Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
11:20 AM ET, September 24, 2013

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
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 …
RELATED:
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.
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Republicans' dangerous rationality  —  It has become fashionable to give a psychiatric diagnosis to those Republicans teeing up a government shutdown.  —  “They're on a different planet,” Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), a member of the Senate Democratic leadership, said last week.  “Off the deep end.”
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Ted Cruz's Flinty Path  —  The fall television season kicks into gear this week, with tons of new stuff, but before you check out any of it, you owe yourself a bigger treat.  Go back and watch Chris Wallace's interview with Ted Cruz on “Fox News Sunday.”  —  That's entertainment.
Jeffrey Lord / American Spectator:
Cruz Leads the Reaganite Rebellion  —  “This has been one of the strangest weeks I've ever had in Washington.  As soon as we listed Ted Cruz as our featured guest this week, I got unsolicited research and questions, not from Democrats but from top Republicans, to hammer Cruz.”
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Harry Reid Shoots Down Ted Cruz On Defunding Obamacare
Politico:
Obamacare: One blow after another  —  The Obamacare that consumers will finally be able to sign up for next week is a long way from the health plan President Barack Obama first pitched to the nation.  —  Millions of low-income Americans won't receive coverage.
RELATED:
Kenneth Thomas / Middle Class Political Economist:
Nauseating Health Care Idiocy from Forbes  —  A non-blogging friend points me to this new article at Forbes by Chris Conover purporting to show that the “typical family of 4” will see its health care spending rise by $7450.  He quotes the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) …
Discussion: Brad DeLong
Wall Street Journal:
Bennett and Beach: The Hypocrisy Of Congress's Gold-Plated Health Care  —  Special subsidies for Hill workers trample on the Founders' code of equal application of the law.  —  As close observers of history and human nature, James Madison and the other Founders of the U.S. Constitution knew …
Discussion: Power Line and Weekly Standard
Kelly Kennedy / USA Today:
‘Family glitch’ in health law could be painful
Brian Beutler / Salon:
The $200K lesson I learned from getting shot
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:   Sorry, The Latest Anti-Obamacare Article To Go Viral Is Totally Wrong
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
RELATED:
Jason Howerton / TheBlaze.com:
SUSPENDED STUDENT MAY BE EXPELLED FOR REST OF THE YEAR FOR PLAYING WITH TOY GUN...IN HIS OWN YARD
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
John Dickerson / Slate:
The Long Game  —  Hillary Clinton is perhaps the first presidential candidate of the modern age who needs a Rip Van Winkle strategy.  —  Hillary Clinton, in her first interview after leaving the State Department, offered a wise metaphor about the current state of presidential election madness.
RELATED:
Abby D. Phillip / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton ‘In No Hurry’
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 …
Discussion: Business Insider
RELATED:
Neil King Jr / Washington Wire:
One Big Trader Lost Millions Betting on Romney, Study Finds
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 …
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Obama: I Haven't Had A Cigarette In Six Years Because I'm Scared Of My Wife  —  The president gives a different quit date than the one the first lady has given.  —  View Video ›  —  President Obama got caught on a hot mic today saying he hasn't smoked in six years because he's afraid of his wife Michelle.
RELATED:
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama quit smoking because he was ‘scared of my wife’
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and National Review
Daily Mail:
SAS hero of the mall massacre: Off duty soldier with a handgun saved 100 lives as terrorists ran amok  —  An off-duty member of the SAS emerged as a hero of the Nairobi siege yesterday, after he was credited with saving up to 100 lives.  —  The soldier was having coffee at the Westgate mall …
Discussion: The Hugh Hewitt Show
Washington Post:
McAuliffe leads Cuccinelli in Virginia governor's race  —  Democrat Terry McAuliffe has vaulted into the lead over Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II in a Virginia governor's race that has left many voters sour on both candidates, according to a new Washington Post/Abt SRBI poll.
RELATED:
Domenico Montanaro / First Read:
Poll: McAuliffe leads Cuccinelli ahead of debate
Discussion: Yahoo! News and Politico
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 …
Philly.com:
Racist texts ignite Coatesville furor  —  The recently resigned superintendent and an athletic director in the Coatesville Area School District exchanged numerous racist text messages about staff and students in June on school-issued cellphones, according to a published report.
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Former F.B.I. Agent to Plead Guilty in Press Leak  —  WASHINGTON — A former F.B.I. agent has agreed to plead guilty to leaking classified information to The Associated Press about a foiled bomb plot in Yemen last year, the Justice Department announced Monday.
RELATED:
Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:
Ex-FBI agent to plead guilty in leak to AP
Discussion: Washington Monthly and WJLA-TV
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 11:20 AM ET, September 24, 2013.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 See Also: 
memeorandum: site main
memeorandum River: reverse chronological memeorandum
memeorandum Mobile: for phones
memeorandum Leaderboard: memeorandum's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
memeorandum RSS feed
memeorandum on Mastodon
 
 
 More Items: 
Golf Channel:
Bush: Obama shouldn't be criticized for golf
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's … and msnbc.com
Ray Hagar / Inside Nevada Politics:
Reno's Uithoven challenges for leadership of Nevada GOP; vote Saturday in Las Vegas
Scott Jaschik / Inside Higher Ed:
Engineering Bigotry?  —  The articles in Prism, the magazine …
BBC:
UN chemical weapons inspectors ‘to return to Syria’
Annie Lowrey / Economix:
Shutdown vs. Default: The Relative Impact
Discussion: msnbc.com, Calculated Risk and Eschaton
Ynetnews:
Kuwaiti religious ruling: TV marriage is real
Discussion: The Daily Caller
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Obama Administration Quietly Caves on True the Vote Case
 Earlier Items: 
Olivia Blanchard / The Atlantic Online:
I Quit Teach for America
Discussion: ParaPundit