Monday, November 25, 2013   Published Weekday Mornings   To see the full version of today's cartoon, click on the preview graphic of the cartoon (below the Commentary) to be taken to the full version in your favorite web browser. Dealing With Iran   World powers reach nuclear deal with Iran to freeze its nuclear program President Obama: Iran deal 'an important first step' Iran's top officials hail nuclear deal as beginning of new era Iran Deal Reached: Details On Nuclear Program, Sanctions Relief Chart: Understanding the Deal With Iran Iran to Reap $7 Billion in Sanctions Relief Under Accord Early skepticism, caution on nuclear deal, by many Netanyahu says Iran nuclear deal is 'historic mistake' Israeli markets gain, investors say Iran deal not a mistake Republicans Attack Iran Deal Before It's Announced Iran deal knocks oil prices lower, bolsters markets worldwide Members of Congress react to the Iran nuclear deal Pres. Obama still has leeway in future dealings with Iran, despite U.S. lawmakers' concerns Long-Term, Two-Track Negotiations Led to Iran Nuclear Deal Sec. of State Kerry played the closer in Iran deal Officials Say Toughest Work on Iran's Nuclear Program Lies Ahead Fred Kaplan: We Finally Have a Deal With Iran. A Good One. Thanksgiving 2013 Michael Hiltzik: The retail industry's war on Thanksgiving Some stores let workers carve out personal time for Thanksgiving Tim Cook vetoes Apple Retail plan to open additional stores on Thanksgiving, giving most workers holiday off Ellen Galinsky: Don't Go Shopping on Thanksgiving. Just Don't. Brad Tuttle: The Big Lie About Shopping on Thanksgiving and Black Friday Matthew Fleischer: To the greedy retailers ruining workers' Thanksgiving - It's gonna cost you Seven Stores That Won't Ruin Their Workers' Thanksgivings Immigration: Reform Coming? Juan Williams: Pressure builds on Boehner to let a vote on Immigration Reform happen Survey: What Americans (Still) Want From Immigration Reform The Spying Game NSA's Director Offered to Resign Last Summer in Wake of Snowden Leaks Guns & America Sandy Hook investigative report due out today Energy, Climate & Environment Deadly weather wallops much of U.S. just before Thanksgiving Kofi Annnan: On The World's Climate Crisis, Who Will Act? Nations In Turmoil Syrian conflict: Geneva peace talks set for January 22 As Islamist Rebels Unite in Syria, U.S. Influence Fades Iran Deal Could Affect Talks on Syria, Palestine Libyan army, militias clash in Benghazi The War Over There Afghan elders endorse U.S. troops' presence but President Karzai still refuses to sign Afghanistan's Karzai rejects elders' advice to back U.S. deal quickly The Long Goodbye in Afghanistan International News U.S., Japan slam China's 'destabilizing' move on East China Sea airspace Amazon Workers on Strike in Germany Rival presidential candidates claim victory in Honduras vote Indonesia raises Sumatran volcano alert to highest status Midwest Roundup Nebraska state unemployment rate drops below 4% Sen. Johanns worries farm bill talks are reverting back to old policies Iowa ranks 5th in nationwide turkey production Iowa special holiday traffic enforcement begins today Peace - A Great Reason For Thanks We'd originally planned today to discuss the 'War on Thanksgiving' - the effort by retailers all over America to not even wait until the day after Thanksgiving to open. Sadly, that effort is really just another front in the war on working Americans that international corporations have been waging for years. Another major reason to be thankful came up over the weekend, though, and we can't help but address it first this week. Don't worry - like the workers themselves, who are effectively chained to their jobs, the 'War on Thanksgiving' isn't going anywhere, and we'll tackle that issue tomorrow. The event that happened over the weekend, though, deserves notice here, both because of the unusual nature of the event, and the reasons for thanks it may give to people not just in America but around the world. The event we're talking about is the agreement by Iran and six major world powers, including the United States, to freeze key parts of Iran's nuclear program, in exchange for the temporary release of economic sanctions on issues like food and medicine. Work on the agreement apparently had been going on for months, behind the scenes, with Secretary of State John Kerry taking the lead. Already, as details began to be released over the weekend, business markets worldwide began reacting positively to the details. The details, in short, include... To continue reading... click here. And now, for your Daily Felltoon preview for November 25, 2013 (Click the preview cartoon above to see the full version of the cartoon) Jobs & The Economy Hottest Housing Markets In U.S. Hit Economic Headwinds Economic Battles: Left vs Right in the Midwest is proving Progressivism works. Economists hoping, as usual, that 2014 will be better Wall Street Watch U.S. banks threaten Fed interest cut could force them to charge depositors David Dayen: Sen. Elizabeth Warren and the GAO Will Soon Reignite Financial Reform Fed Official: Bid to End Short-Term Funding Risks Must Look Past Banks Economic Inequality Homelessness has dropped 9 percent since 2007. Will it last? | Why Walmart's Plan to Pit Low-Wage Workers Against Low-Wage Consumers Is Failing Health Care Checkup Health care website czar Jeff Zients: HealthCare.gov to double capacity by Nov. 30 State-run health insurance exchanges report massive November 'enrollment surge' Even Speaker Boehner tries - and succeeds - in enrolling in Obamacare Obamacare turns out to be great deal personally for Boehner HHS to delay 2015 Obamacare enrollment by a month | Greg Sargent: On Obamacare, Dems need to stay focused on big picture In rural Kentucky, political health-care debate takes back seat as the long-uninsured line up Krugman: More & More, Obamacare Looks Like It's Going To Work The Fact Checker: Ted Cruz's fuzzy math about the 'trade-off at the heart of Obamacare' Danny Westneat: Obamacare sob stories not usually the horror the right makes them out to be. Ethics & The Media Signs of Change in News Mission at Bloomberg Media Matters Katie Couric Said to Be Close to Leaving ABC To Take Job at Yahoo Here It Is! Your HuskerNutz Preview for November 25, 2013 (Click the preview cartoon above to see the full version of the cartoon) White House Update White House: Obama, Netanyahu Discussed Iran Nuke Deal | Filibuster change clears path for Obama Administration climate regulations crackdown Filibusted CHARTS: Why The Filibuster May Soon Be Completely Dead In The U.S. Senate Sarah Binder: The fate of the filibuster in a post-nuclear Senate | Eric Posner: Centrists Should Mourn the Demise of the Filibuster - Especially on the Left Adam Ramey: Why eliminating the filibuster altogether would matter less than you think On The Left Former Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer Keeps Stoking 2016 Presidential Speculation Irin Carmon: Birth Control, the Supreme Court and me Goldie Taylor: Michelle Obama is living proof that feminism comes in many forms On The Right Brian Beutler: Right-wing extremists new moral conundrum: Politics or their constituents' health? Mitch McConnell & Nebraska TP Extremist Ben Sasse - Collateral Damage in a GOP Civil War Julia Ioffe: A 31-Year-Old Is Tearing Apart the Heritage Foundation - And The Right Wing We hope you enjoy "The Daily Felltoon" every business day. Thanks for continuing to be a member! Paul Fell Shawn "Smith" Peirce Paul Fell Cartoons, Inc.