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7:55 PM ET, December 24, 2013

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Joanne Kenen / Politico:
HHS offers help for people who miss Obamacare deadline  —  People who can't finish the online signup for Obamacare health insurance by midnight today because of website problems can seek extra time to finalize their application and still get covered by Jan. 1, according to a message posted on HealthCare.gov early this afternoon.
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Chad Terhune / Los Angeles Times:
California health exchange tops 400,000 enrolled prior to deadline
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
ObamaCare site sees traffic surge on eve of enrollment deadline
Discussion: Politico and Los Angeles Times
Andrea Peyser / New York Post:
Give her the heave-ho, de Blasio  —  Enough!  —  If Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio has a lick of sense in his 6-foot-5 frame, he'll cast out of his incoming administration Lis Smith — the randy Democratic operative who's got a freaky fetish for the black knee socks and balding pate of married ex-Love Gov Eliot Spitzer.
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Jose DelReal / Politico:
Bill de Blasio daughter reveals drug, alcohol abuse  —  In an unusual and moving Christmas Eve video, the college-age daughter of New York City Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio is revealing for the first time her struggle with alcohol, drugs and depression — and is urging others in need to get help.
Kris Van Cleave / WJLA-TV:
VIDEO: Santa Claus shot with pellet gun at toy giveaway in Southeast  —  WASHINGTON (WJLA) - A man in a Santa Claus suit was shot in the back with a pellet gun Tuesday morning during a toy giveaway in Southeast Washington.  —  The video is disturbing.  The man dressed as Santa has led …
Oliver Wright / The Independent:
Alan Turing gets royal pardon for ‘gross indecency’ - 61 years after he poisoned himself  —  He was the father of modern computing whose work on the Enigma code at Bletchley Park is said to have shortened the Second World War.  —  But he was also gay and in those less enlightened times …
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Jethro Mullen / CNN:
Alan Turing, British code-breaker castrated for homosexuality, receives pardon
Discussion: Mediaite and Advocate
Emma G. Fitzsimmons / New York Times:
Alan Turing, Enigma Code-Breaker and Computer Pioneer, Wins Royal Pardon
Barton Gellman / Washington Post:
Edward Snowden, after months of NSA revelations, says his mission's accomplished  —  MOSCOW — The familiar voice on the hotel room phone did not waste words.  —  “What time does your clock say, exactly?” he asked.  —  He checked the reply against his watch and described a place to meet.
Lucy McCalmont / Politico:
Sarah Palin: I didn't read ‘Duck Dynasty’ interview  —  Turns out Sarah Palin, who has been one of Duck Dynasty's biggest defenders, hasn't actually read the GQ interview that includes cast member Phil Robertson's controversial comments on homosexuality and other subjects.
Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
Here Are The 15 Democratic Senators Bucking The White House And Threatening War With Iran  —  WASHINGTON — As the United States finally puts a decade of war behind it, a group of senators, including 15 Democrats, is defying the White House and threatening to push the country into a fresh war with Iran.
Discussion: Mondoweiss, Hullabaloo and Philly.com
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Peter Beinart / The Daily Beast:
Where's the Anti-War Left on Iran?
Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:   The Battle Within the Democratic Party
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Legitimacy Problem  —  It's pretty clear that the implementation of Obamacare will set the tone for how Americans think about government for years to come.  There are two large questions to be settled, which you might call the questions of competence and coercion.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
GOP should try again to delay Obamacare's individual mandate
Discussion: americanthinker.com and Hot Air
Julian Sanchez / The Atlantic Online:
The War on Terror's Jedi Mind Trick  —  National-security officials insist new violations of privacy are essential for keeping Americans safe from terror—but there's no evidence the programs have stopped any attacks.  —  A Republican-appointed judge and President Obama's own handpicked …
Discussion: CANNONFIRE and Outside the Beltway
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Michael B. Mukasey / Wall Street Journal:   The Air of Unreality in NSA Reform
Adam Withnall / The Independent:
Kim Jong-un: North Korean leader ‘was very drunk’ when ordering executions  —  Source tells Japanese newspaper purge of Kim's powerful uncle Jang Song-thaek was inevitable after ‘surprising’ first deaths  —  The North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was “very drunk” when he ordered the recent execution …
Discussion: Hot Air and Mediaite
Lucy McCalmont / Politico:
‘Festivus’ writer grieves about Rand Paul  —  One of the writers of the famed “Festivus” episode of “Seinfeld” isn't too happy Sen. Rand Paul used the holiday to tweet a rant against Washington.  —  Airing his own grievance on Tuesday, writer Dan O'Keefe, took a swipe at the Republican senator from Kentucky.
Chicago Grid:
The Snarf's at 600 W. Chicago just laid off all its employees via email  —  A River North sandwich shop gave its employees an unwelcome Christmas surprise on Sunday night, firing them all by email.  —  The 20 employees of Snarf's Sub Shop at 600 W. Chicago Ave. received the email last night around 5 p.m. Grid obtained it this morning.
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Peter Walker / Guardian:
Edward Snowden to broadcast Channel 4's alternative Christmas Day message  —  NSA whistleblower records message from Russia, filmed by Laura Poitras, warning of the dangers of a loss of privacy  —  Edward Snowden, the whistleblower who prompted a worldwide debate when he leaked a cache …
McKenzie Romero / Deseret News:
About 700 marriage licenses issued in Utah since judge's ruling  —  SALT LAKE CITY — Hundreds of same-sex couples waited for hours at the Salt Lake County Clerk's Office in a race against the clock Monday as Utah officials sought to close an unexpected window allowing them to wed in the state.
Discussion: LGBTQ Nation
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:   Will An Appeals Court Stop Same-Sex Couples In Utah From Marrying On Christmas Eve?
Travis Gettys / The Raw Story:
Christian activists show their love by covering Chicago atheist display and berating onlookers  —  A Christian activist group placed a banner over an atheist display at Chicago's Daley Plaza proclaiming that “A is for Angels.”  —  The banner covers a sign set up earlier this month by the Freedom …
Discussion: Liberaland and Mediaite
Las Vegas Review-Journal:
The gist of Christmas lost  —  'Twas the season of Christmas, and all through the land  —  Were signs and symbols some folks couldn't stand.  —  The evergreen conifer many decorate with glee,  —  But don't you dare call it a Christmas tree.  —  Heaven forbid a Nativity in the town square
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
 
 
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Bloomberg anchor gets Bitcoin on live TV and is promptly robbed by a viewer
Shaun Walker / Guardian:
Freed Pussy Riot members say prison was time of ‘endless humiliations’
Aaron Wiener / Housing Complex:
Introducing the Ubertarian
Discussion: Slate and Washington Monthly
Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:
Is Mark Warner seeing dangerous numbers?
Discussion: Power Line
Todd Starnes / Fox News:
Army: Don't say Christmas
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Daniel J. Mitchell / Cato Institute:
It's a Very Merry Christmas for Washington Insiders
Discussion: Firedoglake
KKTV-TV:
Teen Dies After Being Shot
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BBC:
‘Mass ethnic killings’ in South Sudan
Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
Upstart Groups Challenge Rove for G.O.P. Cash
Discussion: The Week
Bill George / The Huffington Post:
Is Obama Backing Away From Obamacare?
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Civil rights leaders call for Obama to withdraw Georgia judicial nominees