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10:05 AM ET, September 22, 2013

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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 …
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Ellie Buchdahl / Daily Mail:
‘All Muslims leave... we only want to kill non-Muslims’: Gunmen massacre at least 22 in Kenyan shopping mall after releasing anyone who could prove they were Islamic by reciting a prayer  —  Kenyan police and soldiers have pinned down the remaining gunmen who opened fire at a shopping centre earlier today …
New York Times:
Gunmen Kill Dozens in Terror Attack at Kenyan Mall  —  NAIROBI, Kenya — Masked gunmen stormed into a fancy, crowded mall in Nairobi on Saturday and shot dead at least 39 people and wounded more than 150 in one of the most chilling terrorist attacks in East Africa since Al Qaeda blew up two American embassies in 1998.
CNN:
Kenya mall attack: About 30 hostages still inside, sources say  —  A rescue worker helps a child outside the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya Saturday, September 21.  Gunmen burst into the mall and opened fire in a deadly attack.  According to a senior Kenyan government source …
CNN:
At least 20 killed when gunmen attack Nairobi shopping mall, Red Cross says
Jason Straziuso / Associated Press:   KENYA RED CROSS: 22 DEAD IN UPSCALE MALL ATTACK
Jason Straziuso / Associated Press:
Gunmen Open Fire at Nairobi's Most Upscale Mall
Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
Obama: Negotiating with Republicans over debt ceiling ‘is not going to happen’  —  President Obama gave a rousing speech at the annual Congressional Black Caucus dinner on Saturday, pledging not to negotiate with Republicans over raising the debt ceiling.  —  Obama said Republicans in Congress …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and CNN
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Joe Picard / The Hill:
Obama calls Boehner, says he won't negotiate on debt ceiling
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and The Impolitic
Mark Knoller / CBS News:
Republicans “trying to mess with me” on budget, Obama says
Discussion: Liberal Values
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 …
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Adam Sneed / Politico:
Rand Paul: GOP 'probably can't defeat' Obamacare  —  Sen. Rand Paul conceded Saturday that congressional Republicans have little chance of stopping Obamacare.  —  “We probably can't defeat or get rid of Obamacare,” the Kentucky senator told reporters at a gathering of Michigan Republicans, according to the Associated Press.
Discussion: CNN
Ben White / Politico:
For Janet Yellen, nomination may be the easy part  —  President Barack Obama will likely nominate Janet Yellen soon as the next chairman of the Federal Reserve.  Yellen, the current vice chairman of the central bank, should enjoy uniform Democratic support and will almost certainly pick …
Discussion: Reuters
BBC:
Pakistan church blast kills dozens  —  A bomb blast outside a church in the Pakistani city of Peshawar has killed at least 60 people and injured more than 100 others, officials say.  —  They say two suicide bombers blew themselves up as people were coming out after Sunday Mass.
Discussion: Jihad Watch
Paul Krugman:
More SNAP Judgments  —  Thanks to the commenter who suggested this title.  I want to say some more about the SNAP program, and how utterly unjustified the attack on the program really is.  —  First, another look at trends in the program over time, this time in terms of spending as a share of GDP:
Discussion: Marginal Revolution
Los Angeles Times:
Transgender teen crowned homecoming queen at O.C. high school  —  Cassidy Lynn Campbell, 16, of Huntington Beach was named homecoming queen on Friday night at Marina High School.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times / September 20, 2013)  —  Cassidy Lynn Campbell broke down in tears Friday night …
Discussion: The Raw Story and Joe. My. God.
Heather Ginsberg / Townhall.com:
Connecticut School Takes Children on Field Trip to Reenact Slavery and Called Them the N-Word  —  It was revealed this week that a school from Connecticut took their students on a field trip last November where the students reenacted slavery and had their teachers call them the N-word.
 
 
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