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February 4, 2016
Top Stories
The Real Reasons Insurance Companies Are Complaining About Obamacare
The Gist: There is more going on than the surface level threats to leave ACA exchanges amid accusations that they’re not sustainable.
Oregon Standoff Leader Ammon Bundy And Armed Militiamen Indicted
The Gist: For now, a federal grand jury indictment of militia leader Ammon Bundy and some of the men and women who joined him in the armed occupation of a wildlife refuge remains sealed.
Rubio On Obama’s Speech At Mosque: He’s ‘Pitting People Against Each Other’
The Gist: In Rubio’s estimation, by giving a speech at a mosque, the President is “implying that America is discriminating against Muslims.”
From The Reporter’s Notebook
TPM’s Sara Jerde wrote about President Barack Obama mentioning that Thomas Jefferson was accused of being a Muslim in a speech given Wednesday. As the Washington Post reported, Jefferson defended broader protections for religious liberties in legislation passed in Virginia. The law later served as a foundation for the religious freedoms outlined in the Constitution.
Agree or Disagree?
Josh Marshall on Wednesday’s CNN town hall: “Sanders is saying that the kind of society most Democrats want can’t be achieved by operating within the current system–you need a fundamental shift in the role of money in public life, the values that drive our political system… Clinton is coming at things from an altogether different vantage point: Think what we could lose. Think about all the tangible, if incremental, things we’ve achieved and realize that we could lose them. The Affordable Care Act, voting rights, advances for women and the LGBT community.”
Say What?!
“Please clap.”
– Jeb Bush can’t seem to catch a break — he had to ask a crowd to applaud while giving a speech in New Hampshire.
BUZZING: Today in the Hive
From a TPM Prime member: “One thing I’ve noted in my FB feed and seen in twitter is a lot of Bernie folks are touting a narrative that “Hillary won because of coin tosses” — and MSNBC seems to be at the heart for creating this narrative. The Atlantic seems to suggest that the coin toss wasn’t significant in determining the outcomes, really, but it makes for a great narrative. Have others seen this? I’ve started to push back on my Facebook friends who say things like “Hillary won because of a coin toss. Thanks Iowa.” Because that seems like crap — but do others have conflicting/better data?”
Related: Was the Iowa Caucus decided by coin flips?
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What We’re Reading
How Putin created a monster in Chechnya. ( Politico)
Ted Cruz keeps telling bigger lies about his record on immigration. (Slate)
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