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Ali Frick / Think Progress:
Dorgan: Lieberman's Actions Were Unacceptable For Committee Chairman — After Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) spoke at the Republican National Convention this summer, Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) expressed his frustration: “Everybody is just profoundly disappointed with what Joe did,” Dorgan said.
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Marty Peretz's assistant is the latest to be elected spokesperson for the Moderate Americans — (updated below) — As we've seen many times and in many contexts, one of the most empty-headed, trite and deceitful pundit techniques is to take one's own viewpoint and, without an iota …
Times of London:
Barack Obama links Israel peace plan to 1967 borders deal — Uzi Mahnaimi in Tel Aviv and Sarah Baxter — Barack Obama is to pursue an ambitious peace plan in the Middle East involving the recognition of Israel by the Arab world in exchange for its withdrawal to pre-1967 borders …
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Campbell Robertson / New York Times:
Iraqi Cabinet Approves Security Pact With U.S. — BAGHDAD — The Iraqi cabinet voted overwhelmingly Sunday to approve the security agreement that sets the conditions for the Americans' continued presence in Iraq from Jan. 1 until the end of 2011. — All but one of the 28 cabinet ministers …
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Michael Calderone / The Politico:
Right-leaning media brace for shutout — Since the Weekly Standard launched in 1995, there's one scenario the conservative magazine hasn't yet faced: Democrats in control of both the White House and Congress. — But that's what lies ahead in just two months, leaving staffers …
TBogg:
Blowback is a bitch — Pogrom — Not a pogrom — Using public records, antigayblacklist is making available the names and businesses of people who bankroll discrimination. Rick Moran writes: … The kind of person who contributes money to deny their fellow citizens their civil rights …
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Tod Lindberg / Washington Post:
The Center-Right Nation Exits Stage Left — Here's the main thought Republicans are consoling themselves with these days: Notwithstanding President-elect Barack Obama, a nearly filibuster-proof Democratic majority in the Senate and the largest Democratic majority in the House of Representatives since 1993 …
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Jesse Washington / Associated Press:
After Obama victory, an outbreak of racial anger — Some in U.S. acting out on feeling of loss spurred by election of black president. — Crosses burning. Children chanting, “Assassinate Obama.” Racial epithets scrawled on homes and cars. — Reports of incidents such as those across …
Scott / Power Line:
END OF THE CRUISE — National Review's 2008 post election Caribbean cruise ended yesterday when the ship returned to Fort Lauderdale. I gladly accepted NR's gracious invitation to join the cruise as a speaker and had a ball with my wife and oldest daughter. At the conclusion of the cruise, NR announced its 2009 cruise.
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CNN:
Obama chooses more White House positions — WASHINGTON (CNN) — The man who steered Barack Obama's Senate office will now move over to the White House with the incoming president. — The Obama Transition Office Sunday morning announced that Peter Rouse, currently Obama's chief of staff …
Christopher Booker / Telegraph:
The world has never seen such freezing heat — A surreal scientific blunder last week raised a huge question mark about the temperature records that underpin the worldwide alarm over global warming. On Monday, Nasa's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), which is run …
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Team of Frenemies — It's a cool idea, Hillary Clinton as secretary of state. — At long last, the feminist icon would represent the feminist ideal of getting a room of her own, all on her own. — Running for the Senate and the presidency, Hillary felt entitled to get money …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Whose President Is He Anyway? — CHICAGO — It did not go unnoticed among the paisans that Barack Obama loves a four-star Italian restaurant on the Magnificent Mile near the lakefront. Not some pizza joint, but “the Ferrari of Italian cooking,” as Spiaggia's chef and co-owner, Tony Mantuano, puts it.
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
John Brennan and Bush's interrogation/detention policies — (updated below) — Last Wednesday, I wrote: … Yesterday, Andrew Sullivan noted that observation but then linked to this post from James Gordon Meek of the Counterrorism blog, which reported that Brennan …
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The Moderate Voice:
Why Were Psychologists Behind The Curve On Torture? — In September of this year, the American Psychological Association reversed a longstanding policy by voting to prohibit its members from participating in interrogations or acting in an advisory capacity at Guantánamo Bay and elsewhere …
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Stephen Ohlemacher / Associated Press:
Showdown looming in Congress of automaker rescue — Featured Topics: - Barack Obama - Presidential Transition — WASHINGTON - Hardline opponents of an auto industry bailout branded the industry a “dinosaur” whose “day of reckoning” is near, while Democrats pledged Sunday to do their best …
Matt Corley / Think Progress:
Zell Miller campaigns for Chambliss, warns of ‘a far-left liberal agenda’ in Congress.» — In 2004, then-Democratic Sen. Zell Miller (GA) threw his support behind President Bush with an over-the-top speech attacking Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) at the Republican National Convention.
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Adam Schreck / Associated Press:
Giuliani leaves option open for NY governor run — Featured Topics: - Barack Obama - Presidential Transition — DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Rudy Giuliani said Sunday he will consider running for governor of New York and isn't ruling out a second attempt at the U.S. presidency.