- Cruz: Shutdown was worth it
- Insight: As U.S. default threatened, banks took extraordinary steps
- Deal to avoid another government shutdown struggling in Senate
- How McConnell Is Bracing GOP For Next Shutdown Fight
- Another government shutdown unlikely, Obama tells CEOs—Another "promise"?
- Warren: Republican Senators Are Trying to 'Nullify' the 2012 Election
- Obama Pick for Court Is 3rd in a Row Blocked by Republicans—"In blocking Judge Robert L. Wilkins's nomination, Senate Republicans on Monday denied President Obama his third pick in recent weeks to fill a vacancy on the nation's most powerful and prestigious appeals court." NYT
- Op/Ed: It's time to go nuclear in the Senate—"It's pretty simple to see what's happening in the Senate right now with judges. Republicans are blockading three seats on the DC Court of Appeals with no other real excuse than 'because we can.'" Personally, I think this will backfire badly. WaPo
- Boehner: We Have 'No Intention Of Ever' Taking Up Senate Immigration Bill
- The Party of Zilch—"With Democrats sagging, Republicans are missing an opportunity to fill the leadership void."
- Voter suppression the new GOP strategy WaPo
- Wisconsin Republicans move to cut early voting hours—According them, they're totally not doing that (even though they really are). WaPo
- Wisconsin GOP aims to scrap weekend voting—"Wisconsin Republicans are pushing a bill that would make it harder for people in the state's most populous areas to vote—and would hit blacks especially hard."
- Politifact: There were a few problems with voter ID law during early voting in Texas—Mostly false.
- If You're a Millennial, Black, or Latino, Good Luck Voting Quickly in 2016
- Reports shed light on how Koch brothers' money flows to campaigns
- Michigan GOP split over disclosing ad funding sources—"Hours after Michigan Secretary of State Ruth Johnson proposed requiring political parties and other interests to disclose individual donors who pay for certain election ads, the state Senate moved quickly to keep intact the existing rules so contributors stay anonymous."
- Stephen Colbert's Lawyer Explains Why All Hope Is Not Lost—"Some people think getting money out of politics is a hopeless cause given our current Supreme Court, but as Trevor Potter (of Colbert SuperPAC fame) explains, there are still plenty of things we can do to end corruption and get America back on the right track."
- Oprah Winfrey: The Butler, racism and Obama
- DHS Still Hasn't Fired Black Supremacist Who Called for Mass Murder of Whites—"Almost four months after he was unmasked as a militant black nationalist who called for murdering 'Uncle Tom race traitors,' Ayo Kimathi is still employed."
- University Of Texas Students Cancel 'Catch An Illegal Immigrant Game'
- White Supremacist Craig Cobb Targeted With Graffiti For African Descent
- America's angriest white men: Up close with racism, rage and Southern supremacy—"Up close with small-town white rage, with bitter, scary men who feel left behind by economic and cultural change." Salon
- Terrible Polls for Obamacare, But Some Good News on Policy
- Officials: Slower health spending growth may boost jobs—"Health care spending since the 2010 passage of the Affordable Care Act has risen by 1.3% a year, the lowest rate ever recorded."
- Obamacare and the Republican War on Competence—"The efficacy of government, now the lonely responsibility of Democrats, used to be the province of both parties."
- How Republicans Lost the Chance to Win Obamacare—"Conservatives had the chance to test their favorite health-care ideas in state-run exchanges. They decided bullying Obama was a better use of their time than ideological consistency instead."
- New anti-Obamacare ads are Classic Koch—"Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse talks with Rachel Maddow about the state level campaign by the billionaire Koch brothers to discourage sign-ups for health insurance."
- Koch Brothers Use Actress To Portray Disgruntled Voter In Mark Begich Attack Ad
- Obamacare Shows How Americans Are Becoming Jerks
- GOP Tweets Altered Image Of Grimes As 'Obama Girl'
- Why Healthcare.gov Sucks? Because They Hired Political Cronies, Not Internet Native Companies To Build It—And they've got lots of catching up to do [NYT].
- HealthCare.gov Greets Sebelius With Error Message While Touting Law In Miami—Why aren't more heads rolling?
- Healthcare.gov and the Gulf Between Planning and Reality
- Sobriety Checkpoints Paved Path to NSA Email Spying
- Bob Woodward Disappointed That Snowden Didn't Go To Him—Laughable.
- U.S. Army to Track Employees' Web Activity to Thwart Future Snowdens
- A Russian GPS Using U.S. Soil Stirs Spy Fears—"American spy agencies fear that allowing monitor stations in the United States for Russia's version of GPS could compromise American intelligence." NYT
- Surveillance is not about protecting us. It's about control.
