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Shutdown hits White House operations
Josh Lederman
Only about a quarter of White House staffers are deemed essential. The rest can't even check their blackberries
Small business sentiment at three-month low
Vince Golle
The shutdown doesn't appear to have helped matters
GOP’s phony moderates: “Rebels” who do far more talking than doing
Elias Isquith
Supposed mavericks like Peter King are better at preening for the spotlight than actually taking on the Tea Party
Miriam Carey, Obamacare and WIC: A deadly war on women of color
Brittney Cooper
Recent events in the nation's capital -- from a tragic shooting to a government shutdown -- underscore a cold truth
Despite shutdown, government workers hike to work through blizzard
Climate Cetral
No paycheck and a blizzard didn't stop essential National Weather Service employees in Rapid City, S.D.
These unpaid meteorologists hiked to work through 2 feet of snow
Lindsay Abrams
Despite the shutdown, South Dakota's weather forecasters were on the job during this weekend's blizzard
President Obama’s climate advisor moves on
MIT Technology Review
Heather Zichal, who crafted the energy policy announced by the President in June, is leaving the White House
GOP congressman slams “lemming” colleagues
Elias Isquith
"I don't think they're conservatives; they're anything but that"
The right’s government shutdown conspiracy theories
Elias Isquith
From park closures to delayed back-pay for workers, the right sees the effects of the shutdown as a left-wing plot
New $100 bills begin circulation Thursday
Associated Press
The new bills boast more colors and more high tech features
Poll: Vast majority of Americans disapprove of GOP’s shutdown stance
Elias Isquith
A new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds massive disapproval of Republicans in Congress
8 food risks going unmonitored during the shutdown
Lindsay Abrams
Furloughed FDA inspectors can't look out for bacteria, metals and other contaminants
GOP congressman: U.S. default would “bring stability to the world markets”
Elias Isquith
Rep. Ted Yoho says he won't vote to raise the debt-ceiling -- under any circumstances
Clueless Republicans hatch incoherent shutdown strategy
Brian Beutler
The GOP's fixation on extracting anything from Obama is blinding them to the incoherence of their game plan
Please stop pitying Boehner: He’s not just some well-meaning victim
Mugambi Jouet
Look at his career and record: The speaker has long played with fire by playing to the worst of the Republican base
GOP donors threaten rebellion over shutdown
Elias Isquith
Some longtime donors are fretting over Republicans' new Tea Party-driven direction
Would a U.S. default derail the global economic recovery?
GEORGE LEONG
If the U.S. fails to raise the debt ceiling, it would likely have far-reaching implications
Republicans’ sexist anti-Hillary buttons aren’t even original
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Body-snarking trinkets appear at the California GOP convention
Shutdown could raise the price of milk
Sarah Gray
Little noticed amid the shutdown hoopla, the Farm Bill has also expired
GOP’s latest shutdown delusion: They missed the Obamacare negotiations!
Joan Walsh
They ignore a year of hearings and desperate bargaining on Obamacare. Plus: The worst shutdown punditry ever
Krugman: GOP leadership is “deeply incompetent”
Elias Isquith
The New York Times columnist on how the GOP's top brass turned into the "Boehner Bunglers"
Government’s work stacking up a week into shutdown
Connie Cass
Safety inspections, toxic waste cleanup, employment statistics and lots more work isn't getting done
America is facing a hunger crisis
Richard Schiffman
Poverty rates have not gone down and hunger in our country may be at its highest levels since the Great Depression
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