MONEYBAGS

The shocking amount of unaccountable money going into the presidential campaign

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2015/09/must-be-money.html

Biden knows: no one is as popular as a POTENTIAL candidate. Once you get in, people start to take you down

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/09/29/no-one-should-be-surprised-that-joe-biden-is-polling-so-well-right-now/

Her too: http://www.vox.com/2015/9/30/9419309/elizabeth-warren-should-run

In case facts matter

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/09/29/1425975/-Missouri-joins-long-list-of-states-which-have-found-no-wrong-doing-by-Planned-nbsp-Parenthood
Missouri joins long list of states which have found no wrongdoing by Planned Parenthood

John Boehner's resignation isn't going to fix anything: the coming meltdown

http://www.salon.com/2015/09/30/the_gops_doomsday_clock_keeps_ticking_why_the_worst_is_yet_to_come_in_congress/

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2015/09/next_speaker_of_the_house_presumptive_speaker_kevin_mccarthy_is_facing_the.html

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/09/29/1425853/-It-s-going-to-be-a-long-ugly-year-for-Congress

One thing we know for sure about the new GOP House leadership -- it will be all men

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/09/29/1425915/-Quick-roundup-of-the-GOP-leadership-scrum-now-exclusively-male

Trump's tax plan: even worse than you thought

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/trump-tax-plan-giveaway-to-the-rich
 
More: http://www.vox.com/2015/9/29/9414279/donald-trump-sold-out

Has he peaked?

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/09/29/1425818/-With-Peak-Trump-in-the-rearview-mirror-GOP-establishment-should-still-be-scared-silly

Ben Carson is listening to the wrong people

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/09/30/1425945/-Oh-Lord-Ben-Carson-s-been-getting-his-policy-ideas-from-one-of-the-kookiest-kooks-in-conservatism

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/09/29/1425661/-From-abortion-to-sharia-Dr-Ben-Carson-is-a-wreck-waiting-to-happen

http://www.salon.com/2015/09/30/the_7_most_impressively_stupid_things_ben_carson_has_said_partner/

More: http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2015/09/qotd-ben-carson.html

Rand Paul's inept campaign

http://www.vox.com/2015/9/30/9419377/rand-paul-super-pac

http://www.salon.com/2015/09/30/let_the_rand_paul_death_watch_begin_a_pre_mortem_of_his_spectacularly_stumbling_campaign/

Carly Fiorina the latest pol to forget that EVERYTHING is recorded now

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/09/29/1425914/-Carly-Fiorina-I-didn-t-say-gay-marriage-was-the-law-of-the-land-except-for-how-I-totally-did

The least popular guy in the Senate

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/09/paul-tells-cruz-no-one-in-the-senate-likes-him.html
Rand Paul Reminds Ted Cruz That No One in the Senate Likes Him

More: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/09/29/1425931/-Ted-Cruz-solidifies-position-as-Senate-nbsp-pariah

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/the-eve-shutdown-cruz-annoys-his-gop-allies

Awww. . . Trump and Fox World hug and make up . . . again

http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/09/28/donald-trump-will-appear-on-fox-again-after-all/?partner=rss&emc=rss
 

Bonus item: I can see why

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/09/29/democrats-are-way-angrier-than-republicans-about-the-political-system/
Democrats are WAY angrier than Republicans about the political system

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THE BIG PICTURE

http://www.vox.com/2015/9/28/9407889/american-politics-changing
A theory of how American politics is changing

More: http://prospect.org/article/gops-delusions
The GOP's Delusions

Elizabeth Warren speaks on race and Black Lives Matter

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/09/28/1425667/-Warren-gives-remarkable-and-unprecedented-speech-on-racial-injustice-and-Black-Lives-Matter

http://www.salon.com/2015/09/28/elizabeth_warren_just_delivered_the_realest_talk_on_race_by_any_american_politician/

The Rich Guy used to say that rich guys needed to pay more taxes. Then he decided to run for president, and everything changed

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/09/28/1425586/-Trump-s-tax-plan-seems-to-help-the-rich-get-even-richer-than-Jeb-s-plan

More: http://www.vox.com/2015/9/28/9411243/donald-trump-tax-rich

http://www.vox.com/2015/9/28/9408923/donald-trump-tax-plan

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2015/09/donald-trump-releases-tax-plan-rich-will-love
Donald Trump Releases Tax "Plan" the Rich Will Love

Dr. Carson says he would run as a third party candidate, then remembers he just signed a pledge not to

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/09/carson-says-hed-run-outside-gop-recalls-pledge.html

There's water on Mars

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/09/official-theres-water-on-mars.html

Rush's take: http://politicalwire.com/2015/09/28/limbaugh-doesnt-believe-there-is-water-on-mars/
Limbaugh: “OK so there’s flowing water on Mars. Yip yip yip yahoo. Hey, you know me, I’m science 101, big time guy, tech advance it, you know it, I’m all in. But, NASA has been corrupted by the current regime. Don’t know how long it’s going to take, but this news that there is flowing water on Mars is somehow going to find its way into a technique to advance the leftist agenda.”

Trust in the media is at an all-time low

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/09/28/trust-in-the-media-is-at-an-all-time-low-thats-a-terrible-thing-for-all-of-us/

More: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/09/28/how-a-political-journalist-makes-predictions-in-1-chart/

Bonus item: Welcome Trevor Noah!

http://crooksandliars.com/2015/09/daily-shows-trevor-noah-mocks-right-wing

More: http://crooksandliars.com/2015/09/larry-wilmore-takes-apart-jeb-over-his

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OVERCROWDED

The next GOPers to quit?

http://www.ibtimes.com/gop-primary-report-bobby-jindal-george-pataki-rand-paul-quit-presidential-race-2115833

Is this Ted Cruz's "now or never" moment?

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/09/ted-cruz-planned-parenthood-2016-government-shutdown-214098#ixzz3n1uZNoE7

Carly Fiorina: her candidacy is based on . . . what?

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/chuck-todd-to-fiorina-havent-you-exaggerated-planned-parenthood-video/

Jeb W. Bush has a tax cut plan. Sound familiar?

http://www.vox.com/2015/9/28/9405001/jeb-bush-says-you-cant-cut-everyones-taxes-without-disproportionately

http://crooksandliars.com/2015/09/thats-just-way-it-jeb-bush-explains-why-1

The Rich Guy is still being treated like a serious candidate

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/09/trump-outlines-radical-policies-on-60-minutes.html
In some ways, Donald Trump's 60 Minutes interview went down exactly as you'd expect:  a bemused and somewhat horrified Scott Pelley repeatedly pressed the front-runner for details on his proposals, without much success.   . . .

Must be liberating to be John Boehner now - he can say pretty much anything he wants

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/09/boehner-refers-to-jackass-cruz-on-national-tv.html

Oh good. The new Speaker of the House promises a LESS accommodating relation to the Dems. Because, you know, there has just been too damn much compromise going on

http://politicalwire.com/2015/09/27/mccarthy-promises-more-confrontation-with-democrats/

Bonus item: Eddie Vedder and Beyonce cover Bob Marley's "Redemption Song" (featuring Nelson Mandela)

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/09/27/eddie-vedder-and-beyonce-cover-bob-marley-s-redemption-song.html

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BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR

Conservatives rejoice over Boehner resignation

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/09/25/social-conservatives-cheer-boehners-resignation-its-an-answered-prayer/
‘It’s an answered prayer!’

http://www.salon.com/2015/09/25/conservatives_rejoice_over_john_boehners_resignation_treated_other_republicans_like_jackasses/
Conservatives rejoice over John Boehner’s resignation: “Treated other Republicans like jackasses”

More: http://www.vox.com/2015/9/25/9397397/boehner-resignation-reactions

http://www.wsj.com/articles/boehners-demise-leaves-gop-establishment-shaking-1443220194
That sound you hear around Washington right now is the sound of the Republican establishment shaking. . . .

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/09/how-the-right-is-reacting-to-boehners-exit.html
“What Boehner mostly did as House Speaker was rescue the more conservative members of his caucus from dire political miscalculations while offering little alternative vision of his own.” [read on]

The coming Supreme Court term

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/09/27/1423944/-Supreme-Court-will-start-term-with-docket-loaded-with-death-penalty-cases

Blessed

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/rep-bob-brady-pope-francis-water-glass
Dem Rep Snags Pope's Water Glass, Takes Pics Of Himself Drinking From It

More: http://6abc.com/religion/rep-bob-brady-family-staff-drink-from-pope-francis-water-glass/1001763/
Rep. Bob Brady, family, staff, drink from Pope Francis' water glass

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/09/rep-to-bless-grandkids-with-water-pope-drank.html
Congressman Plans to Bless Grandkids With Water From Pope’s Drinking Glass

Trumpism

http://politicalwire.com/2015/09/26/trump-quote-of-the-day-58/
“You know, it’s hard, this running stuff. You’re dealing with the press, and the distortion that they write is so unbelievable… I mean, they really do distort, and they are terrible people. Not all of them but many of them.” 
       — Donald Trump

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/donald-trump-defends-immigration-comments-somebodys-doing-the-raping/
“When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best… They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.”

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/09/20/441967027/trump-i-know-so-many-muslims-who-are-fabulous-people
Trump said he feels "strongly that Muslims are excellent. I know so many Muslims that are such fabulous people. . . We can be politically correct and say there is no problem whatsoever, but the fact is, there is a problem with some and it's a very severe problem and it's a problem that's taking place all over the world"

The Sunday talk show line-ups

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/09/27/1424926/-Sunday-Talk-The-devil-is-in-the-details
NBC Meet the Press: Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (D); "Successful" Businesswoman Carly Fiorina (R); Others TBD.

CBS Face the Nation: House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH); Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R); Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT); Roundtable: Kim Strassel (Wall Street Journal), Ed O'Keefe (Washington Post), Susan Page (USA Today) and Nancy Cordes (CBS News).

ABC This Week: Constitutional Expert Dr. Ben Carson (R); U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power; Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA); Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA); Roundtable: "Independent" Strategist Matthew Dowd, Bill Kristol (Weekly Standard), Democratic Strategist Donna Brazile and Robert Costa (Washington Post).

CNN State of the Union: Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley (D); House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA); Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter (D).

Bonus item: Getting ready for fall foliage

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2015/09/25/how-to-see-america-at-its-most-beautiful-this-fall/

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DEAR JOHN

Boehner finally quits

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/09/boehner-resigning-from-congress-next-month.html
“This morning, I woke up, said my prayers, as I always do, and thought, ‘This is the day I am going to do this,'" he told reporters . . . 

More: http://www.vox.com/2015/9/25/9397997/john-boehners-resignation-explained

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/09/25/if-conservatives-think-boehners-scalp-will-solve-their-problems-they-have-another-think-coming/

http://www.vox.com/2015/9/25/9397467/john-boehner-resign-reason
Boehner's tenure as speaker of the House, explained in 9 conservative revolts

The next speaker?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/09/25/meet-kevin-mccarthy-the-potential-next-speaker-of-the-house/

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/09/meet-boehners-likely-replacement-rep-mccarthy.html

The fight for #2: http://www.vox.com/2015/9/25/9398989/kevin-mccarthy-speaker-house

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/09/25/1424856/--David-Duke-without-the-baggage-to-run-for-House-majority-leader

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/john-boehner-departure-congress_5605b381e4b0768126fd952e
Boehner's Departure Won't Make Congress Better, But It Could Make It Worse 

Will this help prevent a govt shutdown?

http://crooksandliars.com/2015/09/how-boehner-gets-last-laugh
With his political future settled, Boehner could still have the last laugh. Democrats in the House would gladly help him pass a budget resolution that goes through the end of 2016, and include a debt ceiling increase taking them through the 2016 election, too. With those two issues out of the way, the House could simply waste time passing more bills to repeal Obamacare, end abortion, defund Planned Parenthood, and more. They wouldn't actually have to govern. . . .

More: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/09/25/1424924/-Could-Boehner-s-exit-scuttle-the-GOP-s-government-shutdown

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/boehner-resignation-changes-the-shutdown-calculus

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/09/25/1424786/-House-Republican-leadership-grasps-at-straws-to-avoid-shutdown

Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/harry-reid-john-boehner-resigns
Reid Says He'll 'Miss' Boehner: 'He Never, Ever Misled Me'

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/09/25/1424849/-Pelosi-The-GOP-is-a-political-party-at-war-with-its-own-government
Pelosi: The GOP is 'a political party at war with its own government'

Boehner memories

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/house-speaker-john-boehner-moments_560557dae4b0768126fd27d6

http://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/bars-birthdays-and-bleeps-john-boehners-most-memorable-quotes/2015/09/25/07a918e8-63a4-11e5-8475-781cc9851652_video.html

Carly Fiorina's lies

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2015/09/carly_fiorina_lied_about_planned_parenthood_video_gop_debate_fact_checking.html

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2015/09/fiorina-doubles-down-on-her-dishonesty.html

http://www.salon.com/2015/09/25/carly_fiorinas_despicable_planned_parenthood_lies_have_gotten_even_worse/

MORE Clinton emails come to light

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2015/09/new-hillary-clinton-emails-surface

The Pope needs some help with technology

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/09/3rd-graders-school-pope-francis-in-east-harlem.html
Pope Francis Fails Miserably at Operating a Digital Display in East Harlem School Until 3rd-Graders Set Him Straight

Bonus item: The first photobomb?

http://www.vox.com/2015/9/25/9397733/first-photobomb

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THE ANTI-TRUMP

What the Pope told Congress

http://www.vox.com/2015/9/24/9393731/pope-francis-speech-progressive-obama
Pope Francis delivered a speech too progressive for Obama to give

More: https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2015/09/24/pope-francis-issues-a-moral-challenge-to-trumpism/

http://www.salon.com/2015/09/25/5_amazing_ways_pope_francis_made_republicans_squirm_yesterday/
 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2015/09/24/congress-mostly-behaved-during-the-popes-speech-and-of-course-boehner-cried/
 
Full text: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/09/24/pope-franciss-speech-to-congress-annotated/

The non-Trump Repubs smell blood

http://politicalwire.com/2015/09/24/trump-rivals-smell-blood/

More: http://politicalwire.com/2015/09/24/rubio-slams-trump-as-insecure/
Sen. Marco Rubio is firing back at Donald Trump as “insecure” and “touchy” . . .

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/09/23/donald-trump-wants-the-fcc-to-fine-a-critical-fox-news-pundit/
"Let's be honest: Carly cut his balls off with the precision of a surgeon — and he knows it," Lowry said on "The Kelly File."

Then there's this poor schlub, who's going nowhere fast

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/09/24/jeb-bush-is-in-5th-place-in-this-nh-poll-but-thats-not-his-worst-news-out-of-the-survey/
Jeb Bush is in 5th place in a new New Hampshire poll. That’s not the really bad news.

More: http://crooksandliars.com/2015/09/hey-jeb-only-losers-use-racist-free-stuff

With Republican votes!

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/09/24/1424617/-Senate-blocks-bill-defunding-Planned-Parenthood
Senate blocks bill defunding Planned Parenthood 

Learn about China

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2015/09/24/china-explained-simply-with-charts/

The Rich Guy and Fox World, keep breakin' up, then kissin' and makin' up

http://crooksandliars.com/2015/09/trump-and-ailes-schedule-another-summit

http://www.salon.com/2015/09/24/donald_trump_and_roger_ailes_set_to_meet_will_the_gop_frontrunner_kiss_and_make_up_with_fox_news_again/

Bonus item: Cruzism

http://politicalwire.com/2015/09/24/quote-of-the-day-1051/

“I believe the death penalty is a recognition of the preciousness of human life, that for the most egregious crimes, the ultimate punishment should apply.”  

— Sen. Ted Cruz

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NOT JUST FOR CATHOLICS

Welcome Francis

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/09/23/1424105/--Son-of-an-immigrant-family-Pope-Francis-gets-a-White-House-welcome
Mr. President, I find it encouraging that you are proposing an initiative for reducing air pollution. Accepting the urgency, it seems clear to me also that climate change is a problem which can no longer be left to a future generation. . . .

http://www.vox.com/2015/9/23/9376485/pope-francis-sex-abuse
Pope Francis is doing more to fight sex abuse than his predecessors. That's still not enough.

More: http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/09/popes-white-house-visit-in-10-images.html

Hillary lays it out

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2015/09/23/hillary-republicans-dont-just-oppose-abortion-they-oppose-family-planning-and-contraception/
Hillary: Republicans don’t just oppose abortion. They oppose family planning and contraception.
 
The Dems have an energy bill

http://www.vox.com/2015/9/23/9384799/senate-democrats-energy-bill

Why Scott Walker's campaign failed so badly

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/the-unremarkable-demise-of-scott-walker

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2015_09/what_we_can_learn_from_scott_w057746.php

More: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/09/scott-walker-2016-fall-213956

The Rich Guy picks another petulant fight with Fox World

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/09/23/1424207/-Donald-Trump-Fox-is-treating-me-very-unfairly-and-I-m-taking-my-marbles-and-going-home-again

Bonus item: Shep

http://crooksandliars.com/2015/09/where-shep-smith-becomes-conscience-fox

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LAYING PIPE

Hillary comes out against the Keystone pipeline. Smart move

http://www.vox.com/2015/9/22/9374671/hillary-clinton-keystone-pipeline-opposition

http://www.vox.com/2015/9/22/9374735/clinton-opposes-keystone

More: http://www.vox.com/2014/11/14/7216751/keystone-pipeline-facts-controversy

On China-U.S. relations

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2015/09/22/everything-you-need-to-know-about-china-and-the-u-s/

More: http://prospect.org/article/our-incoherent-china-policy-fall-preview

Jeb W. Bush is getting Romneyitis: by trying to cater to the right, he's losing his biggest asset, which is that he isn't just another nativist idiot

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/09/22/1423911/-Jeb-who-once-boasted-about-being-bicultural-warns-we-are-creeping-toward-multiculteralism

Dude, what's wrong with "It was a stupid thing to say, and I'm sorry"?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2015/09/22/ben-carson-forces-republicans-to-take-sides-on-electing-a-muslim-president/
Ben Carson says comments on Muslims were misinterpreted 

http://politicalwire.com/2015/09/23/carson-says-comments-on-muslims-misunderstood/
Carson Says Comments on Muslims Misunderstood 
 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/09/22/ben-carson-softens-tone-on-muslims-says-he-was-taken-out-of-context/
Ben Carson says he was taken out of context

More: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/09/22/debunking-the-ridiculous-idea-that-ben-carson-was-misquoted-on-muslims/
Sorry, Ben Carson, you weren’t misquoted about a Muslim president.

Oh, how bullies love to whine when others are mean to them

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/09/22/donald-trumps-cease-and-desist-letter-annotated/#
Donald Trump’s amazing ‘cease and desist’ letter, annotated

More: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/peak-citizens-united

 Everything you need to know about the Pope's visit

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/09/primer-for-pope-franciss-american-adventure.html

http://www.vox.com/2015/9/23/9374357/pope-francis-us-visit

Bonus item: For all my left-handed readers

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2015/09/22/the-surprising-geography-of-american-left-handedness/

More: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/09/22/mom-my-left-handed-kid-was-called-evil.html

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TRUMPED

Koch-backed money boy drops out of GOP race

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/scott-walker-drops-out-2016

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/live-by-the-koch-die-by-the-koch

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/09/21/1423591/-Scott-Walker-I-was-called-to-exit-the-race

More: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/09/21/how-scott-walker-lost-rush-limbaugh-and-his-2016-presidential-bid.html
All the Koch money in the world couldn’t save the Wisconsin governor once the talk-radio king stopped raving about him and jumped on Team Trump.

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/09/demise-of-walkers-2016-campaign-a-timeline.html
The Stunning Demise of Scott Walker’s 2016 Campaign: A Timeline

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/09/21/heres-how-abysmal-scott-walkers-campaign-was/
Here’s how abysmal Scott Walker’s campaign was

Fiorina's tenure as CEO

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/09/carly-fiorina-ceo-jeffrey-sonnenfeld-2016-213163#ixzz3mKyK67Wj

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/09/21/1423486/-Carly-Fiorina-is-a-master-at-misleading-but-her-business-record-really-is-that-bad

Or? http://www.vox.com/2015/9/21/9365611/carly-fiorina-ceo
Was Carly Fiorina an okay CEO or a terrible one? It doesn’t really matter.

The “Scourge of Upward Redistribution”

http://www.vox.com/polyarchy/2015/9/21/9364067/regressive-rents-government-politics

$750 a pill!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2015/09/21/how-an-obscure-drugs-4000-price-increase-might-finally-spur-action-on-soaring-health-care-costs/
How an obscure drug’s 4,000% price increase might finally spur action on soaring health-care costs

More: http://www.vox.com/2015/9/22/9366721/daraprim-price-shkreli-turing

Bonus item: OK

http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2015/9/21/9366357/strand-books-donald-trump-campaign-hat

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JIHAD

The leading Republican candidates have decided that Muslim bashing works for them

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2015/09/20/3703527/ben-carson-says-there-should-be-a-religious-litmus-test-for-presidential-candidates/
Ben Carson Says Muslims Should Be Disqualified From Presidency

More: http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/254330-carson-doubles-down-on-no-muslims-in-the-white-house
Carson doubles down on no Muslims in the White House

The Rich Guy

http://politicalwire.com/2015/09/20/trump-refuses-to-say-if-hed-accept-muslim-president/
Trump: “Would I be comfortable? I don’t know if we have to address it right now. But I think it is certainly something that could happen. Some people have said it already happened, frankly — but of course you won’t agree with that.”

More: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/09/20/donald-trump-i-have-friends-that-are-muslims/
Donald Trump: ‘I have friends that are Muslims’

The state of the race

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/09/frank-rich-in-praise-of-donald-trump.html
As the summer of Donald Trump came to its end — and the prospect of a springtime for Trump no longer seemed like a gag — the quest to explain the billionaire’s runaway clown car went into overdrive. How could a crass, bigoted bully with a narcissistic-personality disorder and policy views bordering on gibberish “defy political gravity,” dominate the national stage, make monkeys out of pundits and pollsters, and pose an existential threat to one of America’s two major parties? . . . [read on]

More: http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2015_09/why_2016_is_different_for_the057699.php
Why 2016 is Different for the GOP: The Establishment is Divided, The Base is Mostly United

Yes, divided

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/09/21/the-gop-hates-governing-more-than-planned-parenthood.html
The Republican aim to shut down the government rather than fund Planned Parenthood proves the party has no desire or ability to govern the country.

More: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/wp/2015/09/21/the-looming-shutdown-is-government-disservice-to-u-s-taxpayers-and-employees/

Reality check

http://www.vox.com/2015/9/20/9359405/hillary-clinton-endorsement-sanders-biden
Why Hillary Clinton keeps racking up key endorsements even as Sanders surges and Biden weighs getting in

Bonus item: Jon Stewart's Emmy speech

http://www.vox.com/2015/9/20/9363193/watch-emmys-2015-jon-stewart

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