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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.
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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 …
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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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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Senate votes to advance House bill
Senate votes to advance House bill
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Washington Wire, Hit & Run, CNN, PolicyMic, ABC News, The Hill and Weasel Zippers
Lucy McCalmont / Politico:
Experts: Seuss would be ‘offended’
Experts: Seuss would be ‘offended’
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Patricia Murphy / The Daily Beast:
Ted Cruz's Fake Fight Against Obamacare Is Making Millions
Ted Cruz's Fake Fight Against Obamacare Is Making Millions
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Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
What Ted Cruz Doesn't Understand About Green Eggs and Ham
What Ted Cruz Doesn't Understand About Green Eggs and Ham
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Crooks and Liars, The Fix, Progressive Eruptions and Guardian
Steve Benen / The Rachel Maddow Show:
The Wendy Davis difference
The Wendy Davis difference
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Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: McCain delivers the Democratic response to Cruz
Video: McCain delivers the Democratic response to Cruz
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Texas senator is Cruz-ing for a bruising
Texas senator is Cruz-ing for a bruising
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Tom Cohen / CNN:
Washington (CNN) — He spent more than 21 straight hours railing …
Washington (CNN) — He spent more than 21 straight hours railing …
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NationalJournal.com:
More Than 21 Hours Later, Ted Cruz Has Been Cut Off
More Than 21 Hours Later, Ted Cruz Has Been Cut Off
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Alex Pareene / Salon:
Ted Cruz's long-term strategy: Brilliant, but stupid
Ted Cruz's long-term strategy: Brilliant, but stupid
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American Prospect, Slate, BuzzFeed and Mediaite
Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
Wendy Davis was a media hero and Ted Cruz is a ‘grandstander’
Wendy Davis was a media hero and Ted Cruz is a ‘grandstander’
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The Right Scoop, Houston Chronicle, ThinkProgress and Mediaite
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
CSPAN Reminds Viewers That Cruz's Overnight Speech Is Not A Filibuster (PHOTO)
CSPAN Reminds Viewers That Cruz's Overnight Speech Is Not A Filibuster (PHOTO)
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Politico, National Review, Gawker and protein wisdom
Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
Cruz derides Senate as full of theater and show votes
Cruz derides Senate as full of theater and show votes
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Booman Tribune
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.
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Tennessee: Obamacare will triple men's premiums, double women's — WASHINGTON SECRETS BARACK OBAMA OBAMACARE TENNESSEE HEALTH CARE — The White House on Wednesday released a report on the costs of Obamacare for most Americans, heralding its interpretation that 95 percent of the nation …
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Louise Radnofsky / Wall Street Journal:
Prices Set for New Health-Care Exchanges
Prices Set for New Health-Care Exchanges
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Politico:
HHS reveals Obamacare coverage prices for federal exchanges
HHS reveals Obamacare coverage prices for federal exchanges
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New York Times:
Officials Detail Premium Costs of Health Plan
Officials Detail Premium Costs of Health Plan
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The Plum Line, National Review and NBCNews
Wonkblog:
How much will Obamacare premiums cost? Depends on where you live.
How much will Obamacare premiums cost? Depends on where you live.
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GovBeat and Right Wing News
Stephanie Condon / CBS News:
Premiums on Obamacare marketplaces beat expectations, report shows
Premiums on Obamacare marketplaces beat expectations, report shows
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Daily Kos, Liberal Values, FreedomWorks, The Heritage Foundation and The Reaction
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 …
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Top Nevada GOPer Brags 2014 Will Be ‘A Great Year For Republicans’ Because Minorities Won't Vote
Top Nevada GOPer Brags 2014 Will Be ‘A Great Year For Republicans’ Because Minorities Won't Vote
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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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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 …
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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.
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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.
The Reliable Source:
George H.W. Bush is witness at same-sex marriage in Maine — By The Reliable Source, Published: September 25 at 4:36 pm — Another prominent Republican has come out in support of same-sex marriage — or at least, in support of one particular same-sex marriage.
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Pelosi: Obama shouldn't have ruled out 14th Amendment option in debt fight — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday said President Obama should not have renounced the option of raising the debt ceiling without Congress. — The California Democrat argues that the 14th Amendment empowers …
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