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Newsweek Blogs:
White House Adviser Briefed in October on Underwear Bomb Technique — White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan was briefed in October on an assassination attempt by Al Qaeda that investigators now believe used the same underwear bombing technique as the Nigerian suspect who tried …
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Flashback: GOP blamed Clinton for 9/11 - Obama got regularly scheduled Dec. 22 briefing on holiday threats, but there was no warning of an attack — Tebow: ‘redemption instead of perfection’ — Mayor Bloomberg yesterday, in his third inaugural address: “We have adopted bold education reforms …
The White House:
Weekly Address: President Obama Outlines Steps Taken to Protect …
Weekly Address: President Obama Outlines Steps Taken to Protect …
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Jesse Lee / White House.gov Blog Feed:
Weekly Address: The Fight Against Al Qaeda
Weekly Address: The Fight Against Al Qaeda
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Erick Erickson / Erick's blog:
Could this actually be the greatest and potentially the deadliest …
Could this actually be the greatest and potentially the deadliest …
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Mark Hosenball / Newsweek Blogs:
Exclusive: Obama Got Pre-Christmas Intelligence Briefing About …
Exclusive: Obama Got Pre-Christmas Intelligence Briefing About …
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Jim Hoft / Gateway Pundit:
A New Low... Charles Johnson Now Supporting Child Porn in Classrooms & Fisting Kits at School Functions — Sick. Charles Johnson at Little Green Footballs reached a new low yesterday. — Johnson attacked this blog for reporting again on Barack Obama's safe schools czar.
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Patterico's Pontifications:
Charles Johnson Denounces the “Right-Wing Racism” of a Picture Forwarded by . . . a Democrat — Charles Johnson denounces the “right-wing racism” of the photo. — Just one problem: the worker is a registered Democrat: … Reacting to the news of the woman's party affiliation, Johnson says in comments:
Wall Street Journal:
Why the Health-Care Bills Are Unconstitutional — If the government can mandate the purchase of insurance, it can do anything. — Printer — Friendly — President Obama's health-care bill is now moving toward final passage. The policy issues may be coming to an end …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland:
Limbaugh: “Based On What Happened To Me I Don't Think There's One Thing Wrong With The American Health Care System” — First, let's be clear that I'm personally happy that Rush Limbaugh is in good condition and came through his scare beautifully. Let's also be clear: Limbaugh is touting …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
LIMBAUGH DIAGNOSES HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.... On Wednesday …
LIMBAUGH DIAGNOSES HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.... On Wednesday …
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New York Times:
U.S. Sees Window to Pressure Iran on Nuclear Fuel — WASHINGTON — As President Obama faces pressure to back up his year-end ultimatum for diplomatic progress with Iran, the administration says that domestic unrest and signs of unexpected trouble in Tehran's nuclear program …
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Hiroko Tabuchi / New York Times:
For Some in Japan, Home Is a Tiny Plastic Bunk — TOKYO — For Atsushi Nakanishi, jobless since Christmas, home is a cubicle barely bigger than a coffin — one of dozens of berths stacked two units high in one of central Tokyo's decrepit “capsule” hotels. — “It's just a place to crawl …
Neil Irwin / Washington Post:
Aughts were a lost decade for U.S. economy, workers — For most of the past 70 years, the U.S. economy has grown at a steady clip, generating perpetually higher incomes and wealth for American households. But since 2000, the story is starkly different. — The past decade was the worst …
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BBC:
Charges for cartoonist ‘attacker’ — The 28-year-old Somali was carried into court on a stretcher — A Somali man has been charged with trying to kill a Danish artist whose drawing of the Prophet Mohammed sparked riots around the world. — The suspect, who was shot …
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Why the Budget Will Never Be Balanced — To review some recent political history, after Ronald Reagan's election in 1980, conservatives enacted budgetary measures that led to large and growing deficits. These were scaled back to some extent on a bipartisan basis in the late 1980s and during …
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Washington Post
Innocent / gorilla.cd:
Massive Volcanic Eruption in the National Park this morning — At 03.45 this morning, we all woke to a massive eruption on Mt Nyamulagira, a volcano just across from our headquarters at Rumangabo station, about 15 kilometres to the west. The eruption is from quite high up on the volcano, and it looks like it's a big one.
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The Huffington Post
New York Times:
Why Didn't They See It? — It will take some time before all the facts about the Christmas Day terrorism plot are known and analyzed. One thing is already clear: The government has to urgently improve its ability to use the reams of intelligence it receives every day on suspected terrorists and plots.
Alex Isenstadt / The Politico:
Nelson to McMaster: ‘Call off the dogs’ — Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) reached out Thursday evening to South Carolina GOP Attorney General Henry McMaster, the leader of a group of 13 Republican state attorneys general who are threatening to file suit against the Senate health care bill …
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