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9:50 AM ET, October 31, 2013

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Aaron Blake / Post Politics:
Obama blames ‘bad apple insurers’ for canceled insurance plans  —  President Obama tried a new tack Wednesday as he fought back against criticism of his Obamacare claims.  —  Fact-checkers and journalists have ruled that Obama wasn't being truthful when he claimed that people who liked their insurance could keep it.
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Investor's Business Daily:
The Biggest Lie?  ‘Keep Your Plan’  —  Deception: In the face of millions of cancellation notices, Democrats want to downplay the president's “keep your health plan” pledge as standard political hyperbole.  It was, in fact, a calculated lie that got ObamaCare enacted.
Discussion: americanthinker.com
Jim Acosta / CNN:
White House on Sebelius hearing: GOP ‘did us a favor up there’
Discussion: Politico, American Power and The Hill
Rich Lowry / Politico:   The Obamacare whiners  —  Henry Waxman made a plea at the end …
Joe Biden / CNN:
Biden apologizes, says Obama tried to log on to health site
Discussion: Politico
Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
You can keep your health plan — if Obama likes it
ThinkProgress:
Yes, It Is Illegal For Kathleen Sebelius To Enroll In Obamacare
Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:
Reid: Cruz nomination would destroy GOP  —  Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) says if Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) won the Republican nomination for president, it would destroy the GOP.  —  In an interview on MSNBC's “The Rachel Maddow Show” Wednesday night, Reid discussed fallout from the 16 …
Discussion: Politico
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Manu Raju / Politico:
Cruz extends olive branch to GOP senators  —  Extending an olive branch to GOP senators, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is privately making it clear he won't engage in the Senate Conservatives Fund's hardball tactics to defeat his colleagues in their primary races.  —  At a closed-door lunch meeting …
Mark Murray / NBCNews:
NBC/WSJ poll: Obama approval sinks to new low  —  President Barack Obama's approval rating has declined to an all-time low as public frustration with Washington and pessimism about the nation's direction continue to grow, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
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Wall Street Journal:
Scorn Spreads to Both Sides  —  The discontent that engulfed Republicans amid the partial government shutdown has washed over President Obama, whose job approval rating has sunk to an all-time low in a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll.
Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Deficit was $680 billion in 2013  —  The federal budget deficit for fiscal 2013 was $680 billion, the Treasury Department reported Wednesday.  —  This is the first time that the deficit has fallen below $1 trillion during President Obama's time in the White House.
David Denby / Comment:
TED CRUZ: THE MASK OF SINCERITY  —  When Ted Cruz lies, he appears to be praying.  His lips narrow, almost disappearing into his face, and his eyebrows shift abruptly, rising like a drawbridge on his forehead into matching acute angles.  He attains an appearance of supplication …
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Book: Obama asked Hillary Clinton to stay  —  President Barack Obama asked Hillary Clinton several times to stay on as his secretary of state during a Nov. 2012 ride aboard Air Force One, but she told him it was time for her to move on, a new book reveals.  —  “Would you reconsider, perhaps stay another year?
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CNN:
Emanuel thinks Hillary Clinton will run for president
Mike Lillis / TheHill:
Pelosi: No revenue, no deal  —  New revenue must be part of any bipartisan agreement to eliminate the sequester, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Wednesday.  —  Although President Obama has reportedly signaled an openness to tackle the across-the-board cuts without hiking taxes …
Washington Post:
NSA infiltrates links to Yahoo, Google data centers worldwide, Snowden documents say  —  The National Security Agency has secretly broken into the main communications links that connect Yahoo and Google data centers around the world, according to documents obtained from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden …
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Paul Szoldra / Business Insider:
In Wake Of Zimmerman Case, Florida City Bans Guns For Neighborhood Watch  —  Just months after George Zimmerman was acquitted of murder in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, the Florida city where the incident occurred intends to ban neighborhood watch members from carrying guns, The Orlando Sentinel reports.
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Disclose.tv:
MASSIVE OIL DISCOVERY IN AUSTRALIA IS DEATHBLOW FOR SAUDIS  —  It is 6 times larger than the Bakken, 17 times the size of the Marcellus formation, and 80 times larger than the Eagle Ford shale.  —  All told the recent discovery outside a sleepy Australian town contains more black gold than in all of Iran, Iraq, Canada, or Venezuela.
Discussion: Israpundit and Israel Matzav
BuzzFeed:
7 Awesome Things That Took Less Time Than HealthCare.gov  —  They had three-and-a-half years and the government still couldn't build an Obamacare website.  A lot more awesome things have been done in a lot less time.  —  BUZZFEED USER  —  This post was created by a user and has not been vetted …
Steve Rosenbush / The CIO Report:
Facebook Tests Software to Track Your Cursor on Screen  —  Facebook Inc. is testing technology that would greatly expand the scope of data that it collects about its users, the head of the company's analytics group said Tuesday.  —  The social network may start collecting data …
Stuart Stevens / The Daily Beast:
Nixon, Obama, and How We Lost Trust in the U.S. Government  —  After Nixon's obfuscation on Vietnam, the press viewed those in power with a skepticism verging on cynicism.  That changed with Obama—though his Obamacare untruths are worse.  —  The Vietnam War dominated the presidential campaign of 1968.
Bill Moyers:
A Letter From Bill Moyers  —  Two years ago, thanks to the generosity of some unexpected funders and the loyalty of long-time funders, I came out of retirement with a new weekly series, Moyers & Company.  Since then our team has kept a steady focus on some of the vital nerve centers of democracy: Money and politics.
Marshall Sella / GQ Magazine Online:
Anthony Weiner vs. The New York Times  —  When the former Congressman told our Marshall Sella that he'd “probably get elected mayor” of New York if the Internet didn't exist, he was actually onto something.  Now it appears Weiner has a bone to pick with the Paper of Record, too.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Politico
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
In health care mess, Obama reaps what he sowed  —  BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL WHITE HOUSE BARACK OBAMA OBAMACARE SENATE PRESIDENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REPUBLICAN PARTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY HEALTH CARE  —  Given the Affordable Care Act's multiple crises in its first month of implementation …
Joel Gehrke / Washington Examiner:
Ted Cruz criticizes DOJ for arguing international treaty can trump the Constitution  —  BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL TED CRUZ CHEMICAL WEAPONS BASHAR ASSAD JUSTICE DEPARTMENT  —  Justice Department attorneys are advancing an argument at the Supreme Court that could allow the government …
Discussion: BizPac Review and Weasel Zippers
Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
Patrick Leahy: ‘Insurmountable’ Push For Filibuster Rules Change If GOP Blocks Obama Nominee  —  WASHINGTON — Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, predicted Tuesday that things could get ugly if Republicans block a vote this week on one of President Barack …
Discussion: The Hill, Washington Post and Daily Kos
 
 
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James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
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Ned Resnikoff / msnbc.com:
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Hamilton Nolan / Gawker:
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Matthew Hoye / CNN:
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Discussion: Politico and TheHill
Steve Bousquet / Tampa Bay Times:
State and Pinellas agree on dates for election for Young's seat
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Discussion: Politico and The Daily Caller
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
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BBC:
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Rush Limbaugh:
Republicans Demonstrate No Strategy or Desire to Win at Sebelius Hearing
Nicole Flatow / ThinkProgress:
Alabama Blogger Arrested, Jailed For Writing About Former Governor's Son