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CBS News:
Levi: I Look at Palin with “Disgust” — Says She Repeatedly Lied About Him on “Oprah,” and Turns Down Her “Invite” to Thanksgiving Dinner — (CBS) Sarah Palin talked tough about the father of her grandson on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” that aired Monday — and Levi Johnston is giving it right back.
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David Brody / The Brody File:
Newsweek Photo of Palin Shows Media Bias and Sexism — For all of you who live in a dream world and think the mainstream media isn't biased, get a load of the latest cover of Newsweek below: — You've got to hand it to the folks at Newsweek. They have accomplished being biased and sexist at the same time.
Michael Calderone / Michael Calderone's Blog:
Palin calls Newsweek cover ‘sexist’ and ‘degrading’; Meacham responds — Last night, Sarah Palin blasted Newsweek on her Facebook page because the news magazine used a photo she took for Runner's World as this week's cover. She wrote that the “out-of-context Newsweek approach is sexist and oh-so-expected by now.”
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Going berserk over ‘Going Rogue;’ Democrats' reaction to Sarah Palin book and publicity — Wow, for somebody who's supposed to be such a political joke, an Arctic ditz and eminently dismissable as a serious anything except maybe a stay-at-home hockey mom, Sarah Palin is sure drawing an awful lot …
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Gamming Up The Works — Joan Walsh was just on MSNBC this morning arguing that it was sexist to put Palin on the cover of Newsweek in her running shorts, when she obviously didn't pose in that particular outfit for that particular cover. Others on the show disagreed, saying that Palin …
Washington Wire:
Sales of Palin's ‘Going Rogue’ Prompt Another Press Run
Sales of Palin's ‘Going Rogue’ Prompt Another Press Run
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RushLimbaugh.com:
Rush Interviews Governor Sarah Palin — BEGIN TRANSCRIPT — RUSH: We are going to open this hour with a rare personal interview, a rare guest. It doesn't happen much on this program, but we are happy to have with us former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, whose book, Going Rogue …
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Forbes:
Fox News: Fair And Balanced? — A report suggests yes. — Fox News has become embroiled in a nasty controversy over its ill treatment of President Obama. But are the charges true? — What if I told you that Fox gave Obama his worst press and John McCain his best press of any network during last year's presidential election?
Eric Zimmermann / The Hill:
Stupak: I have votes to defeat health bill — Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) pledged this morning to defeat healthcare reform if his abortion amendment is taken out, saying 10 to 20 pro-life Democrats would vote against a bill with weaker language. — “They're not going to take it out,” …
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Hot Air, Firedoglake, The Note, The Washington Independent, Washington Monthly, Moe Lane, Raw Story, Say Anything, AMERICAblog News and Open Left
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Bowing to Mao — A reader sends over this video clip of President Richard M. Nixon's historic visit to China, which includes, at 1:24, a rather deep bow to Mao Zedong. — David Sanger also recalls the flap over a George H. W. Bush bow in what really does seem, by historical standards, like a non-story, if a recurrent one.
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Brad DeLong / J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality …:
Chance of Great Depression Now 5%... For 2 1/4 years now I have been saying that there is no chance of a repeat of the Great Depression or anything like it—that we know what to do and how to do it and will do it if things turn south. — I don't think I can say that anymore.
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Marist Poll:
11/17: New Yorkers Divide Over Terror Trial Location — Eight years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Obama Administration has announced that five alleged attackers will be tried in federal court in the shadows of where the World Trade Towers once stood, New York City.
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Rasmussen Reports, The Numbers, The Plum Line, The Swamp, RedState, TPM LiveWire and Mouth of the Potomac
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Ben Armbruster / Think Progress:
O'Reilly Upset Over 9/11 Trials: 'I Don't Care About The Constitution!' — Since Attorney General Eric Holder announced his decision to move five Guantanamo Bay detainees — including Khalid Sheikh Mohammad — to New York for civilian trials on charges related to the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks …
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Rob Stein / Washington Post:
Breast exam guidelines now call for less testing — Change debated Potential harm of frequent mammograms outweighs benefit, task force says — Women in their 40s should stop routinely having annual mammograms and older women should cut back to one scheduled exam every other year …
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New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Wizbang, Los Angeles Times, PoliPundit.com, JustOneMinute and JammieWearingFool
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NPR Blogs:
Hoffman ‘Unconcedes’ In New York 23; Absentee Count Begins Today — Doug Hoffman, the Conservative Party candidate in the special NY 23 election, has withdrawn his concession. — Hoffman, who jumped in the race in response to the “liberal” positions of the Republican Party candidate …
Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:
Mukasey: Rep. Moran Has ‘Lost Touch With Reality’ And Should ‘Get Professional Help’ From Major Nidal Hasan — Last week, Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA) came out in strong support of Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to prosecute the five 9/11 defendants in U.S. federal court …
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Hot Air, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, TPM LiveWire, Hullabaloo, Washington Times and Blue Virginia
Media Matters / Media Matters for America:
Pruden: Obama lacks “blood impulse” for what America “is about” due to “Kenyan father,” “mother attracted to men of the Third World” — So far it's a memorable trip. He established a new precedent for how American presidents should pay obeisance to kings, emperors, monarchs …
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Washington Times, Think Progress, Washington Monthly, Gawker, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, pandagon.net and Shakesville
Michael S. Rulle Jr / Big Hollywood:
NBC's ObamaVision: ‘Law and Order’ — ‘This Is Why We Need Health-Care Reform’ — NBC's “Law and Order” is in its 20th season. The economy is weak, so they have devolved to converting White House talking points into weekly shows. Last week, “Doped” was a farcical equivalent of “Damien Thorn meets Karen Silkwood.”
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CREW:
CREW REQUESTS INVESTIGATION OF REP. BACHMANN AFTER ANTI-HEALTH CARE BILL RALLY AT CAPITOL — 17 Nov 2009 // Washington, D.C. - Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) requested that the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) investigate whether Rep. Michele Bachmann …
Ari Melber / The Nation:
Newsweek Taps Bushie to Cover Obama — See if you can follow this logic. — A recent article in Newsweek states that Democrats could have won a “very significant number of Republican votes in Congress” for the stimulus — had there only been a “meaningful tax-cut component.”
The Onion:
[video] Obama's Home Teleprompter Malfunctions During Family Dinner — Officials say the President's home teleprompter is simply a tool to make sure pillow talk with Michelle or conversations with his Mother-In-Law go smoothly.
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Washington Post:
Poll finds deep divisions on health-care reform — But poll finds support for key provisions of reform effort — As the Senate prepares to take up legislation aimed at overhauling the nation's health-care system, President Obama and the Democrats are still struggling to win the battle for public opinion.
Tim Fernholz / American Prospect:
Annals of the Senate Moderates: Blanche Lincoln. — Blanche Lincoln merits the profile treatment in the Post today, and boy, she is having trouble making up her mind about health care. We can talk about where she is on the facts (absent) — “I would not support a solely government-funded public option,” Lincoln says.
Tom Lowry / Business Week:
Top Time Editor To Become BusinessWeek's New Editor — Josh Tyrangiel, a deputy managing editor at Time magazine and the top editor of its online operations, will become the first editor of a Bloomberg-owned BusinessWeek. The acquisition, announced Oct. 13, is expected to close in early December.