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- House conservatives face up to their defeat
- A Modest Proposal: Voters Must Pass a Sanity Test Before Casting a Ballot -- Mark Karlin, Editor of BuzzFlash at Truthout
- Ted Cruz’s America -- Steven Jonas MD, MPH for BuzzFlash at Truthout
- Senate Votes 81-18 to Re-Open Government, Raise Debt Limit; House Vote Coming Soon
- Cory Booker wins U.S. Senate election in N.J. to Become First Black Senator From NJ
- Boehner Will Bring Senate Bill to a Vote Tonight
- "The amount of wreckage Cruz has caused in such a short time is truly awe-inspiring."
- Senate Deal Includes Back Pay For Furloughed Workers
- How the GOP Slowly Went Insane
- Thieves Fall Out Edition: Grover Norquist goes off on Obamacare “defunders”
- "The much greater tragedy is we as a country get screwed in the process. At least Reagan was shrewd enough to just pretend to care, to throw the nutballs some symbolic morsels they could chew on yet never letting them gain enough voice to wield actual power."
- "GOP finds solution to their failures: Virginia purges 40,000 names off voter rolls"
- Veteran Republicans Accusing Tea Party Lawmakers Of Staining GOP
- "Wonk Wire shows that Congress's budget fights, debt-ceiling stand-offs, and spending cuts have cost the U.S. economy nearly 3% of GDP since 2010 -- roughly $700 billion in lost economic activity."
- Republican Congressman Questions Whether Tea Party Reps Are Actually Republican. You Elected Them; They're Yours.
- Dahr Jamail | BP's Silent Disaster
- Boehner Concedes: "We Just Didn’t Win"
- "A new Democracy Corps (D) poll finds just 38% now clearly oppose the Affordable Care Act."
- Republicans Shut Down the Government for Nothing
- Fox Newz: Obama’s Grandma "Didn't Trust People of Color," So He’s Taking It Out on America
- Ted Cruz Admits Budget Standoff Was All About Fundraising
- How US Pressure Bends UN Agencies
- Pat Buchanan: Better to Destroy Country Than End Anti-Obamacare Drive
- One Problem With the Deal: The Debt Ceiling
- The Seinfeld Shutdown
- Tea Party Nation Whines: "The Complete Surrender of the Republican Party"
- Shutdown Gives Democrats Lift in House Recruiting
- Stop Fretting: The Debt-Ceiling Crisis Is Over! (Updated)
- Ted Cruz Will Not Filibuster the Deal, Per Ted Cruz
- GOP Congressman Explains Why He Wants to Defund a Health Program He Supports
- Shutdown Ties Hands as Ranchers Face Storm’s Toll
- House Dems Sent Boehner a Message: Strike a Deal and Maybe We Can Help Protect Your Speakership
- Quotes From the Tea Party Base on the Default
- Hawks Squawk, But US-Iran Talks Start Well
- This Is Not Over Yet: "Senate Republicans huddled Tuesday to discuss the latest on the fiscal crisis engulfing the Capitol, but two key members of their conference were missing from the lunch: Ted Cruz of Texas and Mike Lee of Utah."
- GOP Prepares For Surrender On Debt Ceiling And Shutdown
- How Bad Is It? Even Ann Coulter Has Turned On Conservatives
- Houston Chronicle Expresses Regrets For Endorsing Cruz
- US Court: Transcanada's Keystone XL Profits More Important Than Environment
- NY Times Reporter May Go To Supreme Court In Leak Case
- Tea Party Ringleader (Heritage CEO) Admits the GOP Shut Down the Government for Nothing
- SLATE: Boehner Relents, Will Rely on Dem Votes to Pass
- Freeing Marissa Alexander
- In Big Win for Defense Industry, Obama Rolls Back Limits on Arms Exports
- Charles P. Pierce | Reign of Morons: Apotheosis, Starring Ted Yoho
- Indigenous Nations Are at the Forefront of the Conflict With Transnational Corporate Power That Affects Us All
- McCain: 'Republicans Have To Understand We Have Lost This Battle'
- Arizona Man Allegedly Kills Girlfriend in Attempt to Scare Her With a Gun
- Tea Party's War Memorial Rally Was Another "Let Him Die!" Moment
- Protectors vs Destroyers — Canadians Unite to Stop Fracking in New Brunswick
- Lindsey Graham (R-SC) Admits GOP Went Too Far - Pleads for Mercy
- Debt Ceiling Crisis Is Like a Toxic Groundhog Day on Capitol Hill
- The Muslim Test: How To Expose The Hypocrisy Of The Religious Right
- Cruz' Speech Writer Complains She Doesn't Know How She'll Get Health Care Come January
- Backlash for the GOP: Democrats Raising Big Bucks in the South
- Senate Debt Ceiling Deal Won’t Mean This Chaos Is Over. Far From It. Tuesday might have ended with the Senate on the cusp of a deal to avert a default, but it also featured Boehner bowing and scraping to his House crazies to come up with a competing plan that failed.
- "Boehner sees his control of House Republicans slip away" -- Oh, It Slipped Away Along Time Ago. And He Could be a Patriot and Bring up a Clean Bill, But He's Just Concerned About Keeping Power Over the Interests of the Citizens of the United States and the Economic Stability of the World.
- The Tea Party is the Country’s ‘Phantom of the Opera’
- Right Wing Tea Party Think Tanks Nix House Bill to Avert Default: Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) blamed House conservatives for the failure. “It’s been about 30 people that make their money on not hanging with the team. And so that’s on them,” he said.
- Fitch Puts US AAA Rating on Rating Watch Negative
- The Awarding of the World Food Prize to a Monsanto GMO Executive Is a Travesty Mark Karlin, Editor of BuzzFlash at Truthout
- Refusing to Make Peace With War -- Robert C. Koehler for BuzzFlash at Truthout
- Eugene Robinson | Democrats Raise Their Ante -- Eugene Robinson on BuzzFlash at Truthout
- California Wants to Protect Transgender Students; GOP Targets Them -- Bill Berkowitz for BuzzFlash at Truthout
- "House Republicans have dropped two demands related to Obamacare from their proposal to end the fiscal stalemate in Washington, sources told CNN. These include a proposal to delay the medical device tax and another to tighten income verification of those seeking subsidies to purchase health insurance under the Affordable Care Act. Separately, Republican Rep. Devin Nunes of California told CNN's Dana Bash that he expects the House to vote on Tuesday night on its plan to reopen the government and avoid a possible U.S. default."
- Maddowblog: The Electoral Consequences of the Shutdown
- Glenn Greenwald Leaving Guardian, Starting New Venture
- Report: House GOP Considers Passing Bill, Then Leaving Town
- Antonin Scalia: 14th Amendment Protects Everyone, Not "Only the Blacks"
- Ex-Halliburton Manager Pleads Guilty to Destroying Evidence
- The Government is Already Defaulting
- MSNBC Anchor Asks GOP Congresswoman If She Hates Obamacare More Than She Loves America
- Videos Contradict Medal of Honor Recipient’s Account of Taliban Attack
- Tea Party Republicans Put Dollar's Reputation at Risk
- Senator Reid on Senate Floor: US Could Be Downgraded as Soon as Tonight
- Supreme Court Affirms EPA Authority to Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Powerful Typhoon Wipha Heads for Fukushima, Tepco Bracing for "Inflows of Water"
- Dollarocracy Book Tour Dates with Bob McChesney and John Nichols
- Tea Party Groups Still Want Obamacare Gutted
- The Ten Hardline Conservatives Pulling the Strings of the GOP Shutdown
- House GOP Now Demanding Birth Control Provisions in Shutdown/Debt Deal
- Former San Diego Mayor Bob Filner Pleads Guilty To Battery And False Imprisonment Charges
- Shutdown and Default Considered Small Price to Pay for Banning Birth Control, Say Catholic Bishops and Paul Ryan
- Jane Goodall on Climate Change, Technology, and What Makes Us Different From Chimps
- Edward Snowden’s Brave Integrity
- House GOP Plan Implodes Immediately, Congressional Republicans Now in Total Disarray
- Central Banks Gaming Out U.S. Default as Deadline Nears
- Famed Street Artist Banksy Takes On 9/11
- The Ghost of Authoritarianism in the Age of the Shutdown
- White House Dismisses New House GOP Plan as "Ransom" Demand
- Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Used Phantom Jobs to Give Raises
- Be Afraid! The Scariest Quotes About the Debt Crisis
- Reisinger First Register of Deeds in South to Accept Same-Sex Marriage Licenses
- Why Harry Reid Fears a Long-Term Shutdown Deal
- First It was Detroit, Now "PetKoch" Piling Up in Chicago
- House GOP to Push Separate Bill to End Government Shutdown, Raise Debt Ceiling
- The Right’s Crisis Of Infinite Ragegasms
- NSA Gathering Contact Lists From e-Mails, Chats
- White House Press Corps Reaches for Peak Derp
- Hatred: The Republicans' Core Problem
- Activists and Hactivists Take Action to Re-Open Teen Sex Assault Case in Missouri
- What Gives? California Gov. Jerry Brown Lines Up With NRA and Prison-Industrial Complex
- Administration Moves to Keep NSA Surveillance Lawsuit Away From Supreme Court
- Report: Cruz Meets With House Conservatives in Restaurant Basement
- Senate Nears Deal to End Shutdown, Raise Debt Limit
- This Number Is the Reason Republicans Will End the Shutdown
- You Too Can Learn How to Escape Obama's FEMA Camps for Just $37
- Senate Women Lead in Effort on Accord
- Victim’s House Burned Down After She Accuses Football Star Of Rape
- How Domestic Workers Won Their Rights: Five Big Lessons
- Columbus Day Is the Official Endorsement of White European and US Conquest of Indigenous Peoples -- Paul Buchheit for BuzzFlash at Truthout
- Sources: Reid Offers McConnell a Deal (VIDEO)
- What really decided the 2012 election, in 10 graphs
- Dean Baker | Republicans Are Delusional About US Spending and Deficits
- Voter ID judge in landmark Crawford case now says: "We did not have enough information"
- In Big Win for Defense Industry, Obama Rolls Back Limits on Arms Exports
- Footage of racist Philly cops goes viral (VIDEO)
- White House Delays Budget Talks Amid Signs of Hope
- Poll: Republicans losing no-win game
- Joseph Stiglitz | Inequality Is a Choice
- Losing faith: Global financiers look to de-Americanize
- South Carolina Man Gets Off Thanks to ‘Stand Your Ground’ After Shooting and Killing Innocent Bystander
- Glenn Greenwald | The Perfect Epitaph for Establishment Journalism
- If the Supreme Court chooses to erase our remaining post-Watergate campaign finance reforms, Richard Nixon’s scandalous reign may come to seem — thanks to growing inequality — mere kid’s play.
- The impending GOP crackup: Will it be Hillary vs Jeb Bush vs Ted Cruz in 2016?
- Obama to meet congressional leaders at White House
- Panic Sets in With the Davos Crowd
- US builders hoard mineral rights under new homes
- Tens of Thousands Rally in Tokyo to Say: 'No Nukes!'
- Empathy in a Divided Society
- Russia Denies Bail to British Greenpeace Activists on Piracy Charges
- Missouri Gov. Calls Off Execution Using Experimental Drug Following EU Threats
- Cyber-shield: Brazil announces government system to block NSA snooping
- 2500+ Killed by Drones in Pakistan, Names of Victims Now Available (VIDEO)
- France’s Fracking Ban ‘Absolute’ After Court Upholds Law
- The cost of Obamacare varies wildly by state
- The Confederate Flag Won't Help Conservatives Win the Shutdown
- Egberto Willies | Our political mess is a result of false equivalence
- Ignorant Tea Party outrage: Sarah Palin’s latest Obamacare lie
- Letters detail punitive tactics used on Guantánamo hunger strikers
- Chris Hedges | The Folly of Empire
- Debt limit defeat turns conservatives into neo-Confederate fantasists
- Paul Krugman | The Dixiecrat Solution
- Global 'March Against Monsanto' rallies activists
- The House GOP's Little Rule Change That Guaranteed a Shutdown
- Very sneaky, Walmart: How the mega-retailer rolled back California regulations
- Social Security recipients, others wait for benefit adjustment; shutdown delays news
- The Economic Consequences of a US Debt Default
- Greed destroyed us all: George W. Bush and the real story of the Great Recession
- Does Capitalism Work for You?
- US shutdown: Congress reconvenes after weekend of choppy talks
- US Court: Transcanada's Keystone XL Profits More Important Than Environment
- Chile indigenous groups mark Columbus Day with protests
- Did the US Make a Mistake In Seizing Anas al-Liby?
- The Desert of Israeli Democracy: A Trip Through the Negev Desert Leads to the Heart of Israel’s National Nightmare
- Dean Baker | The Tea Party and the New York Times Shut Down the Government
- The Army’s $5 billion New Uniform Already Being Replaced
- How Abortion Is Being Used as a Ruse to Attack Health Care
- Wall Street Glances Wearily at Washington
- Parkinson's and Disability Have an Image Problem, and Michael J. Fox Isn't Helping
- The Ironic Daily (HUMOR)
- The Greek Prime Minister Should Explain the Links Between His Party and Golden Dawn
- Reid 'confident' fiscal crisis can be averted
- While the Stock Market Soars to New Records, the 1% Pits the Crumb Rummagers Against Each Other -- Nnamdi F. Akwada for BuzzFlash at Truthout
- Not The Onion: Rand Paul ‘proud’ to be a Republican because of ‘rich history’ of civil rights (VIDEO)
- Happy 50th Anniversary, Institute for Policy Studies!
- The New York Times says UK tried to get it to hand over Snowden documents
- The Delusional and Dangerous Paul Ryan: First he was the linchpin of a GOP deal with Obama, now he wants the birth control coverage mandate out of the ACA.
- The South Is Holding America Hostage
- Senate Leaders Talk; GOP Blames Obama for Gridlock
- How Ted Cruz won and the GOP lost
- Interactive: Who’s Pulling the Strings?
- Secret FISA Court Extends NSA Phone Spying
- Americans cited for hiking on federal lands, but drillers can keep on drilling
- Amid NSA Outrage, Big Tech Companies Plan to Track You Even More Aggressively
- US reopens landmark tourist sites
- Missing Workers: The Missing Part of the Unemployment Story
- DC Crowd Pushes Through Barriers to WWII Memorial
- Former bank examiner sues Fed for Goldman-related firing
- Sources: Cash-Strapped FreedomWorks in State of Financial Disarray
- Mississippi auto workers accuse Nissan of anti-union labor violations
- McCutcheon and the two-pronged attack on voting rights
- Veterans feel shutdown's sting
- Robert Reich | Giving Republicans a Bloody Nose Isn't Enough
- The GOP's Love/Hate Relationship With the State
- Essential Government Employees Being Treated Like 'Indentured Servants'
- Republican Extremism and the Lessons of History
- US Accused of Unprecedented Assault on Press Freedom
- Mrs. Ted Cruz: VP Goldman Sachs, Economic Policy Advisor to Bush-Cheney
- Blizzard Catastrophe Kills Tens of Thousands of Cows in South Dakota; Shutdown Leaves Ranchers on Ice
- Obama's Former Communications Director Anita Dunn Pitches "Ethical Oil" Keystone XL Ad
- LA Times Bans Climate Deniers - When Will the Rest of the Media Follow Suit?
