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GOP quietly backing away from Obamacare — A fight over Obamacare? That's so last week. — With the government shutdown firmly in its second week, and the debt limit projected to be reached next Thursday, top House and Senate Republicans are publicly moving away from gutting the health care law …
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Ricochet Conversations Feed, The Lead with Jake Tapper and Ross Douthat
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
As Pressure Mounts, House G.O.P. Weighs Short-Term Debt Deal — WASHINGTON — House Republicans, increasingly isolated from even some of their strongest supporters more than a week into a government shutdown, began on Wednesday to consider a path out of the fiscal impasse that would raise …
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Talking Points Memo, The Hill, WJLA-TV, Washington Post, The Moderate Voice, The Hugh Hewitt Show, Prairie Weather, Daily Kos, The Fix, Gawker and Calculated Risk
Howard Fineman / The Huffington Post:
Heritage Action Bails On Debt Ceiling Fight — WASHINGTON — A crack appeared Wednesday morning in the conservatives' united front against President Barack Obama in the budget-and-borrowing crisis of 2013. — Michael Needham, CEO of the powerful group Heritage Action …
Michael Isikoff / NBC Politics:
Kochs to Congress: Focus on spending, not Obamacare — In a move that highlights a growing rift in conservative ranks, Koch Industries — the privately held energy conglomerate owned by billionaires Charles and David Koch — today distanced the firm from allied political groups lobbying …
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NBCNews, Taylor Marsh, his vorpal sword, Crooks and Liars, msnbc.com and Politico
Justin Sink / The Hill:
House GOP ‘negotiators’ to meet Obama
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The Hill, CNN and Taking Note
Politico:
Mitch McConnell, Senate GOP search for way out
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RedState, naked capitalism and Roll Call
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Wolf Blitzer: White House Should Take GOP ‘Advice,’ Delay Obamacare Website
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Hullabaloo
Dana Bash / CNN:
Senior House GOP source: Debt deal may require Democratic help
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NationalJournal.com, Hot Air, Politico, The Impolitic, Booman Tribune and Hullabaloo
Andrew Dugan / Gallup:
Republican Party Favorability Sinks to Record Low — Falls 10 percentage points from September's 38% — This article is part of an ongoing series analyzing how the government shutdown and the debate over raising the debt ceiling are affecting Americans' views of government, government leaders …
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Ted Cruz poll shows GOP gained in fight over Obamacare despite shutdown — BARACK OBAMA OBAMACARE REPUBLICAN PARTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY POLLS TED CRUZ PENNAVE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN — Sen. Ted Cruz during a closed-door lunch on Wednesday argued to his Republican colleagues that the campaign …
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Talking Points Memo, PoliticusUSA and TheBlaze.com
CNN:
Rebels kidnap Libyan PM Ali Zeidan, his office says — (CNN) — Armed men kidnapped Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan at dawn Thursday and took him to an undisclosed location, his office said. — The gunmen escorted the prime minister from the Corinthian Hotel in Tripoli into a convoy of waiting cars …
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Outside the Beltway
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Ed O'Keefe / Post Politics:
Eleanor Holmes Norton confronts Obama on D.C. budget bill — Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) had what some colleagues called “a heated exchange” and what she described as “a conversation” with President Obama during a White House meeting Wednesday afternoon regarding the District's budget constraints …
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Politico, Washington Post and WJLA-TV
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
White House: Obama orders military death benefits paid to families
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Politico, NBCNews, Reuters, Taylor Marsh, CNN and Jammie Wearing Fools
Binyamin Appelbaum / New York Times:
Yellen's Path From Liberal Theorist to Fed Voice for Jobs — BERKELEY, Calif. — When the economists Janet L. Yellen and George A. Akerlof hired a baby sitter for their son in the early 1980s, they decided to pay more than the going wage. They reasoned that a happier baby sitter would provide better care.
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Campaign for America's Future, NBCNews, Real Time Economics, National Review, Economix and CNN
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Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
Announcing Fed Nomination, Obama Praises Yellen
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The Talking Dog and The Mahablog
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Let's Get Cynical — Why should we trust the government—especially now? — “An old friend who has been active in politics for more than 30 years tells me he's giving up,” claims Robert Reich in a Puffington Host post: " 'I can't stomach what's going on in Washington anymore,' he says.
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Scared Monkeys
New York Times:
Business Groups See Loss of Sway Over House G.O.P. — WASHINGTON — As the government shutdown grinds toward a potential debt default, some of the country's most influential business executives have come to a conclusion all but unthinkable a few years ago: Their voices are carrying little weight …
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Prairie Weather
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:
Developments in Financial Markets and the Federal Reserve's Balance Sheet — The Manager of the System Open Market Account reported on developments in domestic and foreign financial markets as well as the System open market operations during the period since the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) met on July 30-31, 2013.
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New York Times
Caitlin McDevitt / Politico:
Alec Baldwin dishes on new show — Set your DVR. Actor Alec Baldwin is making his MSNBC debut this weekend. The star's weekly show, “Up Late With Alec Baldwin,” premieres on Friday night from 10-11, ET. — Ahead of the launch, Baldwin told POLITICO's Patrick Gavin how the show came together and what viewers can expect:
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NewsBusters, Deadline.com and TVNewser
Julian Assange / WikiLeaks:
Press Release - First Letter from Julian Assange to Benedict Cumberbatch Over The Fifth Estate — Today WikiLeaks publishes the first letter from Julian Assange to Benedict Cumberbatch regarding “The Fifth Estate”, a Dreamworks movie about WikiLeaks set to open in the UK on Friday 11 Oct …
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The Verge, Gawker, Mashable, Politico and Washington Free Beacon
Guardian:
Chelsea Manning statement: 'I don't consider myself anti-war or a conscientious objector' — US soldier convicted over WikiLeaks disclosures says she did not leak the documents because she was explicitly motivated by pacifism
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NBCNews, Hit & Run and Talking Points Memo
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Ed Pilkington / Guardian:
Chelsea Manning rejects ‘pacifist’ label in first statement since sentencing
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The Law Office …, Firedoglake, WJLA-TV and Mashable, more at Mediagazer »
James Slack / Daily Mail:
Guardian has handed a gift to terrorists', warns MI5 chief: Left-wing paper's leaks caused ‘greatest damage to western security in history’ say Whitehall insiders — A massive cache of stolen top-secret documents published in The Guardian has handed a ‘gift’ to terrorists, the head of MI5 warned last night.
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Guardian and Jihad Watch
Lizette Alvarez / New York Times:
Florida Defends New Effort to Clean Up Voter Rolls — LAUDERHILL, Fla. — Paving the way for a new attempt to remove noncitizens from voter rolls, Florida's election chief tried to stoke confidence on Wednesday in the revamped plan before a largely skeptical crowd in immigrant-heavy South Florida.
New York Times:
In Crackdown Response, U.S. Temporarily Freezes Some Military Aid to Egypt — WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Wednesday announced a modest and temporary freeze on military assistance to Egypt, even as American officials stressed their desire to avoid rupturing a security relationship …
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Outside the Beltway, Washington Post, Jerusalem Post, Israel Matzav, Reuters, New Atlanticist, The Heritage Foundation and CNN
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Washington Post:
U.S. plans to curb military aid to Egypt
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Power Line, Hot Air and National Review
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