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10:25 AM ET, November 29, 2013

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Abby D. Phillip / ABC News:
Obamas Might Stay in Washington After Presidency Ends  —  The first family might choose to stay in Washington, D.C., after President Obama leaves office in 2016, the president and first lady Michelle Obama told ABC News' Barbara Walters in an interview.  —  By then, their eldest daughter Malia …
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Despite Filibuster Limits, a Door Remains Open to Block Judge Nominees  —  WASHINGTON — The decision by Senate Democrats to eliminate filibusters for most judicial nominations only marginally enhanced President Obama's power to reshape the judiciary, according to court watchers from across …
Discussion: Law Blog
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The Hill:
Easier road seen for Obama regs  —  The Obama Administration's second-term regulatory agenda should be an easier lift, thanks to changes to the Senate's filibuster rules that make it easier to fill key agency positions and install federal judges.  —  The Senate's move this month to lower …
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
An outbreak of lawlessness  —  For all the gnashing of teeth over the lack of comity and civility in Washington, the real problem is not etiquette but the breakdown of political norms, legislative and constitutional.  —  Such as the one just spectacularly blown up in the Senate.
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic Online:
11 Economic Lessons to Make You a Smarter Shopper This Black Friday  —  The first and last rule of prices is that nobody knows what anything is really worth.  Shoppers are guided by shallow clues ("this is cheaper than that") and latent emotions ("it just feels like a good deal") rather than knowledge and deliberate thinking.
Discussion: Runnin' Scared and Prairie Weather
Daniel Greenfield / Front Page Magazine:
Cancer Patient Who Spoke Out Against ObamaCare Now Being Audited  —  Bill Elliot was a cancer patient who lost his insurance due to ObamaCare and couldn't pay the expensive new premiums.  He was talking about paying the ObamaCare fine, going without health insurance and “letting nature take its course.”
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Washington Post:
Final Iran deal needs to balance out the concessions  —  THE FACT sheet distributed by the Obama administration about the nuclear agreement with Iran is notable for its omissions.  The 2,000-word document, like President Obama's televised statement Saturday night about the deal …
Discussion: Power Line and Israel Matzav
Daniel Greenfield / Front Page Magazine:
Hillary Clinton Supporters Slowly Realizing She Didn't Do Anything as Secretary of State  —  But that's okay since Hillary Clinton also didn't do anything in the Senate.  It could actually be a good slogan for her campaign.  “Vote for Hillary: She Won't Do Anything as President Either.”
Discussion: JustOneMinute
Jonelle Merrill / KUTV-TV:
Mormon Bishop Goes Undercover as Homeless Man to Teach about Compassion and Gratitude  —  (KUTV) An LDS Bishop went undercover as a homeless man in his congregation last Sunday.  He wanted to use his disguise as a tool to teach on compassion this Thanksgiving.  —  David Musselman is the bishop of the Taylorsville Fourth Ward.
Discussion: ABC News and The Raw Story
New York Times:
Government in Slow Motion  —  Last week, in a fit of fury after they lost the ability to filibuster President Obama's nominees, several Congressional Republicans threatened to retaliate by slowing things down on Capitol Hill.  Democrats “will have trouble in a lot of areas because there's …
Discussion: Prairie Weather
CBC News:
New Snowden docs show U.S. spied during G20 in Toronto  —  Surveillance during 2010 summit ‘closely co-ordinated with Canadian partner’ CSEC  —  Security expert on NSA's G20 spying 6:34  —  Top secret documents retrieved by U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden show that Prime Minister Stephen …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Why is President Obama trying to politicize the holidays?  —  BARACK OBAMA OBAMACARE ORGANIZING FOR ACTION HOLIDAYS  —  During a recent stay in Berlin, I visited the old headquarters of the East German Ministry of State Security, better known as the Stasi.
Discussion: TheBlaze.com and Power Line
 
 
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Robert Jensen / Salon:
Thanksgiving is for sociopaths
Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
Christie leads possible 2016 GOP contenders in CNN/ORC poll
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nbclosangeles.com:
Shoppers Cutting in Line Sparks Early Black Friday Brawl at Rialto Walmart: Police
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Media feasting on Bush ‘fake’ turkey claim; false story still repeated 10 years on
Discussion: Instapundit
Abby Goodnough / New York Times:
Medicaid Growth Could Aggravate Doctor Shortage
Ben Goad / The Hill:
Congress faces deadline on undetectable plastic guns
Discussion: Right Wing News
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Linda Shapley / Editor's Notes:
Q&A with Ricardo Baca, The Post's new marijuana editor
Discussion: Politico and Poynter
Lucy McCalmont / Politico:
White House menu: Turkey, 9 types of pies
Discussion: Washington Monthly and CNN
Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters:
Kanye West on Obama's Failures: 'Black People Don't Have the Same Connections as Jewish People'
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Doesn't Eat, Doesn't Pray and Doesn't Love
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The NYT reports adding 260K digital subscribers in Q3, for 11.9M in total, with digital ad revenue up 8.8% YoY to $81.6M, and The Athletic had its first profit

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Around 75% of the largest US newspapers aren't endorsing anyone for president this year, as publishers try not to annoy any sliver of their remaining customers

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Amazon unveils X-Ray Recaps on Prime Video, an AI feature that generates “spoiler-free and concise summaries” of TV shows, in beta to Fire TV users in the US

 
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