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11:40 AM ET, November 25, 2008

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Eric Dash / New York Times:
Saving Citi May Create More Fear  —  One bailout was not enough for Citigroup.  And it may not be enough for other big banks.  —  While Citigroup's second multibillion-dollar rescue from Washington hit Wall Street like a shot of adrenaline on Monday, many analysts worried that the jolt would soon wear off.
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Deborah Solomon / Wall Street Journal:
New Facility Targets Consumer Lending
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:
For release at 8:15 a.m. EST
Discussion: The Swamp
Bloomberg:   Treasury, Fed Said to Unveil Plan to Bolster Consumer Financing
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Obama's Brain Trust  —  President-elect Barack Obama has now made three things clear about his plans to bring the economy back: He wants his actions to be big and bold.  He sees economic recovery as intimately linked with economic and social reform.  And he is bringing in a gifted brain trust to get the job done.
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Washington Post:
Rubin, Paulson, Geithner a Familiar Trio at Heart of Citigroup Bailout  —  Rubin, Paulson, Geithner's Shared History Paved Way for $300 Billion Federal Guarantee  —  The bailout of Citigroup, which put the government at risk of hundreds of billions of dollars of losses …
Discussion: David Corn and TPMCafe
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
For Collins, forgiveness may be tough  —  The tactics used by Democrats to secure at least 58 Senate seats may have damaged their chances of winning vital support from Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) in key votes in the 111th Congress.  —  Collins told colleagues at a small Senate prayer breakfast meeting …
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Roger Simon / The Politico:
GOP senator: We haven't learned  —  The Republican U.S. senator sits glumly across the restaurant table.  —  “I don't think we have learned much from the election in terms of what people want to see,” he says.  “We have the same gridlock.”  —  By the “same gridlock,” he means that party hard-liners …
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Jose Antonio Vargas / Washington Post:
Republicans Seek to Fix Short-Sitedness
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
RNC Chair Race: The Lay of the Land
Discussion: Townhall.com
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Bob Von Sternberg / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Run-up in ballot challenges cloud Coleman-Franken recount
Discussion: The Caucus and Power Line
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Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
The last thing we need is a Clinton in charge of foreign policy.
Discussion: normblog
Wall Street Journal:
Why Don't We Hang Pirates Anymore?  —  It's a safe bet, dear reader, that the title of this column has caused you to either (a) roll your eyes and wonder, What century do you think we're living in? or (b) scratch your head and ask, Yes, why don't we?  Wherever you come down …
Discussion: Betsy's Page
David Kocieniewski / New York Times:
The Congressman, the Donor and the Tax Break  —  Representative Charles B. Rangel has helped raise $11 million for a City College of New York school of public service to be named in his honor.  In recent months, as questions have emerged about his fund-raising, he has insisted that he has kept …
Drudge Report:
RUSSIAN ANALYST PREDICTS DECLINE AND BREAKUP OF USA  —  A leading Russian political analyst has said the economic turmoil in the United States has confirmed his long-held view that the country is heading for collapse, and will divide into separate parts.  —  Professor Igor Panarin …
Seema Mehta / Los Angeles Times:
Claremont parents clash over kindergarten Thanksgiving costumes  —  Some say having students dress up as pilgrims and Native Americans is ‘demeaning.’ Their opponents say they are elitists injecting politics into a simple children's celebration.  —  For decades, Claremont kindergartners …
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST.  —  “Isn't it amazing,” asks Krugman, “just how impressive the people being named to key positions in the Obama administration seem?  Bye-bye hacks and cronies, hello people who actually know what they're doing.  For a bunch of people who were written off …
John B. Taylor / Wall Street Journal:
Why Permanent Tax Cuts Are the Best Stimulus  —  Short-term fiscal policies fail to promote long-term growth.  —  The incoming Obama administration and congressional Democrats are now considering a second fiscal stimulus package, estimated at more than $500 billion, to follow the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008.
James Parks / AFL-CIO NOW BLOG:
CNN Ordered to Rehire 110 Workers Fired for Belonging to a Union  —  This report likely won't be on CNN's “Headline News,” but after five years, former workers at CNN have finally gained justice.  In a decision made public today, an administrative law judge ordered the network to rehire 110 workers …
 
 
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