memeorandum: How the U.S. Is Spreading ‘Procedures of Totalitarianism’ (Conor Friedersdorf/The Atlantic Online)

3:20 AM ET, October 11, 2013

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No Quick Deal, but Offer by G.O.P. on Debt Shifts the Tone — WASHINGTON — President Obama and House Republicans failed to reach agreement on a six-week extension of the nation's borrowing authority during a meeting Thursday at the White House, but the two sides kept talking …

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Robert Costa / National Review:

The Ryan Factor — According to my sources, the House is poised to pass a six-week extension of the debt ceiling. One member of the leadership team says he's “increasingly optimistic” that when the bill comes to the floor in the coming days, it'll have significant Republican support.

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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:

The way out — For all the hyped indignation over GOP “anarchism,” there has been remarkable media reticence about the president's intransigence. He has refused to negotiate anything unless the Republicans fully fund the government and raise the debt ceiling — unconditionally.

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Damian Paletta / Washington Wire:

House Debt-Ceiling Plan Would Ban ‘Emergency’ Measures — WASHINGTON - The House Republican plan to extend the debt ceiling for six weeks would permanently ban the Treasury Department from using extraordinary measures to avoid default, congressional aides said.

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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
GOP's New Strategy: Avert Default But Keep Government Shut

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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
The “Grand” Perspective

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Just Sink / The Hill:
White House: No budget talks until government reopens

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Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
Boehner Offers Debt Extension; Interim Resolution?

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Ben Domenech / The Federalist:
Boehner's Smart Debt Ceiling Play

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James Lankford / USA Today:
Rep. Lankford: Republicans seek fairness, less debt

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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Conservatives Clear The Way For Boehner's Six-Week Debt Limit Hike

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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
House, Senate Republicans offer competing plans on debt-limit, government shutdown

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Mark Murray / NBCNews:

NBC/WSJ poll: Shutdown debate damages GOP — The Republican Party has been badly damaged in the ongoing government shutdown and debt limit standoff, with a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finding that a majority of Americans blame the GOP for the shutdown, and with the party's popularity declining to its lowest level.

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Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:

The shutdown just saved the world — There's nothing good about a government shutdown. But when this one began, a number of us welcomed it. A shutdown, we argued, made a breach of the debt ceiling less likely. Business Insider's Joe Weisenthal even gave the argument a hashtag: #TeamShutdown.

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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:

Gallup: Cruz's favorability rating plunges — Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-Texas) favorability rating has collapsed as the public has become more familiar with him, according to a Gallup survey released on Thursday. — The survey found that 26 percent have a favorable view of the Texas Republican, against 36 percent unfavorable.

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Benjy Sarlin / msnbc.com:
GOP plummets, Obamacare soars in shutdown standoff

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Quin Monson / Utah Data Points:
Senator Lee and the Shutdown

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Politico:
John Boehner's bet: Democrats will talk

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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Americans Down on D.C. Leaders Since Shutdown Began

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Michael Kinsley / The New Republic:

Obama Should Just Give in to the Republicans — President Obama should give in. Yes, this mess is all the Republicans' fault. Yes, it's outrageous that they can hold the government hostage in order to reargue a law that's been voted on, signed, enacted, and upheld by the Supreme Court.

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David Martosko / Daily Mail:

EXCLUSIVE: Just 51,000 people completed Obamacare applications during the website's first week, out of tens of millions of Americans in 36 states — Obamacare's main signup engine attracted just 6,200 new customers on its launch day and 51,000 after the first week

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Bob Burns / Indian Country Today Media Network.com:

Blackfeet Elder Says Rick Reilly Misquoted Him; Wants ‘Redskins’ Banned — There are a few things I'm passionate about in life, and one is to share the true history of how our people have overcome the trauma of 150 years of attempts to erase the Blackfeet people.

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Barry Petchesky / Deadspin:
Rick Reilly's American Indian Father-In-Law Says Reilly Misquoted Him

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Tim Mak / Washington Examiner:

John McCain regrets ‘wacko birds’ comment, worries about GOP infighting — SENATE REPUBLICAN PARTY TEA PARTY PENNAVE JOHN MCCAIN SEQUESTER — Sen. John McCain said Thursday that he's worried about the Republican Party's future and the infighting that is dividing it, calling efforts …

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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate GOP rallies around rival plan on debt ceiling, shutdown

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Amy Hollyfield / PolitiFact:

PolitiFact to launch PunditFact, checking pundits and media figures — PolitiFact, the Pulitzer Prize-winning fact-checking website of the Tampa Bay Times, will soon launch PunditFact, a site dedicated to checking claims by pundits, columnists, bloggers and the hosts and guests of talk shows.

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Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:

Steve Lonegan: Obama Will Cave On The Shutdown When I Win My Election — Republican New Jersey Senate candidate Steve Lonegan said Thursday he has a way to singlehandedly stop Obamacare and help the GOP emerge victorious in its shutdown standoff. — Lonegan's campaign issued …

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Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:
Cory Booker's father, 76, dies

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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:

We're not gonna take it! Americans use 1st Amendment to storm shutdown barriers — Taking their lead from the veterans who first pushed through the barricades to visit the World War II Memorial, Americans nationwide are defying the federal government shutdown, tossing aside traffic cones …

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Benny Johnson / BuzzFeed:
Insane Tourists Blatantly Defying The U.S. Government's Demands

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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:

How the U.S. Is Spreading ‘Procedures of Totalitarianism’ — What gives us the right to spy on innocents anywhere abroad without any constraints? — On Wednesday evening, Eben Moglen of the Software Freedom Law Center delivered the first in a series of lectures at Columbia Law School on Edward Snowden …

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Harry J Enten / Guardian:

What the Virginia governor's race tells us about the 2014 midterms — Against trend, Democrat Terry McAuliffe is set to win. After running a ‘strong conservative’, Republicans should take a hint — I'm hesitant to read too much into elections that don't occur during the midterms or presidential election years.

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Facebook:

Reminder: Finishing the Removal of an Old Search Setting — Last year we announced the removal of an old setting called “Who can look up your Timeline by name?” along with new controls for managing content on Facebook. — The search setting was removed last year for people who weren't using it.

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