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11:45 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 …
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Lauren Effron / ABC News:
President Obama: ‘Nowhere to Go But Up’
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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 …
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The Hill:   Easier road seen for Obama regs
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
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Robert Jensen / Salon:
Thanksgiving is for sociopaths  —  I don't have anything against turkey.  But I can't abide a holiday that denies its genocidal historical context  —  “Are you the guy who hates Thanksgiving?”  —  The man posing that question on my voicemail continued with a sharply critical comment …
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Iran — the next stage
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.
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
Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
Christie leads possible 2016 GOP contenders in CNN/ORC poll  —  Washington (CNN) - A new national poll indicates, that for the first time, there may be an early frontrunner in the race for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination.  —  And according to a CNN/ORC International survey …
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
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.
Karl Smallwood / Today I Found Out:
For Nearly Two Decades the Nuclear Launch Code at all Minuteman Silos in the United States Was 00000000  —  Today I found out that during the height of the Cold War, the US military put such an emphasis on a rapid response to an attack on American soil, that to minimize any foreseeable delay …
Jonathan Zimmerman / Washington Post:
End presidential term limits  —  Jonathan Zimmerman is a professor of history and education at New York University.  His books include “Small Wonder: The Little Red Schoolhouse in History and Memory.”  —  In 1947, Sen. Harley Kilgore (D-W.Va.) condemned a proposed constitutional amendment that would restrict presidents to two terms.
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: The Raw Story and ABC News
 
 
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Eleanor Clift / The Daily Beast:
The GOP's Hunger Games: More Food Stamp Cuts for the Holidays?
James Lyons / Mirror.co.uk:
Boris Johnson: Millions of people too STUPID to get on in life
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Business Insider
Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
Chicken > Turkey  —  Every Thanksgiving a tedious debate erupts …
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
New York Times:
Government in Slow Motion
Discussion: Prairie Weather
 Earlier Items: 
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Why is President Obama trying to politicize the holidays?
Discussion: Power Line and TheBlaze.com
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 and BillMoyers.com
CBC News:
New Snowden docs show U.S. spied during G20 in Toronto
Lucy McCalmont / Politico:
White House menu: Turkey, 9 types of pies
Discussion: Washington Monthly and CNN
 

 
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Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal:
Spotify plans to pay incentives to video creators who hit certain viewing thresholds and, in January, to let Premium subscribers view podcast videos without ads

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Don Lemon, who sued Elon Musk and X after a deal fell apart, says he's leaving X on November 15, citing X's new ToS that moves legal disputes to Texas courts

Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide:
German royalty licensing group GEMA sues OpenAI and subsidiary OpenAI Ireland in Munich Regional Court, claiming ChatGPT violates copyrights of lyrics

 
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