memeorandum: Ted Cruz, Wendy Davis and media bias (Dylan Byers/Politico)

6:35 PM ET, September 25, 2013

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Dylan Byers / Politico:

Ted Cruz, Wendy Davis and media bias — Sen. Ted Cruz has been speaking on the Senate floor for almost 19 hours, as of this post. The talk is not technically a filibuster — he can't actually block the Senate from going about its business — but symbolically, it's more or less the same thing.

Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:

After 21-Hour Cruz Speech, Senate Votes to Take Up Budget — WASHINGTON — Republican Senator Ted Cruz's 21-hour, 19-minute verbal assault on President Obama's signature health care law ended Wednesday when the Senate voted 100-to- to break off debate and move to consider House legislation …

Discussion: NBCNews, Techdirt, Washington Monthly, msnbc.com, RedState, The Fix, Post Politics, Taegan Goddard's …, PJ Media, Washington Examiner and JustOneMinute

New York Times:

The Embarrassment of Senator Ted Cruz — Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, the public face of the aimless and self-destructive Tea Party strategy to stop health care reform, began an endless floor speech on Tuesday with the theme of “make D.C. listen.” But even his Republican colleagues …

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Washington Post:

Cruz ends anti-Obamacare talkathon after 21 hours — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) ended his marathon talking attack on President Obama's health-care law Wednesday after 21 hours and 19 minutes — a feat of stamina that seems likely to complicate House GOP efforts to pass a funding bill aimed at averting a looming government shutdown.

Lucy McCalmont / Politico:

Experts: Seuss would be ‘offended’ — Dr. Seuss wouldn't have much of an appetite for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) reading “Green Eggs and Ham” on the Senate floor, experts on the author said Wednesday. — “Not only would he be offended at the misuse of 'Green Eggs and Ham …

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Burgess Everett / Politico:

Senate votes to advance House bill — The country woke up to Ted Cruz still holding the floor of the U.S. Senate, but on Wednesday afternoon the upper chamber moved on. — The Senate voted unanimously, 100-0, on a procedural vote to advance a House-passed spending bill that defunds Obamacare.

Discussion: Washington Wire, Hit & Run, ABC News, CNN, PolicyMic, The Hill and Weasel Zippers

Patricia Murphy / The Daily Beast:
Ted Cruz's Fake Fight Against Obamacare Is Making Millions

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Steve Benen / The Rachel Maddow Show:
The Wendy Davis difference

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Arlette Saenz / ABC News:
Cruz Reads Dr. Seuss in All-Night Attack on Obamacare

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Jim Dwyer / New York Times:
A Republican Calls Another a ‘Fraud’

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Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
What Ted Cruz Doesn't Understand About Green Eggs and Ham

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, The Fix, Progressive Eruptions and Guardian

Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: McCain delivers the Democratic response to Cruz

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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Texas senator is Cruz-ing for a bruising

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Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
Wendy Davis was a media hero and Ted Cruz is a ‘grandstander’

Discussion: The Right Scoop, Houston Chronicle, ThinkProgress and Mediaite

Tom Cohen / CNN:
Washington (CNN) — He spent more than 21 straight hours railing …

Discussion: Politico and The Reaction

NationalJournal.com:
More Than 21 Hours Later, Ted Cruz Has Been Cut Off

Discussion: CNN, Yahoo! News, The Huffington Post and Mediaite

Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
Cruz derides Senate as full of theater and show votes

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Booman Tribune

Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
CSPAN Reminds Viewers That Cruz's Overnight Speech Is Not A Filibuster (PHOTO)

Discussion: Politico, National Review, Gawker and protein wisdom

Avik Roy / Forbes:

Double Down: Obamacare Will Increase Avg. Individual-Market Insurance Premiums By 99% For Men, 62% For Women — For months now, we've been waiting to hear how much Obamacare will drive up the cost of health insurance for people who purchase coverage on their own.

Discussion: Power Line, The Daily Caller, Via Meadia, Questions and Observations, CBS New York, Conservative Intelligence …, Right Wing News, aspe.hhs.gov, Heritage Action for America, The PJ Tatler and Balloon Juice

Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Tennessee: Obamacare will triple men's premiums, double women's

Discussion: Independent Journal Review, CBS Philly and The Dish

Louise Radnofsky / Wall Street Journal:
Prices Set for New Health-Care Exchanges

Discussion: White House.gov Blog, Gingrich Productions and Washington Post

New York Times:
Officials Detail Premium Costs of Health Plan

Discussion: National Review, The Plum Line and NBCNews

Politico:
HHS reveals Obamacare coverage prices for federal exchanges

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Stephanie Condon / CBS News:
Premiums on Obamacare marketplaces beat expectations, report shows

Discussion: FreedomWorks, Daily Kos, Liberal Values, The Heritage Foundation and The Reaction

Wonkblog:
How much will Obamacare premiums cost? Depends on where you live.

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Julie Rovner / NPR:
Administration Touts Lower-Than-Expected Obamacare Premiums

Discussion: Guardian and National Review

Fars News Agency:

Exclusive: CNN Fabricates Iranian President's Remarks about Holocaust — TEHRAN (FNA)- American news channel CNN fabricated the remarks made by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in response to the network's question about the Holocaust. — The CNN aired its interview with Rouhani on Tuesday …

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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Carney: Obama not disappointed Rouhani turned down meeting

Discussion: CNN

Benny Johnson / BuzzFeed:

NSFW: Cory Booker's Interesting DMs With A Portland Stripper — “The East Coast loves you and by the East Coast I mean me.” Not safe for work, unless you work at Newark City Hall. — Twitter: @LynsieLee — Twitter: @LynsieLee — View Entire List ›

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FBI:

Law Enforcement Shares Findings of the Investigation into the Washington Navy Yard Shootings … WASHINGTON—Today, law enforcement officials shared findings to date of the investigation into the shootings that occurred at the Washington Navy Yard on Monday, September 16, 2013.

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Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:

The Fall of the Heritage Foundation and the Death of Republican Ideas — How the Heritage Foundation went from the intellectual backbone of the conservative movement to the GOP's bane — and how it's hurting the party's hopes for a turnaround — During the 1980 election …

Sally Kohn / The Daily Beast:

Hillary for President...of the Universe — Sure, Hillary Clinton could run for the White House. But where the world desperately needs a personality like hers is at the helm of a strong global governing body, says Sally Kohn. — In an interview this week with New York Magazine …

Discussion: NewsBusters and TheBlaze.com

Stephanie Smith / New York Post:

'I'm 124 sandwiches away from an engagement ring' — Since last June, a young woman has attracted attention from culinary world icons such as Emeril Lagasse, Michael White and Ken Friedman with 300sandwiches.com, a beautifully photographed blog that documents her quest to woo her boyfriend with bread-and-meat creations.

Discussion: Mediaite, Ricochet Conversations Feed, Global Grind, Gawker and Shakesville

Jon.Ralston / Ralston Reports:

The Democratic 2014 turnout machine, courtesy of Pat Hickey — This is not the last you wiil hear of this: Assembly Minority Leader Pat Hickey, sitting down with a friendly interviewer (Dan Mason) on conservative talk radio, got careless and talked about how great for the GOP that young people …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, ThinkProgress, PoliticusUSA, Taegan Goddard's … and The Raw Story

Matthew O'Brien / The Atlantic Online:

How Bad Data Warped Everything We Thought We Knew About the Jobs Recovery — The real legacy of the Lehman collapse wasn't an economic meltdown. (That would have happened anyway.) It was three years of wrong information about the economy. — You know something is really boring when economists say it is.

Daily Mail:

Briton held by mall massacre police: Suspected jihadist is arrested at Nairobi airport trying to board a Turkish plane out of the country — Police investigating the Nairobi mall massacre are questioning a Briton arrested as he tried to fly out of the city after the attack.