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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
All You Need To Know About Obama's Executive Action To Legalize 5 Million  —  In a far-reaching move that could help shape his legacy, President Barack Obama will announce a series of executive actions on Thursday evening to shield some five million undocumented immigrants from the threat …
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CNN:
Obama's immigration plan: ‘Deport felons, not families’  —  Washington (CNN) — President Barack Obama will order immigration officers to deport “felons not families” as he wields executive power to shield five million illegal immigrants in the most sweeping overhaul of the immigration system in decades.
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama's sweeping action on immigration  —  President Obama will unveil a set of sweeping executive actions that will extend work permits and protection from deportation to roughly 5 million immigrants in a prime-time address Thursday night.  —  The president will also announce plans …
Los Angeles Times:
Obama's plan of action on immigration may derail Republican agenda  —  Rising Republican hostility toward President Obama's impending immigration plan is as intense as has ever existed between the White House and the GOP.  —  House Speaker John A. Boehner of Ohio says the president's executive action …
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Obama fails to convince some Dems on immigration  —  The vast majority of Senate Democrats emerged from a two-hour meeting with White House chief of staff Denis McDonough fully supportive of President Barack Obama's impending action to shield millions of undocumented immigrants.
Discussion: Reuters, The Hill and The PJ Tatler
Politico:   How Obama got here  —  The president, the Homeland Security secretary …
Jennifer Epstein / Politico:   ‘Come out of the shadows’  —  Obama, at last, unveils sweeping action on immigration.
Alex Wayne / Bloomberg:
Obamacare's Subscriber Rolls Include Unpublicized Dental Plans  —  The Obama administration included as many as 400,000 dental plans in a number it reported for enrollments under the Affordable Care Act, an unpublicized detail that helped surpass a goal for 7 million sign-ups.
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Steven Hayward / Power Line:
In Re: Bill Cosby  —  Having been a Bill Cosby fan since I first heard the punch line, “Noah—how long can you tread water?” as a kid, the charges piling up against him are sickening.  Whether or not they can be proven beyond a reasonable doubt, his career appears to be over and his reputation will be forever in disgrace..
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Dennis Myers / RN&R Weekly Contents:
On paper  —  Republican leader left a trail  —  Nevada Assembly speaker-designate Ira Hansen would be one of the most controversial speakers in Nevada history.  —  In a surprise, he was named by the new Republican majority on Nov. 7 as their candidate for speaker.
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Incoming Nevada Speaker Said Democrats Have ‘Master-Slave’ Relationship With ‘Simple Minded Darkies’
Discussion: Liberaland and Balloon Juice
Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:
Appropriations panel: Defunding immigration order ‘impossible’  —  It would be “impossible” to defund President Obama's executive actions on immigration through a government spending bill, the House Appropriations Committee said Thursday.  —  In a statement released by House Appropriations …
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Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Republicans Can Defund Obama's Executive Order, They Just Don't Want To
Discussion: The PJ Tatler, Ed Driscoll and RedState
Miranda Blue / Right Wing Watch:
Kobach Wonders If Hispanic Majority Would Conduct ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ In U.S.  —  Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, a leader in the anti-immigrant movement, said during his Sunday radio program that it's possible that a Hispanic majority in the U.S. could conduct an “ethnic cleansing.”
Discussion: Raw Story and Hullabaloo
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Ahiza Garcia / Talking Points Memo:
Kobach: Obama's Lawlessness Could Lead To ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ In America
Discussion: RedState and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Shushannah Walshe / ABC News:
Meet the Biggest Upset Winner of 2014 Midterm Elections … Larry Hogan, the political longshot who is now the governor-elect of Maryland, is being applauded at the Republican Governors Association conference for his shocking upset win in the midterm elections.
Discussion: Politico
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Peter Beinart / The Atlantic Online:
On Immigration, Obama Fulfills His Promise to Progressives  —  The president has long been tugged between his bipartisan urges and his activist roots.  With his executive order and speech Thursday, he chose activism.  —  In his decision to act, by himself, on immigration, President Obama chose between two sides of his political self.
Discussion: The Dish
Bill Gertz / Washington Times:
Pentagon got duped, made ransom payment for Bowe Bergdahl to con man  —  The Pentagon is under fire for making a ransom payment to an Afghan earlier this year as part of a failed bid to win the release of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, according to U.S. officials.
Discussion: ABC News and The Gateway Pundit
Ryan Sims / American Bridge PAC:
All of the poison in all of the wells!  —  In case you haven't heard, Republicans are adamant that when Obama announces his immigration reform executive action tonight, he will be “poisoning the well.”  —  But how can you poison a well that's already been poisoned so many times?
Betsy Woodruff / Slate:
Congressman: Obama's Immigration Move Could Prompt Impeachment, Prison Time  —  Conservatives hate everything about the president's imminent immigration move, starting with its timing, and one House member is hinting that the executive action could result in impeachment, and maybe even prison time.
Washington Post:
Transcript: Obama's immigration speech  —  A transcript of President Obama's remarks on immigration..  —  OBAMA: My fellow Americans, tonight I'd like to talk with you about immigration.  For more than 200 years, our tradition of welcoming immigrants from around the world has given us a tremendous advantage over other nations.
Walter Dellinger / Slate:
It's Legal  —  The underpinnings of the president's immigration plan are anything but radical.  —  The idea that the immigration plan just announced by President Obama is a lawless power grab is absurd.  As the Justice Department legal analysis that was just released amply demonstrates …
Discussion: Balkinization and Discourse.net
Paul Blumenthal / The Huffington Post:
Democrats Used Twitter, Too, To Coordinate With Outside Groups  —  WASHINGTON — Republican Party committees and outside groups shared polling data over Twitter during the 2014 elections, according to a CNN report on Monday.  The purpose was to circumvent federal anti-coordination rules …
Discussion: The Verge and Talking Points Memo
Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
Some Republicans Fear That Their Hard-Liners Will Alienate Hispanics  —  WASHINGTON — All but drowned out by Republicans' clamorous opposition to President Obama's executive action on immigration are some leaders who worry that their party could alienate the fastest-growing group of voters …
Discussion: Political Wire
BuzzFeed:
Uber Sought To Hire Opposition Researcher To “Weaponize Facts”  —  A document obtained by BuzzFeed News points to taxi industry targets, not journalists.  Bullet points, not bullets, a spokesperson says.  —  Bloomberg  —  Uber has in recent weeks sought to hire opposition researchers to …
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Royals, Hill to D.C. press: Clean up  —  The Washington press corps may be due for a few lessons from “Miss Manners.”  —  On Thursday, the Senate Periodical Press Gallery sent out an email reminding reporters of the general rules of etiquette while covering Congress, such as not taking pictures …
Bill Clinton / The New Republic:
We Only Have One Remaining Bigotry: We Don't Want to Be Around Anybody Who Disagrees With Us  —  Bill Clinton gave the keynote speech at The New Republic's 100-year anniversary gala on Wednesday night.  Here's the full transcript.  —  Thank you, Chris, for your introduction, for your leadership …
Bill Gardner / The Incidental Economist:
The ACA is working.  So why is the opposition to it so strong and persistent?  —  These are early days, but so far the Affordable Care Act is working.  Rates of uninsured persons are down.  Millions of people are enrolling.  The Congressional Budget Office thinks that it will cost less than they originally projected.
Discussion: The Dish
 
 
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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Clinton Foundation reports spike in travel expenses
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John McCormick / Bloomberg Politics:
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New York Times:
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Hispanic Voters Are Important for Republicans, but Not Indispensable
Norm Ornstein / National Journal:
Will Congress Use Executive Order on Immigration as Excuse for More Gridlock?
Discussion: Bloomberg View
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Gabriel Malor / The Federalist:
No, Reagan Did Not Offer An Amnesty By Lawless Executive Order
Discussion: Hot Air and The Dish
Howard Kurtz / Fox News:
He found the Jonathan Gruber videos — and no media outlet would call him back
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Greg Miller / Washington Post:
CIA Director John Brennan considering sweeping organizational changes
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Burlington Free Press:
Vermont paychecks stop for consultant Gruber
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Esther Yu-Hsi Lee / ThinkProgress:
Republicans Plotting Extreme Measures To Sabotage Obama's Immigration Action
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