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11:25 AM ET, October 14, 2013

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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.

Discussion: Liberaland

Lindsay Abrams / Salon:
D.C. protestors wave Confederate flag, tell Obama to “put the Quran down”

Discussion: American Prospect, Mediaite, Taylor Marsh, Washington Times, Shakesville, Jammie Wearing Fools, Blog For Arizona, The Daily Caller and AMERICAblog News

CNN:
Rallier tells Obama to ‘put the Quran down’

Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Rage & Performance Art

Discussion: The Mahablog, Mediaite and The Impolitic

Associated Press:
Protesters reopen World War II Memorial on National Mall that's closed for gov't shutdown

Discussion: PoliticusUSA, The American Conservative, Fox News, The Atlantic Wire, Crooks and Liars, The New Republic, The Raw Story, Guardian, Outside the Beltway and Lawyers, Guns & Money

John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Photos From the Million Vets March [Updated With Ridicule of Liberals]

Discussion: TheBlaze.com, The PJ Tatler, Twitchy, Ed Driscoll and Scared Monkeys

Lori Ziganto / Twitchy:
#1MVetMarch: Barrycades down! Spite House barricades no match for Million Vets March [photos]

Discussion: CBS DC, Washington Times and American Power

Joe Manchin / CNN:

Manchin: Senate is 70%-80% close to a deal — (CNN) - The Senate is 70% to 80% close to a deal to raise the debt ceiling and end the government shutdown, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, said Monday on CNN's “New Day.” — “I think we're 70%-80% there, putting the extra 20-25% to it,” he told CNN's Chris Cuomo.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, The Moderate Voice and Politico

Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:

Manchin: Senate Is ‘70, 80 Percent’ To A Deal (VIDEO) — Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) said Monday that the upper chamber is very close to striking a deal that will increase the debt limit and re-open the shuttered government. — Manchin said that a group of six Democrats and six Republicanshave established a “template” for a deal.

Discussion: CNN

The Fix:
Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell don't get along. That's a major hurdle to a fiscal deal.

Discussion: ABC News, Washington Post, Post Politics and Outside the Beltway

Politico:
Government shutdown: House GOP ponders own short-term debt bill

Discussion: Power Line, Hot Air and Business Insider

Paul Krugman / New York Times:

The Dixiecrat Solution — So you have this neighbor who has been making your life hell. First he tied you up with a spurious lawsuit; you're both suffering from huge legal bills. Then he threatened bodily harm to your family. Now, however, he says he's willing to compromise …

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog, National Review, Prairie Weather, Hullabaloo and msnbc.com

Robert Costa / National Review:
Divided and Uneasy — As the debt-ceiling deadline nears …

Discussion: Washington Monthly

Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
Dem says shutdown helping recruiting

Discussion: Omaha World-Herald and Capitol Report

Tal Kopan / Politico:

Mark Halperin: GOP ‘terms of surrender’ — Veteran political journalist Mark Halperin said Monday that Democrats know they are winning the battle over the government shutdown and all that's left is negotiating the Republicans' “surrender.” — “It's just a question of the terms of surrender right now …

Discussion: The Hugh Hewitt Show

Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
The ire next time — Whatever else came out of the shutdown …

Discussion: The Hill, Roll Call and CNN

Ashley Alman / The Huffington Post:
Louie Gohmert: A Debt Default Is ‘An Impeachable Offense By The President’

Discussion: The Raw Story and Taegan Goddard's …

Susan Page / USA Today:

Colo. governor suggests gun-control groups stay away — WASHINGTON — Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper suggests national gun-control groups stay away from a looming recall battle that could switch control of the state Senate to the GOP. The groups poured money into an unsuccessful defense …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, The PJ Tatler and Hot Air

Liu Chang / Xinhua News Agency:

Commentary: U.S. fiscal failure warrants a de-Americanized world — As U.S. politicians of both political parties are still shuffling back and forth between the White House and the Capitol Hill without striking a viable deal to bring normality to the body politic they brag about …

Discussion: NBCNews, MoneyBeat and Business Insider

New York Times:
World Leaders Press the U.S. on Fiscal Crisis

Discussion: Gawker, PoliticusUSA and DealBook

Bill Keller / New York Times:

Obamacare: The Rest of the Story — Unless you've been bamboozled by the frantic fictions of the right wing, you know that the Affordable Care Act, familiarly known as Obamacare, has begun to accomplish its first goal: enrolling millions of uninsured Americans, many of whom have been living …

Discussion: Right Wing News

Fredric U. Dicker / New York Post:

GOPers eye Donald Trump for governor run — Increasingly desperate New York Republicans, seeking the political equivalent of a Hail Mary pass, are trying to get Donald Trump to run against Gov. Cuomo next year, The Post has learned. — They're seeking to make the case that while Trump …

Discussion: Politico, Liberaland and Mediaite

Byron York / Washington Examiner:

GOP seizes advantage on Obamacare, White House struggles to defend: An alternative history of the past two months — BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL WHITE HOUSE BARACK OBAMA OBAMACARE PRESIDENT HEALTH CARE DEBT CEILING ECONOMY GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN — What if, instead of throwing its political energy …

Discussion: Power Line and Betsy's Page

Paul Schwartzman / Washington Post:

Fearing a lost governor's race, Virginia Republicans confront party divide — With just three weeks remaining before the election, Republican leaders in Virginia fear that their nominee, Ken Cuccinelli II, is on his way to losing the governor's race and that the party will squander command …

Discussion: NBCNews and First Read

Carolyn Roy / KSLA-TV:

Walmart shelves in Springhill, Mansfield, cleared in EBT glitch — Shelves in Walmart stores in Springhill and Mansfield, LA were reportedly cleared Saturday night, when the stores allowed purchases on EBT cards even though they were not showing limits. — The chaos that followed ultimately …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Independent Journal Review and The Lonely Conservative

Healthcare Reform:

Obamacare enrollees become urban legend — Will the Floridians who have enrolled for Obamacare please stand up? — Nearly two weeks after the federal government launched the online Health Insurance Marketplace at HealthCare.gov, individuals who have successfully used the choked-up website …

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Hit & Run and Roger L. Simon

Michael Lind / Salon:

The South is holding America hostage — Now liberals and progressives need one, too — When I have described the well-considered, coherent political and economic strategies of the conservative white South, as I have done here, here and here, I am sometimes been accused of being a “conspiracy theorist.”