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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 …
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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 …
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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JustOneMinute, DISSENTING JUSTICE and Weasel Zippers
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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 …
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Michelle Malkin, Pundit & Pundette and Pajamas Media
Stephanie Cutter / White House.gov Blog Feed:
Another Health Care Court Victory
Another Health Care Court Victory
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ThinkProgress and Swampland
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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American Forces Press Service, PostPartisan, msnbc.com, Politics Daily, ABCNEWS, AMERICAblog Gay, Mother Jones, American Prospect, Danger Room, C-SPAN Recent Video, TPMMuckraker, White House.gov Blog Feed, The Volokh Conspiracy, Wonk Room, Taylor Marsh, Guardian, Talking Points Memo, Federal Eye, Gawker, The Huffington Post, Advocate, Washington Monthly, Ben Smith's Blog, Washington Wire, Shakesville and Arkansas Blog
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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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Power Line, The Other McCain and National Review
Washington Post:
'Don't ask, don't tell' report: Little risk to allowing gays to serve openly
'Don't ask, don't tell' report: Little risk to allowing gays to serve openly
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Washington Monthly, Guardian and The Confluence
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Pentagon report will leave opponents of DADT repeal little to work with
Pentagon report will leave opponents of DADT repeal little to work with
The Official Home of the Department of Defense:
Presenter: Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and Chairman …
Presenter: Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and Chairman …
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SWJ Blog
Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
Pentagon Sees Little Risk in Allowing Gay Men and Women to Serve Openly
Pentagon Sees Little Risk in Allowing Gay Men and Women to Serve Openly
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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The Confluence, The Daily Beast, Gawker, Donklephant, Salon, The Moderate Voice, The Daily Caller, The Politico and Writes Like She Talks
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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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Firedoglake, Zandar Versus The Stupid, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and FrumForum
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Christina Wilkie / The Hill:
Cantor: Popular parts of health law will be tackled in GOP repeal plan
Cantor: Popular parts of health law will be tackled in GOP repeal plan
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RedState, Hot Air, AmSpecBlog, Weasel Zippers and protein wisdom
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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Taegan Goddard's … and National Review
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Associated Press:
Senate GOP letter calls for blocking most bills
Senate GOP letter calls for blocking most bills
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The Hill, AMERICAblog Gay, USA Today and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Chris Moody / The Daily Caller:
Hot mic picks up discussion on Senate floor: 'It's all rigged'
Hot mic picks up discussion on Senate floor: 'It's all rigged'
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Hot Air, Michelle Malkin, YID With LID, Weasel Zippers, The Other McCain, Wake up America, Gretawire, Pajamas Media and Instapundit
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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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.
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Right Wing News
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Kristina Wong / ABCNEWS:
Patriotic ‘Hacktivist’ Claims He Took Down Wikileaks Site
Patriotic ‘Hacktivist’ Claims He Took Down Wikileaks Site
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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.
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RushLimbaugh.com and sisu
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, The Politico, The Caucus, Unfogged and Prairie Weather
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.
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The Note and American Power
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%.
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Hot Air, Weasel Zippers, Ballot Box, GOP 12 and Conservatives4Palin.com
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
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.
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Weasel Zippers and Israel Matzav
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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Betsy's Page, Guardian, National Review and China Digital Times
Rachel Slajda / TPMMuckraker:
Steve King: Black Farmers' Settlement Is ‘Slavery Reparations’ (VIDEO) — The Senate last week finally approved the multi-billion-dollar funding for the Pigford II and Cobell settlements, which will allow the government to pay out claims to African-American farmers and American Indians …
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Breitbart.tv, Mediaite, National Review, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit, The Huffington Post, Wonkette, Daily Kos and Oliver Willis
Cooper Levey-Baker / Florida Independent:
Huckabee calls for execution of person who leaked diplomatic documents to WikiLeaks — Florida resident and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee yesterday called for the execution of the person responsible for leaking hundreds of thousands of diplomatic cables to the whistleblower website WikiLeaks.
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Mediaite, Raw Story, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, FrumForum, The Moderate Voice, Right Wing Watch and Connecting.the.Dots
Democracy in America:
Debunking DREAM Act disinformation — DAVID FRUM's latest column for The Week is in part a reply to my recent post on the DREAM Act. I'm not impressed. Mr Frum is either ill-informed about the proposed law or is seeking to provoke opposition by spreading falsehoods about the policy.
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Modeled Behavior, FrumForum and Reform Immigration For America
Scott Peterson / Christian Science Monitor:
For Iran, WikiLeaks cables validate its skepticism of Obama's sincerity — Iranians and analysts alike say the leaked diplomatic cables show a half-hearted attempt at engagement, undermined by an assumption that engaging Iran was pointless. — Istanbul, Turkey
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