David Dayen’s News Roundup from Monday night, October 17, 2011.

• Occupy Wall Street being hijacked?
• Israel and Hamas make a deal.
• The Secessionist has some splainin’ to do.
• Damn Communists.
• Liberal Jesus killers!

Sure, you’d think the 99 percent would be get a little higher support, but there’s a lot of conservatives self-loathing out there. In any case, it could be a lot worse, it is among the most popular political movements in the country, unlike the least popular, tea partiers

John Mellencamp – Walk Tall

I asked this question over the weekend at my home base, and said the answers made me feel better, because knowing other people have this problem makes me feel less dumb:

What book have you attempted to read, but could not finish?

Over at Hot Air, where she is auditioning for a future role as a Fox News fembot, Tina Korbe is very concerned that a teacher in Texas is forcing Texas-Murican kids to murder the English language (more than they usually do) and swear a blood-oath to abuela Mexico.

Lisa Derrick recalls the extraordinary women who started the Bohemian Women’s Political Alliance — initially “to write letters and register voters and get active” — and follows their many amazing accomplishments over the years.

The finance lobby wants to weaken the Volker rule that limits proprietary bets by regular banks. They find the weakest link in the regulatory chain and ride that link to achieve their ends. And the weakest link is usually the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, colloquially known as the Office of Bank Advocacy.

Everyday Sunshine, The Story of Fishbone shows the unifying power of music and its ability to provoke social change, while uncovering the complex dynamics of friendship, creativity and fame.

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) told a crowd in Northbrook that he would like to see the Senate rules changed so that if a minority wanted to filibuster to prevent a vote on the bill, they would need to actually continuously talk on the Senate floor. Why not just majority rules?