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1:45 PM ET, November 18, 2013

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Josh Kraushaar / NationalJournal.com:
Why Obamacare Is On Life Support  —  Democrats may begin calling for repeal if the law's problems don't get resolved soon.  —  President Obama will fight to preserve his signature domestic legislation, but Democrats may not let him.  (Mandel Ngan/AFP)  —  There's nothing that Democrats …
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Washington Post:
How we got Obamacare to work  —  (BRIAN SNYDER/REUTERS) - Liz Carlson, a self-employed student, attends a health care enrolment fair co-sponsored by Planned Parenthood of Northern New England and the State Employees Association at Great Bay Community College in Portsmouth, New Hampshire November 9, 2013.
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Lesson Is Seen in Failure of Law on Medicare in 1989  —  WASHINGTON — Angry Americans voice outrage at being asked to pay more for health coverage.  Lawmakers and the White House say the public just doesn't appreciate the benefits of the new health law.  Opponents clamor for repeal before the program fully kicks in.
The Daily Beast:   President Obama Should Never Apologize for Passing Obamacare
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
SCOTUS passes up surveillance case  —  The Supreme Court on Monday passed up an opportunity to weigh in on the constitutionality of the National Security Agency's collection of a massive database containing information on virtually every telephone call made to, from or within the United States.
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
NSA spying challenge turned aside
Daily Mail:
'We've listened - and here's how we'll halt this depravity': Google chief ERIC SCHMIDT explains block on child porn  —  Last week 348 people were arrested in Canada - and 386 young kids rescued - in one of the largest child sex investigations ever seen.  It defies belief that anyone …
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Rory Cellan-Jones / BBC:
Google and Microsoft agree measures to block abuse images
Discussion: Samizdata
Associated Press:
Soldier: Minnesota Man Was Once SS Commander, Ordered Nazi Massacre Of Polish Village  —  BERLIN (AP) — A retired Minnesota carpenter, shown in a June investigation to be a former commander in a Nazi SS-led unit, ordered his men to attack a Polish village that was razed to the ground …
Discussion: The Raw Story
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
A Permanent Slump?  —  Spend any time around monetary officials and one word you'll hear a lot is “normalization.”  Most though not all such officials accept that now is no time to be tightfisted, that for the time being credit must be easy and interest rates low.
David Nather / Politico:
Obamacare: So, what could go wrong next?  —  Busted website, canceled policies, lousy early enrollment numbers.  And that could be just the warmup.  —  Because the lesson of the last six weeks is that when it comes to the Obamacare rollout, if it can go wrong, it probably will.
Discussion: The Hugh Hewitt Show
ThinkProgress:
George W. Bush: Building The Keystone XL Pipeline Is A ‘No-Brainer’  —  While the news was that George W. Bush was the keynote speaker at a conference put on by a group that wants to convert Jews to Christianity received more national and international attention, the 43rd president …
Discussion: Washington Monthly and DeSmogBlog
Josh Rogin / The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: John Kerry Defies the White House on Egypt Policy  —  The secretary doesn't agree with Obama's team, especially Susan Rice, on how to deal with Egypt.  Unfortunately for Rice, Kerry is the one on the ground—and he's doing things his way.  —  Before Secretary of State John Kerry's recent trip …
NY Daily News:
EDITOR'S PICKS  —  Kanye West made a pit stop at Harvard University Sunday.  The rapper was in Boston for his Yeezus tour, which resumed Saturday in Philadelphia after a momentary hiatus due to major technical difficulties with the show's stage equipment.  —  Vance McAllister …
Discussion: The Verge
Truth Revolt:
Dem Senator: ‘We All Knew’ Obama Was Lying  —  Obama should have been “more specific,” Gillibrand explains.
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Joseph Curl / Washington Times:
The beginning of the end for Barack Obama  —  ANALYSIS/OPINION:  —  Second-term presidents in the past 30 years have had some pretty embarrassing news conferences, full of frank admissions of failure, submissive spasms of shame and groveling, grieving apologies.
Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Ramps Up Smear Campaign Against Obamacare Navigators  —  Beware anybody trying to help people sign up for health insurance under Obamacare.  —  That's the line from top Senate Republicans, who have magnified their smear campaign against the law's so-called navigators …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Liberaland
Daily Mail:
Crystal meth shame of bank chief: Counting off £20 notes to buy hard drugs, this is the man who ran the Co-op Bank... three days after telling MPs how it lost £700m  —  The chairman who oversaw the near-collapse of the Co-operative Bank has been caught buying and using illegal …
Discussion: BBC and Guardian
Joe Brock / Reuters:
Insight: Boko Haram, taking to hills, seize slave ‘brides’  —  (Reuters) - In the gloom of a hilltop cave in Nigeria where she was held captive, Hajja had a knife pressed to her throat by a man who gave her a choice - convert to Islam or die.  —  Two gunmen from Boko Haram had seized …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Nelson Mandela / Telegraph:
Bill Clinton tells China forum he hopes for female US president  —  Bill Clinton says he wants to see a female US president in his lifetime - as speculation about a Hillary 2016 bid mounts  —  Former US President Bill Clinton hopes there will be a woman in the White House in his lifetime, he told a Chinese audience on Monday.
Juan Williams / The Hill:
A phony Republican war aims to frustrate will of voters  —  Last week, 20 House Republicans, including Louie Gohmert (Texas), Ted Yoho (Fla.) and Michele Bachmann (Minn.), took the first step to impeach Attorney General Eric Holder.  —  They introduced articles of impeachment that target Holder …
Washington Post:
Capital gains: Spending on contracts and lobbying propels a wave of new wealth in D .C.  —  So much money to be had if you know where to look.  —  The avalanche of cash that made Washington rich in the last decade has transformed the culture of a once staid capital and created a new wave of well-heeled insiders.
David Feith / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Navy to the Rescue Again  —  In the wake of Typhoon Haiyan, one man desperately seeks contact with his uncle in Virginia who served in the U.S. Navy.  —  Guiuan, Philippines  —  'I have an uncle there in the U.S. Can you help me to contact him?  Trudoro Dado Tan is yelling this plea …
 
 
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NBCNews:
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Nickarama / Weasel Zippers:
Harvey Weinstein, Hollywood Producer And Obama Donor: Obama's Not Embarrassing, U.S. Is Embarrassing
Discussion: Ed Driscoll and National Review
Paul Krugman:
What To Do When You're Wrong  —  Barry Ritholtz reminds us …
Ted Rowlands / CNN:
Tornadoes rip through Midwest, killing 6 and devastating neighborhoods
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Jay Rosen / Pressthink:
Out of the press box and onto the field
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Associated Press:
Afghan villagers find the bodies of 6 beheaded contractors in restive southern province
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DealBook:
Pressure Builds to Finish Volcker Rule on Wall St. Oversight
Herb Keinon / Jerusalem Post:
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