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6:35 AM ET, October 14, 2013

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CNN:
Rallier tells Obama to ‘put the Quran down’  —  Washington (CNN) - Angered by the closure of national landmarks due to the partial government shutdown, a crowd of conservatives removed barricades Sunday at the World War II Memorial and the Lincoln Memorial as they rallied against President Barack Obama …
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Lindsay Abrams / Salon:
D.C. protestors wave Confederate flag, tell Obama to “put the Quran down”  —  Anti-Obama sentiment abounded at a Sunday morning rally  —  About 200 people, counting among their ranks Republican Senator Mike Lee, Senator Ted Cruz and former Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin, converged on D.C.'s World War II memorial Sunday morning.
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Crowd Heckles Cops at White House: ‘Brown Shirts,’ ‘Looks Like Something Out of Kenya’  —  As we reported earlier, a protest that started at the World War II Memorial ended up in front of the White House, where protesters piled up barricades that had been used to keep people out of the memorial during the government shutdown.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Rage & Performance Art  —  In case you missed the day's events, while high level negotiations sputtered on, a Tea Party rally including Sen. Ted Cruz and Sarah Palin succeeded in capturing some of the essence of the political world the rejectionist rump of the GOP is now inhabiting in scenes reminiscent of 2009's Summer of Teh Crazy.
Discussion: The Impolitic
John Aravosis / AMERICAblog News:
Sarah Palin joins Ted Cruz, confederate flag, as new face of shutdown  —  As if the Republican party didn't have enough troubles, Sarah Palin has now emerged as the new face of the GOP government shutdown.  —  Yes, there really is a God.  —  Palin joined GOP Tea Party Senator …
WTOP.com:
Crowd storms World War II Memorial … WASHINGTON - Thousands of people converged on the World War II Memorial on the National Mall on Sunday morning and tore down the barricades blocking it off, protesting the closure of the memorial during the federal government shutdown.
Associated Press:
Protesters reopen World War II Memorial on National Mall that's closed for gov't shutdown  —  WASHINGTON — A crowd of people has converged on the World War II Memorial on the National Mall, pushing through barriers to protest the memorial's closing under the government shutdown.
nbcwashington.com:
Rally at World War II Memorial Ends at White House  —  Protestors of the government shutdown began at the World War II Memorial early Saturday morning and ended at the White House gates and fence Saturday afternoon.  —  The group was upset with the closure of memorials in Washington due to the shutdown stalemate.
New York Times:
World Leaders Press the U.S. on Fiscal Crisis  —  WASHINGTON — Leaders at World Bank and International Monetary Fund meetings on Sunday pleaded, warned and cajoled: the United States must raise its debt ceiling and reopen its government or risk “massive disruption the world over,” …
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Malcolm Moore / Telegraph:
World should ‘de-Americanise’, says China
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Photos From the Million Vets March [Updated With Ridicule of Liberals]  —  Today the Million Vets March is taking place in D.C. and around the country.  It will be interesting to see how much news coverage it receives.  I'm sure there weren't a million vets, but there were a heck of a lot of them:
Discussion: The PJ Tatler, Ed Driscoll and Twitchy
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Lori Ziganto / Twitchy:
#1MVetMarch: Barrycades down! Spite House barricades no match for Million Vets March [photos]
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Government Shutdown Talks Move To Spending Levels As Mitch McConnell Holds The Line  —  WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans are holding the line against Democratic demands for a framework to alleviate the across-the-board spending cuts established by sequestration as part of any deal to end …
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
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Kathleen Pender / San Francisco Chronicle:
Lower 2014 income can net huge health care subsidy  —  People whose 2014 income will be a little too high to get subsidized health insurance from Covered California next year should start thinking now about ways to lower it to increase their odds of getting the valuable tax subsidy.
Yaakov Lappin / Jerusalem Post:
IDF uncovers Palestinian terrorist tunnel leading from Gaza to kibbutz in Israel  —  Underground passageway - built with Israeli concrete slabs - took over a year to build, say army sources, was 3rd discovered this year.  —  The IDF uncovered a massive Hamas attack tunnel leading from Khan Younis …
Discussion: Israel Matzav
 
 
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