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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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Talking Points Memo and Washington Wire
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.”
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susiemadrak.com, Washington Monthly, The Week, Balkinization, msnbc.com and Instapundit
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.
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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.”
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Mitch McConnell, John Cornyn won't back Ted Cruz Obamacare tactic
Mitch McConnell, John Cornyn won't back Ted Cruz Obamacare tactic
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Niels Lesniewski / The World's Greatest …:
Senate GOP Prepares to Shoot Down Cruz's Obamacare Strategy
Senate GOP Prepares to Shoot Down Cruz's Obamacare Strategy
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Harry Reid Shoots Down Ted Cruz On Defunding Obamacare
Harry Reid Shoots Down Ted Cruz On Defunding Obamacare
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The World's Greatest … and Daily Kos
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.
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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) …
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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 …
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Power Line and Weekly Standard
Kelly Kennedy / USA Today:
‘Family glitch’ in health law could be painful
‘Family glitch’ in health law could be painful
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National Review, The Daily Caller and The Volokh Conspiracy
Brian Beutler / Salon:
The $200K lesson I learned from getting shot
The $200K lesson I learned from getting shot
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Incidental Economist and The Plum Line
Chris Conover / Forbes:
Obamacare Will Increase Health Spending By $7,450 For A Typical Family of Four
Obamacare Will Increase Health Spending By $7,450 For A Typical Family of Four
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msnbc.com, National Review, Right Wing News, ThinkProgress, Bookworm Room, Liberal Values and Shakesville
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 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.
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Daniel W. Drezner, Washington Free Beacon and No More Mister Nice Blog
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Abby D. Phillip / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton ‘In No Hurry’
Hillary Clinton ‘In No Hurry’
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ABC News, Politico, CNN, Taylor Marsh and First Read
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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Neil King Jr / Washington Wire:
One Big Trader Lost Millions Betting on Romney, Study Finds
One Big Trader Lost Millions Betting on Romney, Study Finds
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Taegan Goddard's …, naked capitalism and Balloon Juice
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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The Raw Story, Towleroad News #gay and NOM Blog
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.
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama quit smoking because he was ‘scared of my wife’
Obama quit smoking because he was ‘scared of my wife’
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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 …
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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.
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Washington Wire, CNN, Taylor Marsh, Townhall.com, The Fix, Outside the Beltway, Taegan Goddard's …, WJLA-TV and American Spectator
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Domenico Montanaro / First Read:
Poll: McAuliffe leads Cuccinelli ahead of debate
Poll: McAuliffe leads Cuccinelli ahead of debate
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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 …
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Mediaite and Independent Journal Review
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.
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Crooks and Liars, Mediaite and Daily Local News
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.
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Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:
Ex-FBI agent to plead guilty in leak to AP
Ex-FBI agent to plead guilty in leak to AP
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Washington Monthly and WJLA-TV