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John Bresnahan / Politico:

Government shutdown: John Boehner's private fight for Hill health subsidies — With the federal government nearing shutdown, House Speaker John Boehner stood on the House floor Monday and called on his colleagues to vote for a bill banning a “so-called exemption” that lawmakers and staffers receive for their health insurance.

Discussion: CNN, Washington Monthly, Business Insider, Daily Kos, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Mediaite, Defense One, Talking Points Memo, The Daily Caller, National Review, Booman Tribune and Roll Call

Meredith Shiner / The World's Greatest …:

Democrats Divulge Emails With Boehner Staff as Shutdown Fight Gets Personal (Updated) — Reid's office is considering leaking emails between his chief of staff, David Krone, above, and Boehner's chief. (CQ Roll Call File Photo) — Updated 11:30 a.m. | Senate Democrats are considering leaking …

Discussion: Business Insider, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, No More Mister Nice Blog, Daily Kos, Roll Call, The Plum Line, Talking Points Memo and Politico

Rebecca Leber / ThinkProgress:

Six Headlines About The Government Shutdown That Will Destroy Your Faith In Journalism — The government shut down because a small group of Republicans, led by Sen Ted Cruz (R-TX), insist on linking continued funding to repealing, defunding, or delaying Obamacare.

Discussion: Associated Press, The Huffington Post, First Read, The Daily Banter, Center for American Progress, Washington Monthly, Daily Kos and Right Wing Watch

John Boehner / USA Today:

Obama owns this shutdown now — Washington Democrats have slammed the door on reopening the government. — CONNECT — The president isn't telling the whole story when it comes to the government shutdown. The fact is that Washington Democrats have slammed the door on reopening …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, Associated Press, Daily Kos, Speaker.gov and CNN

Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:

THE DEMOCRATS ARE BRINGING GUNS TO A GUNFIGHT — This is more like it, thank you. … This would only be responding in kind. For years, Washington worked on a system of both written and unwritten rules of behavior. One of the marked characteristics of the reign of the morons has been to trash …

Discussion: The Mahablog and No More Mister Nice Blog

Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:

‘House Of Turds’: NY Daily News Mocks Boehner As Shutdown Arrives (PHOTO) — A prominent New York City tabloid marked the first government shutdown since 1996 on Tuesday with a cover that parodies a hit political drama and mocks House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH).

Discussion: Paul Krugman, Mediaite, Balloon Juice, The Hinterland Gazette and Shakesville

Nick Gillespie / Reason:
Let Us Be Clear: Obama Deserves Chief Responsibility for Gov't Shutdown.

Discussion: NPR, Outside the Beltway and Hit & Run

Manu Raju / Politico:
GOP braces for shutdown fallout

Discussion: CNN and The Hill

Fox News:
Congressional stalemate rings in government slimdown

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Mediaite and The Week

CNN:

Veterans break past World War II Memorial barricade — Update 1:45 p.m. ET: House GOP leadership sources tell CNN they plan to vote on a series of bills to fund the government, beginning Tuesday with three measures-spending for veterans, the District of Columbia and the Park Service.

Discussion: Politico, ABC News, Taylor Marsh, ThinkProgress, Gawker and Connecting.the.Dots

Leo Shane III / Stars & Stripes:

WWII veterans storm D.C. memorial closed by government shutdown — WASHINGTON — Wheelchair-bound elderly veterans pushed aside barricades to tour the World War II Memorial Tuesday morning, in defiance of the government shutdown which closed all of the memorials in the nation's capital.

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Washington Post, Guardian, Outside the Beltway, msnbc.com and WJLA-TV

Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Politico: Obama Shows ‘Resolve and Strength’ By Shutting Government

Discussion: Hot Air and The Lonely Conservative

Politico:
House GOP to vote on narrow funding bills

Discussion: The Plum Line, Hit & Run, CNN, Firedoglake and The Reaction

Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
Witness: Mississippi Congressman ‘Opened The Barricade’ To Closed WWII Memorial

Discussion: The Raw Story

Ashley Killough / CNN:
Durbin: Medical device tax repeal could be ‘on the table’

Discussion: Firedoglake, PoliticusUSA, Politico, The PJ Tatler, WND, Prairie Weather, ABC News and Daily Kos

Politico:
Government shutdown: President Obama holds the line

Discussion: americanthinker.com and The Hill

Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Vulnerable Republicans: End the shutdown

Discussion: msnbc.com

Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Obama notes health care glitches, blasts ‘Republican shutdown’

Discussion: ABC News and Colorlines

Elise Viebeck / The Hill:

Technical problems plague launch of ObamaCare (Video) — ObamaCare's new health insurance marketplaces experienced a range of technical glitches Tuesday morning as they opened to enroll patients for the first time. — The federally facilitated online exchanges include functions for creating an account …

Discussion: Weekly Standard, The CT Mirror, ThinkProgress, Washington Post, National Republican …, The Daily Caller, Weasel Zippers, Reuters, Talking Points Memo and The PJ Tatler

Washington Post:
Obamacare site goes live, with some glitches

Discussion: Power Line, Minneapolis Star Tribune, NBCNews, PJ Media, WND, National Review, Guardian, Forbes, Pat Dollard and Questions and Observations

Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
Sebelius: “Give Us the Same Slack You Give Apple”

Discussion: Firedoglake, Via Meadia and Unfair Park

Laura Meckler / Wall Street Journal:

Shutdown Ripples Through Federal Workplaces, Tourist Spots — More Than 800,000 Are Sent Home Even as Essential Services Are Kept Operating … WASHINGTON—The federal government's shutdown rippled through its operations Tuesday, as more than 800,000 workers were sent home …

Discussion: Wonkblog

Jordan Weissmann / The Atlantic Online:

The Saddest Paragraph You'll Read About the Government Shutdown Today — With NIH furloughs, children with cancer are being turned away from clinical trials. — You've heard about the Pandacam, the closed monuments and national parks, and the furloughed federal workers.

Discussion: Balloon Juice and Hullabaloo

Corey Boles / Washington Wire:

Senate: Shutdown May Persist More Than Two Weeks, Brush Against Debt Ceiling — Don't expect the government shutdown to end soon. — That was the message Tuesday from Senate Republican leaders and Democratic aides who said there is a growing likelihood that non-essential parts …

Discussion: The Plum Line

NPR:
Transcript And Audio: NPR Interview With President Obama

Discussion: Little Green Footballs, Political Capital, Heritage Action for America, New Orleans Times-Picayune, The Atlantic Online and Wall Street Journal

Julia Ioffe / The New Republic:

Two Russians Walk Into a Parliamentary Crisis... What is a president in a presidential constitutional republic to do when faced with an intransigent, bull-headed faction among his people's representatives? — Well, Boris Yeltsin, Russia's first democratically elected president …

Discussion: National Review, Hit & Run, Weasel Zippers, VodkaPundit and The PJ Tatler

Sean Trende / Real Clear Politics:

The Politics of the Government Shutdown — With the government having lurched into its first shutdown since the 1990s, many commentators are focusing on the potential ill effects that it might have for Republicans. Almost all of these analyses use the shutdowns of 1995-1996 as their starting point.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, National Review, Heritage Action for America, Hot Air, The Week, Guardian, Mediaite, The New Republic and Conservatives4Palin

Elizabeth Mendes / Gallup:
History Suggests Shutdown Stakes May Not Be That High

Discussion: PolicyShop, ABC News, Pat Dollard, Via Meadia, NewsBusters, CNN, Pew Research Center … and ABC News

Charlie Cook / NationalJournal.com:

Ted Cruz May Be Unwittingly Boosting Rand Paul's Brand — Cruz has redefined extremism in the Republican Party to such an extent that Paul doesn't come across as such a dangerous fringe candidate anymore. — WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 30: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) leaves a Republican Senate caucus meeting …

Discussion: Politico and Conservatives4Palin

Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Rand Paul: Open the government

Discussion: Hot Air, The Right Scoop and National Review

Emma Dumain / Roll Call:

House Leaders Seize on Ted Cruz's Idea to End Shutdown (Updated) — Updated 4:23 p.m. | The House will vote Tuesday evening on three bills to reopen various government programs that were shuttered when appropriations lapsed less than 24 hours ago. — One will allow veterans …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos, Hot Air and Politico

Elise Young / Political Capital:

Perry: Wife Misspoke About Abortion — Texas Gov. Rick Perry, right, and his wife, Anita, arrive for his state of the state address in the house chambers at the state capitol, on, Jan. 29, 2013, in Austin, Texas. — Texas Gov. Rick Perry today owned up to an “oops” moment that wasn't even his.

Discussion: ThinkProgress, PolicyMic and Talking Points Memo

Charlie Spiering / Washington Examiner:

The glitchy error-filled misadventures of creating an account on healthcare.gov — BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL BARACK OBAMA OBAMACARE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN — A friend and I spent the morning trying unsuccessfully to create an account on healthcare.gov and shop for cheaper health insurance.

Discussion: Twitchy, National Republican …, Rush Limbaugh, Weasel Zippers and Americans for Tax Reform …