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TIME:
Reid Blocks First G.O.P. Offer on Filibuster Reform, Leaves Nuclear Option on Table  —  Sen. John McCain's proposal doesn't go far enough for Majority Leader Harry Reid  —  For at least the third time this year, Senate Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid is threatening the “nuclear option” …
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Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
Senate Could Go Nuclear As Soon As Today: Sources  —  WASHINGTON — The Senate could go nuclear as soon as Thursday morning, according to three Democratic Senate sources close to the decision.  —  Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is prepared to change Senate filibuster rules by invoking the …
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Senate Democrats Poised to Block Filibusters of Presidential Picks  —  WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats are on the verge of moving to eliminate the use of the filibuster against most presidential nominees, aides and senior party leaders said Wednesday, a move that would deprive Republicans …
William Yeomans / Politico:
Nuke 'Em, Harry: Why Democrats Should Kill the Filibuster  —  Democrats, it's time to bid farewell to the filibuster as we've known it.  Your restraint has gone beyond admirable to foolish.  The institution for which you have shown extraordinary respect over the past four years, as Republicans flouted its best traditions, is no more.
Discussion: ABC News and CNN
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
NUCLEAR OPTION TRIGGERED: Dems Make Historic Change To Filibuster Rules  —  After years of threats and warnings, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and his Democratic majority on Thursday executed the “nuclear option” to eliminate the filibuster for executive branch and judicial nominees, except for the Supreme Court.
Discussion: Wonkblog and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Washington Wire:
Q&A: What Is the Nuclear Option?  —  What is the nuclear option?  —  The “nuclear option” refers to a move by the majority party in Senate — in this case the Democrats — to change the Senate rules to allow most executive branch and judicial nominations to be approved with a simple majority …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Taylor Marsh
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Landmark Senate Vote Limits Filibusters
Discussion: The Plum Line and Althouse
Niels Lesniewski / The World's Greatest …:
‘Nuclear’ Thursday in the Senate? (Updated)
Discussion: Roll Call and Booman Tribune
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Senate Democrats threaten to change filibuster rules on a party-line vote
New York Times:
G.O.P. Maps Out Waves of Attacks Over Health Law  —  WASHINGTON — The memo distributed to House Republicans this week was concise and blunt, listing talking points and marching orders: “Because of Obamacare, I Lost My Insurance.”  “Obamacare Increases Health Care Costs.”
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New York Times:
Republican Talking Points on Obamacare
Discussion: The Democratic Daily
Justin Sink / The Hill:
States warn Obama about health fix
Discussion: WJLA-TV
George W. Bush / The Fix:
Why re-selling Obamacare won't be easy
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Feds consider new gun regs
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:   Report: Healthcare spending growing at slowest pace on record
Nancy Gibbs / TIME:
Obama's Race for the Cure  —  The President's second term may hinge on how fast his health care reform can recover  —  A good President needs a big comfort zone.  He should be able to treat enemies as opportunities, appear authentic in joy and grief, stay cool under the hot lights.
Bloomberg:
Blame Rich, Overeducated Elites as Our Society Frays  —  Complex human societies, including our own, are fragile.  They are held together by an invisible web of mutual trust and social cooperation.  This web can fray easily, resulting in a wave of political instability, internal conflict and, sometimes, outright social collapse.
Discussion: The Dish, Washington Wire and Althouse
Jason Zengerle / Politico:
The race that broke the Cheney family  —  What happened when a gay sister came between Liz Cheney and a Senate seat.  —  Liz Cheney just wanted to enjoy her milkshake.  It was a Friday afternoon in early November, and the shadows were growing longer over the flat expanse of eastern Wyoming as a hard week dragged on.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Washington Post:
Insurers restricting choice of doctors and hospitals to keep costs down  —  As Americans have begun shopping for health plans on the insurance exchanges, they are discovering that insurers are restricting their choice of doctors and hospitals in order to keep costs low, and that many of the plans exclude top-rated hospitals.
Mercury News:
Palo Alto man, 85, removed from plane, detained in North Korea  —  An 85-year-old Korean War veteran and experienced globetrotter from Palo Alto is being detained in North Korea, where he was removed from a plane three weeks ago while leaving the reclusive country at the end of a visit …
Discussion: Guardian and ABC News
Nicole L. Hopkins / Wall Street Journal:
Nicole Hopkins: ObamaCare Forced Mom Into Medicaid  —  My mother preferred to pay for her care rather than be on the government dole.  Now she has no choice.  —  My mother is not one to seek attention by complaining, so her recent woeful Facebook post caught my eye: “The poor get poorer.”
Discussion: alicublog and Althouse
Associated Press:
Alec Baldwin: ‘I want you to be my lover, Matt’  —  The actor, under fire for video that captured him possibly using a gay slur, tried humor to ease the backlash.  —  CONNECT  —  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Alec Baldwin jokingly professed his love for a man in front of a large crowd Wednesday …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP on ObamaCare: Let it self-destruct  —  Republican lawmakers who pushed the government shutdown to stop ObamaCare say their new plan is to sit back and watch the law self-destruct.  —  Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and other Tea Party allies of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) say the threat of a shutdown …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Hot Air
BBC:
Bill Gates condom challenge ‘to be met’ by graphene scientists  —  Safer condoms will be one of the first products developed at the new National Graphene Institute in Manchester.  —  The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded scientists $100,000 (£60,000) to create stronger, thinner condoms from the new “wonder material”.
Discussion: Liberaland and Gigaom
Mark Silva / Political Capital:
Perry on Presidential Debate Overhaul: 'Hell, Yeah"  —  Photograph by Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images  —  Texas Governor Rick Perry during a press conference on the sidelines of the Republicans' State Party Convention in Anaheim, California, on Oct. 4, 2013.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Matt Pearce / Los Angeles Times:
Prosecutor: Supremacist targeted by ally's graffiti after DNA test  —  White supremacist Craig Cobb walks along Main Street in Leith, N.D. He was arrested after he and another white supremacist went on an armed patrol through the town.  (Kevin Cederstrom / Associated Press)  —  He came, he saw, he tried to conquer.
 
 
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