Links for the Day Government Shuts Down, Health Insurance Marketplace Open, The Best Television Finales, Breaking Bad in Memoriam Video, & More

by R. Kurt Osenlund on October 1, 2013 in Links for the Day

Senate rejects latest House proposal; government closes for first time in 17 years.

Watch President Obama speak about the shutdown.

House GOP doesn’t mince words, offering the rationale, “we’re right.”

Republicans’ most shameful shutdown moment.

The Health Insurance Marketplace is open, y’all. Apply now.

With “House of Turds” cover, the Daily News out-Posts the Post.

John Boehner: like a wrecking ball.

Read about the best TV finales of all time, and vote for your favorite.

Showtime acquires exclusive rights to filmed Inside Llewyn Davis concert.

Thanks to Spike Jonze, the YouTube Awards are a real thing.

Grantland offers a video tribute to those we lost on Breaking Bad:

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