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The Official Home of the Department of Defense:
Mullen Endorses Working Group's Report — The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff today fully endorsed the report of the working group that assessed the impact of a possible repeal of the law that bans gay men and women from serving openly in the military. ...
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Pentagon report will leave opponents of DADT repeal little to work with — Okay, I've got some more detail for you on the findings in that forthcoming Pentagon report on the impact repeal of Don't Ask Don't tell will have on the military. The upshot: It will leave GOP moderates with no reasons left to oppose repeal.
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Crooks and Liars, Salon, Daily Kos, AMERICAblog Gay, Teddy Partridge's myFDL diary, Federal Eye, Balloon Juice, Wonk Room and National Review
Igor Volsky / Wonk Room:
Top 9 Findings From The Pentagon's Don't Ask, Don't Tell Report
Top 9 Findings From The Pentagon's Don't Ask, Don't Tell Report
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Gawker, ThinkProgress, AMERICAblog Gay, Joe. My. God. and Shakesville
Eric Kleefeld / TPMDC:
McKeon, Wilson Call For ‘Comprehensive Oversight’ Of DADT Report
McKeon, Wilson Call For ‘Comprehensive Oversight’ Of DADT Report
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PostPartisan, The Nation, ABCNEWS, Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos and Advocate
Joe Scarborough / The Politico:
GOP should take on Palin — Republicans have a problem. The most-talked-about figure in the GOP is a reality show star who cannot be elected. And yet the same leaders who fret that Sarah Palin could devastate their party in 2012 are too scared to say in public what they all complain about in private.
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The Other McCain, Politics Daily, NewsBusters.org blogs, HillBuzz.org, Right Wing Nut House, CNN, Outside the Beltway, Mario Piperni dot Com, Ben Smith's Blog, Taylor Marsh, Mediaite, iOwnTheWorld.com, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Raw Story, Little Green Footballs, FrumForum, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, GOP 12 and Writes Like She Talks
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The Jewish Week:
Sarah Palin Gaining in Support from ‘Educated Jews’ — In recent weeks, a number of prominent Jewish intellectuals have been publicly praising Sarah Palin. This despite a recent poll, reported by veteran analyst James Besser (Nov. 26), that well-educated Jews appear to be overwhelmingly opposed to Palin.
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The Daily Dish
Cubachi:
Palin Derangement at MSNBC, or shall we call it MSPDS?
Palin Derangement at MSNBC, or shall we call it MSPDS?
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The Politico, The Moderate Voice, The Huffington Post and Liberty Pundits Blog
Jay Newton-Small / Swampland:
Palin Hauls in Nearly $500k In Just Over a Month
Palin Hauls in Nearly $500k In Just Over a Month
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CNN, The Note, The Page and Conservatives4Palin.com
Christina Wilkie / The Hill:
Cantor: Popular parts of health law will be tackled in GOP repeal plan — House Republicans are looking to repeal the healthcare reform law and replace it with one of their own early next year without interrupting two popular parts of it that the administration has already begun to be implement.
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AmSpecBlog, Hot Air, protein wisdom and Weasel Zippers
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Terry / CNSNews:
Boehner and Cantor to Smithsonian: Pull Exhibit Featuring Ant-Covered Jesus or Else — (CNSNews.com) — House Speaker-to-be John Boehner (R-Ohio) is telling the Smithsonian Institution to pull an exhibit that features images of an ant-covered Christ or else face tough scrutiny …
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Gawker, Big Hollywood and Weasel Zippers
Todd Starnes / Fox News:
GOP Reps Blast Smithsonian Exhibit Featuring Ant-Covered Jesus on Cross — An image with Jesus covered in ants from the video “A Fire in My Belly,” part of the ‘Hide/Seek’ exhibit at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery. — UPDATE: In a statement released on Tuesday, Martin Sullivan …
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ThinkProgress, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Jawa Report, Pajamas Media, CNSNews, New York Post, Don Surber, Concerned Women Blog and Althouse
Chris Moody / The Daily Caller:
Hot mic picks up discussion on Senate floor: 'It's all rigged' — A hot mic left on during a Senate vote Tuesday morning on the Food Safety Act caught a senator complaining that process of setting the agenda during the lame-duck session is “rigged.” — “It's all rigged.
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Michelle Malkin, Pajamas Media, Wake up America, Babalú Blog, Gretawire, Instapundit and Overlawyered
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Video: Democratic Senator complains lame-duck agenda “rigged” on hot mic
Video: Democratic Senator complains lame-duck agenda “rigged” on hot mic
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The Other McCain, YID With LID and Weasel Zippers
Washington Post:
Where we and Democrats can work together — When congressional leaders of both parties meet at the White House today, all of us will have an opportunity to show the American people that we got the message of the elections earlier this month. — Republicans heard the voters loud and clear.
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Ed Henry / CNN:
Obama may delay Hawaiian vacation over tax fight
Obama may delay Hawaiian vacation over tax fight
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AMERICAN DIGEST and Weasel Zippers
Ed Henry / CNN:
Obama promises more outreach to GOP
Obama promises more outreach to GOP
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Zandar Versus The Stupid and AMERICAblog News
J. Taylor Rushing / The Hill:
Senate votes down ban on earmarks — The Senate on Tuesday morning defeated a proposal from Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) to ban congressional earmarks. — In a 39-56 vote, members defeated a temporary ban on the appropriations procedure. The moratorium was offered as an amendment …
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Raw Story, Cato @ Liberty, Marathon Pundit and National Review
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Eight GOP senators vote to keep earmarks
Eight GOP senators vote to keep earmarks
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Ballot Box, Pajamas Media, USA Today, Hotline On Call, Washington Monthly, Questions and Observations and Balloon Juice
David Rogers / The Politico:
Strong showing in anti-earmark vote
Strong showing in anti-earmark vote
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The Note, Sunlight Foundation, The Foundry, National Review and The Gateway Pundit
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
OFA Asks Supporters to Write a “Letter to the Editor” Praising Federal Worker Pay Freeze — We've officially gone around the bend. — OFA, the organizing arm of the DNC, originally began its life as an organization trying to get someone elected on the platform of hope, change, and progressive policies.
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The Politico, TalkLeft, Hot Air, Outside the Beltway, Open Left, Swampland, Gawker and Crooked Timber
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Ezra Klein:
‘These people are living in a dream world’ — A disgruntled private-sector worker writes in: … To get a sense of where this anger comes from, consider these two graphs. The first tracks private-sector employment between 2007 and 2010: — The second looks at federal workers over the same time period:
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Free exchange and Gothamist
Al Kamen / Washington Post:
In slideshow, Rep. Joe Barton declares war on the Obama administration — If the Obama administration was hoping to see hints of bipartisanship from the Hill, it might want to skip over the House Energy and Commerce Committee. — The committee's ranking Republican, Rep. Joe L. Barton …
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Raw Story, Zandar Versus The Stupid, Politics Daily, Wonkette, Gawker, Juanita Jean's and The Impolitic
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Guardian:
WikiLeaks: Interpol issues wanted notice for Julian Assange — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange facing growing legal problems around world — The WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, is tonight facing growing legal problems around the world, with the US announcing that it was investigating whether he had violated its espionage laws.
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Threat Level, YID With LID, The Agonist, Babalú Blog, NPR, Washington Post, TechCrunch and The Politico, more at Mediagazer »
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Howard Chua-Eoan / Time:
WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Tells TIME: Hillary Clinton ‘Should Resign’
WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Tells TIME: Hillary Clinton ‘Should Resign’
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Politics Daily, Washington Post, The Page, The Nation, FrumForum, Gawker, News: News blog, Guardian and The Firewall
Jason Nark / Philly.com:
Family: New Jersey man serving 7 years for guns he owned legally — EVERYTHING Brian Aitken was or had worked for was wiped away one winter afternoon after his mother called the police on him. — Separated from his wife, the entrepreneur and media consultant, now 27 …
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TigerHawk
Zaid Jilani / ThinkProgress:
Tea Party Nation President Says It ‘Makes A Lot Of Sense’ To Restrict Voting Only To Property Owners — Every week, the Tea Party Nation hosts a weekly radio program, calling itself a “home for conservatives.” Two weeks ago, Tea Party Nation President Judson Phillips hosted the program …
The Huffington Post:
Republican Calls Obama ‘Very, Very Urban’ On House Floor (VIDEO) — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? … Rep. Steve King, a Republican from Iowa, referred to President Obama as “very, very urban,” while charging that as a senator he gave special favor to African American farmers who were victims of government discrimination.
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Gawker, Oliver Willis and Mediaite
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Rachel Slajda / TPMMuckraker:
Steve King: Black Farmers' Settlement Is ‘Slavery Reparations’ (VIDEO)
Steve King: Black Farmers' Settlement Is ‘Slavery Reparations’ (VIDEO)
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Daily Kos, Breitbart.tv and Wonkette
Kristina Wong / ABCNEWS:
Patriotic ‘Hacktivist’ Claims He Took Down Wikileaks Site — Hacker-Activist ‘The Jester’ Says He Attacks Jihadist Websites Trying to Recruit Young Muslims — A computer hacker is claiming he temporarily disabled the Wikileaks site Sunday afternoon, right as the latest dump …
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The Jawa Report and Weasel Zippers
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Jennifer Valentino-DeVries / Digits:
WikiLeaks Using Amazon Servers After Attack
WikiLeaks Using Amazon Servers After Attack
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Larry Sanger, more at Techmeme »
Julie Zhuo / New York Times:
Where Anonymity Breeds Contempt — THERE you are, peacefully reading an article or watching a video on the Internet. You finish, find it thought-provoking, and scroll down to the comments section to see what other people thought. And there, lurking among dozens of well-intentioned opinions, is a troll.
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TalkLeft, Outside the Beltway, The Awl and Arkansas Blog
MyFOX Detroit:
Items Stolen John Conyers' Government-Registered Cadillac — Vehicle driven by Congressman's 20-year-old son — DETROIT (WJBK) - The son of Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., says items were stolen out of the government vehicle he was driving last Wednesday in downtown Detroit, FOX 2's Simon Shaykhet reports.
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Michelle Malkin, JammieWearingFool, Associated Press and The Gateway Pundit
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Stuff White People Like — The departure of the only black senator prompts a revealingly clueless commentary. — The U.S. Senate now has no black members. Illinois's Roland Burris, appointed to replace Barack Obama when the latter moved on to bigger if not necessarily better things …
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Fox Nation, Questions and Observations, NBC Chicago and Althouse
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Celebrating Secession Without the Slaves — ATLANTA — The Civil War, the most wrenching and bloody episode in American history, may not seem like much of a cause for celebration, especially in the South. — And yet, as the 150th anniversary of the four-year conflict gets under way …
DickMorris.com:
THE GOP PRIMARIES OF 12 WILL BE HELD ON FOX NEWS — The Republican nominating process of 2012 will be totally different from that of other years. In fact, it will be the opposite of what we are used to. — Since the procedural reforms initiated by Democrat George McGovern …
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The Politico, Outside the Beltway and Don Surber
Karl Smith / Modeled Behavior:
You Can't Overwork Yourself By Smoking Joints and Watching Too Many Episodes of Jersey Shore — Likewise the overconsumption theory of recessions makes no sense. On a slightly different matter frequent commenter writes … If I am reading the commenter intention right then imbedded in his words is a common misperception.
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Yglesias
Pat Doyle / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Suspect in sex assault case won pardon in 2008 — Cleared by a panel that included Gov. Tim Pawlenty, Jeremy Giefer is now accused of assaulting a second girl hundreds of times before and after he received his pardon. — Two years ago, Gov. Tim Pawlenty and two other officials pardoned Jeremy Giefer …
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AmSpecBlog, Weigel, Ben Smith's Blog and Oliver Willis