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10:10 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: NBC News
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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
Priscilla Alvarez / The Atlantic:
Kevin McCarthy and the Contest for House Speaker
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McConnell pressures Senate to back spending bill
Discussion: Daily Kos
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Hensarling backs Price for majority leader
Ben Domenech / The Federalist:
John Boehner Quit Because He Was Going To Be Fired
Discussion: Washington Times and Hot Air
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
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Plan Cuts Taxes for Millions
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
Eli Stokols / Politico:
Perry's super PAC head jumps to Bush's campaign
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 …
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
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 …
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
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 …
Discussion: Washington Post and WSLS-TV
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
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 …
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 …
Peter Montgomery / The Hill:
Let's be honest about the dishonest attack on Planned Parenthood  —  Far-right Republicans in Congress are threatening to shut down the federal government rather than pass a budget that allows Planned Parenthood to continue receiving federal funds to provide women with healthcare.
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
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: VICE and The Week
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
Hillary Clinton / Facebook:
Question for Hillary?  Leave it below-\-\she'll be back soon to start a live Facebook Q&A on everything from health care to college affordability.  —  ***Thanks for joining me, Facebook.  Let's do this!  -H
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Hillary comes out against pumpkin spice
Discussion: American Spectator
 
 
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Jason Silverstein / New York Daily News:
George Zimmerman goes on depraved Twitter rant after retweeting picture of Trayvon Martin's corpse
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Refinery29
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
No Foolish Consistency Here  —  “A foolish consistency …
whitehouse.gov:
Remarks by President Obama to the United Nations General Assembly
Jon Schuppe / NBC News:
Iran President Hassan Rouhani Blames U.S. For Spread of Mideast Terror
Discussion: Progress Pond and The Week
Kim Bell / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Mayor, police pledge more officers near Busch Stadium after shooting
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and FOX2now.com
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Bachmann: God May Destroy America Over Gay Marriage Just Like Sodom
Discussion: Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Paul takes break to raise funds for Senate campaign
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Ben Carson Says He'd Run Outside The GOP But Doesn't Think It's Necessary
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Wall Street Journal:
The Jack Kemp Model for Republicans
Des Moines Register:
Last Slide  —  Are you in the market for a party bus?
Discussion: The Week
Samtata / New York's PIX11:
Facebook privacy status hoax making the rounds again
Discussion: Mashable, KTLA, FOX2now.com and Consumerist
Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
Megyn Kelly doesn't want to talk about Donald Trump
 

 
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