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2:00 AM ET, December 27, 2013

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Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
ObamaCare sales surge  —  Remember Budowsky's first law of insider punditry: When the media and political herds are tripping over each other's hoofs while stampeding in a certain direction, the herds are almost always wrong.  —  Take note of the fact that in recent days …
Discussion: Liberaland
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John H. Cochrane / Wall Street Journal:
What to Do When ObamaCare Unravels  —  Health insurance should be individual, portable across jobs, states and providers, and lifelong and renewable.  —  The unraveling of the Affordable Care Act presents a historic opportunity for change.  Its proponents call it “settled law,” …
Theda Skocpol / The Atlantic Online:
Why the Tea Party Isn't Going Anywhere  —  The demise of the Tea Party was loudly announced right after Congress voted on October 16 to lift the debt ceiling and reopen the federal government.  “Finally!  The Republican Fever Is Broken,” exulted Jamelle Bouie atThe Daily Beast …
Washington Monthly:
After Obamacare  —  A frenzy of hospital mergers could leave the typical American family spending 50 percent of its income on health care within ten years—and blaming the Democrats.  The solution requires banning price discrimination by monopolistic hospitals.
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
With Health Law Cemented, G.O.P. Debates Next Move
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Politico
Fox News:
The doctor won't see you? Analysts warn ObamaCare plans could resemble Medicaid
Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
2016 CNN Poll: Clinton deadlocked with Christie but leads other GOP presidential possibilities  —  Washington (CNN) - In a potential preview of the next presidential election, a new national poll suggests Hillary Clinton and Chris Christie would be neck and neck if the 2016 contest were held today.
Discussion: Power Line, Politico and Mediaite
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Sam Kleiner / The Daily Beast:
The GOP's History of Sexist Hillary-Bashing
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Associated Press
Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
CNN Poll: GOP has edge in early midterm indicator
CNN:   Poll: This is a ‘do-nothing’ Congress
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Be prepared: Wall Street advisor recommends guns, ammo for protection in collapse  —  WASHINGTON SECRETS GUN CONTROL OBAMACARE NSA SURVEILLANCE WALL STREET SOCIALISM  —  A top financial advisor, worried that Obamacare, the NSA spying scandal and spiraling national debt is increasing the chances …
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Jordan Weissmann / The Atlantic Online:
Why Gold Would Be Useless in an Economic Apocalypse  —  Since November, financial advisor David Marotta has been publishing a series of blog posts on how to manage your money in the event of a financial apocalypse—as in a world of hyperinflation, governmental collapse, and anarachic mobs.
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Federal authorities charge white ‘knockout’ suspect with hate crime  —  Federal authorities said Thursday they have arrested and charged a Texas man in connection with the “knockout game,” accusing him of a hate crime for targeting a black man for a vicious street attack.
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Katy / KTRK-TV:
Katy man charged with hate crime for attack
Marco Garcia / Associated Press:
President Obama's Hawaii Vacation: Day 6  —  How President Barack Obama spent the sixth day of his holiday vacation in Hawaii on Thursday:  — GYM: The president woke up early for a morning workout at a gym at Marine Corps Base Hawaii.  After about an hour, Obama returned to his vacation home.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Obama signs budget, defense bills in Hawaii
Discussion: Politico
Shelly Banjo / Wall Street Journal:
Late Surge in Web Buying Blindsides UPS, Retailers  —  Some Christmas Packages Aren't Delivered … A surge in online shopping this holiday season left stores breaking promises to deliver packages by Christmas, suggesting that retailers and shipping companies still haven't fully figured …
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Josh Eidelson / Salon:
From fast food strikes to Wal-Mart: 2013 and the year in labor
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Lee Habeeb / National Review:
A&E's Duck Dynasty Dilemma  —  It had never happened before.  When big, powerful TV executives ask a star to apologize for what they deem inappropriate comments or behavior, the star simply complies.  A team of publicists is assembled, the star does the obligatory apology tour for the press …
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Katherine Skiba / Chicago Tribune:
Michelle Obama at 50  —  Trailblazing first lady is ‘American superwoman,’ championing causes, raising a family  —  First lady Michelle Obama will be the guest of honor at a White House dance party next month when she turns “50 and fabulous,” as she put it recently.
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Ron Christie / The Daily Beast:   After a Lousy Year, How Obama Can Turn His Presidency Around
Karl Rove:
My Fearless Political Predictions For 2014  —  It's time to see how well I did with my predictions for 2013 and to offer a set of 2014 forecasts.  —  I got 10 predictions for this year right.  President Obama's job approval rating did drop—from 53% at year's start to 40% this week.
Andy Soltis / New York Post:
Professor admits faking AIDS vaccine to get $19M in grants  —  An Iowa State University professor resigned after admitting he falsely claimed rabbit blood could be turned into a vaccine for the AIDS virus.  —  Dr. Dong-Pyou Han spiked a clinical test sample with healthy human blood …
Doug Powers / Michelle Malkin:
Caption time: John Kerry meets Snoop Dogg  —  Faux shizzle:  —  That's just begging for a caption.  If Kerry's wife Teresa was in that picture I'd suggest “Gin (soaked raisins) & juice.”  —  The quick meeting was good enough for Kerry to add his initials signifying that he personally wrote this State Department tweet:
Discussion: Post Local and Twitchy
The Independent:
Exclusive: NHS ‘covered up’ scandal at Whitechapel Haven for rape victims  —  The NHS was accused tonight of suppressing a damning report that found Mid Staffordshire-type failings at a pioneering centre for rape victims.  —  The confidential report, obtained by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism …
Discussion: BBC and Telegraph
 
 
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World News:
Russia ‘not really concerned’ about Obama's absence from Sochi Olympics
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
In a Car-Culture Clash, It's the Los Angeles Police vs. Pedestrians
Discussion: Gawker and Washington Monthly
Katie Glueck / Politico:
The Francis factor: Pope's economic ideas rattle GOP
Discussion: The Raw Story
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Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
America Joins the Developed World, Thanks to Obamacare
Discussion: Democratic Strategist
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Kelley Beaucar Vlahos / Fox News:
Local courts reviving ‘debtors’ prison' for overdue fines, fees
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