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4:10 AM ET, October 4, 2013

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Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:

How the White House sees the shutdown (and debt ceiling!) fight — To the White House, the shutdown/debt ceiling fight is quite simple, and quite radical: Republicans are trying to create a new, deeply undemocratic pathway through which a minority party that lost the last election can enact …

Discussion: Hullabaloo and Washington Monthly

Brian Beutler / Salon:

Republicans finally confronting reality: They're trapped! — Obama's ironclad resolve not to negotiate over the debt limit appears to finally be sinking in among GOP leaders — After struggling for weeks and weeks in stages one through four, Republicans are finally entering the final stage …

Discussion: The Mahablog, Hullabaloo, NPR and The Reaction

New York Times:

Boehner Pledges to Avoid Default, Republicans Say — WASHINGTON — Speaker John A. Boehner has privately told Republican lawmakers anxious about fallout from the government shutdown that he would not allow a potentially more crippling federal default as the atmosphere on Capitol Hill turned increasingly tense on Thursday.

Discussion: Business Insider, CNN, msnbc.com, The Plum Line, Outside the Beltway, NPR, Campaign for America's Future, Hot Air, Firedoglake, The Moderate Voice, Slate, Yahoo! News, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Taegan Goddard's …, The Daily Beast, Daily Kos, Lawyers, Guns & Money and The Lead with Jake Tapper

nbcwashington.com:

Obama to Boehner: “Take a Vote. End This Shutdown Right Now” — President takes on Republicans during visit to Rockville, Md., construction company. — President Barack Obama took on House Republicans over the government shutdown again Thursday in a speech to a small Maryland construction company …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and The PJ Tatler

David Freedlander / The Daily Beast:
GOP Donors Revolt Against Republican-Led Government Shutdown

Discussion: Hot Air, Gawker, The National Memo, Talking Points Memo, Washington Post and Politico

Charles Babington / Associated Press:
Politically Safe Lawmakers See No Shutdown Urgency

Discussion: Politico, Fix the Debt, Associated Press, CNN and Reuters

Josh Israel / ThinkProgress: House Republican Admits To Donors: GOP Had To Shut Down The Government To Please The Tea Party

Zachary A. Goldfarb / Washington Post:
GOP aides: Boehner tells colleagues he will avoid a default on federal debt

Discussion: The Plum Line, Wonkblog, American Prospect, Post Politics and Daily Kos

Roberta Rampton / Reuters:
Obama blames Republican ‘obsession’ for government shutdown

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Telegraph

Larry Celona / New York Post:

DC attacker a dental hygienist, shot dead after chase — Alex Leary tweeted, “Something happening outside Capitol. Police running around with guns at ready.” — @learyreports via Twitter — @MarcSchloss tweeted: “No joke on Capitol Hill as Cops are running with machine guns as reports of shots being fired at Capitol.”

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, The Moderate Voice, Hot Air and The Hinterland Gazette

Peter Hermann / Washington Post:

Driver killed after car chase from White House to Capitol — A woman with a 1-year-old child in her car was fatally shot by police near the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, after a chase through the heart of Washington that brought a new jolt of fear to a city already rattled by the recent Navy Yard shooting and the federal shutdown.

Discussion: The Hill, The PJ Tatler, The Democratic Daily, NBCNews, Fox News, Talking Points Memo and Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Washington Post:

Police suspect dental hygienist Miriam Carey was behind the wheel of Capitol chase — She had a toddler with her, confounding everyone who watched the car crash through barriers and lead police through the heart of high-security Washington. — Law enforcement officials said the black Infiniti …

Discussion: theGrio, NBCNews, BBC and NewsBusters

ABC News:

Attempt to Ram White House Gate Ends With Female Suspect Dead … An attempt to ram the White House gates ended with shots fired at the U.S. Capitol, senators put under lockdown and a female suspect dead, sources told ABC News. — A Capitol police officer was also reported shot, sources said.

Discussion: ABC News, NBCNews, Washington Post, The Other McCain, Gawker, The Lonely Conservative, The Raw Story, ThinkProgress, Connecting.the.Dots, The Hill, Scared Monkeys and Talking Points Memo

NY Daily News:
U.S. Capitol shooting: Brooklyn neighbor says Connecticut woman shot dead outside Capitol 'seemed …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit

Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Car Chase, White House to Capitol, Has Fatal End

Discussion: Towleroad News #gay, The Lede, Althouse and Ridgewood-Glen Rock Patch News

Jake Sherman / Politico:
Capitol lockdown lifted after shots fired

Discussion: CBS DC, The Week, Outside the Beltway, NBC Politics, Shakesville, CNN and Guardian

Emily Goodin / The Hill: House Republican reports being assaulted outside the Capitol

Adobe Blogs:

Important Customer Security Announcement — Cyber attacks are one of the unfortunate realities of doing business today. Given the profile and widespread use of many of our products, Adobe has attracted increasing attention from cyber attackers. Very recently, Adobe's security team …

Discussion: Guardian, New York Times, The Verge, TechCrunch, The Raw Story and The Daily Caller

Noah Rothman / Mediaite:

Chad Henderson Signed Up for Obamacare and Every... Single... Media Outlet Is on It! — On October 1, Chad Henderson successfully signed up for a health care exchange as part of the Affordable Care Act. He was instantly catapulted into the national spotlight as the White House …

Discussion: Twitchy, Weasel Zippers and The PJ Tatler

Sarah Kliff / Wonkblog:

Meet Chad Henderson, the Obamacare enrollee tons of reporters are calling — Ask and, apparently, you shall receive. — Just moments after writing a blog post Thursday morning, about the lack of information on Obamacare enrollees, Enroll America reached out with contact information for Chad Henderson …

Discussion: Cato Institute, The Huffington Post, Wall Street Journal, Michelle Malkin, Hit & Run, ThinkProgress, Weasel Zippers, Mediaite, Hot Air and NewsBusters

Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:

Senate Democrats block reopening of NIH, national parks — Shutdown positions hardening on both sides — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Thursday blocked a House bill providing funding to reopen national parks amid the government shutdown, saying he would not allow the GOP to pick …

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Out of ideas, House GOP considers Hail Mary

Discussion: Mediaite, Power Line, Hot Air, RedState, Firedoglake, Washington Post, Politico, Betsy's Page and JustOneMinute

John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Schumer: No Funding for Veterans and NIH ‘Because We Have a Tea Party’

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Hot Air, Weasel Zippers, Politico and Washington Free Beacon

Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Cantor: House GOP forging ahead with piecemeal bills

Discussion: CNN and voteview blog

Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:

Why we won't mint the coin, why we can't just pay off bonds, and other scary debt-ceiling facts — Mark A. Patterson is senior fellow at the Center for American Progress. He was chief of staff at the Treasury Department from 2009 until May 2013 where he was deeply involved in the 2011 debt-ceiling negotiations.

Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:

Congressman Mansplains The Shutdown To CNN Anchor: 'You're Beautiful But You Need To Be Honest' — CNN's Carol Costello confronted Rep. Todd Rokita (R-IN) over his party's continued crusade against Obamacare Thursday morning, pushing him to admit that Republicans' “divisive approach” …

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, The Raw Story and Gawker

Hadas Gold / Politico:
GOP rep. to CNN host: 'You're beautiful, but ...'

Discussion: The Huffington Post, NewsBusters, Mediaite and Talking Points Memo, more at Mediagazer »

Mason Stevenson / WPSD Local 6:

Live mic catches Senators McConnell and Paul talking strategy — WASHINGTON, D.C. - WPSD Local 6 got an inside glimpse Wednesday night to how much the government shutdown is about the messaging for congressional lawmakers. — After finishing an interview with CNN, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul ran …

Discussion: The Raw Story, Mediaite, The Huffington Post, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Crooks and Liars, PoliticusUSA, Taegan Goddard's …, BuzzFeed, The Hinterland Gazette and Gawker

Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
McConnell, Rand Paul Caught On Hot Mic Talking Shutdown Strategy (VIDEO)

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog and Political Capital

CNN:

Gulf Coast hurricane watch as Karen moves north — Are you affected by the storm? Share your photos and videos with CNN iReport if you can do so safely. — (CNN) — A hurricane watch is in effect for parts of the U.S. Gulf Coast after Tropical Storm Karen formed in the southeastern portion …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice

Politico:
Tropical storm undoes two furloughs

Discussion: New Orleans Times-Picayune, Capital Weather Gang, ThinkProgress, ABC News and BuzzFeed

Mark Segraves / nbcwashington.com:

Congressman Confronts Park Ranger Over Closed WWII Memorial — Conflict over the responsibility for the government shutdown got personal at the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. Wednesday when a member of Congress confronted a U.S. Park Service Ranger over access to the closed park land.

Discussion: Mediaite, Voices, BillMoyers.com, Politico, DCist, The Raw Story, NPR, msnbc.com, Gawker, Daily Kos, The Gateway Pundit, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Taegan Goddard's …, Talking Points Memo, The PJ Tatler, CBS News and Senator Ted Cruz

Paul Waldman / American Prospect:

The Cruelty of Republican States in One Chart — Many people are talking today about this article in today's New York Times, which focuses on the particularly cruel doughnut hole created when the Supreme Court allowed states to opt out of the expansion of Medicaid in the Affordable Care Act.

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Dish, theGrio and Lawyers, Guns & Money