- President Obama Delivers a Statement on the Government Shutdown—Tells Republicans to "reopen the government" [NYT].
- House GOP Fails To Pass Partial Government Funding Bills
- John Boehner's Shutdown—"A damaging and unnecessary crisis could easily have been stopped, but the House speaker refused." NYT
- The Two Basic Facts That Should Be in Every Shutdown Story—"If Congress could vote on a 'clean' bill, it would end the shutdown tonight. So why isn't it allowed to vote?"
- Five scenarios for ending the shutdown impasse
- Government shutdown is the Republicans' fault — period—"Legislative brinkmanship is an affront to the Constitution tea partiers claim to revere."
- Sen. Warren on Republicans: 'Hostage-taking is All They Have Left'
- Grayson blames shutdown on GOP literally drinking on the job—"Many of them seem loaded," the liberal congressman says, charging his GOP colleagues smelled like alcohol." Salon
- Remember when Republicans were worried about 'economic uncertainty'?
- The real story of the shutdown: 50 years of GOP race-baiting—"A House minority from white districts want to destroy the first black president, and the GOP majority abets them." Salon
- Sullivan: "What Kind Of World Do These People Live In?"—"But seriously, after all we’ve gone through, you’re prepared to bring our entire system of government to a halt in order to prevent sick people from getting access to this kind of treatment?"
- Jon Stewart Blasts GOP Over Shutdown: When The Giants Lost, They Didn't Shut Down The NFL
- GOPers Insist Americans Will Eventually Back Them On Shutdown—Sure thing, Baghdad Bob.
- The Reign Of Morons Is Here
- The party of spoiled brats—"Republicans are acting like the little kid in a toy store who won't take 'no' for an answer."
- King: 30 to 40 GOP lawmakers refuse to admit legitimacy of Obama's presidency
- Where the G.O.P.'s Suicide Caucus Lives
- Pro-Shutdown G.O.P. Extremists Defy Description
- 143-year-old law puts fear in officials during shutdown
- US shutdown stops kids with cancer starting trials
- Yosemite: As government shuts down, Google marks anniversary of national park you suddenly cannot see
- Hyundai to defer payments due from US government staff
- Shutdown And Debt Ceiling Debate Prove U.S. Not Worthy Of AAA Credit Rating: S&P
- Obama Signs Bill To Protect Military Pay In Case Of Government Shutdown
- How The Shutdown Is Affecting The Military—It'll hurt more if Congress doesn't get their act together.
- Shut down the military, too!: Why exempting it is absurdly unfair—"I respect service members, but giving them special treatment over other federal workers is dangerous -- and wrong." Salon
- DoD to Award Contracts Throughout Shutdown, But Won't Announce Them
- 'Greatest generation' veterans sweep past barricades at memorial in their honor
- Republicans Shut Down the Government, But They Can't Stop Obamacare—"Tea Party Republicans are thrilled about taking away benefits from millions of needy Americans, but they're losing in the long run."
- How Republican idiocy backfired — and is helping Obamacare—"GOP's shutdown lunacy diverted attention from Obamacare's rough debut -- giving a chance for a 2nd first impression." Salon
- Fox Greets First Day Of Health Care Exchanges With Lies
- GOP Staffer on Vitter Amendment: "Congress Literally Threw Staff Under The Bus"—"The latest Republican assault on Obamacare involves jacking up health insurance costs for members of Congress and their staffers. That has some GOP aides upset."
- Obamacare architect leaves White House for pharmaceutical industry job—"Few people embody the corporatist revolving door greasing Washington as purely as Elizabeth Fowler."
- Millennials and the Affordable Care Act: Beyond the buzz words
- Blast from the Past: Why Republicans Oppose the Individual Health-Care Mandate
- The Beginning of the End for Washington—"This impasse could be the breaking point for a political system that has gone from dysfunctional to nonfunctioning."
- Friedman: Our Democracy Is at Stake—"The future of how we govern ourselves is on the line, and majority rule is still majority rule." NYT
- Krugman: The Economics and Politics of Chaos—"Class warfare or just craziness?" NYT
- Shutdown coverage fails Americans—"We need journalists to hold politicians accountable for extremist actions, not to enable them."
- The 'Low-Information Voter' Knows Very Little About Why Government Is Shutting Down
- Greenwald: Here’s how to stop the NSA—"The journalist tells a Reddit AMA that the bulk of important revelations about surveillance are still to come." Salon
- How a Purse Snatching Led to the Legal Justification for NSA Domestic Spying
- NSA Defenders Need To Learn: Trust Is Something You Earn, Not Legislate
- Schneier: NSA Storing Internet Data, Social Networking Data, on Pretty Much Everybody
- NSA, intelligence workers 'stretched to limit' by shutdown, official says
