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Topic: Debt default

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Charlie May
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Trump: Ignorant on economics

Paul Rosenberg
Mitch McConnell (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP's next "debt limit" fiasco

Simon Maloy
John Boehner, Eric Cantor, Michele Bachmann (AP/Susan Walsh/Reuters/Jonathan Ernst/Joshua Lott)

5 ways shutdown is killing GOP

Kerry Eleveld
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A reenactment of the 135th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg in Gettysburg, Pa. (AP/Paul Vathis)

Tea Party's Southern vengeance

Josh Eidelson
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GOP ploy may spur a depression

David Dayen
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky, and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. (AP/Jonathan Ernst/David J. Phillip)

GOP faces new filibuster dare

Brian Beutler
John Boehner, Ted Cruz, Mitch McConnell (Reuters/Larry Downing/Adrees Latif/AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Clueless party has no strategy

Brian Beutler
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GOP admits it: They're trapped

Brian Beutler
Paul Krugman (Reuters/Brendan Mcdermid)

Krugman: GOP is "delusional"

Elias Isquith
Tom Harkin (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Dem Sen. issues dire warning

Elias Isquith
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