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The shirt on the left reads: “Starring Ted ‘Green Eggs’ Cruz, Harry ‘Ping Pong” Reid, and John ‘Mr. Orange’ Boehner.” $20 from Raygun. The shirt on the right is being sold by the Moonie Times. (Tipped by JMG reader Alan)

An anti-Boehner ad is about to hit the air: Many football fans tuning in for Sunday’s game between the Cincinnati Bengals and the New England Patriots will see a new ad blaming House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) for the government shutdown. The spot by House Majority PAC, a Democratic super PAC, features a close-up of a baby crying, with a …

“Cruz stood on the side and confused people about the fact that every Republican agrees. He said if you don’t agree with my tactic and with the specific structure of my idea, you’re bad. He said if the House would simply pass the bill with defunding he would force the Senate to act. He would lead this grass-roots movement that …

The New York Times reports that senior members of the GOP yesterday furiously argued with Sen. Ted Cruz in a closed-door GOP meeting. Several Senate Republicans — Dan Coats of Indiana, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire — assailed Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, who has led the movement to block funding for the health law. …

The Tea People are furious. Good.

This thing has been a gold mine for him.

Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus sparred with MSNBC host Thomas Roberts today and Roberts didn’t not back down. Talking Points Memo recaps: “Why do we need to attach the solutions or changes that go along with the law that has been vetted by the Supreme Court, by a mandate by the people reelecting the president and both houses of …

Gawker has the recap: In an astounding confrontation that took place yesterday at the World War II Memorial in DC, a Tea Party congressman from Texas appeared to blame the Park Service for denying veterans access to the facility — and then made a Park Ranger apologize for the shutdown. “How do you look at them and … deny them …

Just in via press release: While the majority of the country is feeling the effects of the government shut down and party disagreement over Obamacare, one industry is reaping the rewards from the fallout. Beginning September 29th, SeekingArrangement.com, the world’s largest Sugar Daddy dating site, experienced its largest growth in new sugar baby sign ups since March. Over 13, 947 …

Has or will the shutdown affect you personally?

“It’s beyond shameful to see Barack Obama disrespect and mistreat our World War II veterans so blatantly. Obama’s political stunt to ‘shut down’ their memorial by barricade is to elicit an angry response to generate bad publicity for people the president uses in his continual blame game. The difference is obvious. There aren’t any World War I veterans alive today …

Posted to the Facebook page of the Democratic Party.