memeorandum: Taking Stock: Health Insurance Coverage under the ACA as of September 2014 (hrms.urban.org)

9:15 PM ET, December 4, 2014

Top Items:

White America's moral disaster: From Eric Garner to Mike Brown, a destructive view of “justice” — Here's how white victimization is tearing the nation apart — Yesterday a New York police officer named Daniel Pantaleo who was videotaped killing a man named Eric Garner using …

Discussion: Hullabaloo

Brian Beutler / The New Republic:

The NYC Cop Who Strangled Eric Garner to Death Is Free Thanks to a Legal Flaw. Here's How Voters Can Fix It. — Many of the people who took umbrage at the public outcry over a St. Louis County grand jury's decision not to indict Darren Wilson—the now-former police officer who killed Michael Brown …

Discussion: Guardian, Gawker, rubber hose, The Moderate Voice, Gothamist, New York Times and ThinkProgress

Peter Beinart / The Atlantic Online:

If Eric Garner Were White — Imagine that Eric Garner had been white. Imagine that he'd been living in Idaho. Imagine that the law-enforcement officers who killed him had been federal agents. — His death would be a Tea Party crusade. — Think about it.

Discussion: Fox News, The PJ Tatler, Bloomberg View, Hit & Run, Washington Post, Prairie Weather, National Review, RedState and NBC News

Nick Wing / The Huffington Post:
A Grand Jury Did Indict One Person Involved In Eric Garner's Killing — The Man Who Filmed It

Discussion: Mediaite, The Atlantic Online, Gawker, Hinterland Gazette, American Spectator, Addicting Info, Firedoglake, The Daily Banter, New York Times, Hullabaloo, theGrio, CBS New York, American Prospect, Alternet and Raw Story

Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
On the Staten Island Decision

Discussion: Washington Post, Hit & Run, New York Times, Commentary Magazine, No More Mister Nice Blog, Prairie Weather, Don Surber, JustOneMinute, Hullabaloo, The Dish, Ordered Liberty, Talking Points Memo, CNN and The Federalist

Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Morning Plum: GOP leaders betting that conservative rage will sputter out

Discussion: Hit & Run, Department of Justice, BillMoyers.com, Guardian, Washington Monthly, New York Times and PoliticusUSA

Robert Tracinski / The Federalist:
Eric Garner and Omnipresent Police Power

Discussion: New York Times, Betsy's Page, Techdirt, Hit & Run, Wall Street Journal, The PJ Tatler, The Dish, ThinkProgress and alicublog

Albert Burneko / The Concourse:
The American Justice System Is Not Broken

Discussion: The Verge, The Marshall Project, Feministing, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Right Wing Watch, ABC News, New York Magazine, The Dish and CNN

Vivian Yee / New York Times:
In Chokehold Case, Protesters Revive a Staten Island Man's Dying Words

Discussion: The New Republic, Addicting Info, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, NY Daily News, Balloon Juice, Daily Kos, New York Magazine, CANNONFIRE and Shakesville

Politico:

Pelosi flexes muscle in closed budget meeting — With the government set to shut down in a week, Nancy Pelosi is flexing her muscles. — In a closed Democratic whip meeting Thursday morning, the House minority leader warned Democrats not to rush to support the Republican efforts to fund …

Discussion: Daily Kos

Jacob Fischler / BuzzFeed:

Former Top Senate Republican: McConnell Should Tell Conservatives To “Kiss Off” — Trent Lott said the immigration executive order is something to worry about next year. — AFP / Getty Images JIM WATSON — WASHINGTON — Former Republican Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott said Thursday …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo

Robert Costa / Washington Post:
House Republicans scramble to avoid a shutdown ahead of a Dec. 11 deadline

Discussion: Daily Kos, Right Wing Watch, Politico and New York Times

Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:

A Eulogy for The New Republic — A century-old liberal institution gazes at the end. — Shares — Not long after he purchased The New Republic, Chris Hughes had lunch with me, as he was doing with quite a few journalists around Washington. At one point, he asked me who the best editor had been during my 16 years.

Discussion: Power Line, The Huffington Post, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Gawker, Poynter and Balloon Juice

Dylan Byers / Politico:

Frank Foer, Leon Wieseltier out at TNR — Franklin Foer and Leon Wieseltier, the top two editors at The New Republic, have just quit amid an editorial shakeup, sources there told POLITICO on Thursday. — Gabriel Snyder, a Bloomberg Media editor who previously served at The Atlantic Wire, has been tapped to replace Foer as editor.

Discussion: New York Magazine, Talking Points Memo, Gawker and FishbowlDC, more at Mediagazer »

John Nolte / BREITBART.COM:

INVESTIGATION: LENA DUNHAM ‘RAPED BY A REPUBLICAN’ STORY IN BESTSELLER COLLAPSES UNDER SCRUTINY — In her just-released memoir, Not That Kind of Girl, Lena Dunham describes her alma mater, Oberlin College, as “a liberal arts haven in the cornfields of Ohio.”

Discussion: Washington Post, The Daily Caller, Ed Driscoll and Vox Popoli

hrms.urban.org:

Taking Stock: Health Insurance Coverage under the ACA as of September 2014 — Sharon K. Long, Michael Karpman, Adele Shartzer, Douglas Wissoker, Genevieve M. Kenney, Stephen Zuckerman, Nathaniel Anderson, and Katherine Hempstead — The Urban Institute's Health Reform Monitoring Survey …

Discussion: PoliticusUSA, Addicting Info, Daily Kos and NBC News

Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
4 New Studies Show Obamacare Is Working Incredibly Well

Discussion: National Review and Don Surber

The Huffington Post:

Feds Find Shocking, Systemic Brutality, Incompetence In Cleveland Police Department — WASHINGTON — In recent years, Cleveland police officers have punched a 13-year-old boy who was in handcuffs for shoplifting and shot at an unarmed kidnapping victim who was wearing only his underwear …

Discussion: Shakesville, Balloon Juice, Hit & Run, Addicting Info, Hinterland Gazette, Raw Story, NBC News, Mediaite and Plain Dealer

Eliott C. McLaughlin / CNN:
Feds: Cleveland PD used excessive force

Discussion: Mediaite and FOX News Radio

Allie Jones / Gawker:

Jenna Bush Admits to “Hanky Panky” on the White House Roof — America's favorite tipsy Bush twin Jenna Bush Hager went on Andy Cohen's Watch What Happens Live last night and was predictably great (sorry Barb). When asked if she ever fooled around in the White House, Jen admitted she engaged in some …

Discussion: UPROXX and Mediaite

Cristina Marcos / The Hill:

GOP to rebuke Obama on immigration — House Republicans are poised Thursday to rebuke President Obama for acting alone to change the immigration system despite concerns from conservatives that their vote will be largely symbolic. — Rep. Ted Yoho's (R-Fla.) bill would prevent the executive branch …

Discussion: Politico, Daily Kos, Hot Air, The PJ Tatler, The Daily Caller and National Review

Justin Sink / The Hill:
WH: Bill to roll back immigration order unfair

Discussion: ThinkProgress and PoliticusUSA

Martin Matishak / The Hill:

Navy rescinds Cosby's honorary title — The U.S. Navy is revoking Bill Cosby's honorary title of chief petty officer, the service announced Thursday. — “The Navy is taking this action because allegations against Mr. Cosby are very serious and are in conflict with the Navy's core values of honor …

Discussion: ABC News, Outside the Beltway and Mediaite

Megan Cassidy / Arizona Republic:

Phoenix police: Suspect unarmed when killed by officer — The facts surrounding Rumain Brisbon's death — the ones that could be agreed upon as of Wednesday evening — follow a narrative familiar to a nation still reeling from the racially charged police incidents in Ferguson, Mo., New York City and elsewhere.

Discussion: Raw Story, Hinterland Gazette, Colorlines and The PJ Tatler

Chris Moody / CNN:

House Democrats are pranking one another with a cardboard Ronald Reagan cutout — (CNN) — The Gipper is back on Capitol Hill, and this time, he's hanging with the Democrats. — Two House Democrats have stood proudly this week in front of a cardboard cut-out of the late Republican President …

Discussion: New York Magazine and Washington Post

Erick Erickson / RedState:

Would You Please Click Here to Order John Boehner Some New Balls? — I guess Barack Obama took John Boehner's balls because Boehner is playing with the President's balls instead of his own. — That's sad. I mean, think about this. For the last three months, the GOP actively campaigned …

Discussion: Booman Tribune

Shushannah Walshe / ABC News:

Chris Christie Says US Treats Canada, Mexico as an ‘Afterthought’ … New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, on a visit to Canada, said Thursday the federal government's delay in approving the Keystone XL pipeline is “no way to treat a friend.” — “This is not about sending your oil across our land.

Discussion: Politico

Norm Ornstein / National Journal:

The Pernicious Effects of Gerrymandering — If the Supreme Court decides to stop letting voters take control of the redistricting process away from partisan legislators, polarization can only get worse. — Almost invariably, whenever I speak about our polarized politics, the first or second question I get is about redistricting.

Discussion: The PJ Tatler, Washington Monthly and Bloomberg View

Steven Dennis / POTUS Operandi:

Rahm Emanuel Doesn't Miss Washington — Rahm Emanuel (Chris Maddaloni/CQ Roll Call File Photo) — Rahm Emanuel isn't longing for a return to Washington anytime soon. — CQ Roll Call spotted the Chicago mayor and former chief of staff to President Barack Obama after he cleared security at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

Discussion: Washington Post, Talking Points Memo and Mediaite