memeorandum: Government shutdown: Navy-Air Force football game canceled (Philip Ewing/Politico)

4:45 PM ET, October 1, 2013

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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.

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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 …

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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.

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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 and The Hinterland Gazette

Nick Gillespie / Reason:

Let Us Be Clear: Obama Deserves Chief Responsibility for Gov't Shutdown. — Boehner and the GOP may well be “anarchists” and Reid and the Dems may be useless. But it's the president who runs the show. — Whether it turns truly apocalyptic or ends up just being a short break …

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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 …

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

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Fox News:
Congressional stalemate rings in government slimdown

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Manu Raju / Politico:
GOP braces for shutdown fallout

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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
In Congress, a not-so-brief case of delusion over government shutdown

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Joe Nocera / New York Times:
Those Banana Republicans

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Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:

Poll Indicates GOP Has Been Deeply Damaged By Shutdown Fight — Republicans in Washington insist they have simply been upholding the wishes of the American people throughout their efforts to block the Affordable Care Act, but a poll released Tuesday tells a very different story.

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

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Ron Fournier / NationalJournal.com:
The Beginning of the End for Washington

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Ross Douthat:
Is Republican Intransigence Reasonable?

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Politico:
House GOP to vote on narrow funding bills

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Politico:
Government shutdown: President Obama holds the line

Discussion: americanthinker.com and The Hill

James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
Why This Is Not Just ‘Washington Breakdown,’ in 3 Graphs (and 1 Story)

Discussion: The Dish, Shakesville, Connecting.the.Dots, Taylor Marsh, The Frying Pan and The Moderate Voice

Charlie Cook / NationalJournal.com:
Ted Cruz May Be Unwittingly Boosting Rand Paul's Brand

Discussion: Politico and Conservatives4Palin

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

Discussion: Hot Air

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, ThinkProgress, Taylor Marsh, 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.

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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
KKK Rally At Gettysburg Military Park Canceled Due To Gov't Shutdown

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Philadelphia News, Local News, Weather …:
Gettysburg KKK Rally Scuttled by Shutdown

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Washington Post:
Visiting veterans storm closed war memorials

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit

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

Discussion: The Raw Story

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 …

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Washington Post:
Obamacare site goes live, with some glitches

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

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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.

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Misstripleem / Twitchy:
Surprise! Obamacare health insurance exchange websites don't work; HealthCare.gov a total mess

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Emma Dumain / Roll Call:

House Leaders Seize on Ted Cruz's Idea to End Shutdown (Updated) — Updated 2:18 p.m. | House Republican leaders Tuesday told rank-and-file members that they will attempt to pass several separate bills to reopen the government a few agencies at a time. — A GOP aide confirmed that leaders …

Discussion: Politico and Hot Air

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart:

Jon Stewart's Rockin' Shutdown Eve — If President Obama can make a deal with the most intransigent mullahs in the world but not with House Republicans, maybe he is not the problem. (07:20)

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Philip Ewing / Politico:

Government shutdown: Navy-Air Force football game canceled — The Defense Department has canceled intercollegiate sports at its three service academies during the government shutdown, according to an announcement Tuesday. — The Naval Academy, the Air Force Academy and the U.S. Military Academy …

Discussion: Outside the Beltway

Washington Free Beacon:

Biden Accidentally Shows Press Cover of Classified Document — Vice President Joe Biden appeared Monday to show the cover of a codeword-classified document to reporters during a meeting between President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. — The contents of the document …

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