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GOP House Members Sing Amazing Grace Before Killing Shutdown Deal

Raw Story reports: Before pushing an alternative to a Senate bid to end the government shutdown on Tuesday, conservative Republicans in the House of Representatives reportedly sang “Amazing Grace,” a Christian hymn usually reserved for funerals. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) told reporters that the sing-a-long proved that House Republicans were solidly behind that bill that would make minor changes to …

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Christian Group Helps Kill Shutdown Deal

RELATED: The Heritage Foundation, which is now headed by former Sen. Jim DeMint, was a cosponsor of the FRC’s Hate Summit.  Last week the New York Times reported that the architects of the shutdown were a cabal of evangelical leaders including Tony Perkins.

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Shutdown Deal Might Be Close

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Breitbart Headline Of The Day

USA! USA! Details.

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New Site: Fuck You, Congress

Enjoy. (Tipped by JMG reader Win)

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GOP Offers “Temporary” Debt Ceiling Deal

John Boehner: We want to offer temporary relief from debt ceiling for chance to sit down and hammer out long-term deal — Yahoo (@Yahoo) October 10, 2013 JUST IN: House Republican leaders offer temporary increase in the debt ceiling pic.twitter.com/pVnlRES2Mf — NBC Nightly News (@nbcnightlynews) October 10, 2013

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Anthony Weiner Vs Sean Hannity

Things really got heated last night: Weiner kept pestering Hannity to say whether the debt limit should be raised, and when Hannity told him to stop asking questions, he shot back, “What am I, a potted plant?” Weiner called Hannity “defensive” and said, “You speak to the mothership at that party.” As Weiner kept going, Hannity figured out exactly what …

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Alan Grayson Gaveled Out After Declaring House Less Popular Than Dog Poop

Mediaite recaps: Representative Alan Grayson (D-FL) found himself on the wrong side of the House of Representatives Tuesday afternoon. It might have had something to do with the target of his fiery speech: the House of Representatives. Grayson sought to bring a resolution declaring that the government shutdown had been a blight upon the dignity of the legislature, citing multiple …

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Headline Of The Day

The Nation today reports on the Conservative Action Project, which the New York Times yesterday declared to be the architects of the shutdown. The Conservative Action Project [is] an ad hoc coalition created in the early years of the Obama administration to reorganize the conservative movement. The coalition is managed by Heritage and the Council for National Policy. The latter …

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Crazy Eyes: Obama Is A Dictator Thug

“We see thuggery going on in the White House, we’re not going to take it, we’ve drawn a line in the sand. What this is about is whether or not we will hold onto a constitutional republic. I want the Tea Party to know they made a profound difference and what they’re fighting for is to see if we’re actually …

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Super! Angry! Rally!

From the website: In a mean-spirited fit of selfish anger, Barack Obama has shut down our nation’s war memorials. And he has declared open war on our honored veterans! The World War II memorial … the Vietnam Veterans Memorial … the Korean War Veterans Memorial – Obama has shut them all down to force his will on the House of …

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RNC: A Debt Ceiling Flashback

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Obama: GOP Is Holding America Ransom

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HomoQuotable – Andrew Sullivan

“There is effectively no Republican party any more. There is a radical movement to destroy the modern American state and eviscerate its institutions in favor of restoring a mythical, elysian, majority-white, nineteenth-century past. This crisis is proving that more powerfully than even watching Fox. We need to see what is in front of our nose: a cold civil war has …

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Breitbart Headline Of The Day

Because a Fox News poll says so.

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Shutdown Benefit

Details. (Tipped by JMG reader Win)

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Anderson Cooper Slams Fox & MSNBC

“This is the way it works in journalism. When you’re not on Fox News, you get contentious interviews. When you’re not on MSNBC and a liberal, you get contentious interviews. My job is to ask you questions that are different than you think.” – Anderson Cooper, when GOP Rep. Raul Labrador accused him of being biased against Republicans. RELATED: Last …

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Tweet Of The Day – George Takei

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Facebook Graphic Of The Day

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Ted Cruz: We’re Winning

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