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1:40 PM ET, May 2, 2013

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Michael F. Cannon / Cato Institute:
Oregon Study Throws a Stop Sign in Front of ObamaCare's Medicaid Expansion  —  Today, the nation's top health economists released a study that throws a huge “STOP” sign in front of ObamaCare's Medicaid expansion.  —  The Oregon Health Insurance Experiment, or OHIE, may be the most important study ever conducted on health insurance.
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Jonathan Cohn / New Republic:
The New Study that Republicans Who Reject Medicaid Must Read  —  A major new study on Medicaid just became public.  I know—nothing excites readers more than the phrase “major new study on Medicaid.”  Bear with me.  This study is already getting a lot of attention: Conservatives and libertarians …
Multiple Authors / The Incidental Economist:
Oregon and Medicaid and Evidence and CHILL, PEOPLE!  —  This is a joint post by Aaron Carroll and Austin Frakt.  Relevant to this post, recently we have published three papers arguing for expansion of Medicaid, not relative to all possible other reforms, but relative to the status quo.
Sarah Kliff / Wonkblog:
Obama administration plans to appeal Plan B ruling  —  The Justice Department filed notice late Wednesday that it will challenge a federal court decision requiring the government to make emergency contraceptives available over the counter to women of all ages.
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Washington Post:
SEC subpoenas firm, individuals in a case of leaked information
Discussion: The Hill
Dr. Boyce Watkins / Your Black World:
Mountain Dew Releases Arguably the Most Racist Commercial in History Tweet  —  If you've never heard of Felicia the Goat, you'll know about her soon.  Felicia the Goat is the main character in a recent Mountain Dew commercial, created in part by Tyler the Creator.
Chicago Tribune:
Penny Pritzker to be nominated for Commerce secretary … Making official what many Democrats have expected for weeks, President Obama plans to nominate Chicago business executive Penny Pritzker, a longtime political supporter and heavyweight fundraiser, as his new Commerce secretary this morning.
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David Jackson / USA Today:
Obama selects Pritzker for Commerce secretary
Discussion: Michelle Malkin, Hullabaloo and Reuters
The Hill / The Hill:   Obama taps fundraiser Pritzker for Commerce, Froman for trade job
Joshua Roberts / Laramie Boomerang:
UW Police: Facebook post was a hoax — UPDATED  —  Citation: UW woman ‘admitted’ making controversial statement  —  The University of Wyoming Police Department issued a citation Monday afternoon in Albany County Circuit Court for Meg Lanker-Simons, a woman allegedly threatened last week …
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Felix Salmon:
The systemic plight of labor  —  It's May Day, and Henry Blodget is celebrating — if that's the right word — with three charts, of which the most germane is the one above.  It shows total US wages as a proportion of total US GDP — a number which continues to hit all-time lows.
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Henry Blodget / Business Insider:
DEAR WORKERS OF THE WORLD: These Three Charts Show How You're Getting Totally Shafted
Discussion: Forbes, msnbc.com and Slate
Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
2016 Poll: If Clinton doesn't run, then who?  —  (CNN) - A second straight national poll this week indicates the obvious: Hillary Clinton, if she decides to run for the White House again, would be the overwhelming front-runner among Democrats for their party's 2016 presidential nomination.
Discussion: Politico
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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Kissinger jokes about Hillary Clinton 2016 run
Discussion: CNN
Alexander Burns / Politico:
What Ted Cruz knows  —  Ted Cruz for president?  —  What you just heard was the sound of a thousand eyeballs rolling in Washington and Austin, where the freshman senator's transparent ambition and self-regard have earned him more than a few detractors during his first few months in office.
Laura Ly / CNN:
Woman missing 11 years turns up alive  —  (CNN) — A Pennsylvania woman who mysteriously disappeared 11 years ago has resurfaced in Florida, saying that she just walked out on her family, her life and her problems.  —  Brenda Heist, 54, turned herself into authorities in Key Largo …
Discussion: The Raw Story
Washington Post:
Obama moving toward sending lethal arms to Syrian rebels, officials say  —  But the senior official, one of several who discussed internal administration deliberations on the condition of anonymity, said Obama has “not closed the door to other military actions,” in response to calls …
Discussion: Wired, The Dish, CNN and The Week
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Washington Post:
U.S. policy on Syria still lacks coherence
Rolling Stone:
Too-Big-to-Fail Takes Another Body Blow  —  Minds are changing on Too Big to Fail.  A month ago, it was just something in the air.  Now, it looks like we're headed for a real legislative confrontation.  And man, is the finance sector freaking.  —  Last week, on April 24th …
Bloomberg:
Six Ways to Separate Lies From Statistics  —  The discovery of a spreadsheet error in an influential study by Harvard University economists Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff inevitably raises a troubling question: To what extent can we trust what any researcher claims to be true?
Tim Elfrink / Riptide 2.0:
Florida School Responds to Criticism for Expelling Student Over Science Project: “There Are Consequences to Actions”  —  By all accounts, Kiera Wilmot's science experiment gone wrong triggered just a tiny pop and a small amount of smoke at Bartow High School last week — but her tale is certifiably blowing up the Internet today.
Investor's Business Daily:
Just How Ignorant Is Obama About ObamaCare?  —  Health Care: At his press conference this week, President Obama tried to reassure Americans about ObamaCare.  Instead, he displayed either an incredible lack of understanding about his own law, or something far worse.
Discussion: The Hill and Hot Air
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Obama prods liberals to give-and-take on Senate immigration bill  —  President Obama is warning liberal supporters that their push to make changes in a comprehensive immigration bill could jeopardize the strategy of Senate leaders, who are aiming to win up to 70 votes for the measure.
Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Conservative groups: Balanced budget plan is price for debt hike  —  Conservative groups are vowing to force lawmakers to adopt a balanced budget plan before passing any increase in the nation's debt ceiling.  —  The Club for Growth and Heritage Action said that establishing a path …
Discussion: AEIdeas
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
The Time Terry McAuliffe Left The Delivery Room For A Washington Post Party  —  Another time: “We got to the dinner and by then Dorothy was in tears, and I left her with Justin and went inside.”  But he raised a million bucks.  —  Source: youtube.com  —  Former Democratic National Committee …
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Obama group misleadingly cites a vote on a climate change bill  —  “Number of House members who voted in 2011 that climate change was a ‘hoax’: 240”  —  President Obama's new political group, Organizing for Action, last week released a new video that mocks Republican lawmakers for appearing …
Discussion: Hot Air and Washington Free Beacon
 
 
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Joan McCarter / Daily Kos:
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Deirdre Edgar / Los Angeles Times:
L.A. Times updates guidelines for covering immigration
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
The GOP Sets Its Sights on the Senate in 2014
Discussion: The Hill
CNN:
17 arrested as Seattle May Day protests turn violent
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