The new reason Teapublicans shut down government

We’re now in Week 2 of the Republican shutdown. 800,000 workers furloughed, and no end in sight. Check out these Daily Kos stories for all the latest news:

• TIME Magazine’s Cover Majority Rule by David Harris Gershon


• Endgame is here: Republicans are breaking by Ian Reifowitz


• Boehner comes up with a new explanation for why Republicans shut down the government by Jed Lewison


• Ha-ha! Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-Texas) by Horace Boothroyd III


• The Brainwashing of my Dad by Limbaugh, Fox, GOP Media by Leslie Salzillo


• You won’t believe this new abortion decision, or who decided it by Adam B


• Republican who voted for shutdown: “I need my paycheck.” Does she think Head Start teachers don’t? by Laura Clawson


• PPP: “GOP could lose the House in 2014” by science


• The “Welfare Queen,” the “Homeless by Choice:” Reagan’s toxic legacy by Avila


• Your one-stop Obamacare shop by DarkSyde