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10:15 AM ET, November 7, 2013

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New York Times:
G.O.P. Weighs Limiting Clout of Right Wing  —  Leaders of the Republican establishment, alarmed by the emergence of far-right and often unpredictable Tea Party candidates, are pushing their party to rethink how it chooses nominees and advocating changes they say would result in the selection of less extreme contenders.
Discussion: The Plum Line and Liberaland
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Martha T. Moore / USA Today:
Democrats try to make ‘Tea Party’ a smear
Discussion: Washington Post
Stuart Rothenberg / Rothenblog:   Victory Is in the Eye of the Beholder in New Jersey, Virginia and Alabama
Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
Sebelius Bombshell: Employer Based Plans Will Face Same Grandfathering Caveats as Lost Individual Plans  —  Testifying on Capitol Hill Wednesday about the failure of the Obamacare rollout, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was grilled about President Obama's false promise …
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Politico:
Why Obama isn't attacking ‘the villains’  —  President Barack Obama spent years casting insurance companies as the most evil of actors in the health care system.  —  But with insurance cancellation notices hitting millions of consumers, Obama has launched none of the broadsides …
Discussion: Hot Air and The Hill
Fox News:
Felons could have been hired as ObamaCare ‘navigators,’ Sebelius tells Senate panel
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama to push Republican governors for ObamaCare expansion of Medicaid
Discussion: CNN, Politico and Daily Kos
Carl Schramm / Wall Street Journal:
How ObamaCare Rips Off the ‘Young Healthies’  —  If universal coverage is the goal, inexpensive, simple catastrophic health plans will do.  —  When ObamaCare is under attack, its defenders retreat to several well-worn claims.  Among them is a provision that compels insurance companies …
Discussion: Power Line
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ProPublica:
Loyal Obama Supporters, Canceled by Obamacare
Steven Dennis / The World's Greatest Deliberative Body:
Democrats Up in 2014 Vent Their Obamacare Anger in White House Meeting (Updated)
Arlette Saenz / ABC News:
Rand Paul Takes a Swipe at Chris Christie for Sandy Ads  —  He didn't name any names, but it's clear Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., still has a bone to pick with N.J. Gov. Chris Christie and his “mug” that was all over TV after superstorm Sandy.  —  During a Senate committee hearing on post-Sandy recovery efforts …
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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
BIG CHICKEN IN EXCELSIS  —  31 percent.  —  That's the number of the night, people.  —  That's the percentage of self-identified “liberals” that voted for Chris Christie, essentially endorsing the idea that he should run for president of the United States, since that was the real purpose …
ABC News:
Obama Congratulates Christie on Re-Election
Discussion: Associated Press and Politico
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Clunker progressivism  —  Barack Obama's presidency has become a feast of failures whose proliferation protects their author from close scrutiny of any one of them.  Now, however, we can revisit one of the first and see it as a harbinger of progressivism's downward stumble to HealthCare.gov.
Discussion: Power Line
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
C.I.A. Is Said to Pay AT&T for Call Data  —  WASHINGTON — The C.I.A. is paying AT&T more than $10 million a year to assist with overseas counterterrorism investigations by exploiting the company's vast database of phone records, which includes Americans' international calls, according to government officials.
Ellie Hall / BuzzFeed:
Pope Francis Kisses Severely Disfigured Man And Prays With Him  —  Pope Francis blessed a man with facial deformities during today's general audience at the Vatican.  —  Pope Francis was departing St. Peter's Square after Wednesday's general audience when he saw a severely disfigured man amidst the crowd of worshippers.
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Jason Carter to challenge Gov. Deal next year  —  Democratic state Sen. Jason Carter will challenge Gov. Nathan Deal next year in a move that catapults the gubernatorial contest into the national spotlight and tests whether Georgia's changing demographics can loosen the Republican Party's 12-year grip on the state's highest office.
Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
Dan Savage Suggests ‘Mandatory Abortion’ for 30 Years, Draws Outrage  —  Popular sex columnist and liberal pundit Dan Savage drew some heat this week when he suggested to an Australian conference that he'd offer up “mandatory abortion” as a method of fighting overpopulation.
Discussion: Althouse, Hot Air and Liberaland
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Michael Levenson / Boston Globe:
Vice President Biden congratulates the wrong Marty Walsh  —  Just minutes after the election returns arrived in Boston Tuesday night, Martin Walsh's cellphone rang.  It was the vice president of the United States, Joseph R. Biden, offering his congratulations.  —  “You son of a gun, Marty!” he thundered.
Matthieu Aikins / Rolling Stone:
Last spring, the remains of 10 missing Afghan villagers were dug up outside a U.S. Special Forces base - was it a war crime or just another episode in a very dirty war?  —  In the fall of 2012, a team of American Special Forces arrived in Nerkh, a district of Wardak province, Afghanistan …
Discussion: emptywheel and CBS DC
Patrick Gavin / Politico:
Obamacare mocked at music awards  —  Obamacare took it on the chin at Wednesday night's Country Music Awards, in a skit with music stars and co-hosts Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley.  —  Paisley pretended to have hurt his back, prompting Underwood to say, “Hey, do you have that Obamacare?
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
Jerusalem Post:
Kerry: US considers Israeli settlements to be ‘illegitimate’  —  US secretary of state says despite difficulties, both Abbas, PM set to work toward peace deal.  —  BETHLEHEM - US Secretary of State John Kerry urged Israel on Wednesday to limit settlement building, an issue that is weighing on Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.
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John Kerry / US Department of State:
Remarks With Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Before Their Meeting
ThinkProgress:
Why Obamacare Isn't Losing Popularity Even After A Month Of Really Bad Press  —  A new poll released on Wednesday finds that uninsured Americans are increasingly interested in Obamacare, despite the ongoing technological problems plaguing the websites that allow them to sign up for health insurance plans.
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Lewis Krauskopf / Reuters:
Interest in Obamacare rises despite website problems: Reuters/Ipsos poll
Discussion: Shakesville, Daily Kos and The Hill
 
 
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E.J. Dionne Jr. / Washington Post:
The U.S. shifts left
Guardian:
Yasser Arafat may have been poisoned with polonium, tests show
Discussion: BBC and Booman Tribune
Citizens for Tax Justice:
Twitter and Other Tech Firms Poised To Shelter $11 Billion in Profits Using Stock Option Tax Loophole
Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
U.S. Will Ease Sanctions if Iran Halts Nuclear Program, Official Says
Discussion: Reuters, Right Turn, The Week and BBC
Reid Wilson / GovBeat:
Seattle voters turn out third mayor in a row
Michael Moore / TMZ.com:
'GUNS DON'T KILL PEOPLE, AMERICANS KILL PEOPLE'
Discussion: The Raw Story, CBS DC and Mediaite
 Earlier Items: 
Chris Johnson / Washington Blade:
Reid confident of ENDA's prospects after Senate vote
Tony Romm / Politico:
Intel IG rebuffs Hill on surveillance probe
Discussion: emptywheel
ThinkProgress:
STUDY: Depression Is The Second Biggest Cause Of Disability In The World
Adam Aigner-Treworgy / CNN:
Sebelius' chief tech officer leaving, first major departure since website troubles
Frank Bajak / Associated Press:
DOCTORS SAY VENEZUELA'S HEALTH CARE IN COLLAPSE
Discussion: Power Line and Hot Air
Alex Tabarrok / Marginal Revolution:
Did Obama spy on Mitt Romney?  As recently as a few weeks ago …
Discussion: CANNONFIRE
 

 
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New York Times:
The NBC News-Ronna McDaniel saga highlights the perks and perils of partisan talk TV; a source says McDaniel is now seeking $600K+ for her two year deal

New York Times:
Karlie Kloss' Bedford buys Life publication rights from Dotdash Meredith and plans to resume regular print publication in 2025; Josh Kushner will be publisher

Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
The Atlantic is profitable, has 1M subscribers, and revenue grew 10% in 2023 thanks to a 50% price hike, a harder paywall, and a shift to in-depth reporting

 
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