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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Nancy Pelosi says she doesn't know who Jonathan Gruber is. She touted his work in 2009. — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Thursday that, not only did Jonathan Gruber not play a significant role in drafting Obamacare, but that she doesn't even “know who he is.”
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Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Law in the Raw — Nearly a week has gone by since the Supreme Court's unexpected decision to enlist in the latest effort to destroy the Affordable Care Act, and the shock remains unabated. “This is Bush v. Gore all over again,” one friend said as we struggled to absorb the news last Friday afternoon.
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
The Jon Gruber controversy and what it means for Obamacare, explained — Over the past three days, conservative news outlets have posted multiple videos of Jonathan Gruber, an MIT health economist who worked on Romneycare and Obamacare, crediting the “stupidity” of American voters as one reason that the health law passed.
JakeTapper / CNN:
Obamacare architect discussed misleading public in 4th newly uncovered video — Washington (CNN) — As Congress voted on the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, in 2010, one of the bill's architects, MIT economist Jonathan Gruber, told a college audience that those pushing the legislation pitched …
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Pelosi on Jonathan Gruber: 'I don't know who he is. He didn't help write our bill.'
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
White House disagrees with ‘stupidity’ remarks
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New York Times:
Obama Aides Say Moves Will Avert 5 Million Deportations — WASHINGTON — President Obama will ignore angry protests from Republicans and announce as soon as next week a broad overhaul of the nation's immigration enforcement system that will protect up to five million undocumented immigrants …
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama veers left after red wave
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Dems warn Obama: Don't back down on immigration
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The Huffington Post:
Elizabeth Warren Gets Senate Democratic Leadership Spot — WASHINGTON — Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) gained a leadership position in the Senate Democratic caucus Thursday, giving the prominent progressive senator a key role in shaping the party's policy priorities.
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New York Times:
Harry Reid Gets an Earful Before Being Re-Elected to Lead Democrats — WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats voted on Thursday to keep Senator Harry Reid of Nevada as their leader, but his victory came only after a nearly four-hour closed-door meeting in which 28 caucus members expressed their frustration …
Manu Raju / Politico:
Claire McCaskill rejects Harry Reid's leadership
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Elicia Dover / KATV-TV:
Gov. Mike Beebe says he will pardon his own son — Gov. Mike Beebe says he will pardon his son, Kyle, for a felony crime from his past. — “Mr. Governor, I am asking for a second chance at life. I am asking for a second chance to be the man that I know that I can be,” Kyle Beebe wrote in his pardon application to his father.
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Barbara Bowman / Washington Post:
Bill Cosby raped me. Why did it take 30 years for people to believe my story? — Only when a male comedian called Cosby a rapist did the accusation take hold. — In 2004, when Andrea Constand filed a lawsuit against Bill Cosby for sexual assault, her lawyers asked me to testify.
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Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:
Is this the political map of the future? — BARACK OBAMA CAMPAIGNS RACE AND DIVERSITY HISPANICS — If you're a political junkie — or at least if you're a conservative political junkie — you've probably seen the map. It's a map of the United States showing the congressional districts won …
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Ken Ward Jr. / Charleston Gazette:
Longtime Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship indicted — Don Blankenship, the longtime chief executive of Massey Energy, was indicted today on charges that he violated federal mine safety laws at the company's Upper Big Branch Mine prior to an April 2010 explosion that killed 29 miners.
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Peter Beinart / The Atlantic Online:
The Republican Obsession With ‘Restoring’ America — Why so many conservatives have nostalgia for an era that wasn't all that golden — Next January, just in time for a potential presidential bid, Marco Rubio will publish a book. It's called American Dreams: Restoring Economic Opportunity for Everyone.
James M. Inhofe / Associated Press:
Sen. Inhofe: ‘A non-binding charade’ — China will face zero consequences if it does not live up to its word. — President Obama and President Xi of China have come to an agreement on greenhouse gas emissions. It's being hailed as a “historic” breakthrough ahead of the 2015 U.N. Climate Change Conference …
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Coral Davenport / New York Times:
In Climate Deal With China, Obama May Set 2016 Theme
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Jjesselli / The Smoking Gun:
“Drunk Girl” Video Is Latest Viral Hoax — Purported “social experiment” was staged by its Los Angeles creators — The viral video claiming to show a series of men plotting to take advantage of a drunk Los Angeles woman was staged by the clip's creators, who fed lines to the purported predators …
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Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:
The Big Question Democrats Need to Ask Themselves Before They Nominate Hillary — By most accounts, Hillary Clinton had a good election night. Or at least her 2016 chances did. The New York Times reported that voters and operatives woke up the next day counting on her to “resurrect the Democratic Party.”
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Alex Seitz-Wald / msnbc.com:
Robert Reich's advice to Hillary Clinton: Ride the populist wave
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Michael Lewis / The New Republic:
Extreme Wealth Is Bad for Everyone—Especially the Wealthy — Billionaires: Reflections on the Upper Crust by Darrell M. West (Brookings) — When I was fourteen I met a man with a talent for restoring a sense of fairness to a society with vast and growing inequalities in wealth.
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
House, Senate to vote on Keystone XL pipeline — Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) moved quickly on Wednesday to force the U.S. Senate to pass a long-stalled bill allowing the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. Senate leaders agreed to hold a vote as early as next Tuesday.
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Mary Landrieu: Dead Woman Walking?
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