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11:15 AM ET, September 29, 2015

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Stan Collender / Politico:
We'll Still Have a Shutdown  —  The speaker's resignation has merely delayed it.  —  House Speaker John Boehner's resignation last Friday steeply reduced the likelihood there will be a government shutdown this week but precipitously increased the possibility of a shutdown in December.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and NBC News
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Cruz sternly rebuked by GOP  —  <p>Ted Cruz can't even get a protest vote in the Senate anymore. </p><p>On Monday night, Cruz's colleagues ignored his attempt to disrupt Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's efforts to fund the government without attacking Planned Parenthood.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Heavy burden falls to McConnell  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has a hard road ahead.  —  The Kentucky Republican will have to take the lead later this year on raising the debt ceiling and preventing a government shutdown due to Speaker John Boehner's (R-Ohio) resignation, GOP strategists say.
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
The Pointless Cowardice of John Boehner  —  The mainstream reaction to the forced resignation of John Boehner as the Speaker of the House has been a kind of weary admiration.  He fought the good fight against the extremists in his Republican caucus, the narrative goes, but his solid Midwestern virtues …
Discussion: Liberaland and Wall Street Journal
Heather / Crooks and Liars:
Carly Fiorina Doubles Down On Planned Parenthood Lies
Discussion: Jezebel and msnbc.com
Priscilla Alvarez / The Atlantic:
Kevin McCarthy and the Contest for House Speaker
Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
Donald Trump Is Not Going Anywhere … don't worry about anything," Donald J. Trump told me aboard his 757 as we were flying to the recent Republican debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif. He was dividing his attention between the brick-size slice of red-velvet cake …
Danny Vinik / Politico:
On taxes?  Not so populist  —  Analysis: Trump's plan would benefit the rich, and cost $2-3 trillion  —  On Monday, Donald Trump released his tax plan—for the most part, a classic supply-side approach that would simplify the number of tax brackets and cut the corporate rate to 15 percent.
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Josh Barro / New York Times:
Trump Plan Is Tax Cut for the Rich, Even Hedge Fund Managers
Peter Spence / Telegraph:
How Sweden's negative interest rates experiment has turned economics on its head  —  Nordic experimentation with sub-zero interest rates has changed the way central bankers think about fighting recessions  —  It has long been believed that when it comes to interest rates, zero is as low as you can go.
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Eli Stokols / Politico:
Bush camp moves to ease donor angst  —  Assessing the state of anxiety on a scale of one to 10, one donor puts the panic level at a ‘six or seven.’ … For the past week, Jeb Bush's campaign advisers have been using a new data point to convince nervous donors that he's still the candidate to beat …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and Political Wire
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
A theory of how American politics is changing
Max Fisher / Vox:
Why Robert Mugabe just shouted “We are not gays” in his UN speech  —  Robert Mugabe, the 91-year-old leader of Zimbabwe, deviated slightly from his prepared remarks, during his Monday evening address to the United Nations General Assembly, to do something that he does frequently: slur against homosexuality.
Discussion: Towleroad
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Rush Limbaugh pans evidence of water on Mars as part of ‘leftist agenda’  —  <p>Flowing water on Mars?  That's just part of the liberal agenda, Rush Limbaugh says. </p><p>The conservative radio talk show host addressed NASA's announcement on Monday that it had found evidence of flowing water …
Mark Murray / NBC News:
NBC/WSJ Poll: Anger Defines 2016 Electorate  —  One word seems to define the American public's mood more than 13 months until Election Day 2016 — anger.  —  According to the new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, 62 percent of respondents believe the country is headed in the wrong direction …
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Hillary Clinton not sure if Bill Clinton would get West Wing office  —  Hillary Clinton isn't sure if former President Clinton would have an office in the West Wing if she is elected president.  —  “He's a pretty busy guy, I don't know anything like that,” Hillary Clinton …
KGW-TV:
Hillsboro fugitive nabbed in Mexico  —  HILLSBORO, Ore ... A fugitive who had been on the run for more than 20 years is behind bars after federal agents found him in Mexico.  —  Paul Jackson and his brother, Vance Roberts, were suspected of holding two young women captive in the basement of their Hillsboro home.
Discussion: WWLP-TV and NBC News
Politico:
Schumer in talks with Ryan on major tax, infrastructure deal  —  The two, along with Sen. Rob Portman, are trying to hash out a sweeping bipartisan package. … Three years ago, Chuck Schumer called Paul Ryan's plans for deficit reduction a “fraud.”  Now the future Democratic leader wants to cut a deal with him.
Discussion: Political Wire
William Booth / Washington Post:
A small town in Slovakia held a vote on accepting refugees; 97 percent said no.  —  GABCIKOVO, Slovakia — The next act of the European refugee crisis will unfold in little places like this one, where hundreds of Syrian war refugees are coming to live in a town that just voted by overwhelming numbers to oppose their stay.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Patrick O'Connor / Wall Street Journal:
WSJ Poll Shows Risks for GOP; Clinton Support Wanes  —  Republican policy positions at odds with public; Sanders and Biden show gains on Democratic side  —  The Republican Party heads into the 2016 White House race with a negative image and policy stances out of step with those of the broader public …
Noah Rothman / Commentary Magazine:
Fiorina Pops the Liberal Bubble  —  It has been impossible to miss the shift in tone among liberals when criticizing Carly Fiorina.  The timbre of their opposition to the surging Republican candidate has evolved from dismissive and aggravated disappointment to disproportionately seething rage.
Discussion: Instapundit
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
Carly Fiorina's ultraconservative rage  —  How angry is Carly Fiorina?  So angry she can't see straight.  That's the only explanation for the yawning gulf between what she says and the plainly visible facts.  —  Fiorina stands out among the Republican presidential candidates …
Discussion: Althouse and Daily Kos
Maura Judkis / Washington Post:
The 2015 MacArthur ‘genius grants’ honor — and surprise — 24 fellows  —  It's fair to say that both Ta-Nehisi Coates and Lin-Manuel Miranda were already having a pretty impressive 2015.  Coates, a journalist lauded for his insights into race, politics and culture, launched his memoir …
Katie J.M. Baker / BuzzFeed:
“They Told Me It Never Happened” … TRENDING  —  Lara McLeod never wanted to report her rape.  In those first few hours, the 19-year-old was barely able to put what had happened to her into words.  Joaquin Rams, Lara's older sister's fiancé, had forced Lara to have sex with him …
Corina Knoll / Los Angeles Times:
Daughter of actor Paul Walker files wrongful-death suit against Porsche  —  The teenage daughter of actor Paul Walker has filed a wrongful-death suit against Porsche AG, claiming defects in the car that the 40-year-old star of “The Fast and the Furious” franchise rode in when he was killed in a fiery crash nearly two years ago.
Discussion: The Week
Jason Silverstein / New York Daily News:
George Zimmerman goes on depraved Twitter rant after retweeting picture of Trayvon Martin's corpse  —  George Zimmerman's Twitter trolling has reached a new low.  —  Days after retweeting an image of Trayvon Martin's corpse, Zimmerman went on a depraved Twitter tirade Monday afternoon …
 
 
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
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Kurt Schlichter / The Federalist:
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
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