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1:35 PM ET, November 28, 2013

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Snejana Farberov / Daily Mail:
How Obama referred to Tea Party protesters as ‘tea-baggers’ in handwritten letter to Texas teacher complaining about health care law  —  Responding to an angry constituent's letter about the Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama allegedly used a sexually charged derogatory term referring to members of the Tea Party movement.
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Margaret Carlson / Bloomberg:
Is Obamacare Challenging Enough for Obama?  —  Two statements explain the huge failure of Obamacare.  One is by President Barack Obama, the other is about him.  —  The first was made in St. Paul, Minnesota, at the end of the 2008 primary campaign, when candidate Obama predicted that generations …
Discussion: Power Line
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Doesn't Eat, Doesn't Pray and Doesn't Love  —  The question of whether for-profit companies can claim a religious identity, one that exempts them from obeying a generally applicable law, is fully worthy of the attention the Supreme Court is about to give it.
Discussion: Althouse and News Desk
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
A Realist's Take on Obamacare  —  For years, Obamacare supporters weathered at best tepid support for the President's reform in the expectation that once people experienced the actual law, rather than the right-wing fever dream, opinions would change.  Then they were hit with the wholly unexpected surprise …
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Latest small-business delay another blow to O-Care rollout  —  The White House is delaying the launch of its online small-business exchange by one year, a Health and Human Services (HHS) official confirmed to The Hill on Wednesday.  —  The delay is another setback for the troubled enrollment process …
Discussion: Connecting.the.Dots
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Jason Millman / Reuters:
Online SHOP enrollment delayed by one year
Robert Farago / The Truth About Guns:
And So It Begins: New York Sending Out Gun Confiscation Notices  —  New York's SAFE Act is a bad, bad thing.  It requires people to register, sell or transfer (out of state) “assault rifles” and “high capacity” magazines.  Many Empire State gun and standard capacity ammunition magazine owners have complied.
Ariel Ben Solomon / Jerusalem Post:
Report: London is mediating indirect secret talks between US and Hezbollah  —  Talks reportedly deal with fight against al-Qaida, regional stability and other Lebanese political issues.  —  The US and Hezbollah are in secret indirect talks managed by London dealing with the fight against Al-Qaida …
Lucy McCalmont / Reuters:
Mike Tyson hits ‘horrible’ Obamacare  —  Boxer Mike Tyson thinks Obamacare has been KO'd.  —  “The reality of this plan: It didn't work.  So we have to find another plan,” Tyson said Wednesday on CNN's “Piers Morgan Live.”  —  The former heavyweight champion of the world said Obamacare is …
Discussion: CNN
Alex Hern / Guardian:
Help!  My hard drive with £4m in Bitcoins is somewhere in that Newport landfill  —  A digital ‘wallet’ containing 7,500 Bitcoins that James Howells generated on his laptop is buried under four feet of rubbish  —  Buried somewhere under four feet of mud and rubbish …
Discussion: NBCNews, Mashable and Business Insider
Peter Baker / New York Times:
The Hard Charger at Obama's Side Has His Hands Full  —  WASHINGTON — Denis McDonough was pacing the elliptical path on the South Lawn of the White House one day this fall, ruminating on the challenges of a second term for his boss, President Obama.  Mr. McDonough, the White House chief of staff …
Discussion: BuzzFeed
Roxanne Jones / CNN:
Young men, get a ‘yes’ text before sex  —  Editor's note: Roxanne Jones is a founding editor of ESPN The Magazine and a former vice president at ESPN.  She is a national lecturer on sports, entertainment and women's topics and a recipient of the 2010 Woman of the Year award from Women in Sports and Events.
David Edwards / The Raw Story:
Mike Huckabee labels Lara Logan a ‘hero journalist’ for discredited Benghazi report  —  Fox News host and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) on Wednesday said that Lara Logan's botched reporting on Benghazi made her a “hero journalist” and he was shocked that CBS News would force her off the air.
 
 
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Ian Bremmer / New York Times:
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Stephen Kalin / Reuters:
Iran says to continue building at Arak nuclear site despite deal
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Sig Christenson / MySanAntonio.com:
Pentagon, Texas Guard end standoff on benefits
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Jim Yardley / New York Times:
Berlusconi Expelled From Senate in Italy After 2 Decades in Government
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James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
The dog ate Obama's health-care reform.
Discussion: NewsBusters
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
The Scott Trust approves the sale of The Observer to Tortoise, despite two days of strikes by Guardian and Observer staffers against the deal

Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Sources: Condé Nast lays off some top executives including VPs and SVPs in marketing and sales, along with key staff in events, social media, and editorial jobs

Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
Q&A with Jessica Chan, Perplexity's new head of publisher partnerships, on its revenue-sharing program, how publishers are using Perplexity's APIs, and more

 
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