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2:30 AM ET, December 31, 2008

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Chicago Breaking News:
Blagojevich snubs Senate, taps Burris for seat  —  In a display of political bravado, disgraced Gov. Rod Blagojevich today appointed former Illinois Atty. Gen. Roland Burris to the U.S. Senate, challenging national Democratic leaders to reject the appointment of an African-American to the seat …
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The Huffington Post:
Roland Burris Almost Certain To Be Seated, Legal Scholars Say  —  Rod Blagojevich's decision to appoint Roland Burris to Illinois' vacant Senate seat, even as the governor faces intense criminal scrutiny, is being treated as a crazy political power grab.  It also seems very likely to be permanent.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: The surreal, race-baiting Blagojevich press conference; Update: No seat for Burris, says Obama; Update: Blago's General Counsel quits  —  A transmission from Bizarroland, where Blago's only option to make sure Illinois has two Senators in January is to appoint someone himself rather …
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Senate Leadership: Burris ‘unacceptable’  —  The Senate will not seat Roland Burris if Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich attempts to appoint him, a Democratic leadership aide said.  —  Majority Leader Harry Reid views Burris as “unacceptable,” the aide said.
Associated Press:
White will try to reject  —  Blagojevich Senate pick  —  SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White says he'll reject any paperwork that Gov. Rod Blagojevich files to name a new U.S. senator.  —  The secretary of state keeps state records and certifies official actions.
Discussion: CBS News and The Sundries Shack
The Politico:
Go out on a limb and give us your boldest political prediction for 2009
Washington Post:
Blagojevich Appoints Burris to Replace Obama
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:   BLAGO'S NEW GAMBIT  —  We've just gotten word that Gov. Blagojevich …
Virginia Lawyers Weekly / libn.com:
D.C. lobbyist sues Times over McCain affair story  —  Washington lobbyist Vicki L. Iseman has filed a $27 million defamation lawsuit against The New York Times for a February article about Iseman and her relationship with Sen. John McCain.  —  The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Richmond on Tuesday …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Vicki Iseman files $27 million lawsuit against NYT over McCain hit piece  —  Remember that one?  It blew up in the middle of the primaries, alleging that McCain staffers were convinced he'd had a “romantic” relationship with her in 2000 and that he'd admitted to acting “inappropriately,” …
Dena Potter / Associated Press:
Lobbyist linked by Times to McCain sues paper
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
ZBIG SMACKS DOWN MORNIN' JOE  —  Zbig to Joe: “You have a such stunningly superficial knowledge of what went on it's almost embarrassing to listen to you.”
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The Huffington Post:
Zbigniew Brzezinski Calls Joe Scarborough ‘Stunningly Superficial’  —  On this morning's Morning Joe, former U.S. National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski offered his expertise on the conflict in Gaza.  It was all very insightful!  But you'll want to just skip to the end of this clip …
Noah Pollak / Commentary:
What YouTube Doesn't Want You to See  —  Yesterday, the IDF did something innovative: it opened a channel on YouTube and posted videos to it that help explain why Israel is fighting Hamas.  The site hosted about a dozen videos showing things like Israeli humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza …
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Jeffrey Goldberg:
A Fatah Friend Writes: I'm Supporting the Israeli Air Force
Discussion: Reason
Michelle Cottle / The New Republic:
Obama's Super-Bubble  —  A couple of days ago, Politico posted a piece about how the closing of the presidential bubble was already beginning to chafe Barack Obama.  All I could think was: Better make peace with it quickly, my man, because things are about to get so much worse.
Stephanie Clifford / New York Times:
Consumers Union to Buy Gawker Blog Consumerist  —  Consumers Union, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports magazine, planned to announce on Wednesday that it had acquired Consumerist.com, a popular blog formerly owned by Gawker Media.  —  Consumerist is one of several sites Gawker has sold this year …
Jack Healy / New York Times:
Home Prices Fell at Their Sharpest Pace in October  —  How bad has the housing market gotten?  With home values dropping by faster rates each month, a real estate agent near Detroit said that if houses weren't priced as low as foreclosures, they simply would not sell.
Discussion: Kevin Drum
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Les Christie / CNNMoney.com:
Home prices post record 18% drop
Discussion: Megan McArdle and Reason
Jessica Pressler / New York Magazine:
Madoff's Latest Victims: Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick  —  The crap thing about being Kevin Bacon, it turns out, is that sometimes you find yourself six degrees from the wrong kind of guy.  Such as, for instance, Bernie Madoff.  We'd heard that along with Hollywood boldfacers Jeffrey Katzenberg …
Discussion: Gawker and Gothamist
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Obama goes to Washington: School's in  —  Fresh from his Hawaiian vacation, President-elect Barack Obama will leave behind his home and transition office in Chicago and make his move to Washington, D.C., this weekend.  —  But he won't be staying put for long.
Discussion: TIME.com
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Coming Soon: The 21st Century  —  Social and political epochs rarely end precisely on schedules provided by calendars.  Many historians date the end of Europe's 19th century to 1914 and the outbreak of World War I. What we call “The Sixties” in the United States, with its ethos of reform and protest …
Discussion: Commentary and Power Line
 
 
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Paul Elias / Associated Press:
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Paul Walsh / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
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