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4:25 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.
The Hill:
Top Dems made same promises
Discussion: Hot Air
Kevin Diaz / Associated Press:
At least 140,000 Minnesotans will lose current health policies
Discussion: Hot Air and National Review
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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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Ted Cruz's Dad: I'd Like To See Obama Go ‘Back To Kenya’ (VIDEO)
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Pat Dollard
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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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Hillary Clinton: I'm ‘minded to do it’
Discussion: Liberaland and TIME
Peter Nicholas / Washington Wire:
Hillary Clinton's Ratings Slip in New WSJ/NBC Poll
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Politico
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 …
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama voices ‘enormous frustration’ with GOP  —  President Obama told donors at a fundraiser Wednesday in Boston that he sometimes felt an “enormous frustration” with Republican efforts to block his legislative agenda.  —  “Sometimes people ask me, 'Man, how do you stay optimistic …
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Mike Lillis / TheHill:
Pelosi: No revenue, no deal
Discussion: Hit & Run and VodkaPundit
Townhall.com:
Debunking the Debunkers: Yes, Obamacare Rate Shock is Real  —  On October 26, The Los Angeles Times ran a story by Chad Terhune, documenting how many Californians feel lied as they are being forced out of their current health care plans due to Obamacare.  —  “All we've been hearing …
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
How To Spot A Fake Obamacare Horror Story
Discussion: Liberaland and Washington Monthly
Ezra Klein / Businessweek:
How the iPod President Crashed: Obama's Broken Technology Promise  —  In the 2008 election, President Obama's advisers talked of their boss's belief that it was time for an “iPod government.”  Obama, a technology addict who tools around on his iPad before going to sleep and who fought …
BBC:
Syria chemical weapons equipment destroyed, says OPCW  —  Syria's declared equipment for producing, mixing and filling chemical weapons has been destroyed, the international watchdog says.  —  This comes a day before the deadline set by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW.
Discussion: Hit & Run and Outside the Beltway
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First Read / NBCNews:
First Thoughts: Public places a curse on all of Washington
Alex Pareene / Salon:
Obamacare is a mess, and liberals need to fix it  —  Democrats need to acknowledge that, and make it work for everyone  —  It has been a pretty lousy month for the idea that the American government is capable of expanding access to healthcare to the uninsured and underinsured.
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 …
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Thursday: Cory Booker and Mel Watt in the Senate  —  The Senate starts at 10 a.m., and will debate the nomination of Rep. Mel Watt (D-N.C.) to be the next director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency.  —  Republicans see Watt as someone who is likely to favor ongoing government intervention in the housing market.
Discussion: Reuters, CNN, Politico and Daily Kos
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Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
Booker's big day in Washington
Discussion: Politico
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.
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%) …
Discussion: TheBlaze.com and The Daily Caller
Tamar Lewin / New York Times:
As Interest Fades in the Humanities, Colleges Worry  —  STANFORD, Calif. — On Stanford University's sprawling campus, where a long palm-lined drive leads to manicured quads, humanities professors produce highly regarded scholarship on Renaissance French literature and the philosophy of language.
Discussion: Instapundit and Crooked Timber
Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
Paul: ‘Haters’ concoct plagiarism charges  —  Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) defended himself against charges he plagiarized from Wikipedia in his speeches, dismissing them as originating from “political enemies” and “haters.”  —  “This is really about information and attacks coming from haters,” …
Discussion: Booman Tribune
HHS.govStrategy:
More on the Tech Surge  —  Site Tags:  —  Julie Bataille, Director of Communications, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services  —  Thursday, October 31, 2013  —  As part of the “Tech Surge,” we've added key personnel from the government and private sector, including expert engineers and technology managers.
 
 
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Lucy McCalmont / Politico:
Darrell Issa on Obamacare: 'I've lost my patience'
Jurassicpork / Welcome Back to Pottersville:
Assclowns of the Week #96: Treat or Treat, Kiss My Ass edition
US News:
Top Hospitals Opt Out of Obamacare
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Cloture Likely To Be Filed On LGBT Bias Bill Tonight, Setting Up Monday Vote
Paul Sherman / Forbes:
Will The U.S. Supreme Court Defend Free Speech For The Little Guy?
Discussion: Hit & Run and SCOTUSblog
Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
No truce for business groups, Tea Party
Rachel E. Stassen-Berger / Hot Dish Politics:
Chisago County GOP group's Facebook post nets firestorm
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Tal Kopan / Politico:
Sarah Palin hits President Obama ‘ShamWow’ speech
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Toronto Star:
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Yasser Okbi / Jerusalem Post:
Reports: Syrian air base destroyed in missile attack from sea
Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
Obama Has Presided Over 5 of 6 Largest Deficits in U.S. History
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Obamacare Navigator Hasn't Signed Up Anyone Because It's Too Expensive
Discussion: Hot Air
Dan Filler / The Faculty Lounge:
Law School Applicant Pool Likely To Shrink Further
Discussion: TaxProf Blog
 

 
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Daniel Wiessner / Reuters:
Google scraps a 2019 policy requiring US suppliers and staffing firms to pay their employees $15 an hour and provide health insurance and other benefits

Gaby Del Valle / The Verge:
The US Senate reauthorizes FISA's Section 702; some communication service providers had threatened to stop cooperating with the US government in case of a lapse

Kate Rogers / CNBC:
A look at Los Angeles' Homelessness Prevention pilot program, which uses AI to identify those at risk of becoming homeless, offering aid to keep them housed

 
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