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12:40 PM ET, November 28, 2013

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Snejana Farberov / Daily Mail:
How Obama referred to Tea Party protesters as ‘tea-baggers’ in handwritten letter to Texas teacher complaining about health care law  —  Responding to an angry constituent's letter about the Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama allegedly used a sexually charged derogatory term referring to members of the Tea Party movement.
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Margaret Carlson / Bloomberg:
Is Obamacare Challenging Enough for Obama?  —  Two statements explain the huge failure of Obamacare.  One is by President Barack Obama, the other is about him.  —  The first was made in St. Paul, Minnesota, at the end of the 2008 primary campaign, when candidate Obama predicted that generations …
Discussion: Power Line
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Doesn't Eat, Doesn't Pray and Doesn't Love  —  The question of whether for-profit companies can claim a religious identity, one that exempts them from obeying a generally applicable law, is fully worthy of the attention the Supreme Court is about to give it.
Discussion: Althouse and News Desk
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
A Realist's Take on Obamacare  —  For years, Obamacare supporters weathered at best tepid support for the President's reform in the expectation that once people experienced the actual law, rather than the right-wing fever dream, opinions would change.  Then they were hit with the wholly unexpected surprise …
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Latest small-business delay another blow to O-Care rollout  —  The White House is delaying the launch of its online small-business exchange by one year, a Health and Human Services (HHS) official confirmed to The Hill on Wednesday.  —  The delay is another setback for the troubled enrollment process …
Discussion: Connecting.the.Dots
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Jason Millman / Reuters:
Online SHOP enrollment delayed by one year
Lucy McCalmont / Reuters:
Mike Tyson hits ‘horrible’ Obamacare  —  Boxer Mike Tyson thinks Obamacare has been KO'd.  —  “The reality of this plan: It didn't work.  So we have to find another plan,” Tyson said Wednesday on CNN's “Piers Morgan Live.”  —  The former heavyweight champion of the world said Obamacare is …
Discussion: CNN
Alex Hern / Guardian:
Help!  My hard drive with £4m in Bitcoins is somewhere in that Newport landfill  —  A digital ‘wallet’ containing 7,500 Bitcoins that James Howells generated on his laptop is buried under four feet of rubbish  —  Buried somewhere under four feet of mud and rubbish …
Discussion: NBCNews, Mashable and Business Insider
Ariel Ben Solomon / Jerusalem Post:
Report: London is mediating indirect secret talks between US and Hezbollah  —  Talks reportedly deal with fight against al-Qaida, regional stability and other Lebanese political issues.  —  The US and Hezbollah are in secret indirect talks managed by London dealing with the fight against Al-Qaida …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Israel Matzav
Peter Baker / New York Times:
The Hard Charger at Obama's Side Has His Hands Full  —  WASHINGTON — Denis McDonough was pacing the elliptical path on the South Lawn of the White House one day this fall, ruminating on the challenges of a second term for his boss, President Obama.  Mr. McDonough, the White House chief of staff …
Discussion: BuzzFeed
Roxanne Jones / CNN:
Young men, get a ‘yes’ text before sex  —  Editor's note: Roxanne Jones is a founding editor of ESPN The Magazine and a former vice president at ESPN.  She is a national lecturer on sports, entertainment and women's topics and a recipient of the 2010 Woman of the Year award from Women in Sports and Events.
David Edwards / The Raw Story:
Mike Huckabee labels Lara Logan a ‘hero journalist’ for discredited Benghazi report  —  Fox News host and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) on Wednesday said that Lara Logan's botched reporting on Benghazi made her a “hero journalist” and he was shocked that CBS News would force her off the air.
Steve Benen / msnbc.com:
Joe Lieberman, lobbyist  —  The week of the 2012 elections, the New York Times magazine talked to then-Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), who was wrapping up his congressional career.  “You're retiring after serving 24 years in the Senate.  What lobbying firm are you going to join now?” the Times asked.
 
 
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Stephen Kalin / Reuters:
Iran says to continue building at Arak nuclear site despite deal
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Leonid Bershidsky / Bloomberg:
Even the Pope Waits for Putin
Sig Christenson / MySanAntonio.com:
Pentagon, Texas Guard end standoff on benefits
Discussion: Advocate and ABC News
Jstannerwpix / PIX 11:
Bratton appears to top list for next NYPD commissioner
Discussion: Capital New York and Politicker
Jim Yardley / New York Times:
Berlusconi Expelled From Senate in Italy After 2 Decades in Government
Discussion: Deadline.com
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James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
The dog ate Obama's health-care reform.
Discussion: NewsBusters
Peter Hamby / CNN:
First on CNN: Perry plans campaign-style swing through South Carolina
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Associated Press:
Sriracha Factory Shut Down Over ‘Offensive’ Odors
Discussion: NPR, The PJ Tatler and Liberaland
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
If You Must Talk Politics at Thanksgiving, Here's How
Eli Stokols / KDVR.com:
Hudak resigns seat to end recall threat, hold Democrats' Senate majority