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10:20 AM ET, December 1, 2010

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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 …
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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Fiscal Commission Final Report  —  Get your fresh catfood!  —  FDL has obtained a copy of the Catfood Commission final report in advance of its official 9:30 release.  —  It can be downloaded here: PDF  —  Their reigning spirit of self-importance comes through on the very first page: “The Moment of Truth.”
Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
Commission's final deficit report preserves controversial spending cuts; panel to vote Friday on whether to endorse plan  —  The leaders of President Obama's fiscal commission released a final report Wednesday that is full of political dynamite, including sharp cuts in military spending …
Discussion: Firedoglake and Taylor Marsh
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
Christopher R. W. Dietrich / The Politico:
A Kissinger-style lesson on leaks
Discussion: CNN
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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Kevin Sack / New York Times:
Judge Rejects Health Law Challenge
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Stephanie Cutter / White House.gov Blog Feed:
Another Health Care Court Victory
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Swampland
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.
Discussion: CNN, Ben Smith's Blog and The Politico
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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 …
The Jewish Week:
Sarah Palin Gaining in Support from ‘Educated Jews’
Discussion: Israel Matzav and The Daily Dish
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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Associated Press:
Senate GOP letter calls for blocking most bills  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans intend to block action on virtually all Democratic-backed legislation unrelated to tax cuts and government spending in the current postelection session of Congress, officials said Tuesday …
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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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 …
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic Online:
30 Most Dynamic Cities in the World  —  What is the most dynamic city in the post-recession world?  —  The surprising answer is Istanbul, according to a new report that shows the developing world is leading the way out of the Great Recession.  —  Grading each metropolis by the growth …
Discussion: Prairie Weather
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Brookings Institute:
Global MetroMonitor: The Path to Economic Recovery  —  Cities, Global Economics, Global Financial Crisis  —  Alan Berube, Senior Fellow and Research Director, Metropolitan Policy Program  —  Philipp Rode, Executive Director, LSE Cities  —  The Brookings Institution, London School of Economics and Political Science
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
The Official Home of the Department of Defense:
Presenter: Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and Chairman …
Discussion: SWJ Blog
Becky Bohrer / Associated Press:
State seeks expedited ruling in Miller lawsuit  —  VOTE SUIT: Alaska risks being deprived of a senator, they say.  —  The state is asking a judge to decide a case over Alaska's still-disputed U.S. Senate race by next week.  —  In court papers, attorneys for the state seek a ruling by Dec. 9 due to …
Discussion: Ballot Box and Hotline On Call
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 …
David Catanese / The Politico:
Inaugural scoop: Steelman files for Senate  —  Former Missouri state treasurer Sarah Steelman is expected to file the official paperwork Wednesday to run for U.S. Senate in 2012, POLITICO has learned.  —  Before filing as a candidate with the Secretary of the Senate this afternoon …
Discussion: Ballot Box
Tara Palmeri / New York Post:
Co-host spittin' mad over Spitzer  —  Tweet  —  Eliot Spitzer's TV sidekick is so fed up with playing second fiddle to the hooker-loving ex-gov that she's threatening to walk, sources told The Post yesterday.  —  Washington Post columnist Kathleen Parker actually stormed off the set of the …
Discussion: Gawker and JammieWearingFool
Daniel E. Slotnik / City Room:
Catholics Fire Back in Christmas Billboard Battle  —  The latest salvo in the Christmas wars has landed, blocks from the New York entrance of the Lincoln Tunnel.  —  The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights has responded to a a Christmas-debunking billboard sponsored by American Atheists …
Edward Wyatt / New York Times:
F.C.C. Chairman Outlines Broadband Framework  —  WASHINGTON — Thwarted by the courts, by lawmakers on Capitol Hill and by some of his fellow commissioners, the Federal Communications Commission chairman will try again on Wednesday to devise a new strategy for regulating broadband Internet service providers.
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
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:
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
 
 
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Gibbs: START will be done by Christmas
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Bruce Bartlett / Capital Gains and Games blogs:
Mike Pence: Not Ready for Prime Time
George W. Bush / Washington Post:
America's global fight against AIDS
Discussion: The Politico and Commentary
Washington Post:
Experts question North Korea-Iran missile link from WikiLeaks document release
Discussion: Danger Room and FrumForum
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
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Democracy in America:
Debunking DREAM Act disinformation
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Retiring Congressman Loses Cool on House Floor
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Going deep on the Republicans
Jennifer Valentino-DeVries / Digits:
WikiLeaks Using Amazon Servers After Attack
Discussion: Right Wing News and ABCNEWS
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
A Breath Of Sane Air
Discussion: Guardian
Karl Smith / Modeled Behavior:
You Can't Overwork Yourself By Smoking Joints and Watching …
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Jason Nark / Philly.com:
Family: New Jersey man serving 7 years for guns he owned legally
Discussion: TigerHawk
Todd Starnes / Fox News:
GOP Reps Blast Smithsonian Exhibit Featuring Ant-Covered Jesus on Cross
 

 
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