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An Unnecessary War — I know from personal involvement that the devastating invasion of Gaza by Israel could easily have been avoided. — After visiting Sderot last April and seeing the serious psychological damage caused by the rockets that had fallen in that area, my wife, Rosalynn …
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The Jews Face a Double Standard — Why doesn't Israel have the same right to self-defense as other nations? — The world-wide protests against Israel's ground incursion into Gaza are so full of hatred that they leave me with the terrible feeling that these protests have little …
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Why Democrats recoil from Gaza — Good for Shrum for championing Israel's right to defend itself against the Hamas rocket barrage. He is correct, too, that lasting peace will come only when the Palestinians abandon their hope that Israel can somehow be defeated or destroyed.
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The Gaza Boomerang
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Time, Los Angeles Times, Soccer Dad, Backspin, Firedoglake, Guardian, Philly.com and The Telegraph
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Bond will not seek another term — Sen. Kit Bond, a senior Republican from Missouri who sits on several powerful Senate committees, announced Thursday that he will not run for reelection in 2010, giving Democrats a shot to pick up a seat in a state that has emerged as a major battleground.
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MO-Senate: Bond to Retire — Missouri Sen. Kit Bond (R) will retire in 2010, a decision that hands Democrats a prime pickup opportunity in a state where the party has made strides in recent years. — “In 1972, I became Missouri's youngest Governor,” Bond said this morning in an address to the Missouri General Assembly.
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Barack Obama asks longtime University of Chicago professor Cass Sunstein to join his administration — Law scholar will handle regulation issues, transition official says — WASHINGTON — Cass Sunstein, a longtime University of Chicago legal scholar and prominent author …
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Obama Digs In for His BlackBerry — WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama has yet to relent, but he conceded that he might be losing the battle to keep his independent lifeline to the outside world. — “I'm still clinging to my BlackBerry,” Mr. Obama said Wednesday. “They're going to pry it out of my hands.”
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Pelosi “urging” Obama to repeal Bush tax cuts
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TPM Election Central
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A SOLUTION TO A PROBLEM THAT DOESN'T EXIST.... You've got to be kidding. … These guys aren't pushing a bill to get rid of the Fairness Doctrine, because it's already gone. They're pushing a bill to prevent anyone from trying to bring it back — despite the fact that there is no meaningful effort to do so.
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Kevin Drum
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Republicans seek to bar Fairness Doctrine's return
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Firedoglake
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Why Obama Will ‘Own’ the Recession — For eight decades, Democrats have successfully blamed Republican Herbert Hoover for the decade-long Great Depression. That, even though Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal failed to restore prosperity or dramatically lower unemployment, and his tax increases in 1937 snuffed out a nascent recovery.
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Report Urges Blagojevich Impeachment — CHICAGO — A draft report by an Illinois legislative committee recommends the impeachment of Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who faces federal charges of corruption and bribery. — The 21-member House special investigative committee said in the report released Thursday that …
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TalkLeft
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Senate's Democratic majority clears path for Roland Burris
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Washington Post, Washington Monthly, The Politico, New York Times, TIME.com, The Reaction, The Note and Wake up America
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Obama warns of dire consequences without stimulus
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The Politico, Washington Monthly, Agence France Presse, Los Angeles Times, Reuters and neo-neocon
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Americans miffed at Howard bumping Obama — John Howard's decision to stay at the luxurious Blair House mansion in Washington DC has sparked a firestorm of protest in the US. — Outraged American taxpayers are demanding the former Australian prime minister book a hotel or stay at the Australian embassy.
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Obama Builds Powerful Team of White House Advisers — Influential Advisers May Compete With Cabinet — President-elect Barack Obama is assembling a new and influential cadre of counselors just steps from the Oval Office whose power to direct domestic policy will rival, if not exceed, the authority of his Cabinet.
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New York Times, CBS News, Boston Globe, RedState, BitsBlog, TIME.com, Betsy's Page, MSNBC and Associated Press
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BART Cop Needs to Be Held without Bail — I have yet to see any widespread nationwide coverage on the New Year's execution style murder of Oscar Grant by a Bay Area Rapid Transit - BART - police officer. Somebody told me that they saw 5 minutes of coverage on CNN last night.
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Towleroad
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Obama's ‘first mistakes’ mount — Team Obama has made its first mistake — again. — When Gov. Bill Richardson withdrew his nomination as commerce secretary earlier this week, NBC's Andrea Mitchell declared it “the Obama team's first misstep.” — But Mitchell had been scooped.
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Hot Air
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President Bush Tried to Rein In Fan and Fred — Democrats and the media have the housing story wrong. — Mythmaking is in full swing as the Bush administration prepares to leave town. Among the more prominent is the assertion that the housing meltdown resulted from unbridled capitalism under a president opposed to all regulation.
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U.N. Suspends Food Aid Into Gaza — The United Nations suspended its food aid deliveries into Gaza on Thursday after one of its contract drivers was killed during an Israeli attack on a delivery convoy at a border crossing, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency said.
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Parking Shortages Still Bad for Business — One thing you can normally count rightwingers to be correct about is the subject of price controls. Price controls seem appealing — everyone likes stuff, but nobody likes spending money, so price controls offer the promise of getting stuff for less money.
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President Bush saved U.S. lives? That's only more Karl Rove-style spin — George Bush, still President, is engaging in a legacy tour of media outlets. This comes despite his earlier having said he did not know how history would judge the Iraq war “because we'll all be dead.”
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Obama, Spider-Man on the same comic-book page — In a growing world of Barack Obama collectibles, one item soon may be swinging above the rest. — On Jan. 14, Marvel Comics is releasing a special issue of Amazing Spider-Man #583 with Obama depicted on the cover.