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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 and Washington Post
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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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Balloon Juice, Booman Tribune, No More Mister Nice Blog and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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, Daily Kos and ThinkProgress
Simon Maloy / Salon:
SCOTUS could roil the GOP: How new threat to Obamacare may backfire on the right
SCOTUS could roil the GOP: How new threat to Obamacare may backfire on the right
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Slate, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Daily Kos, Bloomberg View, Washington Monthly, rubber hose, The Dish and RedState
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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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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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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Booman Tribune
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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Business Insider, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, Mashable and Gawker
USA Today:
Gum-chewing, limo-eschewing Obama riles some Chinese
Gum-chewing, limo-eschewing Obama riles some Chinese
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Mediaite, Wall Street Journal, CNN, Gawker, TPNN and VodkaPundit
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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Washington Post and NOLA.com topics
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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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Daily Kos, Bloomberg Politics and ABC 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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Raw Story, Mediaite and The Huffington Post
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.
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
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Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Republicans Vow to Fight E.P.A. and Approve Keystone Pipeline
Republicans Vow to Fight E.P.A. and Approve Keystone Pipeline
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Daily Kos, Washington Post and Balloon Juice
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 and The Daily Caller
New York Times:
Missouri Governor Says National Guard Is Still Option in Ferguson — WELDON SPRING, Mo. — Gov. Jay Nixon said Tuesday that the Missouri National Guard was part of a multiforce contingency plan by law enforcement authorities to avert violence as the region around St. Louis awaited …
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PoliticusUSA and FOX News Radio
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Robert O'Harrow Jr. / Washington Post:
Highway seizure in Iowa fuels debate about asset-forfeiture laws — The two men in the rented red Nissan Altima were poker players traveling through Iowa on their way to Las Vegas. The police were state troopers on the hunt for criminals, contraband and cash.
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Hot Air and Prairie Weather
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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Mediaite, “The Lid”, Fox News Insider and Hot Air
Tom Scocca / Gawker:
Andrew Sullivan Warns of the Radical-Feminist Plot to Seize Twitter — Self-employed former Gap spokesmodel Andrew Sullivan has been typing about the Gamergate movement again. Previously, when he weighed in, he began by telling his readers that they knew gamer culture “far, far better than I.”
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The Dish and Balloon Juice