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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Harry Reid — compare and contrast — (updated below - Update II - Update III) — Russ Feingold, today, on the effects of Harry Reid's pro-administration dirty work: … All of this stems from Reid's refusal to honor the "hold" placed on that bill by Chris Dodd, who has been in the Senate for 24 years.
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Amanda / Think Progress:
Dodd: "We Say To President Bush, We Would Never Take 'Trust Me' For An Answer" — The Senate today began debate on a FISA bill that would overhaul the rules for electronic surveillance and provide retroactive immunity for telecom companies that participated in the Bush administration's illegal spying efforts.
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David Stout / New York Times:
Telecom Industry Wins a Round on Eavesdropping
Telecom Industry Wins a Round on Eavesdropping
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The Daily Princetonian:
Nava '09 admits to fabricating assault, threatening e-mails — Francisco Nava '09 has admitted to fabricating an alleged assault on him that he said occurred Friday evening and also to sending threatening emails to himself, other members of the Anscombe Society and prominent conservative …
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Ryan T. Anderson / On the Square:
Death Threats and a Student Assaulted at Princeton
Death Threats and a Student Assaulted at Princeton
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The Sundries Shack, Punditry, THE LIBERAL JOURNAL, Kesher Talk, The Daily Princetonian, The Right Coast and Redstate
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
That picture of Hillary on Drudge right now. — Have you seen it? — Caption: "The Toll of a Campaign." It seems so cruel. Immodest Proposals writes: … My first reaction to that picture is simple disbelief. How can she suddenly look that much older?
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Mark Murray / MSNBC:
First Read: King endorses Romney... no, Thompson — From NBC/NJ's Carrie Dann — And the endorsements keep coming... Congressman Steve King (R), one of Iowa's most strident critics of illegal immigration and a champion of the state's rural conservatives, has endorsed Romney.
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Michelle Malkin:
Newsflash: Iowa GOP Rep. Steve King endorses Thompson — Scroll down for updates... Iowa GOP Rep. Steve King announced his endorsement for president this morning. He's going with Fred Thompson. — As I mentioned, Rep. King has been one of the strongest proponents of strict immigration enforcement.
Sadly, No!:
A tantalizing peek at history's greatest book — Thanks to a certain Christmas elf who sent us this early present: — Personally, I think the chapter about liberals being seKKKret racists will be the most LOL-worthy, although "The 1960s: Fascism Takes to the Streets" should be good for giggles as well.
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Matthew Yglesias:
Quintessential Fascism — O frabjous day! Over at Sadly, No they have screen captures of Liberal Fascism. I've reproduced s bigger version the most awesome part of the book jacket.
USA Today:
New Clinton campaign out to show her likability — New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, trying to warm up an image some voters perceive as cold, starts a drive Monday to showcase her personal side with testimonials from friends, associates and constituents she has helped.
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Ron Paul For The Republican Nomination — By now, readers will know who I favor in the Democratic race. Here's my most considered case. But what of the GOP? For me, it comes down to two men, Ron Paul and John McCain. That may sound strange, because in many ways they are polar opposites …
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Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
FIGHTING TERRORISM....Former Nebraska Senator Bob Kerrey, asked about Barack Obama yesterday, said: "I like the fact that his name is Barack Hussein Obama, and that his father was a Muslim and that his paternal grandmother is a Muslim. There's a billion people on the planet that are Muslims and I think that experience is a big deal."
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The RBC, Outside The Beltway, RealClearPolitics, Political Punch and The Democratic Daily
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Mark Murray / MSNBC:
Obama turns up the heat on Edwards — From NBC/NJ's Aswini Anburajan — Spencer, IA — Turning up the heat may be a slogan that Clinton coined on the campaign trail, but it was Obama who ratcheted up the temperature in the Democratic race today — and it was aimed at Edwards.
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Matthew Yglesias:
Payback — Barack Obama reaps the harvest of his campaign's idiotic decision to start releasing oppo research on Paul Krugman as the latter unloads on Obama, slamming him as "the anti-change candidate" who's such a prisoner of his desire for good press coverage that he's ignoring a vast populist tide sweeping the country.
Jen Chung / Gothamist:
Explosion at 1211 Ave. of Americas, Home of Fox News, NY Post — An explosion occurred at the Midtown building that houses News corporation businesses including Fox News and the NY Post. Fox 5 reports that a man was burned in the chemical explosion and 700 people have been evacuated.
The Raw Story:
ROVE ROLE ALLEGED IN HEATED ALABAMA RACE; DRIVER PRESSURED TO RECANT ABRAMOFF STORY — Part I of this series explored the long-term involvement of two men — GOP consultant Bill Canary and Alabama Attorney General William Pryor — in the events leading to the imprisonment last summer of former Alabama Democratic governor Don Siegelman.
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