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• In memoriam:  Duke Snider, Brooklyn Dodgers centerfielder.
• The Continuing Resolution, and why it should not pass:

  Tell Democratic Leadership: Stand your ground against Republican extremism. Don't cave to Republican extremists and cut a backroom deal on the budget. It's not surprising that Democrats may already be caving without a fight. But it's totally unacceptable. If Democrats continue to cave to Republican extremists, it will only embolden the rightwing to launch even more radical attacks against progressives, because Republicans have learned, when they don't compromise, they win.

• The content of Scott Walker's character.