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Steve Benen / The Rachel Maddow Show:
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.
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Althouse, The Impolitic and The Plum Line
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Politico:
Obama calls Boehner, rules out debt negotiations — President Barack Obama is once again warning House Republicans that he will not negotiate over a debt-ceiling increase, even as the U.S. government moves closer to its borrowing limit. — Obama called Speaker John Boehner Friday night to reiterate his hard-line stance.
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Pirate's Cove and White House Dossier
Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:
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 …
Jake Miller / CBS News:
House passes bill funding government, defunding Obamacare — House Republicans advanced a bill on Friday that would continue funding the government at current spending levels for nearly three months but would strip money appropriated to fund Obamacare, following through on months of threats …
Avik Roy / National Review:
Myths of the Obamacare Shutdown Soap Opera — There are a number of misperceptions of the internecine dispute taking place among conservatives, and within the Republican Party, around the effort by some to use the continuing resolution and the possibility of a government shutdown, to attempt to defund Obamacare.
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Power Line
Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
John Boehner is being even more irresponsible than Ted Cruz
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p m carpenter's commentary, NBCNews, Washington Post, Speaker.gov, The Plum Line and Hullabaloo
John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Never Surrender — Since January 2011, Republicans have tried …
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Power Line and Taylor Marsh
Jake Tapper / The Lead with Jake Tapper:
GOP congressman: Senators will ‘find Jesus’ and defund Obamacare
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Conservative Intelligence …, Hot Air, National Review, Talking Points Memo and Politico
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
House Bill Links Health Care Law and Budget Plan
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CNN, Voices, Gothamist, The Plum Line, Wall Street Journal, The Week, The Huffington Post, The Reaction and Washington Times
Ed Pilkington / Guardian:
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 …
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Joe. My. God., Hot Air, National Updates, Sister Toldjah and NPR
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Guardian:
Goldsboro revisited: account of hydrogen bomb near-disaster over North Carolina - declassified document — This document was written on 22 October 1969 by Parker F Jones, the supervisor of the nuclear weapons safety department at Sandia national laboratories.
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Associated Press, BBC, Gawker, Making Light and U.S. News
CNN:
At least 20 killed when gunmen attack Nairobi shopping mall, Red Cross says — (CNN) — Gunmen attacked an upscale shopping mall in the Kenyan capital on Saturday, leading to a fierce gunbattle with police and leaving at least 20 people dead, the Kenyan Red Cross said.
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Weasel Zippers, Gawker, The Jawa Report, The PJ Tatler, Guardian, BBC and National Updates
Ray Takeyh / Los Angeles Times:
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)
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Power Line
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Chet / NorthDecoder.com:
(ND-ALL) Congressman Kevin Cramer To People Who Can't Find Jobs or Aren't Able To Work: Don't Eat — Earlier today, a constituent of North Dakota Congressman Kevin Cramer posted a comment on Cramer's Facebook wall. The constituent apparently wanted to make sure that …
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Balloon Juice
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Alex Pareene / Salon:
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 …
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susiemadrak.com, Balloon Juice, Daily Kos, Business Insider, Right Wing Watch and Eschaton
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Bloomberg:
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 …
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Power Line and National Review
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Ginger Gibson / Politico:
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 …
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ThinkProgress, Moe Lane and Talking Points Memo
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Los Angeles Times:
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.”
Sarah Kliff / Wonkblog:
A guide to freaking out about the newest Obamacare glitch — Welcome to Health Reform Watch, Sarah Kliff's regular look at how the Affordable Care Act is changing the American health-care system — and being changed by it. You can reach Sarah with questions, comments and suggestions here.
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The Daily Caller, Hot Air, Wall Street Journal, Hit & Run and The Heritage Foundation
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TIME:
Spread Your Legs for Uncle Sam
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The Raw Story, No More Mister Nice Blog, Guardian and Crooks and Liars
Gina McCarthy / The Huffington Post:
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 …
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epa.gov, The PJ Tatler, E2-Wire, Center for Progressive Reform, ThinkProgress and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Administration Presses Ahead With Limits on Emissions From Power Plants
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