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.

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.

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.

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.

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 …

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 …