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9:35 AM ET, September 18, 2009

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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Baucus and the Threshold  —  So Senator Max Baucus, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, has released his “mark” on proposed legislation — which would normally be the basis for the bill that eventually emerges from his committee.  And serious supporters of health care reform will soon face their long-dreaded moment of truth.
Discussion: TalkLeft, TPMCafe, Time and Prairie Weather
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Washington Post:
Major Health-Care Reform Challenge Is Affordability  —  Burden on Middle Class Is a Top Concern  —  Lawmakers in both parties raised concerns Thursday that the health-care reform bill offered by Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus a day earlier would impose too high a cost on middle-class Americans …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senior Democrat turns healthcare debate into fight over immigration
Discussion: Wizbang
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Video: Pelosi chokes up over potential for political violence  —  Never mind, of course, that we've already seen political violence — it's coming from the unions.  And from ObamaCare supporters, such as the protester in Tucson who elbowed a man to the head after disrupting a Tea Party forum.
Ben Smith / The Politico:
What does U.S. get for missile move?  —  Republicans talked of President Obama “appeasing” Russia," “betraying” Poland, and bringing back the Carter administration.  They didn't like his decision Thursday to scrap plans for a missle defense system in Poland and in the Czech Republic …
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Jimmy Z / Washington Examiner:
ACORN=SEIU  —  Same Physical Address 1024 Elysian Fields, New Orleans  —  SEIU President on ACORN Advisory Board (Andrew Stern)  —  anys12799  —  Maybe we'll see some of the SEIU-ACORN ties in response to the Louisiana Subpoena that requests ACORN and ALL affiliates turn over books and records, and ties to the Rathke guys.
Discussion: RBO, JustOneMinute and NewsReal Blog
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Wall Street Journal:
The Acorn 75  —  The only way they'd defund the outfit is if it endorsed the war in Iraq or Afghanistan.  —  Printer  —  Friendly  —  Yesterday the House voted 345-75 to ban all federal funding for the scandal-plagued advocacy group Acorn.  Coming on the heels of the Census Bureau's dissociation …
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Washington Sketch: Michelle Obama Gets Her Farmers Market  —  Let's say you're preparing dinner and you realize with dismay that you don't have any certified organic Tuscan kale.  What to do?  —  Here's how Michelle Obama handled this very predicament Thursday afternoon:
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Los Angeles Times:
Pro- and anti-government marchers face off in Tehran  —  Ahmadinejad, blasting Israel on the occasion of Quds Day, questions the Holocaust and blames “Zionists” for Mideast wars.  —  Reporting from Tehran and Beirut — Tens of thousands of demonstrators chanting, “Not Gaza, not Lebanon …
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Matthew Weaver / Guardian:
Quds day protests in Iran
Oklahoma City, OK:
75 Percent of Oklahoma High School Students Can't Name the First President of the U.S.  —  OKLAHOMA CITY — Only one in four Oklahoma public high school students can name the first President of the United States, according to a survey released today.  —  The survey was commissioned …
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Polish PM wouldn't take U.S. calls  —  Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk confirmed today that he declined last night to take a call from the U.S. informing him of the decision to scrap planned missile-defense bases in his country.  —  Two U.S.-based sources close to the Polish government …
Matt Viser / Boston Globe:
Mass. House approves bill that would fill Kennedy seat  —  House lawmakers tonight approved legislation that gives Governor Deval Patrick the power to appoint a temporary successor to the late Edward M. Kennedy in the US Senate, putting Massachusetts on track to have a new senator in place by next week.
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Srhee / Boston Globe:
Mass. House gives initial nod to temporary fill-in for Kennedy seat
Discussion: The Caucus and Doug Ross
Associated Press:
Analysis: ‘Racist’ claims defuse word's power  —  With the word being used so often, it's harder to define its meaning  —  Everybody's racist, it seems.  —  Republican Rep. Joe Wilson?  Racist, because he shouted “You lie!” at the first black president.  Health care protesters, affirmative action supporters?
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
FOX News Poll: Americans Prefer Current System to Obama's Health Care Plan  —  Most Americans see no upside for their family in the health care reforms being considered in Washington and don't believe President Obama when he says his plan won't add “one dime” to the federal deficit.
Michael Calderone / The Politico:
Beck vs. Limbaugh  —  GOP media strategist Mark McKinnon thinks there are two people in the world who fear Glenn Beck — even if “neither will admit it.”  —  The first is Barack Obama.  —  The second is Rush Limbaugh.  —  Beck is on a huge roll.  Over the last month …
Brian M. Rafferty / Queens Tribune:
Pagan ‘King’ Has Council GOP Nod  —  Dan Halloran, the Republican candidate for City Council facing primary winner Kevin Kim in the 19th District, already has a leadership role in a vast community that very few people know about - or understand.  —  Halloran is the “First Atheling,” or King …
Discussion: Moe Lane and Ben Smith's Blog
Michael Silence / Knoxville News-Sentinel:
Memo to the DNC: What were you thinking?  —  The add essentially takes a non-issue for a vast majority of people and reminds the world how many czars Obama has.  Geez.  Talk about keeping a story alive.  The RNC should list the ad as an in-kind contribution.
Discussion: RedState
Dina ElBoghdady / Washington Post:
Housing Agency's Cash Reserves Will Drop Below Requirement  —  The Federal Housing Administration has been hit so hard by the mortgage crisis that for the first time, the agency's cash reserves will drop below the minimum level set by Congress, FHA officials said.
Discussion: Calculated Risk
Captain Steve / Washington Examiner:
CALLASHWAC  —  Such audacious payback to Immelt is stunning.  Typical.  We are going down the tubes, America.  —  GE own NBC too. . .the National Barack Channel.  —  Huge bailout dollars went to GE, and Immelt is on Obummer's financial advisory board.  Very corrupt!  —  Sep 17, 2009
Discussion: JammieWearingFool
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Expand the House?  —  WASHINGTON — In America, democracy follows the simple principle of one person, one vote, right?  —  Unless, that is, you live in Montana, where your vote carries a little more than half as much weight in the House of Representatives as that of someone living in Rhode Island.
CNN:
FBI quizzes Coloradan again in terror probe  —  DENVER, Colorado (CNN) — A Colorado resident at the center of a federal terrorism probe met with FBI agents for a second day Thursday as his lawyer disputed a report that bomb-making plans were found on the man's computer.
Discussion: CBS4Denver, CBS News and TalkLeft
Will Sentell / WBRZ-TV:
Procedure crafted for handling evolution-materials complaints  —  The state's top school board Wednesday approved procedures for residents who object to materials that challenge the teaching of evolution in public school science classes.  —  The rules, which were praised by evolution critics …
Discussion: Below The Beltway
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Snowe: I Haven't Changed, My Party Has  —  It would be easy to over-interpret this statement from Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME), but it would be a mistake to dismiss it.  —  “I've always been a Republican for the traditional principles that have been associated with the Republican party since …
Discussion: Washington Monthly and The Caucus
 
 
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Katherine Mangu-Ward / Reason:
“If We Can't Stop It, We Can't Stop Anything”
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Matthew Vadum / Big Government:
Once Upon an ACORN: Why ACORN's Internal Audit is a Sham
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John Derbyshire / The Corner on National Review Online:
Men and Mascots — By: John Derbyshire
Discussion: Whiskey Fire
Jed Lewison / Daily Kos:
O'Reilly backs government health insurance option
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
CBO dismisses co-ops' relevance
Judith Burns / BBC:
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Jon Manel / BBC:
US ‘should take terror detainees’
Discussion: FP Passport and Andy Worthington
Warner Todd Huston / Publius Forum:
Obama's Website Quietly Drops Support of Public Option
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
John Schwartz / New York Times:
Indiana Court Strikes Down Voter ID Law
Ashley Fantz / CNN:
Obama as witch doctor: Racism or satire?
Discussion: Salon and American Power
Associated Press:
AP NewsBreak: Nuke agency says Iran can make bomb