- Jonathan Chait @ New York: Let Me Explain How Extortion Works, Republicans
- Josh Israel @ ThinkProgress: Congresswoman Says She Should Get Paid During Shutdown: ‘I Need My Paycheck’
- Tommy Christopher @ Mediaite: Shock and Awful: Conservatives Already Lying About Obamacare Enrollee Chad Henderson
- Monica Potts @ The American Prospect: America's Neediest Families Are About to Run Out of Money
- Brian Beutler @ Salon: GOP’s fooling no one: They’ll always (rightly) be blamed for shutdowns