memeorandum: Hillary for President...of the Universe (Sally Kohn/The Daily Beast)

4:20 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: Washington Monthly, JustOneMinute, Taegan Goddard's …, PJ Media, The Fix and Washington Examiner

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 …

Discussion: Politico, NBCNews, PolicyMic, Mediaite, Progressive Eruptions, The Fix, TheBlaze.com, BuzzFeed, CNN and Independent Journal Review

Arlette Saenz / ABC News:

Cruz Reads Dr. Seuss in All-Night Attack on Obamacare … Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has officially pulled an all-nighter in the U.S. Senate as he advocated for the defunding of Obamacare into the wee hours of the morning. — Wearing black tennis shoes for comfort, the Texas senator started speaking …

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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.

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

Patricia Murphy / The Daily Beast:

Ted Cruz's Fake Fight Against Obamacare Is Making Millions — Ted Cruz's war against Obamacare is a racket to raise his profile and millions of dollars. Patricia Murphy says even his Republican colleagues loathe him. — When Sen. Ted Cruz went to the Senate floor Tuesday to block a bill …

Discussion: Slate, The Week, Little Green Footballs, Washington Monthly, Taylor Marsh, Guardian, Michelle Malkin, RenewAmerica and Gawker

Jim Dwyer / New York Times:

A Republican Calls Another a ‘Fraud’ — When Peter King is going to give you a sound bite, he lets you know ahead of time, so as not to insult your intelligence or, for that matter, waste your time if you're not that interested in the details. — But please, stay for the footnotes.

Discussion: The Hinterland Gazette, Weasel Zippers, The Daily Caller, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Talking Points Memo and TheBlaze.com

Tom Cohen / CNN:

Surprise! Cruz votes with Democrats after trying to block spending plan — Washington (CNN) — He spent more than 21 straight hours railing against any government funding for Obamacare. Then Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas joined the other 99 senators from both parties in voting Wednesday …

Discussion: The Reaction

Ian Swanson / The Hill: Within Senate GOP, frustration with Cruz

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

Discussion: PostPartisan, The Fix, The PJ Tatler, CNN, Democracy in America and ABC News

McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
How Ted Cruz's Anti-Obamacare Filibuster Could Cost Him Millions

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Yahoo! News:
Rick Perry: Shutting down government to defund Obamacare not a good option

Discussion: ABC News, The Hill, Talking Points Memo and Balloon Juice

Sheldon Alberts / The Hill:
Cruz ends marathon ObamaCare protest after more than 21 hours

Discussion: Little Green Footballs

Chairman Reince Priebus / RedState:
In a battle between Ted Cruz and Harry Reid, we must stand with Senator Cruz

Discussion: GOP.com, Infidel753, PoliticusUSA, BREITBART.COM, Townhall.com and ThinkProgress

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 New Republic, Politico, Washington Monthly, NPR, Wall Street Journal, Hot Air, CBS New York, Conservative Intelligence …, National Review, Talking Points Memo, Right Wing News, The Daily Caller, aspe.hhs.gov, ThinkProgress, Heritage Action for America and The PJ Tatler

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

Discussion: White House.gov Blog and The Dish

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

Discussion: GovBeat, Right Wing News and Liberal Values

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

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

Caroline Humer / Reuters: Obamacare's average monthly cost across U.S.: $328

New York Times:
Officials Detail Premium Costs of Health Plan

Discussion: The Week and NBCNews

Holman W. Jenkins, Jr / Wall Street Journal:
The ObamaCare Wars Are Just Starting

Discussion: National Review, Betsy's Page and Fox News

Justin Sink / The Hill:

Carney: Obama not disappointed Rouhani turned down meeting — President Obama was not disappointed by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's decision to reject an offer for an informal meeting Tuesday at the United Nation, White House press secretary Jay Carney told reporters.

Discussion: CNN

Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Kerry signs Arms Trade Treaty

Discussion: CNN

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.

Discussion: FOX News Radio, FP Passport, Guardian, Online NewsHour, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Voices, NPR and The Week

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

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.

Discussion: BBC, Guardian and The Gateway Pundit

New York Times:
Attention Switches to Investigation of Kenyan Mall Siege

Discussion: The Week, BBC, The Other McCain, NPR, American Power, Daily Mail and FP Passport

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.

Derek Thompson / The Atlantic Online:

The Case for Banning Internet Commenters — I've heard comment sections compared to “sewers”, and that sounds rather literally correct. Most of them are logistically required, but consistently disgusting, subterranean conduits for what is, technically speaking, waste. Not The Atlantic, of course.

Discussion: The Week, more at Mediagazer »

Suzanne LaBarre / Popular Science:
Why We're Shutting Off Our Comments

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Lauren Donovan / The Bismarck Tribune:

White supremacist's home may be uninhabitable — An order giving white supremacist Craig Cobb five days to come up with a plan for installing running water and a sewer outlet into his home in Leith expired Monday and it's possible the house could be declared uninhabitable.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Los Angeles Times and The Raw Story

Alex Roarty / The Atlantic Online:

Are Gay-Rights Laws Trampling on Freedom of Religion? — Some people of faith complain that laws mandating equal treatment for LGBT Americans are forcing them to betray their privately held beliefs. — Conservatives may have found another way to stem the rising tide of rights for America's gays and lesbians.

Discussion: Taylor Marsh and Lawyers, Guns & Money