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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Obama: We didn't mislead on health care — BRISBANE, Australia — President Barack Obama denied Sunday that his signature health care reform law was deceptively marketed, rejecting statements by a consultant on the plan who said aspects of Obamacare were designed to take advantage of the “stupidity” of voters.
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The Daily Caller, Mediaite, Political Wire and Liberal Values
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Great Immigration Betrayal — IN the months since President Obama first seem poised — as he now seems poised again — to issue a sweeping executive amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants, we've learned two important things about how this administration approaches its constitutional obligations.
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Daily Kos
Joel Anderson / BuzzFeed:
Ferguson Braces For An “Uprising” — FERGUSON, Missouri — At long last, virtually all Ferguson residents — black and white, young and old, rich and poor — have come to agree on something: Darren Wilson, the police officer who shot and killed 18-year-old Michael Brown this August, will not be indicted.
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Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Got him! Jihadi John is ‘wounded in US airstrike that killed 10 top ISIS commanders at secret bunker meeting in Iraq’ — Jihadi John, the Briton who beheaded two British and two American hostages held by Islamic State terrorists, has been injured in a US-led air strike, according to reports received by the Foreign Office.
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Hot Air, Guardian, The Gateway Pundit and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Progressives' answer to 2014 midterm election results? Be more liberal — Amid the post-election Democratic handwringing, some activists have an answer — be more liberal. — After a resounding midterm defeat, progressive leaders argue Democrats played it safe, sidelined the president and lost.
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
Grubergate is really Obamacaregate — The irony of Grubergate Part 2 (The Grubergatening) is that Jon Gruber, an MIT health economist under fire for saying the law passed in part because its unpopular elements were obscured, did as much as anyone in the country to clarify what was really in Obamacare.
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The Reality-Based Community and Outside the Beltway
Kristina Wong / The Hill:
GOP poised to dash Obama's Iran hopes — Republicans are flexing their muscles and threatening to block President Obama from cutting a nuclear deal with Iran on his own terms. — International negotiators have until Nov. 24 under an interim agreement to reach a deal with Tehran that would curb …
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New York Times:
More Federal Agencies Are Using Undercover Operations — WASHINGTON — The federal government has significantly expanded undercover operations in recent years, with officers from at least 40 agencies posing as business people, welfare recipients, political protesters and even doctors …
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George Packer / New Yorker:
The Harder Part — In the two decades between 1968 and 1988, Democratic candidates lost the Presidency five times out of six. This miserable run forced the Party to move closer to the electoral center on issues from welfare and crime to the role and the scope of government in postindustrial America.
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Diaa Hadid / Associated Press:
Video: Islamic State group beheads US aid worker — BEIRUT (AP) — An Islamic State group video released Sunday purports to show extremists beheading a dozen Syrian soldiers and ends with a militant claiming to have killed U.S. aid worker Peter Kassig, the latest slaughter proudly broadcast by the group on the Internet.
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David Jackson / USA Today:
Returning to U.S., Obama faces immigration and Iran — President Obama, who has made aggressive moves since Democratic losses on Election Day, faces more battles with newly empowered Republicans when he returns from his foreign trip Sunday. — In the wake of recent announcements …
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Washington braces for immigration quake
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
When Whites Just Don't Get It, Part 4 — WHEN I write about racial inequality in America, one common response from whites is eye-rolling and an emphatic: It's time to move on. — “As whites, are we doomed to an eternity of apology?” Neil tweeted at me. “When does individual responsibility kick in?”
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Washington Post:
D.C. police plan for future seizure proceeds years in advance in city budget documents — D.C. police have made plans for millions of dollars in anticipated proceeds from future civil seizures of cash and property, even though federal guidelines say “agencies may not commit” to such spending in advance, documents show.