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Linda Hirshman / The Huffington Post:
We Call on You Lord: Leaked Rick Warren Invocation — (NOTE: Copies of what seemed to be a draft of an inaugural invocation by Pastor Rick Warren arrived in the fax machines of several prominent journalists this morning. This site does not vouch for the authenticity of the draft …
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Taking Yes For An Answer — Dish readers will know my own conflicted feelings about the selection of Rick Warren for the Inaugural Invocation. But feelings must at some point cede to reason. And I sense an understandable but, the more I think about it, misjudged response on the part of my fellow gays and lesbians.
John Aravosis / AMERICAblog News:
Rick Warren explicitly bans “unrepentant” gays from membership in his church — We get lectures about civility and the need to welcome everyone, even those we disagree with, and Rick Warren won't even welcome us in his church. This is from the Saddleback Church's own Web site.
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Heather Mac Donald / Secular Right:
Rick Warren and the Presidency — Barack Obama's invitation to evangelical powerhouse Rick Warren to deliver the inaugural invocation has angered abortion and gay rights advocates. They are overreacting. The invitation merely confirms Obama's admirable willingness to reach out across a relatively broad ideological spectrum .
Lisa Leff / Associated Press:
Jerry Brown urges court to void Prop. 8 — SAN FRANCISCO — California Attorney General Jerry Brown changed course on the state's new same-sex marriage ban Friday and urged the state Supreme Court to void Proposition 8. — In a dramatic reversal, Brown filed a legal brief saying the measure …
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Shelby Grad / L.A. Now:
Jerry Brown: Gay-marriage ban should be invalidated — In a surprise move, state Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown asked the California Supreme Court on Friday to invalidate Proposition 8. He said the November ballot measure that banned gay marriage “deprives people of the right to marry …
Bob Egelko / San Francisco Chronicle:Brown asks state high court to overturn Prop. 8
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Zaz Hollander / Anchorage Daily News:
Levi Johnston's mother hit with drug charges — Arrested: her son was in the spotlight as father of bristol palin's baby. — zhollander@adn.com — WASILLA — A 42-year-old Wasilla woman was arrested Thursday at her home by Alaska State Troopers with a search warrant in an undercover drug investigation.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Blago: I am not a crook — Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich struck a defiant tone in a Chicago press conference today, pledging to fight federal corruption charges in court and to stay in office despite calls for his resignation and talk of impeachment. — “I am not guilty of any criminal wrongdoing,” Blaojevich said.
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Looseheadprop / Firedoglake:
Somebody Needs to Serve a Subpoena on Ole Fourth Branch, in a Hurry — Welcome back to another day in [CrazyWorld] CheneyWorld, or as we like to call it, the “Fourth Branch”. The NYTimes via AP is reporting that Darth Cheney has declared that he, and he alone, has the power to decide which …
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Joel Mowbray / Fox News:
Jihadist Group Trying to ‘Invade’ Facebook Gets Shut Down — A quickly growing jihadist group that used Facebook to spread its radical message has been shut down by the popular Web networking site after FOXNews.com alerted the company to the group's activities.
Paul Walsh / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Franken pushes his lead over Coleman past 150 — The state Canvassing Board's first rush of ballot rulings in the U.S. Senate race has unofficially put challenger Al Franken in the lead by more than 150. — The intense scrutiny of “voter intent” resumed this morning by the five-member board charged …
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight.com:Franken Appears Likely to Lead After Challenge Phase
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PewForum.org:
Faith on the Hill: The Religious Affiliations of Members of Congress — Members of Congress are often accused of being out of touch with average citizens, but an examination of the religious affiliations of U.S. senators and representatives shows that, on one very basic level, Congress looks much like the rest of the country.
Jonathan P. Hicks / City Room:
With Little Fanfare, Kennedy Meets Weingarten — (Photo: Ruby Washington/The New York Times) — Today's stop on the whirlwind Caroline Kennedy listening and political-exploration tour could not have been more different from the circus-like atmosphere that has been a fixture of her meetings with notable New Yorkers in recent days.
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William Grimes / New York Times:
Conor Cruise O'Brien Is Dead at 91 — Conor Cruise O'Brien, an Irish diplomat, politician, man of letters and public intellectual who staked out an independent position for Ireland in the United Nations and, despite his Roman-Catholic origins, championed the rights of Protestants in Northern Ireland …
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Americans Take Parting Shots at Bush — It was bad enough for President Bush to have shoes tossed at his head during his farewell journey to Baghdad. Now comes a new poll in which Americans call Bush all sorts of names — some of them a lot worse than “dog.”
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Martin Kady II / The Politico:
GOP slams Bush over bailout — Republican leaders across the board have let loose on President Bush's auto industry bailout in what may be some of the toughest GOP criticism of the Bush presidency. — John McCain is leading the way, saying it is “unacceptable that we would leave …
New York Times:
Bush Aids Detroit, but Hard Choices Wait for Obama — WASHINGTON — The emergency bailout of General Motors and Chrysler announced by President Bush on Friday gives the companies a few months to get their businesses in order, but hands off to President-elect Barack Obama the difficult political task of ruling on their future.
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John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal:Auto Makers to Get $17.4 Billion
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Azam Ahmed / Chicago Tribune:
Sequel to Sarah Palin ‘nude painting’: A Rod Blagojevich ‘nude painting’? — Bruce Elliott works on a new painting of Governor Rod Blagojevich in his Chicago studio on Thursday, December 18, 2008. Elliott's wife owns the Old Town Ale House where the painting will hang next to an earlier painting of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.
Associated Press:
Portrait shows Bush relaxed and smiling — President, first lady unveil official paintings at National Portrait Gallery — WASHINGTON - President George W. Bush's two terms in office have been marked by wars, a global financial crisis, and a steady stream of political opposition.
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