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Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
The GOP's Self-Defeating ‘Defunding’ Strategy — It will only strengthen the president while alienating independents. — In 2010, Republicans took the House of Representatives by gaining 63 seats. They also picked up six U.S. senators and 675 state legislators, giving them control …
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Brian Beutler / Salon:
New test could expose GOP's pack of charlatans — Conservatives in the Senate have spent weeks and weeks hectoring House Republicans to stand true to GOP principles and make funding for the federal government contingent upon Democrats agreeing to defund Obamacare.
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Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
Ted Cruz Digs Himself In Further On Obamacare: ‘Likely That It Will Take Another Election For A Full Repeal’ — WASHINGTON — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) didn't have much to say Thursday in response to House Republicans fuming at him for conceding that the Democrat-controlled Senate …
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CNN:
House Republicans question Cruz's Obamacare-defunding fervor — Washington (CNN) - Republicans in the House of Representatives expressed outrage with one of their compatriots on the other side of the Capitol Wednesday, questioning whether or not Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is really all-in on defunding Obamacare …
Russell Berman / The Hill:
Boehner challenges Senate GOP to ‘get the job done’ on defunding
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Gail Collins / New York Times:
World War O — The war against Obamacare: All the rationality …
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Sabrina Siddiqui / The Huffington Post:
Ted Cruz Infuriates House Republicans By Conceding Defeat On Obamacare Repeal
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
House GOP: Sen. Ted Cruz surrendered without a fight over Obamacare
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Laurie Goodstein / New York Times:
Pope Bluntly Faults Church's Focus on Gays and Abortion — Alessandro Di Meo/European Pressphoto Agency — Pope Francis, who has said the church should be a “home for all,” on Sept. 4 in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. — Pope Francis, in the first extensive interview of his six-month-old papacy …
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America Magazine:
A Big Heart Open to God — The exclusive interview with Pope Francis — Editor's Note: This interview with Pope Francis took place over the course of three meetings during August 2013 in Rome. The interview was conducted in person by Antonio Spadaro, S.J., editor in chief of La Civiltà Cattolica, the Italian Jesuit journal.
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English pravda.ru:
Senator John McCain: Russians deserve better than Putin — When Pravda.ru editor, Dmitry Sudakov, offered to publish my commentary, he referred to me as “an active anti-Russian politician for many years.” I'm sure that isn't the first time Russians have heard me characterized as their antagonist.
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Tal Kopan / Politico:
Truthfully, John McCain in wrong Pravda — Sen. John McCain got his wish when his op-ed against Russian President Vladimir Putin was published in Russia news outlet Pravda. The only problem — it may have been the wrong Pravda. — The Arizona Republican published his anti-Putin piece …
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Joe. My. God., The Moderate Voice, Guardian, Mediaite, Weasel Zippers, English pravda.ru, TheBlaze.com and Business Insider
Leslie Bentz / CNN:
McCain publishes opinion piece in Pravda - but not the one he wanted — Washington (CNN) - Senator John McCain has a message for the Russian people: “I am pro-Russian, more pro-Russian than the regime that misrules you today.” — In an opinion piece titled “Russians Deserve Better Than Putin …
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KHOU-TV:
Texas appeals court overturns Tom DeLay money laundering conviction — HOUSTON — A Texas Court of Appeals in Austin has overturned the conviction of former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, attorney Brian Wice tells KHOU 11 News. — DeLay, 66, was convicted in 2010 for his alleged role in a scheme to influence Texas elections.
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Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:
Tom Delay's conviction overturned — A Texas appellate court has overturned the 2010 conviction of former House Majority Leader Tom Delay's (R-Texas) for money laundering. — The court said it was acquitting Delay due to insufficient evidence. — Since his conviction three years ago …
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Politico, Washington Monthly and CNN
Sarah Wheaton / New York Times:
Conviction of DeLay in Texas Donation Case Is Overturned — WASHINGTON — A Texas appeals court on Thursday overturned the criminal conviction of former Representative Tom DeLay, sparing him the three-year prison sentence he received in 2011 after being found guilty in a politically charged trial.
Yahoo! News:
Creepy Obamacare ad hits college campuses and your nightmares — There will be girls. There will be beer. There will be cornhole. And someone will be dressed in the creepiest Uncle Sam costume you've ever seen. — Welcome to the strange new front in the war over Obamacare.
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Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
WATCH: Anti-Obamacare Videos With ‘Creepy Uncle Sam’
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A Spork in the Drawer
Craig Bannister / CNSNews:
Obama: ‘Raising the Debt Ceiling...Does Not Increase Our Debt,’ Though It Has ‘Over 100 Times’ — Raising the debt ceiling doesn't increase the nation's debt, Pres. Obama declared in a speech today. — In a speech at the Business Roundtable headquarters in Washington, D.C. …
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
If we get a debt ceiling crisis, it's because Republican voters want one
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Amanda Ripley / The Atlantic Online:
The Case Against High-School Sports — The United States routinely spends more tax dollars per high-school athlete than per high-school math student—unlike most countries worldwide. And we wonder why we lag in international education rankings? — Every year, thousands of teenagers move …
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Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Dem tries to shame members on food stamps with props — Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) on Thursday used food props on the House floor to portray members of Congress as steak-eating, vodka-swilling socialites in a bid to get Congress to reject a GOP bill cutting $40 billion in food stamps.
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Stephanie Condon / CBS News:
House Republicans pushing for major food stamp cuts
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Daily Kos, The Raw Story and American Thinker
Ginger Gibson / Politico:
Darrell Issa resumes Benghazi crusade — Darrell Issa will resume hammering the White House on Benghazi on Thursday after four months of relative silence on the subject, as his committee interrogates two of the chief independent investigators of the attacks on the U.S. diplomatic outposts in Libya.
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The Hill, Sister Toldjah, Hot Air and Daily Kos
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Norm Ornstein / NationalJournal.com:
Congress's Fiscal Fiasco Forces Americans to Wear Badge of Shame — As readers of my past columns know, I was not exactly optimistic as we approached crunch time over the debt limit in 2011. But I am far more pessimistic now. At a dinner I attended Monday night with a host …
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Taegan Goddard's …
Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
Capitol Police investigating Navy Yard ‘stand down’ claim — U.S. Capitol Police Chief Kim Dine is requesting an investigation of his department's response to the Navy Yard shootings amid reports that a “stand down” order was given to a heavily harmed Capitol Police team close to the scene.
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Politico, Guardian and No More Mister Nice Blog
Felix Salmon:
The surprising value of not tapering — I'm very late to this — I was a bit distracted by other things today — but the big storyline of the day seems clear: the Fed didn't taper, and markets surged in response. — So here's my question. If you take the amount of tapering …
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Bloomberg and Business Insider
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Bidens to tour Colorado flood damage — Vice President Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, will travel to Colorado next week to survey flood damage the White House said Thursday. — The Bidens will travel on Monday to areas where flooding has killed at least eight people …
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Through Diplomacy, Obama Finds a Pen Pal in Iran — WASHINGTON — Few American presidents have held a deeper belief in the power of the written word than President Obama. And in few ways has that belief been more tested than in his frustrating private correspondence with the leaders of Iran …
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