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Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
The Most Ridiculous Moments In Ted Cruz's Phony Filibuster (VIDEO) — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) put forth a challenge Wednesday to members of the media covering his 21-hour non-filibuster to protest funding for Obamacare. — “So I'm gonna make a request directly to those reporters who are covering …
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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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Alex Pareene / Salon:
Ted Cruz's long-term strategy: Brilliant, but stupid — The fauxlibuster will be great for the senator's career — unless he actually wants to be president — Ted Cruz announced yesterday that he would filibuster Obamacare, and not stop until he could not stand anymore, or at least until his allotted speaking time was up.
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Slate, American Prospect, BuzzFeed, Mediaite and The Week
Paige Lavender / The Huffington Post:
John McCain Rips Ted Cruz's Anti-Obamacare Speech, Criticizes Nazi Comparison (VIDEO) — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) ripped Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) after he gave an anti-Obamacare speech that lasted over 21 hours on Tuesday and Wednesday. — The speech, which was not techinally a filibuster …
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Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
What Ted Cruz Doesn't Understand About Green Eggs and Ham — As part of his fake filibuster today, Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) read aloud the text of Dr. Seuss's book Green Eggs and Ham. It's a strange choice of author for a conservative senator. Admittedly, Green Eggs and Ham lacks …
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Crooks and Liars, The Fix, Guardian and Progressive Eruptions
Lucy McCalmont / Politico:
Experts: Seuss would be ‘offended’
Experts: Seuss would be ‘offended’
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David Weigel / Slate:
Ted Cruz, Wendy Davis, and Politico's Bogus Claim of Media Bias
Ted Cruz, Wendy Davis, and Politico's Bogus Claim of Media Bias
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David French / National Review:
Ted Cruz and the Power of Conviction
Ted Cruz and the Power of Conviction
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Hot Air, The Daily Beast and The Fix
Steve Benen / The Rachel Maddow Show:
The Wendy Davis difference
The Wendy Davis difference
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Politico, Talking Points Memo, Hot Air, Mediaite and Weasel Zippers
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: McCain delivers the Democratic response to Cruz
Video: McCain delivers the Democratic response to Cruz
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National Review, American Spectator, Ed Driscoll, Patterico's Pontifications and Talking Points Memo
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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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Texas senator is Cruz-ing for a bruising
Texas senator is Cruz-ing for a bruising
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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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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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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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HHS reveals Obamacare coverage prices for federal exchanges
HHS reveals Obamacare coverage prices for federal exchanges
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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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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Tennessee: Obamacare will triple men's premiums, double women's
Tennessee: Obamacare will triple men's premiums, double women's
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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 — In an interview with a conservative radio host, Nevada Assembly Minority Leader Pat Hickey (R) predicted big GOP wins next year because people of color and younger voters will not turn out.
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Derek Thompson / The Atlantic Online:
You Really Ought to Be More Terrified of the Debt Ceiling — The truly scary thing about blowing through the debt limit isn't what we think will happen. It's that we actually have no idea what will happen. — Sen. Ted Cruz's 21-hour soliloquy was rightly criticized (or, characterized) …
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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 …
Washington Post:
Navy Yard shooter Aaron Alexis driven by delusions — The government contractor who killed 12 people at the Navy Yard last week was driven by delusions that he was being controlled by low frequency radio waves, and he scratched the words “End the torment!” on the barrel of the shotgun used in the killings …
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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 ›
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 …
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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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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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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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Alexander Burns / Politico:
Ken Cuccinelli and Terry McAuliffe go small in debate — A clash of the titans, this was not. — Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Ken Cuccinelli could not be more different in their ideological views and political personalities, as they battle for the governorship of Virginia …
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