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The best speech Obama has given on the economy, plus other items posted on progressive blogs today.<\/p>\n

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<\/b>http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/wonkblog\/wp\/2013\/12\/04\/the-best-speech-obama-has-given-on-the-economy\/?wprss=rss_ezra-klein&clsrd<\/a><\/p>\n

More: http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/plum-line\/wp\/2013\/12\/04\/inequality-is-the-defining-issue-of-our-time\/<\/a> http:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/msnbc\/income-inequality-riskier-you-think<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/kevin-drum\/2013\/12\/president-obama-makes-his-pitch-fighting-income-inequality<\/a><\/p>\n

Really Obama? That’s All You’ve Got?<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2013\/12\/05\/the-truth-about-obama-era-inequality.html<\/a><\/p>\n

The president calls income inequality the \u2018defining issue of our time.\u2019 So it seems fair to grade him on his success at addressing it. By any measure, he has failed spectacularly.\u00a0<\/b>
\nGrowing numbers get health care coverage<\/b><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/news\/affordable-care-act\/2013\/12\/04\/enrollment-numbers-rise-after-website-improves\/?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0<\/a><\/p>\n

About 29,000 people successfully navigated HealthCare.gov and selected an insurance plan on Sunday and Monday, more than the entire number of people who were able to enroll through the federal exchange during the month of October . . .<\/p>\n

More: http:\/\/fdlaction.firedoglake.com\/2013\/12\/04\/most-uninsured-still-plan-to-get-coverage\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Most Uninsured Still Plan to Get Coverage<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/post-politics\/wp\/2013\/12\/04\/few-uninsured-young-people-say-theyll-sign-up-for-obamacare\/?wprss=rss_politics&clsrd<\/a><\/p>\n

Few uninsured young people say they\u2019ll sign up for Obamacare<\/p>\n

<\/b><\/b>Meanwhile: http:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/dc\/gop-healthcaregov-who-cares<\/a><\/p>\n

Republicans aren’t impressed with the Obama administration’s claim that HealthCare.gov is now effectively fixed. That’s not really the issue, they’ve started to say. No, the problem is canceled policies, lost doctors and higher premiums. Who cares if the website is working?
\nThat is a far cry from the early days of October when a dysfunctional website was “proof” that Obamacare “has been an unmitigated disaster” in the words of House Speaker John Boehner in an Oct. 4 statement. But that’s no longer the preferred talking point. . .<\/p>\n

Are we getting used to this yet?<\/b><\/p>\n

http:\/\/nymag.com\/daily\/intelligencer\/2013\/12\/nsa-tracks-cell-phone-locations.html<\/a><\/p>\n

The NSA Tracks Billions of Cell Phone Locations Every Day<\/p>\n

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The Republicans howl about the need to reduce entitlements. But that doesn’t prevent them from repeatedly attacking Dems with the false claim that they’re “cutting” Medicare<\/b><\/p>\n

http:\/\/politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com\/2013\/12\/04\/first-on-cnn-republicans-bring-back-medicare-attack\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2013\/12\/04\/1260067\/-Bereft-of-real-ideas-GOP-resorts-to-same-old-Medicare-lie<\/a><\/p>\n

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ALEC’s secret documents<\/b><\/div>\n
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<\/b>http:\/\/my.firedoglake.com\/stevehorn1022\/2013\/12\/04\/documents-alecs-looming-attacks-on-clean-energy-fracking-laws-greenhouse-gas-regulations\/<\/a><\/div>\n
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\u201cOver the coming year, [ALEC] will promote legislation with goals ranging from penalising individual homeowners and weakening state clean energy regulations, to blocking the Environmental Protection Agency, which is Barack Obama\u2019s main channel for climate action,\u201d explained The Guardian. \u201cDetails of ALEC\u2019s strategy to block clean energy development at every stage, from the individual rooftop to the White House, are revealed as the group gathers for its policy summit in Washington this week.\u201d<\/div>\n
The documents also reveal ALEC\u2019s boasting of introducing myriad \u201cmodel resolutions\u201d nationwide in support of fast-tracking approval for the northern half of Transcanada\u2019s Keystone XL pipeline, along with another \u201cmodel bill\u201d \u2014 the \u201cTransfer of Public Lands Act\u201d already introduced in Utah \u2014 set to expropriate federally-owned public lands to oil, gas and coal companies. . . [read on]<\/div>\n
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More: http:\/\/crooksandliars.com\/karoli\/will-alecs-prodigal-sons-return<\/a><\/div>\n
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Let’s remember what climate change is really doing to us<\/b><\/div>\n
http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/wonkblog\/wp\/2013\/12\/04\/what-surprises-could-climate-change-have-in-store-for-us\/?wprss=rss_ezra-klein&clsrd <\/a><\/div>\n
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There are a few different ways that global warming could unfold in the decades ahead. The world might heat up steadily and predictably, giving humans and other species time to adjust. Or we could see large, abrupt changes that are extremely difficult to adapt to. . . . [read on]<\/div>\n
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More: http:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/rs\/2013\/11\/23\/singapore-sized-chunk-of-ice-breaks-away-from-antarctica-and-is-now-adrift\/<\/a><\/div>\n
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A chunk of ice the size of the island nation of Singapore broke off of the continent of Antarctica late last month and is currently adrift at sea. . . .<\/div>\n
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Hard to believe someone in Scott Walker’s campaign thought this was a good idea. Hey parents, don’t go shopping, stay at home and buy your kids a REAL Christmas present by donating to my campaign instead!<\/b><\/div>\n
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http:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/rs\/2013\/12\/03\/wisconsin-governor-scott-walker-encourages-parents-to-donate-to-his-campaign-instead-of-buying-children-christmas-presents\/<\/a><\/div>\n
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<\/b>[NB: And, by the way, imagine the “war on Christmas” howls if a Democrat had tried something like this.]<\/i>\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n
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How Fox World became Fox World (fascinating)<\/b><\/div>\n
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http:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/cafe\/how-fox-news-built-its-scream-machine-in-the-obama-era<\/a>\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n
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Bonus item: <\/b>Tucker Carlson. Why?<\/b><\/div>\n
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