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4:00 PM ET, December 17, 2007

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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Harry Reid — compare and contrast  —  (updated below - Update II)  —  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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David Stout / New York Times:
Telecom Industry Wins a Round on Eavesdropping  —  WASHINGTON — Telecommunications companies won a skirmish in the Senate on Monday as a bill to protect them from lawsuits for cooperating with the Bush administration's eavesdropping programs easily overcame a procedural hurdle.
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Spencer Ackerman / TPMmuckraker:
Reid Wants Full Senate to See Warrantless Surveillance Docs
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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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.
Rsinderbrand / CNN Political Ticker:
Iowa's first lady backs Edwards
Discussion: The Swamp
Karl / protein wisdom:
Hillary Clinton: Charm or Offensive?
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
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?
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.
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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.
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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.
Discussion: The Sundries Shack
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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Post / Washington Post:
Breaking Ranks  —  Sen. Joseph Lieberman (Conn.) …
Discussion: Daily Kos
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.
Discussion: Washington Times
Tim Hames / Times of London:
Iraq - the best story of the year  —  Against all the odds, an optimistic prediction comes true  —  Never make predictions," said the American baseball manager Casey Stengel, "especially about the future.  " Alas, I have never been able to resist an invitation to emulate Nostradamus …
Martin Delgado / Daily Mail:
Floods of tears as climate change 'hard man' breaks down at summit  —  He is known as the "hard man" of climate-change negotiation.  —  But after 12 exhausting days of trying to reach a worldwide agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, it was suddenly all too much for Yvo de Boer.
New York Post:
BREAKDOWN IN THE FAST LANE  —  ANCHOR VIXEN BUSTED IN ASSAULT ON GAL COP  —  A foxy Philly anchorwoman - who once e-mailed sexy swimsuit snaps to a married TV talking head - became an anger woman yesterday, calling a female NYPD cop a "dyke bitch" and slugging her in the face, law-enforcement sources said.
 
 
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Roger Simon / The Politico:
Predicting the future at the Iowa caucus
Matthew Yglesias:
With Friends Like These  —  Damon Linker has a great essay …
Ryan Grim / The Crypt's Blogs:
Hillary Clinton's 'Hippie Museum' is back
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The 6th Annual Right Wing News Conservative Blog Awards
Jacques Steinberg / New York Times:
Boycotted Radio Host Remains Unbowed
Matthew Yglesias:
The Long Haul  —  The most recent CBS/NYT poll asked people …
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Mark R. Levin / The Corner:
The Problem with McCain  —  Nice to know Drew Cline reads …
Discussion: The Daily Dish
Faiz / Think Progress:
Tony Snow: 'The Second War In This Country' Is 'The War On God'
Greg Mitchell / Editor and Publisher:
'Army Times' Article Describes U.S. Troop 'Mutiny' in Iraq
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Associated Press:
Sarkozy linked with model-turned-singer
Washington Post:
Bush Faces Pressure to Shift War Priorities
Atrios / Eschaton:
Shorter Candidates  —  Obama: The system sucks, but I'm so awesome …
 

 
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Bonnie Hammer plans to leave the company at the end of the year; she has been with the company since 2004

Anja Karadeglija / The Canadian Press:
Meta clashes with Canada's CRTC over the Online News Act by declining to publicly release information about its measures to block news content on its platforms

 
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