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Faiz Shakir / Think Progress:
Bush Refuses To Interrupt His Final Vacation As Middle East Crisis Escalates — In an effort to “prevent Palestinians from attacking towns in southern Israel” with rockets, Israel today undertook its third day of offensive military airstrikes in the Palestinian territory of Gaza, raising the death toll to more than 300.
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Jeffrey Goldberg:
The Gaza War — If someone was sending rockets on my house where my daughters were sleeping at night, I would do everything to stop it, and I would expect Israelis to do the same thing. — These aren't my words — they're Barack Obama's. But I attach myself to this sentiment.
Haaretz:
Barak to MKs: This is all-out war against Hamas and its kind — Facing catcalls from Arab lawmakers, Defense Minister Ehud Barak told a stormy Knesset session on Monday that the operation in Gaza will be “widened and deepened as is necessary.” — “We have an all-out war against Hamas and its kind …
Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs:
WOE IS ME ... PITY THOSE POOR DEAD ANNIHILATIONISTS — Hamas Charter (1988) The Charter of Allah: The Platform of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) … The media is depraved. In reviewing the media coverage of Israel's counter defensive in Gaza it is impossible to digest …
CNN:
World rallies around Palestinians amid Gaza offensive — LONDON, England (CNN) — Israeli attacks on suspected Hamas strongholds in Gaza have triggered protests in more than a dozen countries. — The attacks entered their third day Monday, with more than 300 people in Gaza reported killed and hundreds more wounded.
Steve Clemons / The Washington Note:View From a Palestinian Leader: Palestine's Guernica and the Myths …
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New York Post:DAMNED IF THEY DO — BUT ISRAEL'S DEAD IF THEY DON'T
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Lorenzo Benet / People.com:
Bristol Palin Welcomes a Son — Levi Johnston and Bristol Palin — Bristol Palin, the 18-year-old daughter of former Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, gave birth on Sunday to a healthy 7 lb., 4 oz., baby boy in Palmer, Alaska. — “We think it's wonderful,” …
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
McConnell Puts the Brakes on Stimulus Plan — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) voiced skepticism today about the emerging economic stimulus plan, applying a brake to Democratic plans to quickly pass up to $850 billion in spending and tax cuts soon after President-elect Barack Obama's Jan. 20 inauguration.
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The Huffington Post:
Hale “Bonddad” Stewart: Senator McConnell — Idiot of the Highest Order — From the Washington Post: … Rant on: — Let me get this straight. A Senator who oversaw one of the largest expansions in government spending in history is now concerned about spending?
Michelle Malkin:
Gag-worthy: Bipartisan indignance over “Barack the Magic Negro” parody — Oh, give me a super-sized break. — Leftie '60s leftover/songwriter Peter Yarrow at the Huffington Post fumes over the “Barack the Magic Negro” parody that has RNC candidate Chip Saltsman in hot water.
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Chuck Bennett / Associated Press:
CAROLINE'S CRIB — SEN. HOPEFUL'S $50M SPREAD — Forget Chappaqua. — This amazing Martha's Vineyard spread will be the next home-away-from-the-Beltway for New York's junior senator if Caroline Kennedy is tapped to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton. — The 366-acre estate …
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Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Coleman, Franken differ on rejected ballots — The U.S. Senate recount stalled today as campaign lawyers publicly bickered over the disputed absentee ballots. — With a Minnesota Supreme Court-imposed deadline approaching and the sniping among lawyers increasing, the U.S. Senate recount stalled today …
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Amit R. Paley / Washington Post:
For Kurdish Girls, a Painful Ancient Ritual — The Widespread Practice of Female Circumcision in Iraq's North Highlights The Plight of Women in a Region Often Seen as More Socially Progressive — Sheelan Anwar Omer, a shy 7-year-old Kurdish girl, bounded into her neighbor's house with an ear-to-ear smile …
Huck PAC:
STATEMENT FROM MIKE HUCKABEE — Hello Team Huck PAC- — Chip should have been more careful in his selection of Christmas gifts, but no one who knows him would ever suggest that he in any way would purposely disparage other people. Chip knows how sensitive such issues are.
M Peretz / The New Republic:
The “Juicebox Mafia” On Gaza — I pity them their hatred of their inheritance. Actually of both their inheritances, Jewish and American. They are pip-squeaks, and I do not much read them. But when any one of them writes a real doozey it is likely to come to my attention.
The Moderate Voice:
Bush Apologetics 09-11-01 — A bit about my history with the outgoing Bush Administration: I volunteered, worked as a paid advance staffer, and served in two transition teams for President George W. Bush from June of 1999 through the summer of 2002. I worked for him because I believed in his message of …
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