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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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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Ted Cruz seizes Senate floor in failing quest — Ted Cruz seized control of the Senate floor on Tuesday at about 2:42 p.m., vowing to “speak in support of defunding Obamacare until I am no longer able to stand.” — But Cruz cannot stop a Senate now in motion from eventually returning …
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Arlette Saenz / ABC News:
Ted Cruz Vows To Speak Against Obamacare: ‘Until I Am No Longer Able To Stand’ — On Tuesday at 2:41 p.m., Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Tex., took the Senate floor to protest a government funding bill that funds President Obama's signature health care reform law. He plans to talk — and talk — all afternoon and possibly all evening long.
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Business Insider, Crooks and Liars, National Review, American Spectator and The PJ Tatler
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Cruz Likens Obamacare Defunding Skeptics To Nazi Appeasers (VIDEO) — During a floor speech Tuesday aimed at reviving the already-dim prospects for his effort to defund Obamacare, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) likened his doubters to Nazi appeasers. — “If you go to the 1940s, Nazi Germany,” Cruz said.
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Weekly Standard, Hit & Run and Hullabaloo
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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Talking Points Memo and Washington Wire
NationalJournal.com:
Ted Cruz Is Talking Until He Can't Stand Anymore — “I rise in opposition to Obamacare,” the Texas Republican began. This speech may go on for a while. — Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, rose to speak on the Senate floor at 2:41 p.m. He stood up in opposition to Obamacare, he said.
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Michelle Malkin, Yahoo! News, Ricochet Conversations Feed, The Raw Story and Online NewsHour
Tal Kopan / Politico:
Steve Schmidt rants against GOP ‘asininity’ — Former John McCain senior adviser Steve Schmidt says he has “deep regret” for helping to create a “freak show” wing of the Republican Party when he had a hand in bringing former McCain running mate Sarah Palin to the national stage.
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The Daily Caller, Booman Tribune, American Spectator, Weasel Zippers, Juanita Jean's, The Week, Joe. My. God. and Wall Street Journal
David Frum / The Daily Beast:
Can Ted Cruz Win by Losing?
Can Ted Cruz Win by Losing?
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Ross Douthat, The Fix, Democracy in America, The Dish, Washington Post, Gawker, GQ Magazine Online and American Prospect
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Cruz vows filibuster ‘Until I am no longer able to stand’
Cruz vows filibuster ‘Until I am no longer able to stand’
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and The Gateway Pundit
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
GOP leaders face resistance in push to speed up government funding bill
GOP leaders face resistance in push to speed up government funding bill
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Politico
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
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Ted Cruz's Flinty Path
Ted Cruz's Flinty Path
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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
AIG's Benmosche and Miller on Villains, Turnarounds and Those Bonuses
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American Prospect, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Huffington Post, MoneyBeat, PostPartisan, The Tell and Gawker
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
Igor Bobic / Talking Points Memo:
AIG Exec: Public Outrage Over Bonuses ‘Just As Bad’ As Lynchings In The South
AIG Exec: Public Outrage Over Bonuses ‘Just As Bad’ As Lynchings In The South
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Hullabaloo and FIRST DRAFT
John B. Judis / The New Republic:
Obama Just Gave His Most Significant Foreign Policy Speech — President Barack Obama's speech Tuesday to the United Nations was his most significant foreign policy statement since becoming president. It showed he had clearly learned something from the recent “red line” fiasco in Syria.
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Guardian:
Obama tells UN that diplomatic path must be tested with Iran
Obama tells UN that diplomatic path must be tested with Iran
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Washington Free Beacon and Real Clear Politics
James Moore / CNN:
Hillary, don't run for president — Hillary Clinton through the years … (CNN) — Don't run, Hillary. — Nobody is saying the former secretary of state, New York senator, U.S. and Arkansas first lady, and Yale-trained attorney is not qualified for the White House.
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Ken Thomas / Associated Press:
Hillary Clinton Warns Against Government Shutdown
Hillary Clinton Warns Against Government Shutdown
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Associated Press, Politico and CNN
John Dickerson / Slate:
The Long Game — Hillary Clinton is perhaps the first …
The Long Game — Hillary Clinton is perhaps the first …
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The Dish, Daniel W. Drezner, No More Mister Nice Blog and Washington Free Beacon
Fox News:
One man's ObamaCare nightmare — Andy and Amy Mangione of Louisville, Ky. and their two boys are just the kind of people who should be helped by ObamaCare. But they recently got a nasty surprise in the mail. — “When I saw the letter when I came home from work,” Andy said …
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Grassroot Journal, The Heritage Foundation, americanthinker.com and Conservatives4Palin
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Politico:
Obamacare: One blow after another
Obamacare: One blow after another
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Avik Roy / National Review:
Obamacare Bends the Cost Curve—Upward
Obamacare Bends the Cost Curve—Upward
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Middle Class Political …, neo-neocon, Power Line, ThinkProgress, Business Insider, Liberal Values and Forbes
Dorsey Shaw / BuzzFeed:
Cornel 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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Larry Klayman / RenewAmerica:
Obama's reckoning to come on November 19! — Klayman Calls for the Masses to Force Resignation of Convicted President — Last Wednesday, the great usurper, Barack Hussein Obama, after having been indicted by an Ocala, Florida citizens' grand jury, was convicted by a people's court …
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Talking Points Memo, RenewAmerica, Right Wing Watch and Joe. My. God.
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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PoliticusUSA, Talking Points Memo and The Raw Story
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.
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Advocate, Talking Points Memo, AMERICAblog News, The Raw Story, BuzzFeed and Towleroad News #gay
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, NOM Blog, The Raw Story and Towleroad News #gay
Washington Post:
President Obama delivered the following address at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Sept. 24, 2013. — PRESIDENT OBAMA: Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, fellow delegates, ladies and gentlemen, each year we come together to reaffirm the founding vision of this institution.
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