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1:20 PM ET, October 5, 2013

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New York Times:
Boehner Urges G.O.P. Unity in ‘Epic Battle’  —  WASHINGTON — With his troops anxious for a way forward, Speaker John A. Boehner began a closed-door meeting of House Republicans on Friday morning with a recitation of letters from local schoolchildren on how they deal with stress.
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David Weigel / Slate:
How Democrats Got a Spine  —  The Republican Party taught them how to be uncompromising.  —  It's easy to forget, but this year began with a nick-of-time congressional compromise.  At the 11th hour, with Washington's supply of clichés nearly depleted, the House and Senate approved a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff.
Cameron Joseph / The Hill:
GOP finds its shutdown message  —  Republicans are seeking to paint Democrats as the “party of no” to help dig themselves out of a hole on the government shutdown.  —  The effort is aimed at softening the political blow of the shutdown while buying Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) time to figure out an end game.
Associated Press:
Parties Race to Use Shutdown for 2014 Leverage  —  Republicans and Democrats have wasted little time trying to use the first federal government shutdown in a generation for political advantage ahead of next year's midterm elections, seizing on the plight of furloughed workers …
Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
The Seinfeld shutdown  —  Quick: What do Republicans want in exchange for ending the government shutdown?  If you know the answer, congratulations — because Republicans sure don't.  —  When this saga began, it was about defunding Obamacare.  House Republicans passed legislation to keep …
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Dems plan discharge petition to force vote on ending shutdown
Discussion: The PJ Tatler and Liberaland
Igor Bobic / Talking Points Memo:
Cruz: GOP Already Compromised By Demanding To Defund, Not Repeal Obamacare
Discussion: Politico and Hullabaloo
Julie Pace / Associated Press:
OBAMA TO PUBLIC: DON'T GIVE UP ON HEALTH SIGN-UPS  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Defending the shaky rollout of his health care law, President Barack Obama said frustrated Americans “definitely shouldn't give up” on the problem-plagued program now at the heart of his dispute with Republicans over reopening the federal government.
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Carlo Munoz / The Hill:
Obama open to Redskins name change  —  If President Obama owned the Washington Redskins, he would consider changing the team's name, he told the Associated Press in an exclusive interview released Saturday.  —  “I don't know whether our attachment to a particular name should override …
Discussion: Politico
Reuters:
Swiss to vote on 2,500 franc basic income for every adult  —  (Reuters) - Switzerland will hold a vote on whether to introduce a basic income for all adults, in a further sign of growing public activism over pay inequality since the financial crisis.  —  A grassroots committee is calling …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
House approves back pay for workers hit by the shutdown  —  The House voted unanimously Saturday to retroactively pay back federal workers who are not receiving a paycheck because of the government shutdown.  —  Members approved the Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act, H.R. 3223, in a 407-0 vote, with 25 members not voting.
Discussion: Liberaland
Pema Levy / Newsweek:
THE WOMAN WHO KNOWS THE NSA'S SECRETS  —  Trawling for needles in the data haystack
New York Times:
Pent-Up Demand for Health Insurance  —  There were plenty of computer glitches when millions of Americans went online to check out their options for affordable insurance policies on the new health care exchanges that opened for business this week.  It was frustrating, but it was also an indication …
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:
Priests threatened with arrest if they minister to military during shutdown  —  In a stunning development, some military priests are facing arrest if they celebrate mass or practice their faith on military bases during the federal government shutdown.  —  “With the government shutdown …
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Mila Mimica / nbcwashington.com:
Man Found With Burns on Nat'l Mall in Critical Condition  —  The man may have set himself on fire, police said.  —  Park Police officials tell NBC Washington a man may have set himself on fire at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on Friday afternoon.  —  The incident was reported around 4:30 p.m …
EIA:
U.S. expected to be largest producer of petroleum and natural gas hydrocarbons in 2013  —  The U.S. Energy Information Administration estimates that the United States will be the world's top producer of petroleum and natural gas hydrocarbons in 2013, surpassing Russia and Saudi Arabia.
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
For Rep. Ted Yoho, government shutdown is ‘the tremor before the tsunami’  —  Why in the world would Ted Yoho ever back down?  —  “This one is from a 72-year-old lady: ‘Way to go, tiger,’” said Yoho (R-Fla.), a freshman congressman.  In the middle of the government shutdown that he had helped bring on …
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and Booman Tribune
IC ON THE RECORD:
DNI Statement: Why the Intelligence Community Seeks to...  Why the Intelligence Community Seeks to Understand Online Communication Tools & Technologies  —  October 4, 2013  —  Recently published news articles discuss the Intelligence Community's interest in tools used to facilitate anonymous online communication.
Tom Scocca / Gawker:
This Free-Running War Robot Is Not Designed to Harm Humans Yet  —  It has been a busy week for the Machine-Human Alliance.  Sorry!  The Human-Machine Alliance.  Humans will always take precedence.  First there was the deployment of South Korea's autonomous jellyfish-killing aquatic robot swarm.
Discussion: The Verge
 
 
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Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
A federal judge tells Congress what it can do with its urgent “Fast and Furious” litigation.
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Associated Press:
Justice Anthony Kennedy: Supreme Court too often left to decide political issues
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The Atlantic Online:
The Bizarre, Misguided Campaign to Get Rid of Single-Sex Classrooms
Bill Carter / New York Times:
Letterman to Stay at CBS Through 2015
Maya Shwayder / Jerusalem Post:
Iran gets senior seat on UN nuclear disarmament committee
Jeryl Bier / Weekly Standard:
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Fred Vogelstein / New York Times:
And Then Steve Said, ‘Let There Be an iPhone’
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Thomas Mann / CNN:
GOP House can't claim to speak for America
Matt Fuller / Roll Call:
Democrats Plan to Discharge GOP Bill to End Shutdown (Updated)
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