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11:10 AM ET, November 20, 2014

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Danny Vinik / The New Republic:
Reagan and Bush Acted Unilaterally on Immigration, Too—for the Same Reason That Obama Will  —  On Tuesday, the Associated Press reported that two previous Republican presidents—Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush—had taken unilateral action to protect undocumented immigrants from deportation …
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New York Times:
At Long Last, Immigration Action  —  President Obama says he will speak to the nation on Thursday night about making major changes to immigration policy, including shielding several million unauthorized immigrants from deportation.  He intends to do this under executive authority, because he has given up waiting for Congress to act.
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Immigration action is daring test of Obama's power
Discussion: CNNMoney.com
Hadas Gold / Politico:
White House hits TV networks for skipping immigration address  —  The White House is exasperated with the major broadcast networks - ABC, CBS and NBC — for skipping out on President Barack Obama's Thursday primetime address on his executive actions on immigration.
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The Hill:
Networks won't air Obama speech  —  Three major networks will not air President Obama's prime-time address Thursday outlining his executive actions on immigration.  —  Officials with ABC, CBS and Fox confirmed to The Hill that Obama's 8 p.m. speech from the White House will not be carried on their networks.
Discussion: Deadline and The Huffington Post
ABC News:
Entertainment Icon Mike Nichols Has Died at Age 83  —  Mike Nichols, the entertainment icon and husband of ABC News Anchor Diane Sawyer, died suddenly Wednesday at the age of 83.  —  Nichols' death was announced in a statement by ABC News President James Goldston.
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ABC News:
Mike Nichols passed away suddenly on Wednesday evening.  He was 83.  —  See the note below from James Goldston, president, ABC News to ABC News staff this morning.  —  Team—  I am writing with the very sad news that Diane's husband, the incomparable Mike Nichols, passed away suddenly on Wednesday evening.
Joseph Curl / Washington Times:
Obama sets off on scorched-earth rampage  —  ANALYSIS/OPINION: … President Obama, fresh off a shellacking in the 2014 midterm elections — in which he made himself a centerpiece, much to the chagrin of embattled Democrats — is about to embark on a scorched-earth rampage that will change the face of America forever.
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
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Sen. Ted Cruz / Politico:
Obama Is Not a Monarch  —  The president cannot act alone …
Jake Sherman / Politico:
Rick Perry: Texas might sue Barack Obama
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
The Solid South Will Rise Again  —  Democrats have abandoned Senator Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, who is in a tough runoff election.  (Tough is the mild way of putting it.  Polls show her down by double digits to her Republican opponent.)  —  Not only has the Democratic Party pulled …
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poppolling.com:
LA Poll: Cassidy Up Big Over Landrieu
Discussion: Hot Air, Firedoglake and Booman Tribune
Peter Wehner / Commentary Magazine:
Obama Is About to Commit an Act of Constitutional Infamy  —  The president will present his case on behalf of his forthcoming executive order on amnesty tomorrow at 8 p.m. I certainly hope President Obama addresses the arguments against his action that were repeatedly and passionately made by ... President Obama.
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Jim Webb launches 2016 committee  —  Former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb became the first well-known Democrat to launch an exploratory committee to run for president on Wednesday night, saying the nation is at a “serious crossroads.”  —  “I have decided to launch an Exploratory Committee …
Steve Cannon / ABC News:
3 Wounded, Suspected Gunman Dead After Shooting on Florida State University Campus  —  Three people were wounded in a shooting on Florida State University's campus in Tallahassee, police said, with the suspected gunman shot and killed by officers.  —  The shooting happened early this morning at the university's Stozier Library.
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James Hohmann / Politico:
Scott Walker plots 2016 rollout  —  The Wisconsin governor is putting together the pieces of a campaign.  —  Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, pivoting from his bigger-than-expected reelection win this month, is taking active steps toward a presidential campaign that would launch next summer …
George F. Will / Washington Post:
The Justice Department becomes a schoolyard bully in Wisconsin  —  It is as remarkable as it is repulsive, the ingenuity with which the Obama administration uses the regulatory state's intricacies to advance progressivism's project of breaking nongovernmental institutions to government's saddle.
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
N.S.A. Phone Data Collection Could Go On, Even if a Law Expires  —  WASHINGTON — A little-known provision of the Patriot Act, overlooked by lawmakers and administration officials alike, appears to give President Obama a possible way to keep the National Security Agency's bulk phone records program …
Discussion: The Hill, US News and Prairie Weather
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Robert Booth / Guardian:
Prince Charles will not be silenced when he is made king, say allies  —  Exclusive: Sources close to heir say he will break with Queen's habit of discretion by continuing to speak out on issues that matter to him  —  Prince Charles is ready to reshape the monarch's role when he becomes king and make …
Discussion: Althouse and Eschaton
Susan Page / USA Today:
GOP senator warns of violence after immigration order  —  WASHINGTON — Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn warns there could be not only a political firestorm but acts of civil disobedience and even violence in reaction to President Obama's executive order on immigration Thursday.
Daisuke Wakabayashi / Wall Street Journal:
Inside Apple's Broken Sapphire Factory  —  How $1 Billion Bet on iPhone Screens Failed; the ‘Boule Graveyard’  —  These are defective sapphire boules produced by GT Advanced Technologies at an Arizona factory built with Apple.  The photos were sent by Apple to GT's creditors.  —  By
Discussion: Business Insider and The Verge
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
Drone Strikes Never Kill ‘Humans’  —  The Obama administration's lethal drone strikes are at their most morally objectionable when the CIA doesn't even know the identities of the people it is killing—a fact it obscures by dubbing all military-age males who are killed “militants.”
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Bachmann: Obama turning ‘illiterate’ immigrants into Democratic voters  —  In a sign of the difficulties GOP leaders face in keeping their unruly caucus on-message, retiring tea party firebrand Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) said Wednesday that the immigrants given new protections by the president …
Shushannah Walshe / ABC News:
GOP Governors Mostly Hostile on Obama Immigration Executive Action … Potential Republican presidential candidates at the Republican Governors Association annual conference gave very different responses to the president's decision to announce major executive action on immigration reform Thursday.
Discussion: ABC News and Politico
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Los Angeles Times:
Column A Bernie Sanders candidacy could help Hillary Clinton
Discussion: RedState
Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
Chris Christie Is Back  —  Credit: Tobias Hutzler for The New York Times
Discussion: Political Wire
Neil King Jr / Wall Street Journal:
Americans of All Stripes Agree: The System Is Stacked Against Them
Discussion: Political Wire
Justin Sink / The Hill:
White House: Obama wears GOP criticism as ‘a badge of honor’
Discussion: Instapundit
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Pelosi picks Billy Joel over Obama
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Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
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Jonathan Constante / Opposing Views:
Parent Wants Teacher To Stop Wearing Star Of David Necklace, School District Still Allows It
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