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10:25 AM ET, November 16, 2014

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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Great Immigration Betrayal  —  IN the months since President Obama first seem poised — as he now seems poised again — to issue a sweeping executive amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants, we've learned two important things about how this administration approaches its constitutional obligations.
Discussion: Daily Kos
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Grubergate is really Obamacaregate  —  The irony of Grubergate Part 2 (The Grubergatening) is that Jon Gruber, an MIT health economist under fire for saying the law passed in part because its unpopular elements were obscured, did as much as anyone in the country to clarify what was really in Obamacare.
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Jeff Dunetz / “The Lid”:
Two CNBC Alums Say Network Mgmt. Stopped Them From Telling Truth About Obamacare & Obamanomics
Discussion: Hot Air
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Obama: We didn't mislead on health care  —  BRISBANE, Australia — President Barack Obama denied Sunday that his signature health care reform law was deceptively marketed, rejecting statements by a consultant on the plan who said aspects of Obamacare were designed to take advantage of the “stupidity” of voters.
Discussion: Mediaite and Political Wire
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Got him!  Jihadi John is ‘wounded in US airstrike that killed 10 top ISIS commanders at secret bunker meeting in Iraq’  —  Jihadi John, the Briton who beheaded two British and two American hostages held by Islamic State terrorists, has been injured in a US-led air strike, according to reports received by the Foreign Office.
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Progressives' answer to 2014 midterm election results?  Be more liberal  —  Amid the post-election Democratic handwringing, some activists have an answer — be more liberal.  —  After a resounding midterm defeat, progressive leaders argue Democrats played it safe, sidelined the president and lost.
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Hudson Hongo / Gawker:
Bill Cosby Responds to Rape Questions with Silence, Head-Shaking  —  On Saturday, Weekend Edition host Scott Simon ended an interview with Bill and Camille Cosby by asking the comedian point-blank for comment on the accusations by more than a dozen women of sexual assault.  In response, Cosby only shook his head.
Discussion: Booman Tribune and FOX News Radio
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Kristina Wong / The Hill:
GOP poised to dash Obama's Iran hopes  —  Republicans are flexing their muscles and threatening to block President Obama from cutting a nuclear deal with Iran on his own terms.  —  International negotiators have until Nov. 24 under an interim agreement to reach a deal with Tehran that would curb …
Discussion: Prairie Weather
David Jackson / USA Today:
Returning to U.S., Obama faces immigration and Iran  —  President Obama, who has made aggressive moves since Democratic losses on Election Day, faces more battles with newly empowered Republicans when he returns from his foreign trip Sunday.  —  In the wake of recent announcements …
Discussion: BizPac Review
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:   Washington braces for immigration quake
Washington Post:
D.C. police plan for future seizure proceeds years in advance in city budget documents  —  D.C. police have made plans for millions of dollars in anticipated proceeds from future civil seizures of cash and property, even though federal guidelines say “agencies may not commit” to such spending in advance, documents show.
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
1 small shirt for a man, 1 giant leap backward for women: Column  —  Better not to land a spaceship on a comet than let men wear sexist clothing.  —  So how are things going for feminism?  Well, last week they took one of the great achievements of human history — landing a probe from Earth …
Ken Thomas / Associated Press:
Bill Clinton Says He's Surprised by Midterm Loses  —  Former President Bill Clinton said Saturday that Democrats lacked a “national advertising campaign” in the recent midterm elections and that he's surprised many Senate races were not closer.  —  Clinton said in an interview with Politico …
Discussion: Politico
Laura Gunderson / Oregonian:
Monica Wehby called John Kitzhaber after election about leading health agency, helping with reforms  —  Republican Monica Wehby speaks to supporters Tuesday after voters overwhelmingly re-elected Sen. Jeff Merkley.  The pediatric neurosurgeon says she's open to working in a more civic-minded job …
 
 
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Kathryn Schroeder / opposingviews.com/homepage.xml:
Tombstones Discovered In Backyard Of Family's New Home
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Ralph Ellis / CNN:
Declared dead, 91-year-old woman wakes up 11 hours later in funeral home
Discussion: Gawker and FOX News Radio
 Earlier Items: 
Michael Mandel / Washington Post:
Obama's plan to regulate the Internet would do more harm than good
The Hill:
Shutdown talk grows in GOP
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