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10:25 AM ET, November 11, 2014

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Simon Maloy / Salon:
SCOTUS could roil the GOP: How new threat to Obamacare may backfire on the right  —  Republicans could finally realize their dream of seeing Obamacare eviscerated — and they may not like the outcome  —  On Friday, the Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments in King v. Burwell …
Discussion: rubber hose and RedState
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Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
Obamacare Architect: Yeah, We Lied to The “Stupid” American People to Get It Passed  —  20.5K  —  SHARES  —  Meet Jonathan Gruber, a professor at MIT and an architect of Obamacare.  During a panel event last year about how the legislation passed, turning over a sixth of the U.S. economy …
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Why Obamacare risks falling into a ‘death spiral’  —  So it turns there is an Obamacare death panel after all.  —  It has nine members and it operates out of a marble building directly across the street from the Capitol.  —  Dana Milbank writes about political theater in the nation's capital.
Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
HHS: Expect fewer ObamaCare sign-ups
Discussion: Politico
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Limbaugh threatens to sue DCCC for ‘out of context’ quotes about sexual consent  —  Rush Limbaugh is hopping mad at the Democratic Party — but this time he's threatening to do more than just talk about it on the radio.  —  The conservative pundit is threatening to sue the Democratic …
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Richard V. Reeves / The Atlantic Online:
Progressives Lost the Election, but Their Ideas Are Winning  —  Progressives, these days, are a gloomy bunch, and it's not just because of the outcomes of last week's election.  As they see it, there's much to be gloomy about: Poverty levels are stuck, they say, with little improvements made in recent decades.
Charlie Cook / National Journal:
Bad Decisions Came Back to Haunt Democrats in Midterms  —  Americans reeling from the economy still resent the policy choices that President Obama and congressional Democrats made early on.  —  Democrats are now sifting through the rubble of what was their party on election night …
Erica Ritz / TheBlaze.com:
Glenn Beck Reveals the Life-Changing ‘Pivot Point’ He Has Kept Hidden From Almost Everyone for Five Years  —  Glenn Beck on Monday revealed the true extent of his health issues, saying he can no longer keep what has happened a secret from his friends, his staff or audience, whom he considers to be his family.
John DiStaso / New Hampshire Journal:
Perry insists he's still at least six months away from a decision on 2016 run  —  MANCHESTER - He came to New Hampshire less than a week after the midterm election, looking like a presidential candidate with a schedule that would rival any presidential candidate's schedule - six stops in two days …
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Peter A. Brown / Wall Street Journal:   For Republicans Considering a 2016 Run, Some Same-State Blues
Laurie Goodstein / New York Times:
It's Official: Mormon Founder Had Up to 40 Wives  —  Mormon leaders have acknowledged for the first time that the church's founder and prophet, Joseph Smith, portrayed in church materials as a loyal partner to his loving spouse Emma, took as many as 40 wives, some already married and one only 14 years old.
Discussion: Reuters, Raw Story and The Big Lead
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic Online:
Waiting for Republicans to Act on Immigration Is Pointless  —  The metaphors are flying.  Last week, House Speaker John Boehner said President Obama should not take executive action to limit deportations of undocumented immigrants because “when you play with matches, then you take the risk …
Discussion: Roll Call and Washington Post
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Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
WND Columnist: ‘Congress Must At Once Announce An Investigation’ Into Obama's Birth Certificate
Discussion: WND and FOX News Radio
Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:
The problem with Valerie Jarrett  —  Two things are guaranteed to inspire envy or hatred in Washington: access to the president and the power to turn that access into action.  The person who has both is guaranteed to face a torrent of criticism, deserved or not.  His or her role and value are negatively questioned.
CNN:
Gun sales spike as Ferguson area braces for grand jury decision  —  Ferguson, Missouri (CNN) — Lately, Dan McMullen has been bringing an extra gun to his office in Ferguson, Missouri.  —  McMullen runs Solo Insurance on West Florissant close to where looting and vandalism briefly broke …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Dems unlikely to ram through Obama's attorney general pick  —  President Obama will have to get his nominee for attorney general past a Republican-controlled Senate, Democratic and Republican aides say.  —  A packed schedule after the election is almost certain to push the vetting process …
Discussion: Hot Air and The PJ Tatler
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Nearly half of Americans will now live in states under total GOP control  —  Republicans had a very good Nov. 4; this much we know.  —  But merely looking at the GOP's likely nine-seat gain the Senate and its double-digit gains in the House doesn't really do its wave justice.
Discussion: Hot Air
USA Today:
Gum-chewing, limo-eschewing Obama riles some Chinese  —  People in China took to the internet to criticize President Obama for getting caught on camera chewing gum as he arrived at an economic summit in Beijing.  Some also took offense to his method of transportation.  VPC
Nick Gillespie / Hit & Run:
Obama: Government Should Regulate Internet to Keep it Free  —  So President Obama has announced that the Internet should be regulated as a public utility.  He's asking the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reclassify internet service providers (ISPs) from “information services” …
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Fox News:
Obama calls for more regulation of Internet providers, industry fires back
Josh Zumbrun / Wall Street Journal:
Younger Generation Faces a Savings Deficit  —  Postrecession Thrifty Ways Fade Amid Weak Jobs Market, Hefty Student Debt  —  After a flirtation with thrift after the recession, young Americans have stopped saving.  —  Adults under age 35—the so-called millennial generation …
Discussion: US News and TheBlaze.com
Politico:
Red-state Democrats rise in Senate  —  The Republican takeover is empowering senators like Joe Manchin and Heidi Heitkamp.  —  Republicans are about to take over the Senate, but another group is on the rise, too: red-state Democrats.  —  Red staters and other moderates …
 
 
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Detroit Free Press:
THE INSIDE STORY OF DETROIT'S HISTORIC BANKRUPTCY CASE
Discussion: NOLA.com topics
Greg Bluestein / Political Insider blog:
Johnny Isakson to announce he will seek a third term
David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
Democrats: History Is On Our Side. History: Good Luck With That.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Blupman / Our Bad Media:
Newsweek Corrected 7 of Fareed Zakaria's Plagiarized Articles; The Washington Post Needs To Do The Same For These 6
Jason Keisling / Hit & Run:
Guns and Pot: Which States Are Friendly to Both?
Discussion: The Dish
Associated Press:
N Korea Rescue Mission Delayed by Plane Trouble
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Mitt Romney filling post-midterm role as key behind-the-scenes player in GOP
 Earlier Items: 
Ahiza Garcia / Talking Points Memo:
GOPer: Impeachment ‘A Possibility’ If Obama Moves Ahead On Immigration
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Tom Cotton Campaign Bars Liberal Editor From Press Call
Shaila Dewan / New York Times:
Police Use Department Wish List When Deciding Which Assets to Seize
Ben Jacobs / The Daily Beast:
Did a Flawed Computer Model Sabotage the Democrats?
Discussion: Hot Air
Susan Snyder / Philly.com:
A college president's words to young women about men