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3:00 AM ET, October 15, 2013

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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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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 …
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 …
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.
Niels Lesniewski / The World's Greatest …:
Senate Debt Limit Framework Emerges (Updated)
Discussion: Roll Call
Lloyd Green / The Daily Beast:
The GOP's Backdoor Impeachment Scheme
Discussion: The Hill and PoliticusUSA
ABC News:
Obama Calls for GOP Compromise or ‘We Stand a Good Chance of Defaulting’
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
Politico:
Senate leaders nearing a deal
Discussion: msnbc.com and Washington Monthly
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 …
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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 …
Jonathan Capehart / PostPartisan:
Ugly rebel yell in front of the White House
Jennifer Jacobs / Des Moines Register:
Sarah Palin's coming to Iowa
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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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.
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Robert Gibbs: People Should Be Fired For ‘Excruciatingly Embarrassing’ Obamacare Rollout
Discussion: Mediaite and The Daily Caller
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
Discussion: Hot Air and Taegan Goddard's …
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.
New York Times:
Senators Near Fiscal Deal, but the House Is Uncertain  —  WASHINGTON — Senate leaders neared the completion Monday night of a bipartisan deal to raise the debt ceiling and end the government shutdown while the rest of the world braced for the possibility of an American default that could set off a global financial disaster.
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.
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.
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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Mario Trujillo / Ballot Box:
GOP won't win Senate if they ‘pussyfoot’ through negotiations, says GOP rep.
Discussion: Politico
Josh Barro / Business Insider:
This Republican Congressman Wants To Put The US Through Chapter 13 Bankruptcy
Discussion: msnbc.com and Hullabaloo
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Hillary Clinton to campaign in Virginia with Terry McAuliffe
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A Libyan who has been held and interrogated for a week aboard …
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Jeryl Bier / Weekly Standard:
Obamacare Website Source Code: ‘No Reasonable Expectation of Privacy’
Discussion: Doug Ross and National Review
Dinesh Ramde / Associated Press:
Son Of Slain Sikh To Challenge Paul Ryan In Wisconsin 2014
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
Why Sarah Palin is Back  —  Wondering why Sarah Palin has reemerged …
John Stanton / BuzzFeed:
This Video Of Republicans Tightening Control Of House Is As Unusual As It Seems
Discussion: The Impolitic
Richard D. Kahlenberg / Wall Street Journal:
A Fresh Chance to Rein in Racial Preferences
Discussion: AEIdeas
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