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Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Overturning Obamacare Would Change the Nature of the Supreme Court — In the first Affordable Care Act case three years ago, the Supreme Court had to decide whether Congress had the power, under the Commerce Clause or some other source of authority, to require individuals to buy health insurance.
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
G.O.P. Lawmakers Propose Alternative to Obamacare — WASHINGTON — Three influential Republican members of Congress unveiled a comprehensive proposal on Wednesday to replace President Obama's health care overhaul with an alternative that would halt the expansion of Medicaid and scale …
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Washington Monthly, ThinkProgress, Hit & Run, Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo and Associated Press
USA Today:
More C.A.R.E., less Obama: Column — GOP proposal scraps taxes, opens choice, retains continuous coverage. — It has been five years since the Affordable Care Act became law, crystallizing partisan division in our national health care debate. The law made fundamental changes to how health care …
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Brad DeLong's Grasping Reality and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Jason Millman / Washington Post:
Here's how the GOP would repeal and replace Obamacare
Here's how the GOP would repeal and replace Obamacare
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A.B. Stoddard / The Hill:
Hard to kill the ACA
Hard to kill the ACA
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Hot Air, Washington Post and Prairie Weather
Stephanie Armour / Wall Street Journal:
Affordable Care Act Enrollment Near 10 Million
Affordable Care Act Enrollment Near 10 Million
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Daily Kos
Travis J. Tritten / Stars & Stripes:
NBC's Brian Williams recants Iraq story after soldiers protest — 'I spent much of the weekend thinking I'd gone crazy. I feel terrible about making this mistake' — Stars and Stripes — WASHINGTON — NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams admitted Wednesday he was not aboard …
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Brian Williams Told Alec Baldwin He Thought He Was Going To Die During Helicopter Attack That Never Happened [AUDIO] — NBC News anchor Brian Williams told actor Alec Baldwin in March 2013 that he was afraid he was going to die when a Chinook helicopter he was riding in during the Iraq War was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade.
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Washington Post, Hot Air, Mediaite, CNNMoney and Talking Points Memo
David Zurawik / Baltimore Sun:
Can NBC News now have any credibility with Brian Williams as its face? — If credibility means anything to NBC News, Brian Williams will no longer be managing editor and anchor of the evening newscast by the end of the day Friday. — The admission from Williams Wednesday that he lied …
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CNNMoney:
How Brian Williams' Iraq story changed — As the years have gone by, Brian Williams' account of a 2003 U.S. Army mission imperiled by an RPG attack has changed markedly. He apologized on Wednesday for saying that he was aboard the helicopter that came under direct fire.
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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Brian Williams Lies to Cast Himself As an Iraq War Badass
Brian Williams Lies to Cast Himself As an Iraq War Badass
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Newsmax, Betsy's Page, The Daily Caller, Talking Points Memo and Business Insider
Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
In Facebook Posts, Congressman Aaron Schock's Press Secretary Compared African Americans To Zoo Animals — In a series of Facebook posts obtained by ThinkProgress, the senior adviser for policy and communications to Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) posted racial comments and endorsed gentrification of his neighborhood.
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Talking Points Memo, Raw Story and FreakOutNation
Katie Glueck / Politico:
How Rand Paul trolls his rivals — Behind the Republican's effort to be the first true Twitter candidate for the White House. — AP Photo — Rand Paul has the most aggressive Twitter feed of the 2016 field, an account that emits a steady stream of snark, rapid response and gimmicks.
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For Rand Paul, a rude awakening to the rigors of a national campaign
For Rand Paul, a rude awakening to the rigors of a national campaign
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Mediaite, USA Today, Mr. Media Training and Raw Story
Shane Goldmacher / National Journal:
Rand Paul's Iowa Albatross
Rand Paul's Iowa Albatross
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NBC News, Daily Kos and New York Times
Oregonian:
John Kitzhaber must resign: Editorial — The Oregonian Editorial Board By The Oregonian Editorial Board — “I'm not going to consider resigning,” said Gov. John Kitzhaber at a disastrous press conference held Friday following revelations about the apparently borderless world of public policy …
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Foreign Policy:
The Best International Relations Schools in the World — U.S. scholars rank the top 25 IR programs for undergraduates, master's, and Ph.D.s. — The road to Washington is paved with elite educations. Indeed, for young people hoping to secure jobs in Foggy Bottom, on Pennsylvania Avenue …
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Washington Post, JustOneMinute, Althouse, The PJ Tatler and Political Wire
Nitasha Tiku / The Verge:
Twitter CEO: ‘We suck at dealing with abuse’ — Dick Costolo says trolls are costing Twitter users — Twitter CEO Dick Costolo is taking personal responsibility for his platform's chronic problems with harassment and abuse, telling employees that he is embarrassed for the company's failures …
TIME:
Howard Schultz Has a Radical Plan for Starbucks—And America — The outspoken Starbucks CEO tells TIME about his plans to transform his business — Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has big plans for the future of his coffee empire. In a new cover story, the 61-year-old executive gives TIME's Rana Foroohar …
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Bloomberg Business and FishbowlDC
Michael Grunwald / Politico:
The College Loan Bombshell Hidden in the Budget — Obama's new repayment program comes with a record $22 billion shortfall. — In obscure data tables buried deep in its 2016 budget proposal, the Obama administration revealed this week that its student loan program had a $21.8 billion shortfall last year …
Roy Edroso / alicublog:
MAKES A PERFECT GAG GIFT. — Look what you can get for as little as $1,699: … A weekend at a richie resort with the worst people in the world! Not sure why they're booking so far in advance, though — by December the Obama apocalypse may have come, and all the deposits will have been made in worthless government fiat scrip.
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Massachusetts, Maryland Most Democratic States — Story Highlights — This story is part of Gallup's annual “State of the States” series, which reveals state-by-state differences on political, economic, religion and well-being measures. — PRINCETON, N.J. — Massachusetts and Maryland rank …
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Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
An Obama resurgence? — There are signs that President Obama may be achieving a post-midterm resurgence as the Democratic doldrums of 2014 recede, the new Republican Congress does not inspire confidence in the GOP as a credible governing party, the American economy continues a steady recovery …
Politico:
House and Senate Republicans clash on immigration — There's a basic disagreement on what is possible and what is not. — Getty — House and Senate Republicans have spent years training their ire on Sen. Harry Reid and President Barack Obama. — But now they're clashing with each other.
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Daily Kos and The PJ Tatler
Indianapolis Star:
9-year-old Girl Scout was shot on her way to get cookies — A 9-year-old girl was shot Tuesday evening on the city's Northwestside, police said. — Sinai Miller and her two younger sisters were preparing to sell Girl Scout cookies in their neighborhood when shots were fired from a passing car.
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Raw Story and FreakOutNation