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9:15 AM ET, December 1, 2010

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Howard Chua-Eoan / Time:
WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Tells TIME: Hillary Clinton ‘Should Resign’  —  Hillary Clinton, Julian Assange said, “should resign.”  Speaking over Skype from an undisclosed location on Tuesday, the WikiLeaks founder was replying to a question by TIME managing editor Richard Stengel …
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Guardian:
WikiLeaks: Interpol issues wanted notice for Julian Assange  —  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange facing growing legal problems around world  —  • Full coverage of the WikiLeaks cables  —  The WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, is tonight facing growing legal problems around the world …
Associated Press:
Interpol Seeks WikiLeaks Founder Assange as U.S. Cuts Access to Files
Discussion: msnbc.com and CBS New York
Christopher R. W. Dietrich / The Politico:
A Kissinger-style lesson on leaks
Discussion: CNN
The Huffington Post:
Scarborough Attacks Palin, Agrees To Help Launch Centrist Civility Group  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? … WASHINGTON — TV's Joe Scarborough, who today dismissed Sarah Palin as a symbol of “anti-intellectualism” with a “dopey dream” of being president, will help headline the launch next month …
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Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
Is GOP Breaking Silence on Sarah Palin for President?  —  Among Potential GOP Contenders, Politeness Still Rules  —  When the television host and former Florida congressman Joe Scarborough published a scathing op-ed piece in Politico against Sarah Palin on Tuesday, he was not only trying to put a dent in her presidential ambitions.
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Going deep on the Republicans  —  Our monthly look at the 2012 Republican Presidential field for November finds the same thing it it does every month- a very close four way race.  This time around it's Sarah Palin at 21%, Newt Gingrich at 19%, Mitt Romney at 18%, and Mike Huckabee at 16%.
The Jewish Week:
Sarah Palin Gaining in Support from ‘Educated Jews’
Discussion: Israel Matzav and The Daily Dish
Jay Newton-Small / Swampland:
Palin Hauls in Nearly $500k In Just Over a Month
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Judge upholds healthcare reform law  —  A federal judge in Virginia on Tuesday rejected a legal challenge to the healthcare reform law, the second time the law's mandate that people buy insurance has been ruled constitutional.  —  The lawsuit was brought by Liberty University …
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Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:
Health Care Union Drops Coverage For Children  —  Perhaps you have to be familiar with New York politics to understand how truly bizarre this story is: 1199 is dropping its health care coverage for children.  1199 is the extraordinarily powerful local health care workers' union which has pushed …
Stephanie Cutter / White House.gov Blog Feed:
Another Health Care Court Victory
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Swampland
Bruce Kesler / Maggie's Farm:
I'm A Gay Guy And A Veteran  —  I'm a gay guy, meaning I'm pretty carefree and happy, pretty tolerant, and not a homosexual.  At the same time, I'm pretty focused and results-oriented, but not to an excess unfair to others.  So, how do I react to the Pentagon's study of the effects of repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell?
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The Official Home of the Department of Defense:
Mullen Endorses Working Group's Report
Washington Post:
'Don't ask, don't tell' report: Little risk to allowing gays to serve openly
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Pentagon report will leave opponents of DADT repeal little to work with
Evan McMorris-Santoro / TPMDC:
Cantor Urges ‘Open Mind’ On VA Legislature Plan To Blow Up The Constitution  —  Incoming House Majority Leader Eric Cantor is part of a class of Republicans who say they want to change the country fundamentally — and to that end, Cantor isn't dismissing a plan by legislators in his home state …
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Christina Wilkie / The Hill:
Cantor: Popular parts of health law will be tackled in GOP repeal plan
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
In Tax Cuts, the Options Run Short  —  Democrats have left themselves in a tough spot on the Bush tax cuts.  After delaying the issue until after the election and then being trounced in that election, they find themselves with little leverage.  —  If they cannot come up with a plan …
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New York Times:
Delaying Vote, Debt Panel Splits on Taxes and Spending  —  WASHINGTON — The chairmen of President Obama's debt-reduction commission have been unable to win support from any of the panel's elected officials for their proposed spending cuts and tax increases, underscoring the reluctance …
Discussion: Daily Kos
John Stanton / Roll Call:
House May Block Food Safety Bill Over Senate Error  —  A food safety bill that has burned up precious days of the Senate's lame-duck session appears headed back to the chamber because Democrats violated a constitutional provision requiring that tax provisions originate in the House.
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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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Washington Post:
Experts question North Korea-Iran missile link from WikiLeaks document release  —  On Oct. 10, to celebrate its 65th anniversary as a one-party state, North Korea unveiled a new missile in the type of military parade that for decades has been a hallmark of authoritarian regimes.
Discussion: Danger Room and FrumForum
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Jennifer Valentino-DeVries / Digits:
WikiLeaks Using Amazon Servers After Attack  —  WikiLeaks, the website that published a quarter-million sensitive diplomatic cables on Sunday, is using Amazon.com Inc. servers in the U.S. to help deliver its information.  It sounds like an odd choice, but it could make sense.
Discussion: Right Wing News
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Kristina Wong / ABCNEWS:
Patriotic ‘Hacktivist’ Claims He Took Down Wikileaks Site
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Here I am listening — for the first time — to Rush Limbaugh talking about me.  —  I've got the podcast of today's show, where he's reading from this blog post of mine:  —  And let me invite Rush to go on Bloggingheads.tv and diavlog with me about the so-called chickification problems that plague our world today.
Discussion: RushLimbaugh.com and sisu
blogs.abcnews.com:
Retiring Congressman Loses Cool on House Floor  —  ABC News' John R. Parkinson reports:  —  Rep. Steve Buyer, a retiring nine-term lawmaker Republican from Indiana, became a little heated on the House floor today as the chamber prepared to consider a bill out of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Discussion: The Note and American Power
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 …
Discussion: TigerHawk
Jerusalem Post:
Bolton does not believe two-state solution is working  —  He also said the revealed Arab support also punctures the Obama administration's contention that progress on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process was needed to help rally the Arab world's help on Iran.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Israel Matzav
Wall Street Journal:
Europe's Crisis Widens  —  Italy, Spain See Bonds Sink, Portugal Faces Rating Cut as Faith in Rescue Ebbs  —  In Rome, students protesting spending cuts clashed with police  —  Investors dismissed European leaders' latest attempt to restore market calm, raising doubts about whether governments …
Discussion: New York Times and The Page
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
From WikiChina  —  While secrets from WikiLeaks were splashed all over the American newspapers, I couldn't help but wonder: What if China had a WikiLeaker and we could see what its embassy in Washington was reporting about America?  I suspect the cable would read like this:
 
 
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Daniel E. Slotnik / City Room:
Catholics Fire Back in Christmas Billboard Battle
Edward Wyatt / New York Times:
F.C.C. Chairman Outlines Broadband Framework
Bruno Waterfield / Telegraph:
Gaddafi demands £4 billion from EU or Europe will turn ‘black’
Scott Peterson / Christian Science Monitor:
For Iran, WikiLeaks cables validate its skepticism of Obama's sincerity
Discussion: Informed Comment
Democracy in America:
Debunking DREAM Act disinformation
The Official Home of the Department of Defense:
Presenter: Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and Chairman …
Discussion: SWJ Blog
Angelique Chrisafis / Guardian:
‘Nicolas Sarkozy is thin-skinned and authoritarian’
Discussion: The Staggers and Weasel Zippers
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Front Page Magazine:
Showdown With Evil  —  Posted by Richard Perle on Nov 30th …
Discussion: Jihad Watch and The Jawa Report
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
A Breath Of Sane Air
Karl Smith / Modeled Behavior:
You Can't Overwork Yourself By Smoking Joints and Watching …
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Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
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