- Bill Clinton Says Obama Should Call the Bluff of Republicans—Says they're "begging for America to fail."
- Poll Shows Disapproval of Threat of Government Shutdown—"Republicans, Democrats and independents alike object to the threat of a shutdown during budget negotiations, a poll says." The Tea-Partisanship is an abject failure. NYT
- CNN Poll: GOP would bear the brunt of shutdown blame
- The House Republican tantrum that knows no end
- GOP tries to counter narrative—"Domestic terrorists" and "hostage takers." Politico
- Bob Woodward hits GOP over 'blackmail' Politico
- Who Goes to Work? Who Stays Home? NYT
- House Republicans Really Believe Democrats Will Cave On Obamacare To Avoid A Government Shutdown—And they're getting desperate as the clock ticks away.
- Tea Party letter demanding repeal of medical device tax written by medical device lobbyist
- Peter King Won't Vote For Another Bill Amending ObamaCare: 'Tired of Ted Cruz Calling the Shots'
- Rand Paul Gets Schooled By Bob Schieffer On Defunding Obamacare
- U.S. Plans to Unveil New Insurance Options—"The Obama administration will announce on Monday new health insurance options to be offered through Blue Cross and Blue Shield in 30 states next year." NYT
- Glenn Greenwald working on new NSA revelations—"Two American journalists known for their investigations of the United States' government said Saturday they've teamed up to report on the National Security Agency's role in what they described as a U.S. assassination program."
- Valerie Plame-Wilson & Joe Wilson: The NSA's metastasised intelligence-industrial complex is ripe for abuse—"Where oversight and accountability have failed, Snowden's leaks have opened up a vital public debate on our rights and privacy."
- Whistleblower Russ Tice Reveals the Truth About NSA Spying
- Ex-Spy Christopher Boyce on Snowden, WikiLeaks, and NSA Backdoors
- US government given December deadline to unseal more NSA documents
- N.S.A. Gathers Data on Social Connections of U.S. Citizens—"The analysis of phone call and e-mail logs for foreign intelligence purposes adds to the growing body of knowledge about the agency's access to private information, prompting concern from lawmakers." NYT
- Feinstein's NSA 'reform' bill would expand snooping powers
- Zegart joins scholars at NSA for rare briefing on spy agency's woes
- Feds Targeted Snowden's Email Provider the Day After NSA Whistleblower Went Public
- NSA Internet Spying Sparks Race to Create Offshore Havens for Data Privacy WSJ
- John McAfee reveals details on gadget to thwart NSA
- Secret Cold War documents reveal NSA spied on senators
- Victory: Judge Halts Tar Sands 'Megaloads' Through Nat'l Forest—"This ruling shows that the oil industry and the world's largest corporations can't run roughshod over the Tribe, the people of Idaho or our nations' most precious natural assets."
- Republican solution to wildfires: Sell the trees!
- Fire scars big nature reserve in Ecuador's capital
- Fox Guest: 'Fracking Is Actually Incredibly Good For Our Environment'—War is Peace. Slavery is Freedom.
- Fracking Chemicals May Be Unknown, Even To Gas Drillers, Lawsuit Documents Suggest
- Exxon Charged With Illegally Dumping Waste in Pennsylvania
- Cold Lake Bitumen Spill Photos Leaked By Government Scientist: Report
- 5,250 gallons of oil spills into South Platte River
- Halliburton Pays $200,000 Fine for Destroying Gulf Spill Evidence
- In BP Trial, the Amount of Oil Lost Is at Issue—"The fines against BP hang in the balance, and depend on the level of negligence that is determined and how much oil was spilled." NYT
- Huge water reserve discovered in Kenya—"A massive aquifer that holds enough water to meet all of Kenya's needs for 70 years has been discovered, ITV News can reveal."Nestlé licking their lips.
- Conflict of interest claims persist in Maine’s Nestlé water case
- Commodification of Water, the Quintessential Issue of Our Time
- What 95% Certainty of Warming Means to Scientists
- Global Warming Is Very Real—"Scientists are fighting deniers with irrefutable proof the planet is headed for catastrophe."
- Confirmed: Greenland reached hottest temperature in modern record this summer
- Wild Weather Tied To Unusual Jet Stream Activity
- World won't cool without geoengineering, warns report
- California ban on foie gras upheld by federal appeals court
- Shark fin banned at official Hong Kong functions
- Record number of rhinos killed in South Africa in 2013—"Total of 688 rhino deaths passes last year's record, with three months of the year still to go." It's disgusting that the "dramatic growth in rhino poaching... has largely been driven by demand in Asia, in particular Vietnam, where rhino horn is seen as a status symbol."
