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3:05 AM ET, October 22, 2013

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Travis Gettys / The Raw Story:
Palin: Obamacare website glitches are a feature, not a bug, and will push U.S. into socialism  —  Sarah Palin says the glitches in the online rollout of the Affordable Care Act are a feature, not a bug.  —  The former half-term Alaska governor and failed vice presidential candidate suggested Sunday …
Discussion: BREITBART.COM
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The Atlantic Online:
Barack Obama, Insurance Salesman in Chief  —  The president finally acknowledged the deep problems with Healthcare.gov, but rather that explain or dwell on them, he urged Americans to keep trying.  —  Of all the things Barack Obama ever expected to be during the course of his life …
Tod Lindberg / The New Republic:
There's a New Political Story Line—and it's Good for Republicans  —  Better to be two warring tribes than a single reviled one.  —  The story most Democrats and progressive have long told about the GOP is that it's a party that has been captured by its right wing.  It's a fairly simple story to tell.
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Jon Favreau / The Daily Beast:
The Tea Party, Not Democrats or Republicans, Is the Problem  —  It's de rigueur to decry ‘partisanship’ as Washington's ‘real problem.’ Let's get real—the most destructive force in American politics today is the Tea Party, says Jon Favreau.  —  So now that our government is open and able to pay its bills …
Discussion: Wonkblog
Susan Page / USA Today:
Poll: Nearly half say replace everyone in Congress  —  Fallout from government shutdown continues to reverberate; GOP gets most of the blame.  —  CONNECT  —  WASHINGTON — The impasse that shut down much of the federal government for 16 days has left Americans in the sort of throw-the-bums …
McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Republican Mega-Donors Quietly Celebrate Chris Christie's Marriage Surrender  —  Activists are angry, but GOP elites are praising Christie's step away from culture war.  “I mean, he's a rare guy who's been able to appeal to people with sincerely held beliefs on both sides of this issue.”
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Dish
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ABC News:
2 Dead, 2 Boys Hurt in Nevada School Shooting  —  Police say two people are dead and two more are injured in a shooting at Sparks Middle School in northern Nevada Monday morning.  —  Washoe County School District Police didn't immediately offer details of the identities of the dead.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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CNN:
2 killed, 2 injured in Nevada school shooting  —  (CNN) — [Breaking news update at 2:20 p.m. Monday]  —  Of the two killed in Monday morning's shooting at a Nevada middle school, one was a staff member at the school, and the other “appears to be a student/suspect in this case,” …
Reno Gazette-Journal:
Teacher Michael Landsberry, killed in Sparks Middle School shooting, called a hero
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Texas Judge Quits GOP Over Social Issues, Shutdown (VIDEO)  —  Carlo Key, a Republican judge in Bexar County, Texas, announced Monday in a campaign ad that he was leaving the Republican party and will run for re-election as a Democrat.  —  “I cannot tolerate a political party that demeans Texans based …
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Eva Ruth Moravec / MySanAntonio.com:
Local elected official to switch parties
Washington Post:
Health insurance exchange launched despite signs of serious problems  —  Days before the launch of President Obama's online health ­insurance marketplace, government officials and contractors tested a key part of the Web site to see whether it could handle tens of thousands of consumers at the same time.
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Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Embattled Sebelius to testify next week on ObamaCare rollout
Discussion: Conservatives4Palin
Caroline May / The Daily Caller:
Of the 13 people who flanked President Obama during his speech …
Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
Sebelius to testify on ObamaCare's rocky rollout (video)
Discussion: Politico and Hot Air
Jim Siegel / The Columbus Dispatch:
Medicaid expansion funding gets approval  —  Ending months of debate, a legislative oversight panel approved spending $2.56 billion in federal money today to expand Medicaid coverage to about 275,000 low-income Ohioans.  —  Almost immediately after the bipartisan 5-2 vote …
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ThinkProgress:   Ohio Will Expand Medicaid Under Obamacare, Extending Health Coverage To Nearly 300,000 Residents
Jim Provance / Toledo Blade:
State budgetary panel votes to accept $2.56B in federal funds for Medicaid expansion
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Ron Fournier / NationalJournal.com:
Why Obama Should Be Freaked Out Over Obamacare  —  It's worse than we know, this is the easy part, and millions of Americans could be hurt.  —  President Obama said Monday he's “frustrated” by the disastrous launch of an online computer marketplace for Obamacare.  Here are five reasons why frustration isn't enough.
Discussion: Power Line and Yahoo! News
Adam Goldenberg / Slate:
And that's a good thing.  —  See Slate's complete coverage of Obamacare.  David Auerbach explains what's gone wrong with healthcare.gov, and David Weigel explains why Republicans are calling for Kathleen Sebelius to be fired.  —  Last week Canada's Supreme Court ruled that doctors …
Darryl Isherwood / New Jersey Online:
Lonegan: The government shutdown cost me the election  —  Former Republican U.S. Senate candidate Steve Lonegan (Saed Hindash/The Star-Ledger)  —  Though Republican Steve Lonegan publicly supported the shutdown of the federal government during his campaign for U.S. Senate …
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
As Obamacare runs into problems, Americans still want to give it a chance  —  A new Washington Post/ABC News poll once again drives home a core truth about our politics right now: Disapproval of Obamacare does not translate into support for GOP tactics against the law.  We've long known that to be the case.
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The Onion:
New, Improved Obamacare Program Released On 35 Floppy Disks  —  WASHINGTON—Responding to widespread criticism regarding its health care website, the federal government today unveiled its new, improved Obamacare program, which allows Americans to purchase health insurance after installing a software bundle contained on 35 floppy disks.
 
 
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Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
White House Has Some Doubts About Chuck Todd's IT Skills (VIDEO)
Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
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