pipeline, a party aide said, a move that may bolster Louisiana Democrat Mary Landrieu's re-election chances.
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Manu Raju / Politico:
Loretta Lynch hearings likely to wait
Discussion: ABC News and Daily Kos
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
The 6 Senate Democrats Most Likely To Vote With McConnell's GOP
Discussion: Liberaland
John Kerry / New York Times:
Our Historic Agreement With China on Climate Change  —  BEIJING — The United States and China are the world's two largest economies, two largest consumers of energy, and two largest emitters of greenhouse gases.  Together we account for about 40 percent of the world's emissions.
Discussion: Guardian and BuzzFeed
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
U.S. and China Reach Climate Deal After Months of Talks  —  BEIJING — China and the United States made common cause on Wednesday against the threat of climate change, staking out an ambitious joint plan to curb carbon emissions as a way to spur nations around the world to make their own cuts in greenhouse gases.
Politico:
Jon Stewart, Sean Hannity trade barbs  —  Jon Stewart has dubbed Sean Hannity “loathsome.”  Sean Hannity thinks Jon Stewart “has his head so far up Obama's ass he cannot see clearly.”  —  The latest tiff between Stewart and Hannity blew up Tuesday after the “Daily Show” …
Jeffrey Frank / New Yorker:
Midterm Mood Swings  —  One way of looking at last week's midterm results is as a national mood swing, made up of irrational fear (Ebola, the terrorist next door), anxiety about the economy, and, perhaps above all, a vague, very real dissatisfaction with President Obama …
Politico:
Pelosi: 'It wasn't a wave'  —  An exclusive interview with an unbowed Nancy Pelosi.  —  House Democrats ended Election Day controlling fewer seats than they have in nearly 80 years, but Nancy Pelosi isn't conceding anything.  —  “I do not believe what happened the other night is a wave …
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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Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
Did Alabama legislators redraw district lines to hurt Democrats or to disenfranchise black voters?
Brian Beutler / The New Republic:
How John Roberts Can Preserve His Conservative Cred and Save Obamacare at the Same Time
Washington Post:
The FCC weighs breaking with Obama over the future of the Internet  —  Hours after President Obama called for the Federal Communications Commission to pass tougher regulations on high-speed Internet providers, the agency's Democratic chairman told a group of business executives that he was moving in a different direction.
Hilary Whiteman / CNN:
Cut the shawl talk: Chinese censors wipe Putin's move on China's first lady  —  Hong Kong (CNN) — It was a fleeting moment, but one that Chinese censors were quick to snuff out.  —  At an APEC event to watch the fireworks in Beijing on Monday night, Russian President Vladimir Putin created …
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Kendall Breitman / Politico:
Rep. Jim Clyburn: GOP will try to impeach President Obama  —  Democratic Rep. Jim Clyburn is predicting that Republicans will try to impeach Barack Obama so that they can “put an asterisk” next to the name of the first black president.  —  “There will be some reason found to introduce …
Discussion: Political Wire and Mediaite
Politico:
The coming climate onslaught  —  President Obama readies a sweeping list of executive actions.  —  The Obama administration is set to roll out a series of climate and pollution measures that rivals any president's environmental actions since George H.W. Bush signed a rewrite of the Clean Air Act in 1990 …
Discussion: National Review
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Majority in U.S. Want GOP in Congress to Set Nation's Course  —  Story Highlights  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — Following the midterm election that some have termed a Republican wave, the majority of Americans want the Republicans in Congress — rather than President Barack Obama …
Josh Levs / CNN:
Michael Brown's parents address U.N.: ‘We need the world to know’  —  (CNN) — The parents of Michael Brown, a Missouri teen killed by police, testified before a U.N. committee Tuesday because they want the world to know “what's going on in Ferguson.”  —  Lesley McSpadden and Michael Brown Sr. spoke …
 
 
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Niall Ferguson / Boston Globe:
Obama can't govern? Who knew?
Discussion: NOLA.com topics
Thomas Rose / BREITBART.COM:
STATE DEPT REFUSES VISA EXTENSION FOR ISRAELI NBA PLAYER AS OBAMA ANNOUNCES DOUBLING CHINESE STUDENT VISAS
Discussion: Israel Matzav and IsraelUSA.net
Tom Scocca / Gawker:
Andrew Sullivan Warns of the Radical-Feminist Plot to Seize Twitter
Discussion: The Dish and Balloon Juice
New York Times:
Missouri Governor Says National Guard Is Still Option in Ferguson
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
Michelle Boorstein / Washington Post:
In a first, Washington National Cathedral to host Friday Muslim prayer service
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Power Line
Robert O'Harrow Jr. / Washington Post:
Highway seizure in Iowa fuels debate about asset-forfeiture laws
Discussion: Hot Air and Prairie Weather
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Hagel Sports Bandage On Face After ‘Minor Kitchen Mishap’
Discussion: Washington Post
 Earlier Items: 
Daniel P. Bolger / New York Times:
The Truth About the Wars  —  AS a senior commander in Iraq …
Joe Pappalardo / Popular Mechanics:
Welcome to the Polish Base on the New Cold War's Front Lines
Brad Cooperthe / Kansas City Star:
Kansas revenues will fall $1 billion short of 2015 and 2016 expenses, fiscal experts say
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Christopher / Sacramento Bee:
Doug Ose's lead over Ami Bera shrinks - again
Discussion: Daily Kos and OnPolitics
Beverly Gage / New York Times:
What an Uncensored Letter to M.L.K. Reveals
Discussion: Gawker, Daily Kos and Raw Story
Ron Fournier / National Journal:
Republicans Didn't Win the Midterms (They Just Lost Less)
Discussion: Hot Air