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Michael Calderone / Michael Calderone's Blogs:
Obama meets with liberal columnists — Obama held a meeting with several columnists and liberal commentators this morning, following up on last night's dinner with conservative writers, according to sources with knowledge of the meeting. — The group included the Washington Post's E.J. Dionne …
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Sorry, No Details — Lots of emails from readers asking about the chat with the president-elect this morning. It was totally off the record and I'm a stickler for those rules. I can say, however, the following: it's hard to express the relief I feel that this man will be the president soon.
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Silence of the lamb chops — Call it a charm offensive or a high-level “Listening Tour,” but Barack Obama is already signaling that he intends to break with the current president in one obvious way: hearing from his critics. — Obama Tuesday night trekked to the Chevy Chase, Md. …
Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
Why Liberals Aren't Angry Over Obama's Dinner — I actually don't find it terribly surprising that liberals haven't shown any outrage over Barack Obama's dinner party with George Will, Charles Krauthammer, Bill Kristol, and David Brooks. I'll get to my hypothesis why liberals aren't upset in a moment.
Greg Mitchell / Editor and Publisher:
Cheney Tells Jim Lehrer Tonight: No Torture, Few Mistakes, Economy Not Our Fault — NEW YORK In an exit interview with PBS's Jim Lehrer on the NewsHour airing tonight, Vice President Cheney repeats claims that Saddam Hussein worked with al-Qaeda. Asked if he made any mistakes in his eight years as V.P. …
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Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:
Cheney On Whether Iraq War Was Worth The 4,500 Americans Killed: ‘I Think So’ — In an interview airing tonight on PBS's Newshour, host Jim Lehrer asks Vice President Cheney about the U.S. soldiers who have lost their lives in the war in Iraq. Cheney shows little remorse:
Andrew Roberts / Telegraph:
History will show that George W Bush was right — The American lady who called to see if I would appear on her radio programme was specific. “We're setting up a debate,” she said sweetly, “and we want to know from your perspective as a historian whether George W Bush was the worst president …
Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
Geithner's Skill May Trump Tax Issue — WASHINGTON — If Timothy F. Geithner were a bank, he might well be considered “too big to fail.” — In better economic times, Mr. Geithner's confirmation to be President-elect Barack Obama's Treasury secretary might be in danger after the disclosure …
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:Tim Geithner! Why Are Rich People So Cheap?
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Douglas B. Brill / lehighvalleylive.com:
WARREN COUNTY, N.J. NEWS — Real-time news for Belvidere, Phillipsburg and more — Boy named Adolf Hitler, his sisters removed from parents' home by New Jersey authorities … State authorities have removed Adolf Hilter Campbell and his two sisters from their parents' home in Holland Township …
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Obama to End Military's 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Policy — WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama will allow gays to serve openly in the military by overturning the controversial “don't ask, don't tell” policy that marred President Clinton's first days in office, according to incoming White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs.
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Diana Washington Valdez / El Paso Times:
U.S. military report warns ‘sudden collapse’ of Mexico is possible — President-elect Barack Obama listens as Mexico's President Felipe Calderon makes a statement to reporters in Washington, Monday, Jan. 12, 2009. Mexico is one of two countries that “bear consideration for a rapid and sudden collapse …
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Dave Rochelson / Change.gov:
New official portrait released — Today we are releasing the new official portrait for President Barack Obama. — It was taken by Pete Souza, the newly-announced official White House photographer. — It is the first time that an official presidential portrait was taken with a digital camera.
Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:
Gannett Plans to Furlough Employees for a Week — The Gannett Company, the nation's largest newspaper publisher, said on Wednesday that it would force thousands of its employees to take a week off without pay in an effort to avoid layoffs. — Gannett, which owns 85 daily newspapers across …
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Laura Meckler / Wall Street Journal:
Poll: Broad Backing for Obama, Stimulus — WASHINGTON — Americans support the economic-stimulus plan being pushed by President-elect Barack Obama but worry the government will spend too much money and widen the budget deficit, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll found.
Michael Yon:
Education and Challenges in Afghanistan — This is a great interview with General David Petraeus: … Also, Dexter Filkins wrote a fine piece regarding girls returning to school after the acid attacks in Afghanistan: … Despite my own general misgivings about Afghanistan, there definitely are points of light.
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Wall Street Journal:
Bank of America to Get Billions in U.S. Aid — Deal Is Said to Be Reached on Fresh Bailout Cash; Lender Told Government It Needed Funds to Absorb Ailing Merrill Lynch — WASHINGTON — The U.S. government has agreed to commit billions in additional aid to Bank of America Corp. to help …
Salon:
Obama's early stumbles — Longtime listener, first-time caller. Although I wasn't yet alive in the times it describes, I too was blown away (pun intended) by “The Weather Underground” film, not so much by the namby-pamby William Ayers — who for all his scandalous reputation …
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Alexander Mooney / CNN:
Ex-Bush aide takes blame for ‘Mission Accomplished’ — (CNN) - It's a moment President Bush has repeatedly called a mistake: Delivering a speech on board the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Spring of 2003 with a “Mission Accomplished” banner featured prominently behind him.
Scott Thill / The Underwire:
R.I.P. Patrick McGoohan, The Prisoner's TV Visionary — “I am not a number, I am a free man!” Patrick McGoohan's character Number Six shouted at the panoptic eye in the sky at the beginning of every episode of the revolutionary '60s sci-fi TV series The Prisoner.
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Christopher Buckley / The Daily Beast:
Inaugural Freak Show — Blogs and Stories — You'll never believe how a Christian right congressman and two anti-abortion protestors have prepared the Capitol for the Obama's inauguration. — On January 7, second-term Republican Rep. Paul Broun of Georgia and two friends prayed over a door.
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Daily Mail:
It's an injustice to NOT marry girls aged 10, says Saudi cleric … Saudi Arabia's most senior cleric has told followers it is permissible for ten-year-old girls to marry and anyone who think they are too young are doing the youngsters ‘an injustice’. — Abdul-Azeez ibn Abdullaah Aal ash-Shaikh …
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Michael Stokes Paulsen / Wall Street Journal:
The Minnesota Recount Was Unconstitutional — There's still plenty of time for the state to get it right. — You would think people would learn. The recount in the contest between Norm Coleman and Al Franken for a seat in the U.S. Senate isn't just embarrassing. It is unconstitutional.
Geoff Boucher / Hero Complex:
Nick Fury no more? Samuel L. Jackson says 'Maybe I won't be Nick Fury' — EXCLUSIVE AND UPDATED — Samuel L. Jackson, clearly bristling, said today that negotiations to put him in the role of Nick Fury have broken down because “there seems to be an economic crisis in the Marvel Comics world.”
Barbara Demick / Los Angeles Times:
In China, Bush remains a popular president — He is shown in a dozen flattering photographs at a Beijing exhibit marking 30 years of Sino-U.S. diplomatic ties. Many Chinese openly express affection toward ‘Xiao Bush,’ or Young Bush. — Reporting from Beijing — Walk into the exhibit hall …
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Marc Ambinder:
The House Republicans Propose A Stimulus Alternative — There is no pride of authorship, President-elect Barack Obama said last week. His economic team is open to and all ideas, regardless of progenitor. — So — the Republican Study Committee in the House has come out with an all-tax, no spending variant.
Think Progress:
Newsweek Writer's Story Claiming That Torture Might Work Contradicts His 2006 Article Saying That It Doesn't — Newsweek Writer's Story Claiming That Torture Might Work Contradicts His 2006 Article Saying That It Doesn't» — In Newsweek's cover story this week, Evan Thomas and Stuart Taylor …
Mark Steyn / The Corner:
Re: Ricardo Montalban — Jonah, I'm with you on Ricardo Montalban. He was one of a select group of actors who could redeem almost any nonsense. My memory of the Dynasty spin-off, The Colbys, is that he was cast as a guy called “Zach Powers” but played him as his usual Latin charmer anyway.
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