Filibuster the House CR?  Cruz, Other Conservatives Say ‘Yes’ (Updated)  —  Sen. Ted Cruz said Friday that Republican senators should, in effect, filibuster the House-passed continuing resolution in the Senate.  —  The Texas Republican is calling on his colleagues to oppose limiting debate on it …

Elections used to have consequences  —  If you listen to congressional Republicans defend their shutdown scheme and crusade to destroy the federal health care system, they'll routinely use the same phrase.  The “American people,” the GOP claims, are on their side.

US nearly detonated atomic bomb over North Carolina - secret document  —  Exclusive: Journalist uses Freedom of Information Act to disclose 1961 accident in which one switch averted catastrophe  —  A secret document, published in declassified form for the first time by the Guardian today …

Company Behind Snowden Check Also Vetted D.C. Shooter  —  Photographer: Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post via Getty Images  —  The same federal contractor that vetted Edward Snowden, who leaked information about classified U.S. spying programs, also performed a background check …

A kinder, gentler Iran?  —  Its new president, Hassan Rouhani, speaks softly but still carries a big stick.  —  Iranian President Hasan Rouhani speaks during an interview with state television in Tehran, Iran.  (Rouzbeh Jadidoleslam / AP / September 10, 2013)

The final triumph of welfare reform  —  The Third Way was supposed to end welfare politicking as we knew it, but no one told Republicans  —  House Republicans voted yesterday to cut $40 billion in funding for SNAP — the anti-poverty program commonly known as “food stamps” — because …

Darrell Issa to travel to Libya  —  Darrell Issa is scheduled to travel to Libya next week as part of his investigation into the attack last year on the Benghazi consulate, according to documents obtained by POLITICO.  —  The California Republican, who chairs the House Oversight …

Time to Act on Climate Change  —  I didn't plan for a life built around protecting the environment.  In fact, I started my career as a health agent in the town of Canton, Mass., and later worked for the Stoughton Board of Health.  But at some point I realized that at its core …

Norwalk pastor violated 20-plus women using ‘healing hands,’ cops say  —  An associate pastor at a church in Norwalk arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting more than 20 female parishioners allegedly told his victims the sex acts were a necessary part of using “healing hands.”

What Your Neighborhood List-Serv Tells You About The Demise of America  —  I read the subject line for the latest message on my neighborhood listserv with interest: “Kids Cutting Grass?”  —  A few years ago I'd used a post with a similar headline to find someone to do some yard work.

‘May your children all die’: Comms.  Chair of Sacramento Dems attacks Amanda Carpenter  —  Is this what passes for communication in the Democratic Party of Sacramento? … Maggot Allan Brauer currently serves as communications chair for the Sacramento Dems.

Uncommonly Partisan  —  The consistently divisive rhetoric of President Obama  —  In the wake of last week's mass shooting at the Washington Navy Yard, as first responders were tending the victims, police were searching for more culprits, and the nation's capital was entering lockdown, President Barack Obama gave a speech.