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12:25 PM ET, September 18, 2015

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Congressman Paul Gosar / Townhall.com:
Why I Am Boycotting Pope Francis' Address to Congress  —  It is difficult to convey the excitement I first felt when it was revealed that His Holiness Pope Francis was invited to Washington D.C. to address the world from the floor of the House of Representatives.
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Katie Valentine / ThinkProgress:
Catholic Congressman Will Skip Papal Address To Congress, Cites Climate Change  —  When Pope Francis addresses Congress in Washington, D.C. next week, at least one Republican representative won't be in the audience.  —  Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) wrote a letter in Town Hall this week outlining …
Nick Gass / Politico:
Obama to further ease Cuba travel, business restrictions
Discussion: Bloomberg Business
New York Times:
Crazy Talk at the Republican Debate  —  Eleven presidential candidates had three prime-time hours on the national stage on Wednesday to tell the American people why they should lead the country.  —  Nobody forced them to be there.  They were there freely, armed with the best arguments …
Discussion: RedState
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Fantasies and Fictions at G.O.P. Debate  —  I've been going over what was said at Wednesday's Republican debate, and I'm terrified.  You should be, too.  After all, given the vagaries of elections, there's a pretty good chance that one of these people will end up in the White House.  —  Why is that scary?
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Republican Candidates Promise to Keep Us As Safe As George W. Bush Did  —  <span>Should we feel comfortable giving the likes of Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio access to conventional weapons?</span>  —  Wednesday night's Republican presidential debate focused heavily on foreign policy …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Rand Paul strategist claims Rubio aide punched him in the face  —  <p>An alleged physical altercation in a bar between two presidential campaign staffers cast an ugly shadow over the start of the Republican Leadership Conference on Michigan's Mackinac Island, where a slew of presidential candidates …
Discussion: Bloomberg Business
Paul Egan / Detroit Free Press:
Punch thrown as GOP Mackinac confab begins
Politico:
What Is Hillary's Greatest Accomplishment?  —  Carly Fiorina dared Democrats to name it. 20 top Dems accepted the challenge.  —  Getty  —  “If you want to stump a Democrat, ask them to name an accomplishment of Hillary Clinton,” Carly Fiorina quipped at Wednesday's Republican debate.
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
New data shows Trump fever breaking  —  <p>Donald Trump looked tired after a grueling Republican debate.  He might not be alone.</p><p>After a summer of spectacle and saturation coverage, signs are accumulating that, for the public and the media, the onset of Trump fatigue has begun.</p><p>Mentions …
Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
Trump declines to correct questioner who says Obama is a Muslim  —  Washington (CNN)Donald Trump on Thursday declined to correct a supporter of his who alleged that President Barack Obama is Muslim and not an American.  —  “We have a problem in this country.
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MaryAlice Parks / ABC News:
Trump Lets Comment About Muslims Being ‘Problem’ in US Slide
Discussion: Hot Air, abc7ny.com and Power Line
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
The Undercard and the Mane Event  —  Donald Trump's rivals try to give him a haircut, but he ends up trimming himself.  —  Simi Valley, Calif.  —  By the time you see this you will have seen the soundbites, quips and cuts.  You'll have seen the clashes.  So, quickly:
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Finger-Pointing, but Few Answers, After a Syria Solution Fails  —  WASHINGTON — By any measure, President Obama's effort to train a Syrian opposition army to fight the Islamic State on the ground has been an abysmal failure.  The military acknowledged this week that just four or five American-trained fighters are actually fighting.
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Robin Wright / New Yorker:
Our High-Priced Mercenaries in Syria
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
Donald Trump May Not Have a Second Act  —  In 1998, David Mamet, the acclaimed playwright, published a short treatise, “Three Uses of the Knife,” on “the nature and purpose of drama.”  The book, based on lectures he delivered the previous year at Columbia University, is well regarded …
Discussion: Erick on the Radio
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Go ‘nuclear’ to stop Obama's Iran deal, urge 57 House Republicans in letter  —  Dozens of House Republican lawmakers are making a late stab at pressuring Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to abandon the filibuster on legislation to block the nuclear deal with Iran.
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Patricia Zengerle / Reuters:
Last bid to kill Iran nuclear deal blocked in Senate
McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Sources: Scott Walker's Donors Are Circulating Rumor About Campaign Manager  —  As Scott Walker's presidential bid founders, some in the candidate's orbit are participating in a whisper campaign against his top strategist and campaign manager, Rick Wiley.  —  A number of Walker's donors …
Discussion: Vox, Progress Pond and The Hill
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Emma Löfgren / The Local:
Nobel director regretted Obama peace prize  —  A former director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute has admitted his regrets about the 2009 award of the Nobel Peace Prize to US President Barack Obama.  —  Geir Lundestad, who served as Director of the Nobel Institute for 25 years …
Ed Straker / American Thinker:
Want to know what gay tastes like?  Try Rainbow Doritos!  —  PepsiCo, who make Doritos (through subsidiary Frito-Lay), are producing a homosexual version of Doritos called “Rainbow Doritos.”  Doritos are a product marketed to children, so they make the perfect gateway snack to introduce children to the joys of homosexuality.
 
 
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Dave Boucher / Tennessean.com:
Lawmakers file ‘Tennessee Natural Marriage Defense Act’
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Arturo Garcia / Raw Story:
Irving police chief admits: Cops knew Ahmed Mohamed didn't have a bomb when they arrested him
Mark Harris / Guardian:
Apple meets California officials to discuss self-driving car
Discussion: Mashable and The Verge
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
The economy was a no-show at GOP debate
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Biden may not decide soon
Discussion: National Review
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Alison Morrow / KING-TV:
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