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12:45 PM ET, September 22, 2013

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Joe Hagan / New York Magazine:
Hillary in Midair  —  She's learned from her mistakes.  Three years before November 8, 2016, she's working hard to be relaxed, calm, easy.  But, all the while, the old Clinton gears are whirring.  —  For four years, Hillary Rodham Clinton flew around the world as President Barack Obama's secretary …
Discussion: The Fix
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David Cohen / Politico:
Bill Clinton: Don't know wife's plans  —  Former President Bill Clinton says he really doesn't know if his wife is going to run for president in 2016.  Or if his daughter might run for office someday.  —  Speaking in an interview that aired Sunday on CNN's “Fareed Zakaria GPS,” …
Kevin Bogardus / Ballot Box:
Hillary Clinton ‘pragmatic and realistic’ in considering White House bid (Video)  —  Hillary Clinton, considered the Democratic Party's star prospect for the 2016 presidential race, is considering a White House bid.  —  In an interview with New York Magazine published Sunday …
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Cruz: A vote for cloture is a vote for Obamacare  —  Sen. Ted Cruz on Sunday reiterated his commitment to blocking a procedural Senate vote on a House-approved spending bill, saying that Senate Democrats would have too much leeway to add in funding for Obamacare.
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Sarah Palin / BREITBART.COM:
EXCLUSIVE: PALIN — BOMBS AWAY ON OBAMACARE; CRUZ IS OVER THE TARGET  —  Americans who are fed up with Obamacare won a victory yesterday.  The House voted to defund Obamacare while still funding the federal government to avoid a “devastating” shutdown.  (I shall not digress …
Adam Sneed / Politico:
Rand Paul: GOP 'probably can't defeat' Obamacare
Discussion: p m carpenter's commentary and CNN
Haaretz:
Conflicting reports emerge about exact role Israelis are playing; Kenya attack death toll rises to 59, as standoff with Qaida-linked group continues.  —  Israeli advisers are helping Kenya formulate a strategy to end a siege at a Nairobi shopping mall where Islamist militants have killed …
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
America's Billionaire  —  WASHINGTON — WHEN you're trapped in a city with House Republican gargoyles who don't understand math or history, much less reality, sometimes you crave a dose of grandfatherly wisdom.  —  Speaker John Boehner, trapped under the thumb of Tea Party anarchists …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Elizabeth Titus / Politico:
Pelosi says ‘the cupboard is bare’  —  House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi says that while deficit reduction is a laudable goal, there are precious few spending cuts left to negotiate in exchange for raising the debt ceiling.  —  “The cupboard is bare,” the California Democrat …
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Ashley Killough / CNN:
Pelosi ‘optimistic’ about fixing some labor worries in Obamacare  —  Washington (CNN) - House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi acknowledged deep concerns by major unions about Obamacare in an interview that aired Sunday, but vowed to work on a plan to quell those worries.
Discussion: Politico and Crooks and Liars
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Good Populism, Bad Populism  —  HERE'S the good news for Republicans: The party now has a faction committed to learning real lessons from the 2012 defeat, breaking with the right's stale policy consensus and embracing new ideas on a range of issues, from foreign policy to middle-class taxes, the drug war to banking reform.
Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
Van Hollen: Same Republicans attacking ObamaCare used it to balance budget  —  Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) on Sunday questioned why the same Republicans now working to defund ObamaCare voted for a budget that used Medicare savings and revenue generated from the Affordable Care Act to balance, calling it a “hoax.”
Discussion: Politico
Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
Obama: Negotiating with Republicans over debt ceiling ‘is not going to happen’  —  President Obama gave a rousing speech at the annual Congressional Black Caucus dinner on Saturday, pledging not to negotiate with Republicans over raising the debt ceiling.  —  Obama said Republicans in Congress …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and CNN
Tyler Cowen / Marginal Revolution:
The food stamps program  —  In an ideal policy world, would food stamps exist as a program separate from cash transfers?  Probably not.  But as it stands today, they are still one of the more efficient programs of the welfare state and the means-testing seems to work relatively well.
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Henry Porter / Guardian:
American gun use is out of control. Shouldn't the world intervene?
Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland and BBC
Stephen Moore / Wall Street Journal:
Bob Funk: Where the Jobs Are—and How to Get One
Discussion: Cafe Hayek and Power Line
Brendan Sasso / The Hill:
Snowden leaks help NSA critics in government surveillance lawsuits
Robin McKie / Guardian:
Climate change: IPCC issues stark warning over global warming
Ben White / Politico:
For Janet Yellen, nomination may be easy part
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BBC:
Pakistan church blast kills dozens
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Heather Ginsberg / Townhall.com:
Connecticut School Takes Children on Field Trip to Reenact Slavery and Called Them the N-Word
Anna Palmer / Politico:
Perry bids for 2016 relevancy
Los Angeles Times:
Transgender teen crowned homecoming queen at O.C. high school