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4:20 PM ET, October 10, 2013

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Erick Erickson / RedState:
House GOP Preparing to Give Up  —  I'm being told by several sources that Speaker Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor are plotting to give up trying to either defund or delay Obamacare.  —  This comes at the same time the Obama administration admits it will be months before their Obamacare website …
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
GOP's New Strategy: Avert Default But Keep Government Shut  —  Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) announced Thursday that the House will move forward with a six-week debt limit extension after pitching the idea to his Republican conference during a closed-door meeting.
Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
The House GOP's Little Rule Change That Guaranteed A Shutdown  —  Late on the night of Sept. 30, with the federal government just hours away from shutting down, House Republicans quietly made a small change to the House rules that blocked a potential avenue for ending the shutdown.
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Balloon Juice
Politico:
John Boehner's bet: Democrats will talk  —  Speaker John Boehner's latest gambit — to lift the debt ceiling for six weeks while leaving government shut down — isn't exactly a magic bullet.  —  It's a bet that President Barack Obama and Democratic congressional leaders will want so desperately …
Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Ted Cruz Backs House GOP's Temporary Debt-Limit Plan  —  Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said Thursday that he supported the House GOP's plan for a temporary debt-limit increase, hoping it would help refocus the government shutdown debate on stopping Obamacare.  —  “My understanding is that this is being driven …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Just Sink / The Hill:
White House: No budget talks until government reopens  —  The White House on Thursday said it was “willing to look at any proposal” to lift the debt ceiling but insisted President Obama will not engage in budget negotiations until the government reopens.  —  House Republicans are discussing …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
New GOP strategy: Offer deal on debt limit, but keep shutdown fight going  —  BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL REPUBLICAN PARTY JOHN BOEHNER DEBT CEILING GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN  —  Many House Republicans, including some key leaders, have decided they can live with a government shutdown but not with the threat of default.
Washington Post:
GOP offers short-term debt-limit increase, but wants negotiations before ending shutdown  —  House Republican leaders said Thursday they will offer a temporary increase in the federal debt ceiling in exchange for negotiations with President Obama on longer-term “pressing problems,” …
Ben Domenech / The Federalist:
Boehner's Smart Debt Ceiling Play
Discussion: Washington Monthly and The Hill
Jim Acosta / CNN:
Official: Obama will sign short term debt ceiling extension
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
House GOP unveils six-week debt hike that continues shutdown
MJ Lee / Politico:
Stocks surge on reports of possible debt ceiling deal
Discussion: CNN
Igor Bobic / Talking Points Memo:
Carney: Obama ‘Happy’ That House Is Willing To Raise Debt Limit
Discussion: Daily Kos
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
As Pressure Mounts, House G.O.P. Weighs Short-Term Debt Deal
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Scarborough: A NYT Editor Told Me Krugman's Column Is ‘Their Biggest Nightmare’ (VIDEO)  —  MSNBC host Joe Scarborough said Thursday that a public editor at the New York Times considers liberal columnist Paul Krugman's work to be an ongoing “nightmare.”  —  During a segment on “Morning Joe …
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Niall Ferguson / The Huffington Post:
Krugtron the Invincible, Part 3  —  In my previous two articles, I have shown that Paul Krugman - revered by his acolytes as the Invincible Krugtron - failed to anticipate the financial crisis and wrongly predicted that the single European currency would fall victim to it.
Fredrick Kunkle / Washington Post:
McAuliffe among investors in Rhode Island insurance scam that preyed on dying people  —  Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe was one of dozens of investors with a Rhode Island estate planner charged with defrauding insurers by using the stolen identities of terminally ill people …
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
We're not gonna take it!  Americans use 1st Amendment to storm shutdown barriers  —  Taking their lead from the veterans who first pushed through the barricades to visit the World War II Memorial, Americans nationwide are defying the federal government shutdown, tossing aside traffic cones …
Discussion: Hot Air
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Benny Johnson / BuzzFeed:
Insane Tourists Blatantly Defying The U.S. Government's Demands
Discussion: Hit & Run
ThinkProgress:
Indiana Sues To Prevent Its Own Residents From Receiving Obamacare's Insurance Subsidies  —  Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller (R)  —  This week, Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller filed a lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) challenging its authority …
Discussion: in.gov, The Hill, Liberaland and Shakesville
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
The Final Insult in the Bush-Cheney Marriage  —  In the final days of his presidency, George W. Bush sat behind his desk in the Oval Office, chewing gum and staring into the distance as two White House lawyers briefed him on the possible last-minute pardon of I. Lewis Libby.  —  “Do you think he did it?”
Discussion: emptywheel
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Report: Only 5 Iowans Have Signed Up for Obamacare  —  A local Iowa affiliate reports that it could confirm only 5 people in that state have signed up for Obamacare:  —  The “system doesn't seem to be working for most who log-on,” says the local reporter.  “We tried multiple times on Wednesday …
Discussion: Michelle Malkin
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Eric Trager / The New Republic:
Obama Just Made a Terrible Mistake on Egypt  —  In a certain sense, the Obama administration's decision to withhold much of the $1.3 billion in annual aid given to Egypt isn't surprising.  U.S. law mandates cutting off aid to countries in which a coup has taken place, and the Egyptian military's ouster …
New York Times:
Business Groups See Loss of Sway Over House G.O.P.  —  WASHINGTON — As the government shutdown grinds toward a potential debt default, some of the country's most influential business executives have come to a conclusion all but unthinkable a few years ago: Their voices are carrying little weight …
Tim Mak / Washington Examiner:
John McCain regrets ‘wacko birds’ comment, worries about GOP infighting  —  SENATE REPUBLICAN PARTY TEA PARTY PENNAVE JOHN MCCAIN SEQUESTER  —  Sen. John McCain said Thursday that he's worried about the Republican Party's future and the infighting that is dividing it, calling efforts …
Kevin Derby / Sunshine State News:
Charlie Crist's Lead Within Margin of Error Against Rick Scott in New Poll  —  A new poll released Thursday finds Gov. Rick Scott at the heels of former Gov. Charlie Crist, the front-runner for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, in a possible 2014 match-up.
Max Fisher / WorldViews:
Oops: Azerbaijan released election results before voting had even started  —  Azerbaijan's big presidential election, held on Wednesday, was anticipated to be neither free nor fair.  President Ilham Aliyev, who took over from his father 10 years ago, has stepped up intimidation of activists and journalists.
Discussion: Gawker, The Daily Caller and Spectator
PRWeb:
Ancient Confession Found: ‘We Invented Jesus Christ’  —  Biblical scholars will be appearing at the ‘Covert Messiah’ Conference at Conway Hall in London on the 19th of October to present this controversial discovery to the British public.  —  American Biblical scholar Joseph Atwill …
 
 
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Michael Kinsley / The New Republic:
Obama Should Just Give in to the Republicans
Matthew Daly / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: Feds to Let States Pay to Open Parks
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Anneta Konstantinides / ABC News:
Congress Got You Down? New Site Lets You Drunk Dial Them
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
ThinkProgress:
Los Angeles Police Dogs Only Bit Blacks And Latinos In The First Six Months Of 2013
Discussion: The Raw Story
Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
Arizona Lawmaker Denies ‘De Fuhrer’ Obama Comment Was Reference To Hitler
Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Arizona's GOP Gov: Don't Defund Obamacare, We Need The Money
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Misstripleem / Twitchy:
Shut up!  Olivia Wilde's latest O-care propaganda claims ‘you can sign up for health care online in 10 minutes’
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Joe Scarborough / Politico:
The real Republican divide
Alex Ben Block / Hollywood Reporter:
Katie Couric's Talk Show Teetering on the Verge of Cancellation
Discussion: NewsBusters
Robert Gehrke / Salt Lake Tribune:
Most Utahns disapprove of Sen. Mike Lee, want him to compromise
Discussion: Talking Points Memo