Morning Reads

Good morning! Here are some of the pieces we’ve been reading on this fine Wednesday morning…

Shutdown…

Exchanges go online…

Ideological threat –> At Salon, Thomas Frank argues that because people like public services, the right has given up on a frontal assault on government and doubled down on obstructing it.

The economy is awful –> Donna Brazile debunks foodstamp myths at CNN.

SCOTUS –> Supreme Court will review eight cases in the next session, and SCOTUSBlog’s Lyle Denniston runs them down.

Govsplaining –> Rick Perry explains what his wife Anita really thinks about abortion days after she told a reporter it was a woman’s right.

Solar cells don’t blow up –> Military investing in renewable energy sources that don’t explode, reports Ehren Goossens for Bloomberg.

Big boom –> Scientists think they’ve figured out which megavolcano erupted in the 13th century, setting off what’s known as the “little ice age.” Science Magazine has the tale.

What are you reading this morning? Tell us in the comments!

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