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3:10 PM ET, September 29, 2015

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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.
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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 …
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.
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Boehner open to raising debt limit
Discussion: Hot Air, RedState and Daily Kos
Politico:
Republicans try to draft Trey Gowdy for majority leader
Heather / Crooks and Liars:
Carly Fiorina Doubles Down On Planned Parenthood Lies
Discussion: Jezebel
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Heavy burden falls to McConnell
TMZ.com:
Jim Carrey — Girlfriend Cathriona White Commits Suicide  —  GIRLFRIEND COMMITS SUICIDE  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  9:43 AM PT — Jim Carrey released a statement — “I am shocked and deeply saddened by the passing of my sweet Cathriona.  She was a truly kind and delicate Irish flower …
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Chair Repeatedly Interrupts Planned Parenthood Head At Hearing (VIDEO)  —  Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) repeatedly interrupted Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards as she tried to answer his questions Tuesday in front of the House Oversight Committee.
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Christine Hauser / New York Times:
Missouri Finds Planned Parenthood Didn't Mishandle Fetal Tissue  —  An investigation by the attorney general's office in Missouri has found no evidence that a Planned Parenthood clinic in the state illegally handled fetal tissue.  —  The conclusions of the attorney general, Chris Koster …
Discussion: Progress Pond and Jezebel
John Santucci / ABC News:
Trump Says He's Been ‘Childish,’ Raises Possibility of Dropping Out  —  With summer over, so might be the “Summer of Trump” — and now the man himself appears to be accepting it might not be a kind Fall.  —  “This is going to be an ebb and flow, how can I continue to lead by such wide margins? …
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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 …
Kurt Wagner / Re/code:
Twitter Plans to Go Beyond Its 140-Character Limit  —  Twitter is building a new product that will allow users to share tweets that are longer than the company's 140-character limit, according to multiple people familiar with the company's plans.  —  It's unclear what the product will look like …
The Intercept:
Edward Snowden Is On Twitter: @Snowden  —  Edward Snowden isn't just a hashtag anymore.  The NSA whistleblower joined Twitter on Tuesday, using the @snowden Twitter handle.  —  Snowden, who has lived in Russia since turning over a trove of top secret documents to reporters more than two years ago …
Chris Tye / WKYC-TV:
Stepdad's Surprise: Stunning invite down wedding aisle  —  LaGrange, Ohio — Planning for wedding day joy often comes with pain, when you're the step-father of the bride.  —  “Every time we tried on tuxes — or did some planning — it crossed my mind that I'd be sitting in the crowd …
Discussion: WREG-TV
Mark Hemingway / Weekly Standard:
You Can't Handle the Trump!  —  Vox's Ezra Klein wrote a good piece of analysis Monday about how unpredictable politics has become.  He notes that the four surprising political developments we've seen in the last few months—Speaker of the House John Boehner resigning from Congress …
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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 …
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 …
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Macfound.org site news:
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Discussion: FishbowlDC, Mediaite and Guardian
Laura Wagner / NPR:
Journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates Among 2015 MacArthur ‘Genius’ Award Winners
Discussion: Boing Boing and Crooked Timber
Benny Avni / New York Post:
Obama has turned Putin into the world's most powerful leader  —  Barack Obama extends his hand to Vladimir Putin during their meeting at the United Nations General Assembly.  —  The baton was officially transferred Monday to the world's new sole superpower — and Vladimir Putin willingly picked it up.
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Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Christie: ‘The World Is Literally On Fire’ Because Of Obama's ‘Inaction’ (VIDEO)
Alan Cole / Tax Foundation:
Details and Analysis of Donald Trump's Tax Plan  —  By  —  Key Findings:  — Mr. Trump's tax plan would substantially lower individual income taxes and the corporate income tax and eliminate a number of complex features in the current tax code.  — Mr. Trump's plan would cut taxes …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Rand Paul super PAC goes dark  —  One of the three super PACs supporting the Kentucky senator's presidential bid has stopped raising money.  —  One of the three super PACs supporting Rand Paul's presidential campaign has stopped raising money, dealing a damaging blow to an already cash-starved campaign.
Jane J. Lee / National Geographic:
Exclusive Video: First “Glowing” Sea Turtle Found  —  Scientists diving recently near the Solomon Islands made an illuminating discovery: The first biofluorescent reptile ever recorded.  —  Yes, this sea turtle is glowing neon green and red.  No, it's not radioactive.
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: NBC News and WWLP-TV
 
 
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Geoffrey Kabaservice / New York Times:
Anarchy in the House  —  REPUBLICANS aren't big fans of Karl Marx …
Discussion: Democratic Strategist
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump On Social Security In His 2000 Book: A Ponzi Scheme We Must Privatize
Discussion: Liberaland
Gallup:
Gallup-Purdue Index 2015 Report
Discussion: Slantpoint, US News and NPR
Guardian:
Referee pulls out gun during Brazilian football match - video
Discussion: Mashable, SBNation.com and USA Today
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Chaffetz: Trey Gowdy could be next majority leader
Randall Lane / Forbes:
Inside The Epic Fantasy That's Driven Donald Trump For 33 Years
Discussion: Business Insider
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John Marzulli / New York Daily News:
EXCLUSIVE: Brooklyn judge says ex-con's assault victims were ‘not angels’
Discussion: Daily Mail and Raw Story
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
Carly Fiorina's ultraconservative rage
Discussion: Daily Kos and Althouse
Patrick O'Connor / Wall Street Journal:
WSJ Poll Shows Risks for GOP; Clinton Support Wanes
Max Fisher / Vox:
Why Robert Mugabe just shouted “We are not gays” in his UN speech
Discussion: Towleroad
Mark Murray / NBC News:
NBC/WSJ Poll: Anger Defines 2016 Electorate
Peter Spence / Telegraph:
How Sweden's negative interest rates experiment has turned economics on its head
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Politico:
Schumer in talks with Ryan on major tax, infrastructure deal
Discussion: Hullabaloo