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8:05 AM ET, October 4, 2013

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Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
How the White House sees the shutdown (and debt ceiling!) fight  —  To the White House, the shutdown/debt ceiling fight is quite simple, and quite radical: Republicans are trying to create a new, deeply undemocratic pathway through which a minority party that lost the last election can enact …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Washington Monthly
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Brian Beutler / Salon:
Republicans finally confronting reality: They're trapped!  —  Obama's ironclad resolve not to negotiate over the debt limit appears to finally be sinking in among GOP leaders  —  After struggling for weeks and weeks in stages one through four, Republicans are finally entering the final stage …
Politico:
Bad blood: Four feuding leaders  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid privately told fellow Democratic senators this week what he really thought of Speaker John Boehner.  —  “He's a coward,” Reid angrily said, referring to Boehner's private push for federal health care contributions for lawmakers and their staff.
Discussion: New York Times and NPR
New York Times:
Boehner Pledges to Avoid Default, Republicans Say  —  WASHINGTON — Speaker John A. Boehner has privately told Republican lawmakers anxious about fallout from the government shutdown that he would not allow a potentially more crippling federal default as the atmosphere on Capitol Hill turned increasingly tense on Thursday.
nbcwashington.com:
Obama to Boehner: “Take a Vote. End This Shutdown Right Now”
Joseph A. Morris / Washington Post:
Shutdowns have been frequent tools of policy. Just ask Reagan.
Discussion: msnbc.com
Larry Celona / New York Post:
DC attacker a dental hygienist, shot dead after chase  —  Alex Leary tweeted, “Something happening outside Capitol.  Police running around with guns at ready.”  —  @learyreports via Twitter  —  @MarcSchloss tweeted: “No joke on Capitol Hill as Cops are running with machine guns as reports of shots being fired at Capitol.”
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Washington Post:
Police suspect dental hygienist Miriam Carey was behind the wheel of Capitol chase  —  She had a toddler with her, confounding everyone who watched the car crash through barriers and lead police through the heart of high-security Washington.  —  Law enforcement officials said the black Infiniti …
Discussion: NBCNews, BBC, theGrio and NewsBusters
Peter Hermann / Washington Post:
Driver killed after car chase from White House to Capitol  —  A woman with a 1-year-old child in her car was fatally shot by police near the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, after a chase through the heart of Washington that brought a new jolt of fear to a city already rattled by the recent Navy Yard shooting and the federal shutdown.
NY Daily News:
U.S. Capitol shooting: Brooklyn neighbor says Connecticut woman shot dead outside Capitol 'seemed …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
ABC News:
Attempt to Ram White House Gate Ends With Female Suspect Dead
Adobe Blogs:
Important Customer Security Announcement  —  Cyber attacks are one of the unfortunate realities of doing business today.  Given the profile and widespread use of many of our products, Adobe has attracted increasing attention from cyber attackers.  Very recently, Adobe's security team …
Noah Rothman / Mediaite:
Chad Henderson Signed Up for Obamacare and Every... Single... Media Outlet Is on It!  —  On October 1, Chad Henderson successfully signed up for a health care exchange as part of the Affordable Care Act.  He was instantly catapulted into the national spotlight as the White House …
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Sarah Kliff / Wonkblog:
Meet Chad Henderson, the Obamacare enrollee tons of reporters are calling  —  Ask and, apparently, you shall receive.  —  Just moments after writing a blog post Thursday morning, about the lack of information on Obamacare enrollees, Enroll America reached out with contact information for Chad Henderson …
Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
Why we won't mint the coin, why we can't just pay off bonds, and other scary debt-ceiling facts  —  Mark A. Patterson is senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.  He was chief of staff at the Treasury Department from 2009 until May 2013 where he was deeply involved in the 2011 debt-ceiling negotiations.
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Senate Democrats block reopening of NIH, national parks  —  Shutdown positions hardening on both sides  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Thursday blocked a House bill providing funding to reopen national parks amid the government shutdown, saying he would not allow the GOP to pick …
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Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Cantor: House GOP forging ahead with piecemeal bills
Discussion: CNN and voteview blog
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Cory Booker's lackluster campaign  —  Cory Booker is all but certain to win the New Jersey special election for U.S. Senate.  —  But as polls show Republican rival Steve Lonegan tightening the race, Booker is getting an uncomfortable reminder that he will have to campaign hard to defend …
Mark Segraves / nbcwashington.com:
Congressman Confronts Park Ranger Over Closed WWII Memorial  —  Conflict over the responsibility for the government shutdown got personal at the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. Wednesday when a member of Congress confronted a U.S. Park Service Ranger over access to the closed park land.
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David French / National Review:
The World War II Memorial Shutdown: A Symbol of Government Malice
Discussion: alicublog
Timothy Egan / Opinionator:
Wrong Side of History  —  Sarah Palin finally got her death panels — a direct blow from the Republican House.  In shutting down the government, leaving 800,000 people without a paycheck and draining the economy of $300 million a day, the Party of Madness also took away last-chance cancer trials …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
CNN:
Gulf Coast hurricane watch as Karen moves north  —  Are you affected by the storm?  Share your photos and videos with CNN iReport if you can do so safely.  —  (CNN) — A hurricane watch is in effect for parts of the U.S. Gulf Coast after Tropical Storm Karen formed in the southeastern portion …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
G.O.P. Elders See Liabilities in Shutdown  —  WASHINGTON — The hard-line stance of Republican House members on the government shutdown is generating increasing anger among senior Republican officials, who say the small bloc of conservatives is undermining the party and helping President Obama …
Hadas Gold / Politico:
GOP rep. to CNN host: 'You're beautiful, but ...'  —  Republican Rep. Todd Rokita told CNN's Carol Costello Thursday morning that she and the media are part of Washington's problems — despite the fact that she's “beautiful.”  —  In an exchange over the Republican opposition to the Affordable Care Act …
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Lauren Markoe / The Huffington Post:
Hobby Lobby Boycotts Jewish Hanukkah And Passover
Discussion: Israel Matzav and The Raw Story
Peter Landers / Washington Wire:
White House Rules Out Plan B on Debt Ceiling
Discussion: Hot Air and National Review
Brendan Sasso / The Hill:
OVERNIGHT TECH: Tech companies pledge to keep fighting NSA secrecy
Discussion: Firedoglake and Lawfare
John B. Judis / The New Republic:
The Shutdown Standoff Is One of the Worst Crises in American History
Discussion: Washington Monthly
 Earlier Items: 
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Congressman Who Appeared To Blame Democrats For Shooting “Tweeted Out Of Emotion,” He Says
Discussion: Business Insider and Hullabaloo
Dorsey Shaw / BuzzFeed:
White House Press Secretary And Fox News Reporter Argued Over Violent Rhetoric Earlier Today
The Atlantic Online:
The Republican Hardliners Aren't Conservatives, They're Radicals
Katie McHugh / The Daily Caller:
Need health care coverage? Just dial 1-800-F**KYO to reach Obamacare's national hotline
Mason Stevenson / WPSD Local 6:
Live mic catches Senators McConnell and Paul talking strategy
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Liz Pelly / Harper's:
How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts

 
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