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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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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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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.
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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.
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The Mahablog, Mediaite and The Impolitic
Associated Press:
Protesters reopen World War II Memorial on National Mall that's closed for gov't shutdown
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Photos From the Million Vets March [Updated With Ridicule of Liberals]
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The PJ Tatler, Twitchy and Ed Driscoll
WTOP.com:
Crowd storms World War II Memorial
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ThinkProgress, PoliticusUSA, Taegan Goddard's …, The Raw Story, TheBlaze.com, Guardian, Scared Monkeys and Taylor Marsh
John Aravosis / AMERICAblog News:
Sarah Palin joins Ted Cruz, confederate flag, as new face of shutdown
Lori Ziganto / Twitchy:
#1MVetMarch: Barrycades down! Spite House barricades no match for Million Vets March [photos]
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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 said.
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Ashley Alman / The Huffington Post:
Louie Gohmert: A Debt Default Is ‘An Impeachable Offense By The President’ — Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) isn't sure whether he'll support a debt limit deal, but he is sure of one thing: a debt default would be President Barack Obama's fault. — A reporter for The Young Turks asked Gohmert whether …
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The Raw Story and Taegan Goddard's …
The Fix:
Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell don't get along. That's a major hurdle to a fiscal deal. — Here's one of the worst kept secrets in Washington: The two men tasked with finding a solution to the government shutdown and the looming debt ceiling deadline over the next few days don't like each other all that much.
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Robert Costa / National Review:
Divided and Uneasy — As the debt-ceiling deadline nears …
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Washington Monthly
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 …
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The Hugh Hewitt Show
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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 …
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Hot Air
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 …
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Right Wing News
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Wall Street Journal, Hit & Run and Roger L. Simon
Richard Pollock / Washington Examiner:
Feds reviewed only one bid for Obamacare website design — WATCHDOG OBAMACARE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT ACCOUNTABILITY GAO — Federal officials considered only one firm to design the Obamacare health insurance exchange website that has performed abysmally since its Oct. 1 debut.
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Weekly Standard
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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