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4:50 PM ET, November 25, 2013

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Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Deal or No Deal  —  The final details of a nuclear agreement signed over the weekend between Iran and Western nations will not actually go into effect until further negotiations take place at a later date, according to a senior administration official and sources on Capitol Hill.
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Gershom Gorenberg / American Prospect:
Bibi's Agreement Anxiety Disorder  —  To explain Benjamin Netanyahu's frenzied reaction to the Geneva agreement on Iran's nuclear program, let me begin with the stack of brown cardboard boxes under my wife's desk.  —  Each of the five cartons contains a gas mask and related paraphernalia …
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Harry Reid: Iran nuclear deal an ‘important first step’
Discussion: JP Updates and The Hill
Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Top Dems, Republicans blast Obama's nuke deal with Iran
Brian Beutler / Salon:
Right-wing extremists face new moral conundrum  —  When Healthcare.gov actually starts working, GOP will have to choose between politics or their constituents' health  —  The confluence of two pieces of news last week will place Republicans at a moral crossroads — either by this weekend …
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Patrick Howley / The Daily Caller:
Top U.S. hospital laying off staff due to Obamacare  —  The Cleveland Clinic, which is ranked among the top four U.S. hospitals, is making layoffs and cutting its budget more than $100 million as a direct result of the Affordable Care Act, the Daily Caller has learned.
Discussion: The Impolitic and BizPac Review
Franklin Foer / The New Republic:
Obamacare's Threat to Liberalism  —  There's a term of art that the Obama White House uses to describe its neurotic supporters who instantly race to the worst-case scenario: They are known as “bed-wetters.”  Two months into the dysfunctional life of healthcare.gov, however, that seems a perfectly appropriate physiological reaction.
Discussion: Power Line and The American Mind
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Dems worry leaders in denial on Obamacare  —  Democratic leaders claim the bungled launch of Obamacare is just the latest news sensation — a media-stirred tempest that looks in the heat of the moment like it could upend the midterm election, but ends up fizzling well before voters head to the polls.
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Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Filibuster's end imperils Sebelius  —  Kathleen Sebelius may become the biggest loser in the Senate's approval of filibuster reform.  —  The Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary has kept her job despite the botched rollout of ObamaCare's insurance exchanges, but it will now be easier for Obama to replace her.
The Fix:
Republicans embrace Wag-the-Dog-ism
Discussion: CBS DC and Washington Post
Economics Policies for the 21st Century:
No Grounds for Claim that Obamacare Lowers Healthcare Costs  —  Public support for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has plummeted now that the oft-repeated claim that “If you like your health care plan, you can keep it” is widely understood to be untrue.  Despite previous assurances …
Discussion: National Review
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Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
No, the Failure of Obamacare Would Not Lead to Single-Payer
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Economix
CNN:
President's marks as manager take hit in new CNN/ORC poll  —  Washington (CNN) - Only four out of 10 Americans believe President Barack Obama can manage the federal government effectively, according to a new national poll.  —  And a CNN/ORC International survey released Monday morning …
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
USA Today won't publish handout photos from White House  —  In a memo to staff Sunday, USA Today Deputy Director of Multimedia Andrew P. Scott said the news organization will not use “handout photos originating from the White House Press Office, except in very extraordinary circumstances.”
Eric Lach / Talking Points Memo:
Crossroads GPS Spent More On Politics Than It Reported To IRS  —  You know what they say: a million here, a million there, pretty soon you're talking real dark money.  —  ProPublica on Monday documented how the Karl Rove-linked dark money group Crossroads GPS spent about $11 million …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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ProPublica:
New Tax Return Shows Karl Rove's Group Spent Even More On Politics Than It Said
Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
Four Adults Charged With Helping Cover Up The Steubenville Rape Case  —  CREDIT: AP Photo/Steubenville Herald-Star, Michael D. McElwain  —  On Monday, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced that the grand jury investigating the Steubenville rape case has charged four adults in the community …
Eric W. Dolan / The Raw Story:
Noam Chomsky slaps down 9/11 truther: People spend an hour on the Internet and think they know physics  —  MIT professor Noam Chomsky doesn't know what happened to “Building 7″ of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.  —  But he is convinced that so-called “9/11 Truthers” don't have the answer.
Discussion: Mediaite
Yahoo:
Welcome aboard, Katie.  Anchors aweigh!  —  Today, I am incredibly excited to announce that Katie Couric is joining Yahoo as our Global Anchor.  Starting in early 2014, Katie will lead a growing team of correspondents at Yahoo News who will cover the world's most interesting stories and newsmakers.
Alex Kane / Mondoweiss:
Senator Chuck Schumer promises more Iran sanctions, vows to ‘defeat’ Arab world and Palestinians  —  New York Senator Chuck Schumer was his usual hawkish self on Sunday evening.  In an address to the OHEL Children's Home and Family Services gala, Schumer railed against the deal …
Deirdre Walsh / CNN:
House GOP leader becomes only Member of Congress to give birth three times in office  —  Washington (CNN) - House Republican Conference Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, the fourth ranking House GOP leader, delivered a baby girl on Sunday, becoming the only Member of Congress to give birth three times while in office.
Discussion: Politico
Mark Joseph / USA Today:
No, Oprah, America isn't racist: Column  —  President Obama isn't loathed for his skin color.  —  CONNECT  —  Shortly before receiving the medal of freedom from President Obama, Oprah Winfrey gave an interview to the BBC in which she seemed to chalk up much of the opposition to the president to racism …
Molly Redden / Mother Jones:
New Warning: Morning-After Pill Doesn't Work for Women Over 176 Pounds  —  The European manufacturer of a pill identical to Plan B says its product won't work for women who weigh more than 176 pounds.  Will American pharma companies warn women of weight limits?  —  Maybe not as effective as you think.
Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
Herring wins Virginia attorney general race, elections board announces  —  RICHMOND — The state Board of Elections on Monday certified Democrat Mark Herring as the winner of the Nov. 5 election for Virginia attorney general, even as the board chairman raised questions about the “integrity” of the vote tallies.
Joy Pullmann / The Federalist:
Common Core: The Biggest Election Issue Washington Prefers to Ignore  —  Education Secretary Arne Duncan's recent comments disparaging “white suburban moms” for protesting new national tests and curriculum mandates are not the isolated remarks of an out-of-touch elitist.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
 
 
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Toluse Olorunnipa / Bloomberg:
Obamacare Cutbacks Shut Hospitals Where Medicaid Went Unexpanded
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Nicole Flatow / ThinkProgress:
Teen Jailed At Rikers For 3 Years Without Conviction Or Trial
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Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
Cheney features daughters in new TV ad
Discussion: The Hill
Chicago Tribune:
Employers could drop health care
Discussion: Hot Air
Brittney Martin / Dallas Morning News:
Voter ID woes could soar in higher-turnout elections, officials fear
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Fredric U. Dicker / New York Post:
Christie ready to back Cuomo challenger
Jeff Weiner / Orlando Sentinel:
George Zimmerman drops public defender, asks for return of knife & phones
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Global Grind
 Earlier Items: 
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Reid Laughs At Claim That Filibuster Reform Will Worsen Gridlock
Discussion: Daily Kos
Financial Times:
US banks warn Fed interest cut could force them to charge depositors
Discussion: Pat Dollard
Lawrence R. Jacobs / New York Times:
Right vs. Left in the Midwest
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Court Confronts Religious Rights of Corporations
Discussion: Unfogged