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Politico:
Senate leaders nearing a deal — Senate leaders are closing in on a deal to reopen the government and extend the U.S. debt ceiling until next year, marking a major breakthrough in an impasse that has paralyzed Washington for the last two weeks, according to several sources familiar with the talks.
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Joshua Green / Businessweek:
Ted Cruz Could Force a Debt Default All by Himself — Here's a cheerful thought as Congress remains deadlocked over the debt ceiling and the hours tick away toward default: Senator Ted Cruz (R-Tex.), who basically forced the shutdown and whose own private polls have convinced …
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The Fix, Washington Post, Patterico's Pontifications, Booman Tribune and The Hill
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Reid, McConnell near deal to end shutdown, raise $16.7T debt limit — An emerging Senate deal would raise the nation's $16.7 trillion debt ceiling until mid-February, according to Senate aides. — There were conflicting claims on how long the extension would last, with one aide saying …
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Dems dare GOP to provoke another hostage crisis during 2014 elections — Politico reports that Senate Democratic leaders have offered Republicans a budget compromise: … A Senate Democratic aide confirms to me that this is roughly accurate, but adds some important additional points.
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PoliticusUSA and Outside the Beltway
Niels Lesniewski / The World's Greatest …:
Senate Debt Limit Framework Emerges (Updated) — Updated 7:27 p.m. | Senate leaders appeared to be closing in on a framework for a deal to avert a default on the nation's debt on Monday afternoon. — The emerging plan would reopen the government until Jan. 15, 2014 …
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Liberaland and Roll Call
Lloyd Green / The Daily Beast:
The GOP's Backdoor Impeachment Scheme
The GOP's Backdoor Impeachment Scheme
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PoliticusUSA and Betsy's Page
Washington Post:
Senate leaders within striking distance of deal to end shutdown, raise debt limit
Senate leaders within striking distance of deal to end shutdown, raise debt limit
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Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
Five thoughts on the Obamacare disaster — 1. So far, the Affordable Care Act's launch has been a failure. Not “troubled.” Not “glitchy.” A failure. But “so far” only encompasses 14 days. The hard question is whether the launch will still be floundering on day 30, and on day 45.
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Serdar Yegulalp / InfoWorld:
How federal cronies built — and botched — Healthcare.gov — Many contractors for Healthcare.gov site seem to have been picked based on past government work rather than IT expertise — The biggest problem with Healthcare.gov seems simple enough: It was built by people who are apparently far …
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ProPublica, Mashable and Chicago Boyz
Avik Roy / Forbes:
Obamacare's Website Is Crashing Because It Doesn't Want You To Know How Costly Its Plans Are
Obamacare's Website Is Crashing Because It Doesn't Want You To Know How Costly Its Plans Are
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Weasel Zippers, Hot Air, The Gateway Pundit, Rush Limbaugh, The Lonely Conservative, National Review and The Hill
Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
Is The Shutdown Bailing The White House Out on Obamacare?
Is The Shutdown Bailing The White House Out on Obamacare?
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Jose DelReal / Politico:
Sarah Palin: Barack Obama flirts with impeachment — President Barack Obama is risking “impeachable” offenses with the way he is handling the debt limit debate, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said in a post on her Facebook page Monday. — “Defaulting on our national debt is an impeachable offense …
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Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
Million Vet March Organizers: We Were ‘Hijacked for Political Gain’ — A march protesting the closures of war memorials in Washington, D.C. on Sunday featured marquee conservative figures like Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Sarah Palin and ignited controversy over everything from the presence …
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msnbc.com and Little Green Footballs
theGrio:
Tea Partier Larry Klayman to Obama: ‘Put the Quran down’
Tea Partier Larry Klayman to Obama: ‘Put the Quran down’
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msnbc.com, The Raw Story, Gawker and CNN
Jennifer Jacobs / Des Moines Register:
Sarah Palin's coming to Iowa
Sarah Palin's coming to Iowa
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Washington Post:
NSA collects millions of e-mail address books globally — The National Security Agency is harvesting hundreds of millions of contact lists from personal e-mail and instant messaging accounts around the world, many of them belonging to Americans, according to senior intelligence officials …
The Fix:
Poll: Republicans losing no-win game — All of Washington's elected leaders earn negative marks for handling budget negotiations, but the public's ire toward Republicans in Congress has hardened quicker than disapproval of President Obama and Democrats through a fortnight of failed negotiations.
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Gary Langer / ABC News:
Disapproval of GOP Peaks in Blame for the Budget Crisis
Disapproval of GOP Peaks in Blame for the Budget Crisis
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Roger Simon / Reuters:
Government shutdown unleashes racism — Question: If Ted Cruz and John Boehner were both on a sinking ship, who would be saved? — Answer: America. — Harsh? Look around you at what is happening to America and you will see harsh. I am not talking about closed parks and monuments.
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The Moderate Voice and National Review
Wbzmornings / CBS Boston:
North Andover High Punishes Teen For Giving Drunken Pal Ride Home From Party — NORTH ANDOVER (CBS) — It's tough for Eleanor Cox to talk about how heartbroken her daughter Erin is over the punishment she received for doing what she thought was right. — “She's very fragile and I'm worried about her.
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The Raw Story, Hot Air, Gawker and Deadspin
ThinkProgress:
What Republican Suicide Would Look Like — As most are now aware, the Republican Party is taking a beating at the polls. GOP favorability is now at historic lows and they are taking the brunt of the blame for the government shutdown. — These numbers are bad enough for Republicans.
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Hullabaloo, PoliticusUSA and The New Republic
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Obama Makes Sandwich — A break from the shutdown to help out the needy. — President Obama visited Martha's Table in Washington D.C. Monday. The food bank helps low-income families. Obama met with furloughed federal workers who were helping out, according to the White House pool report.
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Weasel Zippers
John Stanton / BuzzFeed:
This Video Of Republicans Tightening Control Of House Is As Unusual As It Seems — The video of an exchange between Democratic Rep. Chris Van Hollen and GOP Rep. Jason Chaffetz over Republican rule changes spread like wildfire this weekend. GOP leaders are hanging on by their fingernails.
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The Lead with Jake Tapper and The Impolitic
Charles C. Johnson / The Daily Caller:
Neighbors: Cory Booker never lived in Newark — As Cory Booker looks set to win the junior Senate seat in New Jersey Wednesday, his supposed neighbors in Newark say Mayor Booker doesn't live in the Gateway City. — Multiple residents of Newark told The Daily Caller that the longtime mayor …
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New Jersey Online, BuzzFeed, Ricochet Conversations Feed, The Lonely Conservative, FishbowlDC and The PJ Tatler
Josh Barro / Business Insider:
This Republican Congressman Wants To Put The US Through Chapter 13 Bankruptcy — This weekend, Business Insider politics reporter Brett LoGiurato went to Gainesville, Florida to interview Rep. Ted Yoho (R-Fla.) who has insisted that hitting the debt ceiling would “bring stability to the world markets.”
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msnbc.com and Hullabaloo
Fox News:
NBC host Bob Costas: Washington Redskins nickname ‘an insult, a slur’ — Bob Costas of NBC Sports waded into the controversy over the Washington Redskins nickname Sunday night, devoting a commentary to the topic at halftime of the nationally televised game between the Redskins and the Dallas Cowboys.
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The PJ Tatler, Washington Free Beacon and Jammie Wearing Fools
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 …
Josh Barro / Business Insider:
6 Questions For Niall Ferguson — Niall Ferguson has produced a devastating chart showing that, compared to me and the rest of Paul Krugman's claque of vicious bloggers, he is very good at Twitter. — His index is a simple calculation of followers divided by tweets, and voila, he comes out on top!
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