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4:15 PM ET, September 22, 2013

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Sarah Palin / BREITBART.COM:

EXCLUSIVE: PALIN — BOMBS AWAY ON OBAMACARE; CRUZ IS OVER THE TARGET — Americans who are fed up with Obamacare won a victory yesterday. The House voted to defund Obamacare while still funding the federal government to avoid a “devastating” shutdown. (I shall not digress …

Discussion: Conservatives4Palin, Mediaite, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Hill and Twitchy

Katie Glueck / Politico:

Cruz: A vote for cloture is a vote for Obamacare — Sen. Ted Cruz on Sunday reiterated his commitment to blocking a procedural Senate vote on a House-approved spending bill, saying that Senate Democrats would have too much leeway to add in funding for Obamacare.

Discussion: The Week, more at Mediagazer »

Katie Glueck / Politico:

McCaskill: GOP should stop throwing ‘tantrums’ — Sen. Claire McCaskill blasted Republicans on Sunday for throwing “tantrums” over President Barack Obama's health care law. — “I don't think in America we should throw tantrums when we lose elections and threaten to shut down the government …

Adam Sneed / Politico:
Rand Paul: GOP 'probably can't defeat' Obamacare

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Joe Hagan / New York Magazine:

Hillary in Midair — She's learned from her mistakes. Three years before November 8, 2016, she's working hard to be relaxed, calm, easy. But, all the while, the old Clinton gears are whirring. — For four years, Hillary Rodham Clinton flew around the world as President Barack Obama's secretary …

Discussion: Taylor Marsh and The Fix

David Cohen / Politico:

Bill Clinton: Don't know wife's plans — Former President Bill Clinton says he really doesn't know if his wife is going to run for president in 2016. Or if his daughter might run for office someday. — Speaking in an interview that aired Sunday on CNN's “Fareed Zakaria GPS,” …

Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …

Kevin Bogardus / Ballot Box: Hillary Clinton ‘pragmatic and realistic’ in considering White House bid (Video)

Haaretz:

Conflicting reports emerge about exact role Israelis are playing; Kenya attack death toll rises to 59, as standoff with Qaida-linked group continues. — Israeli advisers are helping Kenya formulate a strategy to end a siege at a Nairobi shopping mall where Islamist militants have killed …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, CANNONFIRE, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Gateway Pundit, The PJ Tatler, Jihad Watch and New York Times

CNN:
Kenya mall attack: About 30 hostages still inside, sources say

Discussion: Canadian Press, BBC and Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Maureen Dowd / New York Times:

America's Billionaire — WASHINGTON — WHEN you're trapped in a city with House Republican gargoyles who don't understand math or history, much less reality, sometimes you crave a dose of grandfatherly wisdom. — Speaker John Boehner, trapped under the thumb of Tea Party anarchists …

Discussion: Right Turn and Daily Kos

Elizabeth Titus / Politico:

Pelosi says ‘the cupboard is bare’ — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi says that while deficit reduction is a laudable goal, there are precious few spending cuts left to negotiate in exchange for raising the debt ceiling. — “The cupboard is bare,” the California Democrat …

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon, The Hill and The Impolitic

Ashley Killough / CNN:
Pelosi ‘optimistic’ about fixing some labor worries in Obamacare

Discussion: Politico and Crooks and Liars

Evan McMurry / Mediaite:

NRA's LaPierre on Navy Yard Shooting: 'There Weren't Enough Good Guys With Guns' — National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre appeared on Meet the Press Sunday morning to discuss last week's Navy Yard shooting that left thirteen dead, including gunman Aaron Alexis.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and The Hinterland Gazette

Washington Post:

GreenTech fits pattern of investment that has made big profits for Terry McAuliffe — The pitches to potential investors in a new electric-car company have been unabashed about its promise: It will enjoy “billions” in government subsidies and tax credits, will rise to a dominant position …

Discussion: Cafe Hayek

Henry Porter / Guardian:

American gun use is out of control. Shouldn't the world intervene? — The death toll from firearms in the US suggests that the country is gripped by civil war — Last week, Starbucks asked its American customers to please not bring their guns into the coffee shop.

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The PJ Tatler and BBC

Al Jazeera America:

California signs state's first fracking rules … California Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Friday that will establish the state's first rules detailing how oil drillers use hydraulic fracturing, otherwise known as fracking, to crack underground rock formations and free up oil and natural gas.

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Reuters and Crooks and Liars

Ross Douthat / New York Times:

Good Populism, Bad Populism — HERE'S the good news for Republicans: The party now has a faction committed to learning real lessons from the 2012 defeat, breaking with the right's stale policy consensus and embracing new ideas on a range of issues, from foreign policy to middle-class taxes, the drug war to banking reform.

Discussion: Booman Tribune