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2:30 PM ET, September 24, 2013

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Wall Street Journal:
The Cruz Campaign Against ObamaCare  —  The freshman Texas Senator volunteers House Republicans for duty on his implausible defunding gambit.  —  So House Republicans have passed and sent to the Senate a budget that includes no funding for the Affordable Care Act, setting up a political showdown …
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Erick Erickson / RedState:
A Cruz Missile Launch, Like a Light, Shows the Cockroaches Scurrying  —  A curious moment happened on Fox News Sunday.  Chris Wallace told Karl Rove that a number of Republicans in Congress had sent him opposition research on Ted Cruz once Fox announced Cruz would be on.  —  Rove responded.
David Frum / The Daily Beast:
Can Ted Cruz Win by Losing?  —  The Texas senator's futile crusade against Obamacare has been labeled a ‘kamikaze’ mission.  But a principled defeat today could lead to victory in 2016, writes David Frum.  —  How much do the caucus voters of Iowa care about legislative maneuvering?
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Ted Cruz's Flinty Path  —  The fall television season kicks into gear this week, with tons of new stuff, but before you check out any of it, you owe yourself a bigger treat.  Go back and watch Chris Wallace's interview with Ted Cruz on “Fox News Sunday.”  —  That's entertainment.
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Republicans' dangerous rationality  —  It has become fashionable to give a psychiatric diagnosis to those Republicans teeing up a government shutdown.  —  “They're on a different planet,” Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), a member of the Senate Democratic leadership, said last week.  “Off the deep end.”
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
GOP flinches at Obamacare plan devised by Sens. Ted Cruz, Mike Lee
Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
Dems hit House and Senate Republicans on shutdown threat
Discussion: Politico, DSCC and Hot Air
Kelly Kennedy / USA Today:
‘Family glitch’ in health law could be painful  —  It could leave up to 500,000 children without coverage and cost some families thousands of dollars.  —  CONNECT  —  WASHINGTON — A “family glitch” in the 2010 health care law threatens to cost some families thousands of dollars …
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Politico:
Obamacare: One blow after another  —  The Obamacare that consumers will finally be able to sign up for next week is a long way from the health plan President Barack Obama first pitched to the nation.  —  Millions of low-income Americans won't receive coverage.
Avik Roy / National Review:
Obamacare Bends the Cost Curve—Upward
Wall Street Journal:
Bennett and Beach: The Hypocrisy Of Congress's Gold-Plated Health Care
Discussion: Power Line and Weekly Standard
Annie Lowrey / Economix:
National Health Costs vs. Your Health Costs
Washington Post:
Obamacare starts next week, whether the government shuts down or not
Andy Fox / WAVY-TV:
Boys suspended for airsoft guns in yard  —  Has zero tolerance gone too far?  —  (1/7)Andy Fox reports on zero tolerance incident at VB middle school  —  (2/7)Andy Fox reports on VB 7th grader facing expulsion  —  (3/7)Andy Fox reports on zero gun tolerance at VB schools
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Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Police: Missouri House staffer left loaded gun in Capitol restroom  —  • By Elizabeth Crisp ecrisp@post-dispatch.com 573-556-6186  —  A Missouri House staffer allegedly left a loaded gun in a public restroom in the state Capitol last week.  —  According to a Capitol Police incident report …
Harry J Enten / Guardian:
Facing government shutdown, Obama's party can't bank on 1996 mythology  —  Convention says Republicans got blamed for the last shutdowns, helping Clinton win in 1996.  In reality, it was the economy, stupid  —  We are less than a week from a possible government shutdown …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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Alexandra Jaffe / The Hill:
Conservatives see no threat in showdown over shutdown
Discussion: Daily Kos, NationalJournal.com and NPR
Ashley Killough / CNN:
Santorum: Iranian president a ‘fraud’  —  (CNN) - There's “no way” President Barack Obama should meet with newly-elected Iranian President Hassan Rouhani at the United National General Assembly this week, former Sen. Rick Santorum said Tuesday.  —  “The president of the United States …
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Obama Says He Will Pursue Diplomacy on Iran and Syria
Discussion: The Dish and FP Passport
Jeryl Bier / Weekly Standard:
Nancy Pelosi Confuses Constitution With Declaration of Independence  —  Speaking last Wednesday at the Center for American Progress (CAP), Democratic Leader of the House Nancy Pelosi became a little confused at one point, stumbling over her words and flipping through her notes while referencing …
Lizette Alvarez / New York Times:
Rubio Withdraws Support for Gay Black Judge's Nomination to the Federal Bench  —  MIAMI — The nomination of a gay black Miami judge to the federal bench will not move forward after Senator Marco Rubio announced he was withdrawing his support over concerns about the judge's actions in two criminal cases.
Laurie Goodstein / New York Times:
Catholic College Rescinds Invitation to Speaker Defending Same-Sex Marriage  —  Providence College, a Roman Catholic school in Rhode Island, has canceled a lecture in support of same-sex marriage on Thursday by a gay philosophy professor, citing a church document that says that …
Jacob Fischler / BuzzFeed:
Trader Lost Millions Apparently Trying To Manipulate Intrade Data To Favor Mitt Romney  —  A new study reveals that a single trader may have been responsible for making the race seem closer than it really was in the final stretch to Election Day.  —  Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney pauses …
Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
AIG CEO: Anger over AIG bonuses ‘just as bad’ as lynchings  —  AIG's CEO Robert Benmosche — who came in to rescue the company after the 2008 financial crisis — told the Wall Street Journal that the outrage over the bonuses promised to AIG's members was just as bad as when white supremacists …
Laura Hancock / Casper Star-Tribune:
Did Lynne Cheney tell Alan Simpson ‘shut your mouth?’  —  Lynne Cheney, wife of former Vice President Dick Cheney and mother of U.S. Senate candidate Liz Cheney, on Saturday night told former U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson “shut your mouth” about his support for her daughter's opponent …
Scott Jaschik / Inside Higher Ed:
Engineering Bigotry?  —  The articles in Prism, the magazine of the American Society for Engineering Education, focus on new research and teaching ideas.  And the magazine periodically writes about efforts to diversify engineering.  —  Many readers of Prism were shocked this month …
 
 
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Yo, Wall Street!
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John Dickerson / Slate:
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Philly.com:
Racist texts ignite Coatesville furor
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Olivia Blanchard / The Atlantic Online:
I Quit Teach for America
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Daily Mail:
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