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2:00 PM ET, September 26, 2015

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Todd S. Purdum / Politico:
The Cannibal Party  —  <p>Like the sudden death of a terminal cancer patient whose doctors thought he had at least a few more months to live, the dramatic demise of embattled Speaker John Boehner was a surprise that could hardly be counted as a shock. </p><p>But in a larger sense …
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New York Times:
Speaker John Boehner Quits the Arena  —  Speaker John Boehner's shocking decision to resign from Congress is a sorry measure of how far right-wing extremism has immobilized the Republican Party and undermined the process of healthy government.  —  In abruptly quitting the arena …
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Trump on Boehner resignation: 'It's a good thing'  —  Donald Trump said Friday it was time for Speaker John Boehner to go because he didn't fight hard enough for conservative principles.  —  Mobbed by reporters outside the main ballroom at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington ahead …
Fox News:
State Dept. receives Clinton email chain apparently not included in pages turned over  —  The State Department has received an email chain between former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Gen. David Petraeus that apparently was not included in the collection she said was a full record of her work-related correspondence.
Discussion: protein wisdom and National Review
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Mark Walker / Argus Leader:
Man shoots self in penis, lies to police: affidavit  —  A convicted felon who accidentally shot himself in the penis was arrested after police say he lied about how the shooting happened.  —  Donald Anthony Watson was admitted to the Avera McKennan emergency room about 1:30 a.m. Sept. 6 …
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
Noah Weiland / Politico:
Clinton Foundation snubbed by the pope, Elton John, Janet Yellen  —  <p>The Clinton Foundation invited everyone from Pope Francis and Leonardo DiCaprio to Bill de Blasio and Janet Yellen to its showcase gathering starting Saturday in New York City, according to multiple sources familiar …
Discussion: Political Wire
Daily Mail:
Germany in a state of SIEGE after Angela Merkel opened floodgates to migrants  —  Germany in a state of SIEGE: Merkel was cheered when she opened the floodgates to migrants.  Now, with gangs of men roaming the streets and young German women being told to cover up, the mood's changing
Daily Mail:
Jon Snow's ‘alive’ as Kit Harington spotted filming Game Of Thrones in Belfast  —  Dressed in his blacks, the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, was standing tall with his sword on his hip as they filmed on the remote Northern Ireland hilltop on Friday.  Kit, who has been spotted in Belfast …
Discussion: Nerdist, UPROXX, Mashable and all
Anne Kauranen / Yahoo! News:
'Finland's no good': Disappointed migrants turn back  —  Tornio (Finland) (AFP) - Hundreds of predominantly Iraqi migrants who have travelled through Europe to reach Finland are turning back, saying they don't want to stay in the sparsely-populated country on Europe's northern frontier because it's too cold and boring.
Investor's Business Daily:
To Close Gitmo, Obama Frees Sept. 11, 2001 ‘20th Attacker’  —  Al-Qaida: How much does President Obama still want the Guantanamo Bay terrorist prison shuttered?  He just released the man trained to be the 20th hijacker for the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.  —  In May, 2008, Rear Adm. David M. Thomas …
P.J. O'Rourke / Weekly Standard:
She Said What?  —  Ann Coulter, twit.  —  Toward Ann Coulter I had always taken a “suffer little children to come unto me” attitude.  Not that she ever came on to me or anything.  It's just that she's a kid.  She was born in 1961.  I've got skinny Brooks Brothers neckties in the back of my closet older than that.
Discussion: Washington Post
Regina Medina / Philly.com:
Holy water: U.S. Rep. Brady helps himself to pope's glass  —  THE HEAVENS may know that Pope Francis on Thursday addressed a joint meeting of Congress, a glass of water by his side.  It may not be as widely known that U.S. Rep. Bob Brady, D-Philadelphia, was keeping an eye on that glass of water.
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Chris Spargo For / Daily Mail:
Holy water: Congressman steals Pope Francis' glass after White House address to sip remaining liquid …
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Stat check: No, women couldn't just “go somewhere else” if Planned Parenthood closed  —  The “defund Planned Parenthood” movement has a standard response to the question of where women would go if their local clinic closed: somewhere else.  —  “There are 13,000 community-based organizations …
Discussion: Daily Kos and New York Times
 
 
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