- Marge Baker @ The Hill: Time for Supreme Court to stand firm on campaign donation limits.
- Ian Millhiser @ Think Progress: Justice Scalia Is More Conservative Than You Think, And Further To The Right Than He’s Ever Been.
- Mike Burns @ Media Matters: Fox Falls For Fake Story About Obama Personally Funding Muslim Museum During Shutdown.
- Adele Stan @ RH Reality Check: At Any Cost: How Catholic Bishops Pushed for a Shutdown—and Even a Default—Over Birth Control.
- Brian Beutler @ Salon: Clueless Republicans hatch incoherent shutdown strategy.
- Stephanie Simon @ Politico: Vouchers don’t do much for students.
- Jeremy Hooper @ Good As You: Conservative magazine: LGBT people are secret weapons.
- Faithful America: There's Nothing Christian About Hate.