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1:30 PM ET, November 10, 2009

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Dana Priest / Washington Post:
Fort Hood suspect warned of threats within the ranks  —  Cited stress facing Muslims Hasan spoke at Walter Reed in 2007  —  The Army psychiatrist believed to have killed 13 people at Fort Hood warned a roomful of senior Army physicians a year and a half ago that to avoid “adverse events,” …
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Rush to Therapy  —  We're all born late.  We're born into history that is well under way.  We're born into cultures, nations and languages that we didn't choose.  On top of that, we're born with certain brain chemicals and genetic predispositions that we can't control.
Washington Post:
Hasan on Islam  —  Maj. Nidal M. Hasan, the Army psychiatrist believed to have killed 13 people at Fort Hood, was supposed to discuss a medical topic during gave a presentation to senior Army doctors in June 2007.  Instead, he lectured on Islam, suicide bombers and threats the military …
Discussion: Flopping Aces and Jihad Watch
Dorothy Rabinowitz / Wall Street Journal:
Dr. Phil and the Fort Hood Killer
Discussion: Washington Post
The Note:
Brushfires & Fantasies: How long before health care bill is too big to pass?
Discussion: The Huffington Post and Bloomberg
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Dunn leaving White House, Pfeiffer takes over  —  White House communications director Anita Dunn will step down from her post at the end of the month and Dan Pfeiffer, her deputy, will take over, according to sources familiar with the move.  —  Dunn, a longtime Democratic media consultant …
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Michelle Malkin:
Don't get excited: Anita Dunn is not being thrown under the bus
Discussion: NewsReal Blog and NewsBusters.org
The Huffington Post:
Boxer: Senate Has Votes To Block Stupak Amendment  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?  —  With Reporting By Ryan Grim  —  One of Congress's foremost champions of abortion rights said on Monday that the Senate did not have the votes to add a more restrictive anti-abortion amendment to health care reform legislation.
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Democrats Raise Alarms Over Costs of Health Bills  —  WASHINGTON — As health care legislation moves toward a crucial airing in the Senate, the White House is facing a growing revolt from some Democrats and analysts who say the bills Congress is considering do not fulfill President Obama's promise …
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Obama Seeks Revision of Plan's Abortion Limits  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama suggested Monday that he was not comfortable with abortion restrictions inserted into the House version of major health care legislation, and he prodded Congress to revise them.
ABCNEWS:
Obama: Health Care Bill, Not an Abortion Bill
Jason Horowitz / Washington Post:
Political eyes on Republican Scozzafava after conservatives urge her to quit  —  It's a Grand Old Purging as moderate's ouster spotlights Republican dysfunction  —  GOUVERNEUR, N.Y. — Over Halloween weekend, Dede Scozzafava morphed from a rosy-cheeked Republican mom to a political figure of speech.
Wall Street Journal:
Confessions of an ObamaCare Backer  —  A liberal explains the political calculus.  —  Printer  —  Friendly  —  The typical argument for ObamaCare is that it will offer better medical care for everyone and cost less to do it, but occasionally a supporter lets the mask slip and reveals the real political motivation.
Discussion: QandO, Townhall.com, AmSpecBlog and Nice Deb
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Carrie Prejean confirms ‘sex tape,’ but ...  Carrie Prejean, some might remember, is the California beauty queen who gained instant ignominy in some circles by agreeing with President Obama's ridiculous notion that marriage is a union between one man and one woman.
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:   The Carrie Prejean “sex tape.”
CBS News:
Justice Dept. Asked For News Site's Visitor Lists  —  Posted by Declan McCullagh In a case that raises questions about online journalism and privacy rights, the U.S. Department of Justice sent a formal request to an independent news site ordering it to provide details of all reader visits on a certain day.
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Tough future for Snowe as a Republican  —  It looks like Olympia Snowe could have a pretty hard time getting nominated for another term in the Senate as a Republican.  —  There are now more folks in her party who disapprove than approve of Snowe's job performance.
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Bloomberg:
Gorbachev Says Obama Should Start Afghan Withdrawal
CNN:
WH denies Afghan decision made, as tensions flare with Pentagon  —  Washington (CNN) - White House National Security Adviser Retired Gen. Jim Jones issued a rare public statement Monday vehemently denying media reports suggesting President Obama has privately decided to send close to 40,000 …
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Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
Senate GOP Letter to Obama: It's Time to Decide on Afghanistan
Discussion: The Hill
Frederic Mishkin / Financial Times:
Not all bubbles present a risk to the economy  —  There is increasing concern that we may be experiencing another round of asset-price bubbles that could pose great danger to the economy.  Does this danger provide a case for the US Federal Reserve to exit from its zero-interest-rate policy sooner rather …
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Yves Smith / naked capitalism:
Mishkin Defend Bubbles (and of Course, the Fed)
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
We're Joining “Don't Ask, Don't Give” Boycott  —  John and Joe at AmericaBlog are launching a donor boycott of the DNC.  We're joining it along with Daily Kos, Dan Savage, Michelangelo Signorile, David Mixner, Andy Towle and Michael Goff of Towle Road, Paul Sousa (Founder of Equal Rep in Boston) …
CNN:
Bill Clinton to address Senate Democrats on health care  —  From Brianna Keilar and Ted Barrett, CNN's Dana Bash  —  Washington (CNN) - Two senior Democratic sources that former president Bill Clinton will attend the Senate Democrats' weekly luncheon Tuesday to address the caucus on health care.
Glen Bolger / TQIA:
Shhh — Don't Tell Anyone, But Obama Hurt Deeds in Virginia  —  Democrats and the press are on a self-delusional kick that Barack Obama had nothing to do with the results in Virginia and New Jersey.  That's fine by me.  The more the Dems deny to themselves that Independents moved to the GOP …
New York Post:
Prof busted in Columbia gal ‘punch’  —  A prominent Columbia architecture professor punched a female university employee in the face at a Harlem bar during a heated argument about race relations, cops said yesterday.  —  Police busted Lionel McIntyre, 59, for assault yesterday after his bruised victim, Camille Davis, filed charges.
Glenn Thrush / Glenn Thrush's Blog:
Ingraham: Pelosi did everything but “sell her own body” on health vote  —  Conservative talk show host Laura Ingraham — who, as far as I recall, wasn't at Saturday night's health care vote in the House — seems to have discovered a heretofore unrevealed Nancy Pelosi lobbying tactic.
Discussion: TPM LiveWire
 
 
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New York Times:
Trick for Democrats Is Juggling Ideology and Pragmatism
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New York Times:
A Squeeze on Customers Ahead of New Rules
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Marcel Pacatte / The Huffington Post:
Judge Should Laugh Subpoena Request out of Courtroom
Wall Street Journal:
The Man Who Made Pelosi Cry ‘Uncle’
Discussion: The Enterprise Blog and AmSpecBlog
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Tony Romm / The Hill:
Sanders would support reconciliation to break Republican filibuster
Josh Kraushaar / The Politico:
GOP tries to play 41-seat pickup
Big Government:
Obama Ally Code Pink Targets Children of Military Families for Psychological Abuse
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Derrick Henry / New York Times:
Connecticut Governor Won't Seek Re-election
Discussion: Outside The Beltway, MyDD and The Page
 

 
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