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6:30 PM ET, December 24, 2008

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Matthew Moore / Telegraph:
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran to give alternative Christmas Day message  —  President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran will give a message of seasonal goodwill on Christmas Day as an alternative to the Queen's traditional broadcast, it has been announced.
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Joanna Sugden / Times of London:
Iran's Ahmadinejad to give alternative Christmas message
Rod Liddle / Times of London:
In full: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's ‘alternative’ Christmas message
Discussion: Hot Air and Daimnation!
Mark Steyn / The Corner:
Feliz 'dinejad!  —  Further to Michael Portillo's bleak assessment …
Discussion: Soccer Dad and Betsy's Page
Damian Thompson / Damian Thompson's blog listings:
Channel 4 dishes up a raving anti-Semite for Christmas
Discussion: Jihad Watch and five feet of fury
Jules Crittenden:
We Wish You A Merry Christmas ...
Discussion: SWJ Blog
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Time to Reboot America  —  I had a bad day last Friday, but it was an all-too-typical day for America.  —  It actually started well, on Kau Sai Chau, an island off Hong Kong, where I stood on a rocky hilltop overlooking the South China Sea and talked to my wife back in Maryland, static-free, using a friend's Chinese cellphone.
minnesota.publicradio.org:
No winner in Senate race until 2009  —  Minnesotans will not know whether Democrat Al Franken or Republican Norm Coleman won the Senate race until next year.  Election officials, along with the two campaigns, have agreed on a framework for adding wrongly-rejected absentee ballots to the recount.
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Eric Kleefeld / TPM Election Central:
Minnesota Supremes Shoot Down Crucial Coleman Lawsuit, Making …
Pat Doyle / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Court denies Coleman request on duplicate ballots
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Michael Mello / Orange County Register:
Pastor says ‘God will punish Rick Warren’  —  Wiley Drake criticizes Warren, calls Obama ‘evil illegal alien.’  —  Recommend  —  BUENA PARK — Southern Baptist Pastor Wiley Drake bashed Saddleback Church Pastor Rick Warren this week, saying “God will punish” Warren for agreeing to give …
Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
Resistance to Kennedy Grows Among Democrats  —  ALBANY — Resistance is emerging among Democratic officials against Caroline Kennedy as she pursues Hillary Rodham Clinton's seat in the United States Senate, with Gov. David A. Paterson bristling over suggestions that her selection is inevitable …
CNN:
CNN Poll: Obama transition draws approval of 4 in 5 Americans  —  (CNN) - Hawaii's always been a great spot for honeymoons — and Barack Obama, who's spending the holiday season there on the beach at Kailua, is unquestionably having one of the best in modern presidential history.
Julie Stahl / CNSNews:
As Christmas Approaches, Muslims Erect ‘Allah Has No Son’ Banner in Nazareth  —  Nazareth, Israel (CNSNews.com) - As Nazareth's Christians prepare to celebrate Christmas, they are playing down the appearance of a confrontational Islamic banner that challenges an elemental Christian belief.
Discussion: Stop The ACLU and Jihad Watch
Martin Feldstein / Wall Street Journal:
Defense Spending Would Be Great Stimulus  —  All three service branches are in need of upgrade and repair.  —  The Department of Defense is preparing budget cuts in response to the decline in national income.  The DOD budgeteers and their counterparts in the White House Office of Management …
Discussion: At-Largely and Commentary
Annys Shin / Washington Post:
Unemployment Filings Reach 26-Year High  —  The number of people filing for unemployment benefits hit a 26-year high last week, as the deepening recession forced more employers to cut jobs.  —  First-time claims for unemployment rose 5.4 percent, to 586,000 for the week ending Dec. 20, the Labor Department reported this morning.
Discussion: Truthdig
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Jeff Bater / Wall Street Journal:
Consumers Slash Spending
Discussion: Townhall.com and Portfolio
New York Post:
RAID ON PLAX HOME  —  WEAPONS FOUND IN LATEST WOE FOR FALLEN STAR  —  Police yesterday seized a small cache of weapons and ammo from the Totowa, NJ, home of troubled Giants star Plaxico Burress, possibly setting up the suspended grid star for more legal trouble, law-enforcement sources said.
Washington Post:
For Stimulus Plan, Obama Team Weighing ‘Green’ Jobs vs. Traditional Projects  —  Obama Weighs Them Vs. Traditional Projects  —  In one of the first internal struggles of the incoming Obama administration, environmentalists and smart-growth advocates are trying to shift the priorities …
Natasha Korecki / Chicago Sun Times:
Emanuel wanted to keep his seat ‘warm’  —  In addition to talking with Gov. Blagojevich about who would fill President-elect Barack Obama's Senate seat, Obama's newly minted chief of staff had something else on his mind: his own congressional seat.  —  Just after accepting the top post with Obama …
The Politico:
Obama's five rules of scandal response  —  Tuesday's report from the transition, detailing contacts between members of Obama's inner circle and embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and concluding that “nothing at all inappropriate” was discussed, won't be the final word on the subject …
Roxanne Roberts / Washington Post:
The Only Facts So Far: 10 Balls, 5 Locations  —  News flash!  Rumors are true!  —  The Presidential Inaugural Committee — trumpets, please! — is hosting 10 official balls on the night of Jan. 20.  —  These, ladies and gentlemen, are the only parties where Barack Obama …
NY Daily News:
President Bush pardons Brooklyn home scammer  —  BY JOHN MARZULLI IN NEW YORK AND JAMES GORDON MEEK IN WASHINGTON  —  President Bush pardoned a Brooklyn real estate developer accused of scamming hundreds of poor, minority homebuyers - and whose father donated $28,500 to the Republican Party this year.
Michael Calderone / Michael Calderone's Blogs:
Brit signs off  —  Last night, Brit Hume finished his tenure as “Special Report” anchor, and will now become a senior political analyst at the network (with stops on “Fox News Sunday").  —  A few weeks ago, I asked Sam Donaldson, a former colleague at ABC, about Hume's decision.
Business Wire:
The New York Times Company Reports November Revenues  —  NEW YORK—(BUSINESS WIRE)—The New York Times Company announced today that in November total Company revenues from continuing operations decreased 13.9% compared with the same month a year ago.  Advertising revenues decreased 20.9% and circulation revenues increased 4.2%.
Ivan Moreno / Associated Press:
Military center tracking Santa's sleigh ride  —  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Who says Santa Claus doesn't exist?  —  The military personnel charged with being the eyes in the sky are certainly acting like he does — and they've been joined on the Internet by millions of believers.
Jeffrey Young / The Hill:
Scientists eager for stem cell policy change  —  Although President-elect Obama's pledge to change federal policy on stem cell research is not likely to lead to new cures by the end of his first year — or even first term — the scientific community is eager to get moving.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
 
 
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Michael C. Moynihan / Reason:
Merry Christmas, Kwanzaa is Over
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Ernesto Londoño / Washington Post:
2nd Troop Accord Passes In Iraq
Jane Black / Washington Post:
Obama Administration May Tie Improved Nutrition to Food Assistance Programs
Discussion: TIME.com and D-Day
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Livni boy!  —  Bibi Netanyahu isn't the only one knocking off elements …
Discussion: The Washington Note
CNBC.com:
Jobless Claims Surge By 30,000 to 26-Week High
Discussion: Gothamist
Mark Bowden / Wall Street Journal:
How Bush Can Transcend the Shoe Thrower
Ken Fireman / Bloomberg:
Obama's Afghan Troop-Surge Plan May Prove Too Much, Too Late
 Earlier Items: 
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Bush Forgives Man Convicted for 1948 Aid to Israel
Agence France Presse:
Kosovo names street after US President Bush
Discussion: RedState
Washington Post:
SEC Chair Defends His Restraint During Financial Crisis
Discussion: Think Progress and On Deadline
Graham Readfearn / NEWS.com.au:
Scientists warn Christmas lights harm the planet
Washington Post:
UAW Vows to Fight Salary Concessions
Discussion: Michelle Malkin, QandO and At-Largely