memeorandum: War of military vs. civil terrorism trials (Daniel Freedman/The Politico)

8:15 AM ET, November 19, 2010

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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:

Dems will vote on just middle class tax cuts, Hoyer says — Steny Hoyer, the number two in the House Dem leadership, told Democrats at a caucus meeting this morning that they would get to vote this year on just extending the Bush tax cuts for the middle class, a senior Dem aide tells me …

Discussion: Dennis the Peasant, Firedoglake, TPMDC, Washington Monthly, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Time, Swampland, Balloon Juice, National Review and Daily Kos

Myglesias / Yglesias:

Growth and the Bush Tax Cuts — David Leonhardt notes that evidence of the Bush tax cuts' beneficial impact on growth is difficult to find: … This is an under-discussed issue but I think it has a relatively clear answer. The theoretical case for the supply-side growth-enhancing impact …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Dennis the Peasant, Economix and Cato @ Liberty

Fhardingj / CNN:
House and Senate Democrats plan tax cut votes after Thanksgiving

Discussion: The Politico, The Note, Outside the Beltway and The Hill

Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
GOP response: Vote to continue just middle class tax cuts = tax hike

Discussion: Daily Kos, Hullabaloo, TPMDC and Washington Monthly

The Politico:
Democrats hold ground at White House meeting

Discussion: The Plum Line, CNN, New York Magazine, The Note, Daily Kos and National Review

David Leonhardt / Economix:
Were the Bush Tax Cuts Good for Growth?

Discussion: Guardian, Fox News, Washington Monthly, National Review and Oliver Willis

Jon Hilsenrath / Wall Street Journal:

Bernanke Takes Aim at China — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is firing back amid criticism at home and abroad of the Fed's easy-money policies, arguing that China and others are causing global problems by preventing their currencies from strengthening as their economies boom.

Discussion: The Page and New York Magazine

Paul Krugman / New York Times:

Axis of Depression — What do the government of China, the government of Germany and the Republican Party have in common? They're all trying to bully the Federal Reserve into calling off its efforts to create jobs. And the motives of all three are highly suspect. — It's not as if the Fed is doing anything radical.

Discussion: Prairie Weather

Sewell Chan / New York Times:
Echoing Obama, Bernanke Presses China on Imbalances

Discussion: Bloomberg, Economist's View and Calculated Risk

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System: Emerging from the Crisis: Where Do We Stand?

Wall Street Journal:
‘Refudiation’ of $600 Billion Printed Out of Thin Air

Discussion: The Confluence and GOP 12

Daniel Freedman / The Politico:

War of military vs. civil terrorism trials — If you rely on headlines and partisan politicians for news, you'd be forgiven for believing that the just-concluded civilian trial of former Guantanamo detainee, Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, was, as Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) described, “a total miscarriage of justice.”

Washington Post:

Ghailani verdict makes stronger case for military detentions — The Obama administration's critics are missing the point on Ahmed Ghailani. Their reaction to his acquittal this week on 284 criminal counts and conviction on only one exaggerates both the vices of civilian courts and the virtues of military commissions.

Discussion: War in Context, The Huffington Post, Lawfare and AmSpecBlog

Ben Armbruster / ThinkProgress:
Palin Adviser Wanted Execution Without Trial For Convicted Terrorist Ahmed Ghailani

Discussion: New York Times, Hullabaloo and City Room

Igor Volsky / Wonk Room:

Sen. Lisa Murkowski Tells Local TV She Will Vote For Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal — Last night during an appearance on MSNBC, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) refused to say if she would vote for a National Defense Authorization Act that included a repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, but this afternoon …

Discussion: Towleroad News #gay and Open Left

Kerry Eleveld / Advocate:
Lieberman on DADT: We Have 60 — Sen. Joe Lieberman said Thursday …

Discussion: Wonk Room and Towleroad News #gay

Andy Barr / The Politico:

Midwest gains boost GOP confidence — SAN DIEGO - The party's Midwestern resurgence signals serious trouble for President Barack Obama's reelection bid, GOP governors asserted Thursday at the Republican Governors Association meeting in San Diego. — Following a string of GOP wins in Senate …

Discussion: CNN

Wayne Slater / TRAIL BLAZERS:
Rick Perry open to sending the US military into Mexico

Discussion: TPMMuckraker and The Gateway Pundit

Emily Goodin / Ballot Box: Texas Gov. Perry to head Republican Governors Association

Wookie / Media Matters for America:

Fox's “Nazi” rhetoric also comes straight from the top — In a recent interview, Fox News chairman Roger Ailes referred to National Public Radio executives as “Nazis” with a “Nazi attitude,” and claimed “[t]hey are the left wing of Nazism.” Ailes' employees at Fox News, particularly Glenn Beck …

Discussion: YID With LID, Yahoo! News, New York Magazine, No More Mister Nice Blog and Media Matters for America, more at Mediagazer »

Keach Hagey / The Politico:
Ailes apologizes to ADL for “Nazi” remark

Discussion: Politics Daily, NewsBusters.org, ComPost, Weasel Zippers, CNN, The Awl and BlogPost, more at Mediagazer »

Jordan Fabian / The Hill:

House fails to eliminate NPR funding — The House on Thursday voted to move forward on legislation without voting on a proposal put forth by Republicans to defund NPR. — Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.), the next majority leader, said the vote demonstrates that Democrats “are still not ready to listen” …

Discussion: Another Black Conservative, Raw Story and Weasel Zippers, more at Mediagazer »

Bernie Becker / The Caucus:
Move to Cut NPR Funding Is Defeated in House

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Salon, National Review, Politics Daily, The Daily Dish and republicanwhip.house.gov

PewResearch.org:

Public Knows Basic Facts about Politics, Economics, But Struggles with Specifics — Few Aware of Inflation Rate or TARP and Deficit Specifics — Take the Latest Quiz Online! — Before you read the report, we invite you to test your own News IQ by taking the latest interactive knowledge quiz.

Discussion: Capital Gains and Games blogs, Outside the Beltway and New York Magazine

Andy Newman / City Room:

Live Blog: Committee Recommends Censure for Rangel — Representative Charles B. Rangel at the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct hearing on Thursday. — Update, 6:29 p.m. | The House ethics committee has recommended censure for Representative Charles B. Rangel for ethics violations.

Discussion: TPMMuckraker, Washington Post, New York Times, Hot Air, Close Read and Runnin' Scared

The Hill:
House panel recommends Rangel be censured for ethics violations

Discussion: Another Black Conservative, NY Daily News, Michelle Malkin, The Other McCain and Congressman Charles B. Rangel

Yeshiva World News:

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: NYC Legislators Seek Ban On Full Body Scanners In New York — New York — Today on the steps of City Hall, Councilman David G. Greenfield was joined by Council Members Gale Brewer, Fernando Cabrera, Debi Rose, Robert Jackson, Jumaane Williams, and Brad Lander in support …

Discussion: Threat Level, LewRockwell.com Blog, Raw Story, We Won't Fly and Don Surber

Marc Lacey / New York Times:

Afghan Hero Dog Is Euthanized by Mistake in U.S. — FLORENCE, Ariz. — When a suicide bomber entered an American military barracks in Afghanistan in February, it was not American soldiers but Afghan stray dogs that confronted him. Target and two other dogs snarled, barked and snapped at the man …

Discussion: Gawker

John Stanton / Roll Call:

Sources: Cornyn Jabs at DeMint's Interference in Primaries — Sen. John Cornyn said during a closed-door meeting Tuesday that he expects colleagues to bring their concerns to him about candidates he recruits as National Republican Senatorial Committee chairman — and not to help mount challenges …

Discussion: National Review, Hot Air and RedState

Naftali Bendavid / Washington Wire:

Boehner Warns GOP on Debt Ceiling — Raising the debt ceiling is shaping up as a difficult early vote for the new House GOP majority. Many of the new Republican lawmakers harshly criticized their Democratic opponents during the campaign for voting to raise the limit in the past …

Discussion: The Politico and DownWithTyranny!

David Bosco / Foreign Policy:

Is it OK to hope the EU fails? — At Power Line, John Hinderaker admits that he “rather hopes” the European Union fails (h/t Instapundit). I would dismiss this as throw-away snark, but I think it reflects a real undercurrent in conservative foreign-policy thought, and maybe American political thought on a grumpy day.

Discussion: Power Line and Instapundit

New York Times:

Worm Was Perfect for Sabotaging Centrifuges — Experts dissecting the computer worm suspected of being aimed at Iran's nuclear program have determined that it was precisely calibrated in a way that could send nuclear centrifuges wildly out of control. — Their conclusion, while not definitive …

Discussion: ChattahBox News Blog

Jeff Stein / SpyTalk:

Pot growers portrayed as terror threat — What were they smoking? — Federal, state and local officials carrying out a counter-terrorism drill in Northern California Wednesday played out a scenario in which local marijuana growers set off bombs and took over the Shasta Dam, the nation's second largest, to free an imprisoned comrade.

Discussion: Raw Story

Peter Baker / New York Times:

Obama Forces Showdown With G.O.P. on Arms Pact — WASHINGTON — Just two weeks after an election that left him struggling to find his way forward, President Obama has decided to confront Senate Republicans in a make-or-break battle over arms control that could be an early test of his mettle heading into the final two years of his term.

Discussion: Eunomia, The Reality-Based Community, Balloon Juice, The Page and Crooks and Liars