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Wall Street Journal:
The Cruz Campaign Against ObamaCare — The freshman Texas Senator volunteers House Republicans for duty on his implausible defunding gambit. — So House Republicans have passed and sent to the Senate a budget that includes no funding for the Affordable Care Act, setting up a political showdown …
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Erick Erickson / RedState:
A Cruz Missile Launch, Like a Light, Shows the Cockroaches Scurrying — A curious moment happened on Fox News Sunday. Chris Wallace told Karl Rove that a number of Republicans in Congress had sent him opposition research on Ted Cruz once Fox announced Cruz would be on. — Rove responded.
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Washington Wire and Talking Points Memo
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Harry Reid: There will be no filibuster — It's all over in the Senate except for the theatrics. — Majority Leader Harry Reid made it absolutely clear on Tuesday morning: Republicans will be unable to perform a talking filibuster to delay indefinitely the spending bill that the Senate is considering this week.
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David Frum / The Daily Beast:
Can Ted Cruz Win by Losing?
Can Ted Cruz Win by Losing?
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Democracy in America, Washington Post, The Dish and American Prospect
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Ted Cruz's Flinty Path
Ted Cruz's Flinty Path
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
GOP flinches at Obamacare plan devised by Sens. Ted Cruz, Mike Lee
GOP flinches at Obamacare plan devised by Sens. Ted Cruz, Mike Lee
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americanthinker.com and Instapundit
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Republicans' dangerous rationality
Republicans' dangerous rationality
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Tal Kopan / Politico:
Steve Schmidt rants against GOP ‘asininity’
Steve Schmidt rants against GOP ‘asininity’
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Kelly Kennedy / USA Today:
‘Family glitch’ in health law could be painful — It could leave up to 500,000 children without coverage and cost some families thousands of dollars. — CONNECT — WASHINGTON — A “family glitch” in the 2010 health care law threatens to cost some families thousands of dollars …
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Avik Roy / National Review:
Obamacare Bends the Cost Curve—Upward
Obamacare Bends the Cost Curve—Upward
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Politico:
Obamacare: One blow after another
Obamacare: One blow after another
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Annie Lowrey / Economix:
National Health Costs vs. Your Health Costs
National Health Costs vs. Your Health Costs
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The Incidental Economist and Forbes
Wall Street Journal:
Bennett and Beach: The Hypocrisy Of Congress's Gold-Plated Health Care
Bennett and Beach: The Hypocrisy Of Congress's Gold-Plated Health Care
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Power Line and Weekly Standard
Kenneth Thomas / Middle Class Political Economist:
Nauseating Health Care Idiocy from Forbes
Nauseating Health Care Idiocy from Forbes
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Brad DeLong, ThinkProgress, Liberal Values, Shakesville and Forbes
Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
AIG CEO: Anger over AIG bonuses ‘just as bad’ as lynchings — AIG's CEO Robert Benmosche — who came in to rescue the company after the 2008 financial crisis — told the Wall Street Journal that the outrage over the bonuses promised to AIG's members was just as bad as when white supremacists …
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Leslie Scism / WSJ Blogs - WSJ:
AIG's Benmosche and Miller on Villains, Turnarounds and Those Bonuses — American International Group Inc. Chief Executive Robert Benmosche is one of the most colorful executives on Wall Street, and the company's nonexecutive chairman, Robert S. “Steve” Miller, has a long history of working to restructure struggling companies.
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Ryan Chittum / Columbia Journalism Review:
WSJ buries the lead deep on AIG's CEO
WSJ buries the lead deep on AIG's CEO
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Crooks and Liars
Andy Fox / WAVY-TV:
Boys suspended for airsoft guns in yard — Has zero tolerance gone too far? — (1/7)Andy Fox reports on zero tolerance incident at VB middle school — (2/7)Andy Fox reports on VB 7th grader facing expulsion — (3/7)Andy Fox reports on zero gun tolerance at VB schools
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Jason Howerton / TheBlaze.com:
SUSPENDED STUDENT MAY BE EXPELLED FOR REST OF THE YEAR FOR PLAYING WITH TOY GUN...IN HIS OWN YARD
SUSPENDED STUDENT MAY BE EXPELLED FOR REST OF THE YEAR FOR PLAYING WITH TOY GUN...IN HIS OWN YARD
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The Daily Caller, UrbanGrounds, The Gateway Pundit and Hit & Run
Harry J Enten / Guardian:
Facing government shutdown, Obama's party can't bank on 1996 mythology — Convention says Republicans got blamed for the last shutdowns, helping Clinton win in 1996. In reality, it was the economy, stupid — We are less than a week from a possible government shutdown …
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Alexandra Jaffe / The Hill:
Conservatives see no threat in showdown over shutdown
Conservatives see no threat in showdown over shutdown
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Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Police: Missouri House staffer left loaded gun in Capitol restroom — • By Elizabeth Crisp ecrisp@post-dispatch.com 573-556-6186 — A Missouri House staffer allegedly left a loaded gun in a public restroom in the state Capitol last week. — According to a Capitol Police incident report …
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Dorsey Shaw / BuzzFeed:
Cornell West + “Crossfire” = One Hell Of A GIF Factory — Thank goodness for split screen reaction shots on cable news. — You may have missed the extremely animated debate over Obamacare and the future of conservatism last night on Crossfire. — Well, Bill Kristol was there, and he did this, which was great.
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blogs.phillymag.com:
Exclusive: Kermit Gosnell Says He Is “Spiritually Innocent"-and Sends Abortion-Inspired Poetry from Prison — Details revealed in new Philadelphia magazine story and expanded e-book. — Talking publicly for the first time since his trial and conviction on three counts of murder …
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ABC News, Weasel Zippers, National Review, The Gateway Pundit and Ed Driscoll
Ashley Killough / CNN:
Santorum: Iranian president a ‘fraud’ — (CNN) - There's “no way” President Barack Obama should meet with newly-elected Iranian President Hassan Rouhani at the United National General Assembly this week, former Sen. Rick Santorum said Tuesday. — “The president of the United States …
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Obama Says He Will Pursue Diplomacy on Iran and Syria
Obama Says He Will Pursue Diplomacy on Iran and Syria
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Washington Monthly, The Lede, The Dish and FP Passport
Lizette Alvarez / New York Times:
Rubio Withdraws Support for Gay Black Judge's Nomination to the Federal Bench — MIAMI — The nomination of a gay black Miami judge to the federal bench will not move forward after Senator Marco Rubio announced he was withdrawing his support over concerns about the judge's actions in two criminal cases.
Jeryl Bier / Weekly Standard:
Nancy Pelosi Confuses Constitution With Declaration of Independence — Speaking last Wednesday at the Center for American Progress (CAP), Democratic Leader of the House Nancy Pelosi became a little confused at one point, stumbling over her words and flipping through her notes while referencing …
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Michelle Malkin, Mediaite, Twitchy, Independent Journal Review and The Gateway Pundit
Jacob Fischler / BuzzFeed:
Trader Lost Millions Apparently Trying To Manipulate Intrade Data To Favor Mitt Romney — A new study reveals that a single trader may have been responsible for making the race seem closer than it really was in the final stretch to Election Day. — Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney pauses …
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Laurie Goodstein / New York Times:
Catholic College Rescinds Invitation to Speaker Defending Same-Sex Marriage — Providence College, a Roman Catholic school in Rhode Island, has canceled a lecture in support of same-sex marriage on Thursday by a gay philosophy professor, citing a church document that says that …
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Taylor Marsh, PolicyMic, The Raw Story, Towleroad News #gay and NOM Blog
Scott Jaschik / Inside Higher Ed:
Engineering Bigotry? — The articles in Prism, the magazine of the American Society for Engineering Education, focus on new research and teaching ideas. And the magazine periodically writes about efforts to diversify engineering. — Many readers of Prism were shocked this month …
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The Other McCain, ThinkProgress and Towleroad News #gay