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11:15 AM ET, October 7, 2013

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Yalman Onaran / Bloomberg:
A U.S. Default Seen as Catastrophe Dwarfing Lehman's Fall  —  Anyone who remembers the collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. little more than five years ago knows what a global financial disaster is.  A U.S. government default, just weeks away if Congress fails to raise the debt ceiling …
Discussion: Firedoglake and Daily Kos
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Tal Kopan / Politico:
Tom Coburn: No default if ceiling stays  —  Sen. Tom Coburn said Monday that warnings of a U.S. default if Congress doesn't raise the debt ceiling by Oct. 17 are untrue.  —  “I would dispel the rumor that is going around that you hear on every newscast that if we don't raise the debt ceiling we will default on our debt.
Discussion: National Review and Post Politics
Phil Mattingly / Bloomberg:
Boehner Says House Won't Vote on Clean Debt Limit Bill
Wall Street Journal:
Boehner Ties Deal to Talks on Debt
Discussion: Washington Wire and MoneyBeat
New York Times:
Boehner Hews to Hard Line in Demanding Concessions From Obama
Discussion: msnbc.com and Business Insider
Rick Klein / ABC News:
Boehner: No ‘Clean’ Votes on Reopening Government or Debt Ceiling Without Negotiations with President Obama
Jennifer Senior / New York Magazine:
In Conversation: Antonin Scalia  —  On the eve of a new Supreme Court session, the firebrand justice discusses gay rights and media echo chambers, Seinfeld and the Devil, and how much he cares about his intellectual legacy ("I don't").  —  a day that just happened to be the 27th anniversary …
Manu Raju / Politico:
Reid plotting to stay in power  —  Republicans are eager for November 2016 — and not just because Barack Obama's presidency will be in its final days.  —  It's when Harry Reid, the man reviled by Republicans for his inflammatory rhetoric and hardball tactics during the government shutdown, could be booted from his Nevada Senate seat.
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Argus Leader:
Mount Rushmore blockage stirs anger in South Dakota
Brandon Lowrey / nbclosangeles.com:
Amber Alert Website Offline Due to Gov't Shutdown  —  The federal Amber Alert website on Sunday displayed a sparse, white screen with a simple message: It's a victim of the government shutdown.  —  “Due to the lapse in federal funding, this Office of Justice Programs (OJP) website is unavailable …
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The Right Scoop:
AMBER WEBSITE NOW WORKING - Obama plays POLITICS with LOST CHILDREN, shuts down Amber Alert website  —  This is unbelievable.  The Obama administration has shut down the Amber Alert website because of the government shutdown and it now renders this message when you attempt to access it:
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Boehner Bunglers  —  The federal government is shut down, we're about to hit the debt ceiling (with disastrous economic consequences), and no resolution is in sight.  How did this happen?  —  The main answer, which only the most pathologically “balanced” reporting can deny, is the radicalization of the Republican Party.
Mark Z. Barabak / Los Angeles Times:
TV ad in Wyoming Senate race hits Liz Cheney on gay marriage  —  U.S. Senate candidate Liz Cheney, right, campaigns in Emblem, Wyo., this summer at the same time as her opponent, Sen. Michael B. Enzi, left.  (Dan Cepeda / Casper Star-Tribune / August 24, 2013)
Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Anxious Allies Aiding Booker in Senate Bid  —  Cory A. Booker is an undisputed star of a new generation of African-American leaders, electrifying liberal audiences with his oratory and charming the social media set with his digital savvy.  —  But the Senate campaign Mr. Booker, a Democrat …
Wall Street Journal:
Defects Cripple Health-Care Website  —  Six days into the launch of insurance marketplaces created by the new health-care law, the federal government acknowledged for the first time Sunday it needed to fix design and software problems that have kept customers from applying online for coverage.
John Solomon / Washington Times:
ATF tries to block whistleblowing agent's ‘Fast and Furious’ book  —  1st Amendment battle over ‘gun-walking’ expose  —  The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is blocking the main whistleblower in the Fast and Furious case from publishing a book for pay …
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Some tea party congressmen find signs of political backlash at home  —  GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Nearly three years after a band of renegade congressmen brought the tea party insurgency to Washington, there are early rumblings of a political backlash in some of their districts.
Discussion: Liberaland, ABC News and Hit & Run
NBCNews:
US will interrogate terror suspect aboard warship in Mediterranean, officials say  —  Navy SEALs attacked a hideout belonging to terrorist group al Shabaab in Somalia over the weekend, while in a simultaneous attack, U.S. special forces captured Anas al Libi, a top al Qaeda leader.  NBC's Richard Engel reports.
Discussion: Washington Post and Hot Air
Eric Henderson / CBS Minnesota:
Boy Boards Plane To Vegas At MSP Without Ticket  —  UPDATE: Boy Who Stowed Onto Vegas Flight At MSP In Protective Custody  —  MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO/AP) — A 9-year-old Minneapolis boy was able to get through security and onto a plane at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport without a ticket, an airport spokesman said Sunday.
 
 
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Los Angeles Times:
The Obamacare exemptions that aren't  —  A stop sign is seen …
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Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Rick Scott Acknowledges Flaws In 2012 Voter Purge, But Says Next One Will Be Better
Discussion: MiamiHerald.com
Jessica Taylor / msnbc.com:
Reid's silver lining
Discussion: Politico
BBC:
Egypt attacks targets security forces
Discussion: Algemeiner.com and OODA Loop
Duane Patterson / The Greenroom:
It's Quicker This Way?
Discussion: Power Line
Stephanie Simon / Politico:
Vouchers don't do much for students
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Gregory Berns / New York Times:
Dogs Are People, Too  —  FOR the past two years, my colleagues …
Discussion: Stinque and National Review
David Segal / New York Times:
Mugged by a Mug Shot Online
Discussion: GigaOM, The Other McCain and The Verge
New York Times:
Getting Older, Growing Poorer
Discussion: Washington Monthly
ThinkProgress:
CBS Host Takes Apart GOP's Shutdown Argument
Discussion: The Raw Story and Liberal Values
 

 
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Peter Blumberg / Bloomberg:
X sues to block California's AB 2655, aimed at curbing AI-generated deceptive election content on social media, claiming it impinges on free speech

John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

Mia Sato / The Verge:
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