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7:15 PM ET, November 13, 2013

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Erick Erickson / RedState:
It's a Trap!  —  Republicans are walking into a trap and they don't even realize it.  —  They are about to consider, in the House of Representatives, legislation by Congressman Upton that would allow people to keep their insurance plans.  —  There's a problem though.
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Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
Troubled HealthCare.gov unlikely to work fully by end of November  —  Software problems with the federal online health insurance marketplace, especially in handling high volumes, are proving so stubborn that the system is unlikely to work fully by the end of the month as the White House has promised …
Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
Obamacare is in much more trouble than it was one week ago  —  1. The Affordable Care Act's political position has deteriorated dramatically over the last week.  President Bill Clinton's statement that the law should be reopened to ensure everyone who likes their health plans can keep them was a signal event.
Josh Barro / Business Insider:
Here Comes The Real Government Takeover Of Health Care  —  For the last few weeks, Republicans have been full of schadenfreude over President Obama's broken “If you like your plan, you can keep it” promise.  —  Now, this issue is about to blow up in Republicans' faces.
New York Times:
Democrats Threaten to Abandon Obama on Health Law Provision  —  WASHINGTON — Anxious congressional Democrats are threatening to abandon President Obama on a central element of his signature health care law, voicing increasing support for proposals that would allow Americans to retain …
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Dems double down in attack on Upton bill  —  House Democratic leaders are doubling down in their opposition to GOP legislation that would allow Americans to keep their healthcare plans, even as the party is taking a political drubbing over the contentious issue.
Discussion: BuzzFeed and Sister Toldjah
Dana Bash / CNN:
White House officials get earful from Democrats on Obamacare  —  [Adds breaking news update 2:10 p.m.]  —  White House spokesman Jay Carney said on Wednesday the Obama administration believes HealthCare.gov will be working smoothly for the vast majority of users by the end of the month as planned.
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Obama is boxed in by Bill Clinton
Jennifer Rubin / Right Turn:
Obamacure worse than Obamacare
Abby D. Phillip / ABC News:
Exclusive: Obamacare's Mystery Woman Says She Fell Victim to Cyberbullies … The smiling woman who was once the face of the Affordable Care Act's website has come out of the shadows to stand up to the “cyberbullying” she says she suffered after the law's flawed kickoff.
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Abby D. Phillip / ABC News:
Insurance Enrollment Far Short of Expectations at 106,185
Discussion: American Spectator
ABC News:
Obamacare Website Targeted About 16 Times by Cyber Attacks
Discussion: National Review
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Reid calls special ObamaCare meeting  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Thursday will convene a special meeting of the Senate Democratic caucus and senior White Officials to discuss the troubled rollout of ObamaCare.  —  Reid on Wednesday told reporters he would not answer questions …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Elizabeth Warren calls for filibuster changes
Discussion: Mediaite
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Reid lacks the votes to go nuclear (VIDEO)
Laura Bassett / The Huffington Post:
Historic Pro-Choice Bill To Be Introduced In Congress  —  Following an unprecedented three-year wave of state legislative attacks on abortion and family planning services, a group of Democratic lawmakers in the House and Senate plan to go on the offensive Wednesday with a historic bill …
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Democrats To Introduce Bill To Prevent States From Restricting Abortion
Discussion: Liberaland and Washington Post
Timwilliamspgh / CBS Pittsburgh:
Police: At Least 3 Shot Near Brashear High School  —  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -Several suspects have been taken in for questioning in connection with a shooting that left three students injured near Brashear High School Wednesday afternoon.  —  According to police, the shooting happened on Crane Avenue around 3 p.m.
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
3 shot at Pittsburgh Brashear High School
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Controversy over Richard Cohen's comments on the de Blasio family  —  Richard Cohen has a knack for making venom-spewing enemies out of people who should be his allies.  —  Like on Tuesday, when The Washington Post columnist wrote about New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's chances …
MyFoxBoston:
Sudbury girl wants Apple to remove derogatory definition from dictionary  —  SUDBURY, Mass. (MyFoxBoston.com) - A history essay on gay rights led a 15-year-old Sudbury girl to take a stand against a giant corporation.  —  Becca Gorman said she was writing her essay when she typed the word “gay” into her Macbook laptop's dictionary.
Kate Nocera / BuzzFeed:
Tea Party Group Will Primary 87 Republican “Traitors”  —  The Tea Party Leadership Fund is hoping to find “credible challengers” to any Republican who voted for the shutdown deal in October.  At the top of the list: House Speaker John Boehner.  —  Via theteapartyleadershipfund.com
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Dallas News:
One fired, three suspended after undercover health care video  —  By: myfoxdfw.com Staff - email  —  The Urban League of Greater Dallas fired one person and suspended three others after a video from a conservative activist reportedly showed the workers encouraging health care applicants to lie.
Jennifer Rubin / Right Turn:
Dems pummel administration on Iran  —  At the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Iran today, Democrats joined Republicans in insisting the Senate move ahead on banking sanctions previously passed.  And, as sanctions expert Mark Dubowitz of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies told …
Discussion: Washington Free Beacon and Hot Air
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Bush to sit down with Jay Leno  —  Former President George W. Bush — who has largely shunned media appearances in favor of a bit of post-presidency privacy — is poised to appear as a guest next week on “The Tonight Show.”  —  The ex-commander-in-chief will sit down with host Jay Leno on Nov. 19.
Discussion: PERRspectives, Mediaite and NBCNews
Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
Priebus: Obamacare Enrollment Numbers Show Law Was Built On A Lie  —  The lackluster Obamacare enrollment numbers show that Obamacare was built on lies, Republican National Commitee Chairman Reince Priebus said in a statement Wednesday.  —  Priebus's statement was released by the RNC shortly …
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
Peggy Noonan's Blog:
ObamaCare Is the Story  —  Republicans should stop taking the boob bait of the press.  The story of the day is ObamaCare and the pain it is causing the Democrats.  That story is not being fully explored.  We are not seeing pieces on Captol Hill Democrats rethinking their four-year-long lockstep backing …
www.wftv.com:
Fla. KKK drops off fliers in mostly black neighborhood  —  NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. —  A Ku Klux Klan group from North Carolina trying to recruit members from New Smyrna Beach targeted a predominantly black neighborhood, officials said.  —  Leaders passed out hundreds …
Discussion: Liberaland and The Raw Story
Carol Vogel / New York Times:
At $142.4 Million, Triptych Is the Most Expensive Artwork Ever Sold at an Auction  —  It took seven superrich bidders to propel a 1969 Francis Bacon triptych to $142.4 million at Christie's on Tuesday night, making it the most expensive work of art ever sold at auction.
 
 
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Heather Saul / The Independent:
Pope Francis corruption fury: Tie them to a rock and throw them in the sea
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Kevin Gosztola / Firedoglake:
WikiLeaks Reveals Provisions of Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement Where Countries Oppose United States
Caitlin McDevitt / Politico:
Spotted: Jennifer Garner on the Hill
Discussion: CNN
Juana Summers / Politico:
Jeh Johnson vows ‘transparency’ at DHS if confirmed
Discussion: CNN
Holman W. Jenkins, Jr / Wall Street Journal:
ObamaCare Questions Nobody Asked
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Soopermexican / Twitchy:
Former Obama speechwriter deletes late-night tweets about disastrous Obamacare website [screenshot]
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Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Premiere spikes liberal radio show
ThinkProgress:
India's Top Police Official: 'If You Can't Prevent Rape, You Enjoy It'
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Jose DelReal / Politico:
Charles Krauthammer: Death of ‘liberalism’
Al Kamen / In the Loop:
Tina Turner formally ‘relinquishes’ U.S. citizenship
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