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8:15 AM ET, December 1, 2010

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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 …
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
zunguzungu:
Julian Assange and the Computer Conspiracy; “To destroy this invisible government”
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 …
Discussion: Pajamas Media
Stephanie Cutter / White House.gov Blog Feed:
Another Health Care Court Victory
Discussion: 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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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?
Washington Post:
'Don't ask, don't tell' report: Little risk to allowing gays to serve openly
Discussion: Guardian and The Confluence
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
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 …
Discussion: SWJ Blog
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The Jewish Week:
Sarah Palin Gaining in Support from ‘Educated Jews’
Discussion: Israel Matzav and The Daily Dish
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
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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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
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%.
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
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 …
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:
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 …
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.
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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Scott Peterson / Christian Science Monitor:
For Iran, WikiLeaks cables validate its skepticism of Obama's sincerity
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Andy Sullivan / Reuters:
Senate rejects proposal to ban earmarks
Angelique Chrisafis / Guardian:
‘Nicolas Sarkozy is thin-skinned and authoritarian’
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Front Page Magazine:
Showdown With Evil  —  Posted by Richard Perle on Nov 30th …
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