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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP's McConnell promises no more shutdowns over ObamaCare — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell says he will not allow another government shutdown as part of a strategy to repeal ObamaCare. — McConnell (Ky.) told The Hill in an interview Thursday afternoon that his party learned …
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Talking Points Memo, Washington Monthly, Taegan Goddard's …, ABC News, Booman Tribune and Post Politics
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Brian Beutler / Salon:
GOP's huge Tea Party mess has only just begun — The coming months could present him with even more headaches — Last night, Republicans stood aside as Congress increased the debt limit and reopened the government. In return, they got nothing. Or more accurately, they got something …
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The Dish, New York Times and The Plum Line
Todd J. Gillman / Dallas Morning News:
Ted Cruz left with few friends after Obamacare fight fails, government shutdown ends, debt limit rises — Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said he wouldn't try to block the Senate agreement. “There's nothing to be gained from delaying this vote one day or two days. The outcome will be the same,” Cruz said.
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Boston Herald, Sky Dancing, The Reaction, Mediaite, Houston Chronicle and Althouse
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Grimes leads McConnell by 2
Grimes leads McConnell by 2
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Talking Points Memo and Taegan Goddard's …
Todd Starnes / Fox News:
American taxpayers betrayed by chicken-hearted RINOs
American taxpayers betrayed by chicken-hearted RINOs
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The Dish, Reuters and The Right Scoop
Bob Cusack / The Hill:
Winners and losers of the debt-limit fight
Winners and losers of the debt-limit fight
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ThinkProgress, CNN, Reuters, Taylor Marsh, Politico and Pew Research Center …
Erick Erickson / RedState:
Advancing. Ever Advancing.
Advancing. Ever Advancing.
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Commentary Magazine, firstread.nbcnews.com, The Dish, Rothenblog, alicublog, Right Turn, BuzzFeed, Balloon Juice, No More Mister Nice Blog, Doug Ross and Hot Air
Steve Almasy / CNN:
There's a little pork in that bill: The 5 most surprising provisions in the debt deal — (CNN) — So much for a “clean” bill. The measure passed by Congress to fund the government and raise the debt ceiling also contains some goodies and gifts tucked into the 35-page bill.
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Firedoglake, Politico, BizPac Review and The Fix
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Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:
McConnell: ‘There was no earmark’
ThinkProgress:
Rick Perry Is Actually Encouraging Texans To Enroll In Obamacare — After years of trying to undermine the Affordable Care Act, Texas lawmakers are suddenly embracing President Obama's signature domestic policy accomplishment. On Thursday, the Texas Tribune reported that the state is shuttering …
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The Texas Tribune and The Raw Story
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David Dayen / Salon:
Right-wing nuts nab new way to sabotage Obamacare
Right-wing nuts nab new way to sabotage Obamacare
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Crooks and Liars and ThinkProgress
Sarah Kliff / Wonkblog:
The GOP's income verification ‘concession’ is meaningless
The GOP's income verification ‘concession’ is meaningless
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Talking Points Memo, Washington Examiner and The Week
Marshall Sella / GQ Magazine Online:
The Year of Living Carlos Dangerously — Anthony Weiner's sexting addiction nuked his political career (twice!), endangered his marriage (twice!), and turned him into a walking penis joke (forever!). — Marshall Sella tails Weiner through his doomed campaign for New York mayor …
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Michael Hirsh / NationalJournal.com:
Hillary Clinton, Welcome to the White House — She has no Democratic challenger, and the Republican Party is no longer a credible opposition force. — Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton smiles as she waits to answer questions from an audience at Chatham House on October 11, 2013 in London, England.
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Yahoo! News, Hot Air, Wonkblog, The Hinterland Gazette and Outside the Beltway
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Ron Fournier / NationalJournal.com:
Obama Wins! Big Whoop. Can He Lead?
Obama Wins! Big Whoop. Can He Lead?
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Rush Limbaugh and Washington Wire
Daniel Klaidman / The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: Jeh Johnson Tapped to Lead Department of Homeland Security — Jeh Johnson, the top Pentagon lawyer during Obama's first term, will be nominated to succeed Janet Napolitano at the Department of Homeland Security. Daniel Klaidman reports. — The White House has settled …
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Talking Points Memo and New York Times
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Louie Gohmert / CNN:
McCain, Gohmert spar over who's ‘intelligent’ — (CNN) - Sen. John McCain may be advising Republicans not to speak ill will of each other, but that's not stopping him from getting into a public exchange with fellow Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert. — Wednesday night, McCain charged that Gohmert …
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Politico and GQ Magazine Online
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Ben Jacobs / The Daily Beast:
Gohmert Responds to McCain's Dimwit Dig
Gohmert Responds to McCain's Dimwit Dig
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Talking Points Memo, NBCNews, Weasel Zippers, Pat Dollard, Mediaite and National Review
Greg Miller / Washington Post:
Documents reveal NSA's extensive involvement in targeted killing program — It was an innocuous e-mail, one of millions sent every day by spouses with updates on the situation at home. But this one was of particular interest to the National Security Agency and contained clues that put …
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The Long War Journal, The Daily Caller, Firedoglake, Shakesville, Mashable, The Raw Story, Hot Air, Liberaland, Techdirt and The Hill
Fox News:
Stenographer dragged off House floor after protest — A House of Representatives stenographer was dragged off the floor during the vote to end the partial government shutdown and raise the U.S. debt ceiling after a bizarre protest in which she began ranting at members.
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Abby D. Phillip / ABC News:
House Stenographer Yanked From Chamber Ranting About God, Freemasons
House Stenographer Yanked From Chamber Ranting About God, Freemasons
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Washington Monthly and ABC News
New Jersey Online:
Cory Booker makes history as he defeats Steve Lonegan in U.S. Senate election — NEWARK — Cory Booker's star-quality and his skill at surviving the roughhouse politics of New Jersey's biggest city took him from the mayor's office to the U.S. Senate today in a hard-fought victory over Republican iconoclast Steve Lonegan.
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New York Times, Taylor Marsh, Washington Monthly, Right Wing Watch and Balloon Juice
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Sarah Palin / BREITBART.COM:
ON TO KENTUCKY — Todd and I were proud to stand with Mark Levin …
ON TO KENTUCKY — Todd and I were proud to stand with Mark Levin …
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The Gateway Pundit and Twitchy
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Only Four African Americans Have Ever Been Elected To The U.S. Senate In All Of American History
Only Four African Americans Have Ever Been Elected To The U.S. Senate In All Of American History
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NBCNews and Shakesville
Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Conservatives Learned The Wrong Lessons From The Shutdown Debacle — For a certain block of House conservatives, the ones who drove Speaker John Boehner toward a government shutdown and near-default against his will, the lesson of the last few weeks isn't that they overreached.
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FIRST DRAFT, Taking Note and The Mahablog
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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Hands Empty but Spirit Unbowed, House Republicans Take Stock
Hands Empty but Spirit Unbowed, House Republicans Take Stock
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BuzzFeed, Daily Kos, ABC News, Democracy in America, CANNONFIRE and Daniel W. Drezner
Mental Floss:
Mental Floss Exclusive: Our Interview with Bill Watterson! … For the December issue of mental_floss magazine, Jake Rossen managed to do something we thought was impossible—he snagged an interview with the legendary Bill Watterson! Since we're guessing there are a few Calvin and Hobbes enthusiasts …
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ThinkProgress, Guardian, Poynter, The Verge, PopWatch and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Tal Kopan / Politico:
Eureka! Tea partiers know science — A finding in a study on the relationship between science literacy and political ideology surprised the Yale professor behind it: Tea party members know more science than non-tea partiers. — Yale law professor Dan Kahan posted on his blog this week …
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Rush Limbaugh, Mediaite, Weasel Zippers and CANNONFIRE
CNN:
Rep. Bill Young ‘gravely ill,’ family says — Washington (CNN) - Rep. Bill Young of Florida, the longest-serving Republican member of the House, is “gravely ill,” his family said in a statement Wednesday. — “[Young's] condition turned for the worse over night and he is gravely ill …
Bruce Vielmetti / JSOnline:
Milwaukee man gets jail time for voting twice in presidential election — By Bruce Vielmetti of the Journal Sentinel — Chad Gigowski said he was not part of any organized election fraud effort, just high on alcohol and drugs when he voted twice in November's presidential election.
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Talking Points Memo
Jeryl Bier / Weekly Standard:
Obamacare Website Violates Licensing Agreement for Copyrighted Software — Healthcare.gov, the federal government's Obamacare website, has been under heavy criticism from friend and foe alike during its first two weeks of open enrollment. Repeated errors and delays have prevented many users …
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National Review and The Greenroom
Kelly Kennedy / USA Today:
Tech experts: Health exchange site needs total overhaul — WASHINGTON — The federal health care exchange was built using 10-year-old technology that may require constant fixes and updates for the next six months and the eventual overhaul of the entire system, technology experts told USA TODAY.
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Hot Air, “The Lid”, National Review and Washington Free Beacon
CBS News:
“Grenade-walking” part of “Gunwalking” scandal — New evidence in ATF's mysterious grenade smuggler case — Complete coverage of the gunwalking scandal — The gun battle took place last week in Guadalajara. Authorities say five members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel used …
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Weasel Zippers and Infowars
Larry Flynt / Hollywood Reporter:
Don't Execute the Man Who Paralyzed Me (Guest Column) — Joseph Paul Franklin, who has confessed to shooting Flynt in 1978 and been convicted in a series of racially motivated murders, is set for execution in Missouri in November. Flynt writes for THR, “I have every reason to be overjoyed with that decision, but I am anything but.”
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Guardian, Mediaite and Liberaland