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12:30 PM ET, October 31, 2013

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Avik Roy / Forbes:
Obama Officials In 2010: 93 Million Americans Will Be Unable To Keep Their Health Plans Under Obamacare  —  On Wednesday, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius testified before Congress about the continuing issues with the rollout of Obamacare's health insurance exchanges.
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David Firestone / Taking Note:
The Uproar Over Insurance ‘Cancellation’ Letters  —  Kathleen Sebelius, the Health and Human Services secretary, took a lot of grief Wednesday from Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee who were outraged that some people's individual insurance policies had been “cancelled” because of health care reform.
Discussion: The Raw Story and Right Wing News
Kevin Diaz / Associated Press:
At least 140,000 Minnesotans will lose current health policies
Discussion: Hot Air and National Review
Joe Biden / CNN:
Biden apologizes, says Obama tried to log on to health site
The Hill:
Top Dems made same promises
Discussion: Hot Air and CNN
Aaron Blake / Post Politics:
Obama blames ‘bad apple insurers’ for canceled insurance plans
Lucy McCalmont / Politico:
Joe Biden: President Obama and I not tech ‘geeks’
Discussion: Michelle Malkin and Weasel Zippers
Katie McHugh / The Daily Caller:
Report: White House exerting ‘massive pressure’ on insurance companies to keep quiet
David Corn / Mother Jones:
WATCH: Ted Cruz's Dad Calls US a “Christian Nation,” Says Obama Should Go “Back to Kenya”  —  Want to understand where the tea party champion's hardcore views come from?  Meet his father, Rafael.  —  In April, Rafael Cruz, the father of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), spoke to the tea party of Hood County …
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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: CNN, Politico and Sabato's Crystal Ball
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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Ian Swanson / The Hill:
President asked Hillary to stay  —  President Obama asked Hillary Clinton to stay on for an extra year as secretary of State after he won reelection.  —  Obama was worried at the time about losing both Clinton and Leon Panetta, his outgoing Defense secretary, according to an excerpt released Thursday …
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Hillary Clinton: I'm ‘minded to do it’  —  Hillary Clinton, the subject of intense 2016 speculation, recently said abroad that she is “minded to do it,” according to a Scottish newspaper.  —  “Again, Mrs Clinton politely gave a neutral answer,” Scottish outlet The Herald reported last week …
Discussion: Liberaland and TIME
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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Michael O'Brien / NBC Politics:
Obama leadership style raises question of ‘who is in control?’
Wall Street Journal:
Scorn Spreads to Both Sides
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.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
In health care mess, Obama reaps what he sowed
Kristie Greco / FAA:
Press Release - FAA to Allow Airlines to Expand Use of Personal Electronics  —  For Immediate Release  —  WASHINGTON- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Huerta today announced that the FAA has determined that airlines …
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.
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Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:   Obama Has Presided Over 5 of 6 Largest Deficits in U.S. History
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
Rasmussen Reports:
37% Say Zombies Would Do Better Job Than Federal Gov't, 37% Opt for Feds  —  It's not exactly a vote of confidence in the powers that be: A sizable number of Americans think the undead would do a better job than the brain dead in Washington, D.C.  —  Thirty-seven percent (37%) …
Norm Ornstein / NationalJournal.com:
The Right to Vote  —  It is becoming increasingly obvious that the Supreme Court decision in Shelby County v. Holder, which eviscerated the Voting Rights Act, is leading to a new era of voter suppression that parallels the pre-1960s era—this time affecting not just African-Americans …
Rowan Scarborough / Washington Times:
U.S. commandos fought in Benghazi  —  Two out of eight in Tripoli sent to rescue, honored for valor  —  Masked from public view, two of the U.S. military's elite special operations commandos have been awarded medals for bravery for a mission that further undercuts the Obama administration's original story about the Benghazi tragedy.
Toronto Star:
Photos View photos  —  Toronto Police have recovered the video that appears to show Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine, Toronto police Chief Bill Blair said Thursday.  —  Blair said at a press conference, “The video files depict images that are consistent with what has previously been reported” in the media.
Discussion: Mediaite, Gawker and Business Insider
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 …
Discussion: VodkaPundit
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 …
Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
Booker's big day in Washington  —  Washington (CNN) - He didn't get sworn into the U.S. Senate until Thursday afternoon, but Cory Booker's nameplate was already up hours earlier outside his new office in the Senate Hart office building.  —  Earlier this month, the two-term Democratic Mayor of Newark …
Discussion: Politico
 
 
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First Read / NBCNews:
First Thoughts: Public places a curse on all of Washington
Tal Kopan / Politico:
Sarah Palin hits President Obama ‘ShamWow’ speech
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Zachary Roth / msnbc.com:
How Wendy Davis can win
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Clifford Krauss / New York Times:
Looking for a Way Around Keystone XL, Canadian Oil Hits the Rails
Yasser Okbi / Jerusalem Post:
Reports: Syrian air base destroyed in missile attack from sea
Discussion: Business Insider and Israel Matzav
Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Hawaii Senate Passes Marriage Equality By Overwhelming Majority
Discussion: Mock Paper Scissors
Timothy H. Lee / The Hill:
Proposed bills fail to fix Fannie and Freddie
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Obamacare Navigator Hasn't Signed Up Anyone Because It's Too Expensive
Discussion: Hot Air
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Law School Applicant Pool Likely To Shrink Further
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Eliana Johnson / National Review:
Investigation IDs IRS Leaker
Stuart Stevens / The Daily Beast:
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Rich Lowry / Politico:
The Obamacare whiners  —  Henry Waxman made a plea at the end …
Discussion: CNN, National Review and The Hill
BuzzFeed:
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is considering replacing CEO Bob Bakish with an “Office of the CEO” made up of division heads on an interim basis

Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
The New York Times is broken, shown by its entitled, petulant reaction to Politico's report on its tense relationship with Biden

Andrew Marchand / The Athletic:
Sources: Amazon Prime Video has a framework deal for NBA broadcast rights for at least a decade, starting in 2025-26; ESPN/ABC is expected to keep the finals

 
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