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9:20 PM ET, November 13, 2014

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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Nancy Pelosi says she doesn't know who Jonathan Gruber is.  She touted his work in 2009.  —  House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Thursday that, not only did Jonathan Gruber not play a significant role in drafting Obamacare, but that she doesn't even “know who he is.”
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Sarah Kliff / Vox:
The Jon Gruber controversy and what it means for Obamacare, explained  —  Over the past three days, conservative news outlets have posted multiple videos of Jonathan Gruber, an MIT health economist who worked on Romneycare and Obamacare, crediting the “stupidity” of American voters as one reason that the health law passed.
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Law in the Raw  —  Nearly a week has gone by since the Supreme Court's unexpected decision to enlist in the latest effort to destroy the Affordable Care Act, and the shock remains unabated.  “This is Bush v. Gore all over again,” one friend said as we struggled to absorb the news last Friday afternoon.
JakeTapper / CNN:
Obamacare architect discussed misleading public in 4th newly uncovered video  —  Washington (CNN) — As Congress voted on the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, in 2010, one of the bill's architects, MIT economist Jonathan Gruber, told a college audience that those pushing the legislation pitched …
New York Times:
Obama Aides Say Moves Will Avert 5 Million Deportations  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama will ignore angry protests from Republicans and announce as soon as next week a broad overhaul of the nation's immigration enforcement system that will protect up to five million undocumented immigrants …
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Michael McAuliff / The Huffington Post:
Mitch McConnell Is ‘Very Disturbed’ By President Obama  —  WASHINGTON — In another sign that the country is in for a tough two years of battles between the White House and Congress, incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) declared Thursday that he was “very disturbed” …
Washington Post:   Boehner weighs expanding suit over Obama executive powers to cover immigration
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama veers left after red wave
Discussion: Washington Post, Politico and Hot Air
Ted Barrett / CNN:
Reid to Obama: Wait on immigration orders until after CR passes
Discussion: Bloomberg Politics
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Dems warn Obama: Don't back down on immigration
Discussion: Politico and Weekly Standard
Fox News Insider:   Fox News Obtains Drafts of Obama's Immigration Plan; Krauthammer Reacts
New York Times:
Frustrated Democratic Senators Vent, But Re-Elect Reid to Be Their Leader  —  WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats voted to retain Senator Harry Reid of Nevada and the other senior members of their leadership on Thursday, putting off for now the uncomfortable question of how to inject new energy …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
McCaskill won't back Reid for leader
Discussion: Politico, Roll Call and Hot Air
Devlin Barrett / Wall Street Journal:
Americans' Cellphones Targeted in Secret U.S. Spy Program  —  Fake Cellphone Towers on Planes Used to Target Criminals, but Also Sift Through Thousands of Other Phones  —  WASHINGTON—The Justice Department is scooping up data from thousands of cellphones through fake communications towers deployed …
Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:
The Big Question Democrats Need to Ask Themselves Before They Nominate Hillary  —  By most accounts, Hillary Clinton had a good election night.  Or at least her 2016 chances did.  The New York Times reported that voters and operatives woke up the next day counting on her to “resurrect the Democratic Party.”
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Politico:
The liberal media's not ready for Hillary
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
The Rudy Giuliani guide to beating Hillary Clinton
Discussion: Daily Kos, ABC News and Washington Post
New York Times:
A Major Breakthrough on Climate Change  —  The deal jointly announced in Beijing by President Obama and China's president, Xi Jinping, to limit greenhouse gases well beyond their earlier pledges is both a major diplomatic breakthrough and — assuming both sides can carry out their promises …
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James M. Inhofe / Associated Press:
Sen. Inhofe: ‘A non-binding charade’
Discussion: VodkaPundit
Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:
Is this the political map of the future?  —  BARACK OBAMA CAMPAIGNS RACE AND DIVERSITY HISPANICS  —  If you're a political junkie — or at least if you're a conservative political junkie — you've probably seen the map.  It's a map of the United States showing the congressional districts won …
Discussion: VodkaPundit
Barbara Bowman / Washington Post:
Bill Cosby raped me.  Why did it take 30 years for people to believe my story?  —  Only when a male comedian called Cosby a rapist did the accusation take hold.  —  In 2004, when Andrea Constand filed a lawsuit against Bill Cosby for sexual assault, her lawyers asked me to testify.
Sabato's Crystal Ball:
14 From '14: Quick Takes on the Midterm  —  After going over the results from last week, we had a number of bite-sized observations to offer — 14, to be exact:  —  1. The polls really were worse than usual  —  This cycle featured the largest average miss by the two major poll aggregators …
Elicia Dover / KATV-TV:
Gov. Mike Beebe says he will pardon his own son  —  Gov. Mike Beebe says he will pardon his son, Kyle, for a felony crime from his past.  —  “Mr. Governor, I am asking for a second chance at life.  I am asking for a second chance to be the man that I know that I can be,” Kyle Beebe wrote in his pardon application to his father.
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Series of Secret Service Blunders Eased Way for White House Intruder  —  WASHINGTON — An intruder was able to climb a fence and enter the White House in September because of a succession of “performance, organizational, technical” and other failures by the Secret Service …
Ken Ward Jr. / Charleston Gazette:
Longtime Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship indicted  —  Don Blankenship, the longtime chief executive of Massey Energy, was indicted today on charges that he violated federal mine safety laws at the company's Upper Big Branch Mine prior to an April 2010 explosion that killed 29 miners.
Discussion: ThinkProgress
 
 
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Steve King warns of ‘constitutional crisis’
Mark K. Matthews / Denver Post:
MARK UDALL TO CONSIDER ALL OPTIONS TO REVEAL CIA TORTURE REPORT
Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Little Rock Celebration Draws Clinton Supporters, Faithful and Hopeful
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Will Obamacare separate Scalia from his principles?
Wendy R. Weiser / American Prospect:
Voter Suppression: How Bad? (Pretty Bad)
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Bera surges ahead of Ose in close race
Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Axelrod Calls Martha Coakley ‘A Demonstrably Bad Candidate’
Discussion: OnPolitics and Bloomberg Politics
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic Online:
The Republican Obsession With ‘Restoring’ America
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