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9:55 AM ET, November 29, 2013

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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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
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
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 …
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
Associated Press:
Nigeria sharia police smash 240,000 bottles of beer  —  Kano (Nigeria) (AFP) - Police enforcing Islamic law in Nigeria's city of Kano publicly destroyed some 240,000 bottles of beer on Wednesday, the latest move in a wider crackdown on behaviour deemed “immoral” in the area.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Jihad Watch
Ben Goad / The Hill:
Congress faces deadline on undetectable plastic guns  —  Guns that cannot be detected by X-ray machines will no longer be banned if Congress does not renew the decades-old prohibition by Dec. 9.  —  The 1998 Undetectable Firearms Act will sunset that day, ending the prohibition …
Discussion: Right Wing News
 
 
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Media feasting on Bush ‘fake’ turkey claim; false story still repeated 10 years on
Discussion: Instapundit
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Why is President Obama trying to politicize the holidays?
Discussion: TheBlaze.com and Power Line
Abby Goodnough / New York Times:
Medicaid Growth Could Aggravate Doctor Shortage
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'
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Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Doesn't Eat, Doesn't Pray and Doesn't Love
Discussion: Hot Air, Althouse and News Desk
Lucy McCalmont / Reuters:
Mike Tyson hits ‘horrible’ Obamacare
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
The Hard Charger at Obama's Side Has His Hands Full
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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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