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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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Betsy's Page, Bangor Daily News, Boston Herald, Hot Air, Fox News, Althouse and Hit & Run
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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 …
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Weekly Standard
Avik Roy / Forbes:
ACA Architect: ‘The Stupidity Of The American Voter’ Led Us To Hide Obamacare's True Costs From The Public
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
Obamacare consultant under fire for ‘stupidity of the American voter’ comment
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protein wisdom, Firedoglake and The Federalist
Keith Bradford Hennessey / Keith Hennessey:
Dr. Gruber's honesty about lying
Dr. Gruber's honesty about lying
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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.
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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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NOLA.com topics and Washington Post
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
The 6 Senate Democrats Most Likely To Vote With McConnell's GOP
The 6 Senate Democrats Most Likely To Vote With McConnell's GOP
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Liberaland
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
The GOP plan for Lynch: It's all about immigration
The GOP plan for Lynch: It's all about immigration
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The Huffington Post, Daily Kos, Hot Air, Bloomberg Politics and ABC News
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.
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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.
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The Diplomat, The Verge, Booman Tribune and NBC News
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” …
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Rolling Stone, Raw Story, Mediaite and The Huffington Post
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 …
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Fox News, Prairie Weather and Washington Post
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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The Federalist, Bloomberg View, Balloon Juice, Wall Street Journal, Booman Tribune, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Dish and Salon
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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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The Charlotte Observer, SCOTUSblog, The New Republic and National Review
Brian Beutler / The New Republic:
How John Roberts Can Preserve His Conservative Cred and Save Obamacare at the Same Time
How John Roberts Can Preserve His Conservative Cred and Save Obamacare at the Same Time
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National Review, Washington Post and Daily Kos
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.
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The Hill and The Verge, more at Mediagazer »
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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Bloomberg Politics, NPR, National Review and Business Insider
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Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian / Foreign Policy:
Putin Hits on China's First Lady, Censors Go Wild
Putin Hits on China's First Lady, Censors Go Wild
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CNN, Business Insider, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, Gawker and Mashable
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Bloomberg Politics, American Spectator and The Daily Caller
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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NPR, Mediaite, National Review, PoliticusUSA, Scared Monkeys and The PJ Tatler