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3:20 PM 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.”
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
ALL 42 SENATE REPUBLICANS ANNOUNCE HOSTAGE PLAN.... The AP had an item late last night, noting that Senate Republicans were circulating a letter, “quietly collecting signatures” on a plan to “block action on virtually all Democratic-backed legislation unrelated to tax cuts and government spending.”
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.
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
DADT No More?  Republicans Threaten To Block All Dem Initiatives  —  Just hours after Democrats and Republicans agreed to bargain on tax cuts, and fewer hours still after Defense Secretary Robert Gates implored Congress to repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell this year, word leaked that Republicans …
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 …
David Espo / Associated Press:
Senate GOP letter calls for blocking most bills  —  WASHINGTON — 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 …
Michelle Malkin:   Document drop: S. 3992, the Dems' latest Illegal Alien DREAM Act bill
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
Why The GOP Is Like Bear Bryant
Discussion: TalkLeft and The Caucus
First Read / msnbc.com:
GOP to block all bills until tax cuts are addressed
Discussion: Swampland and Associated Press
Chris Stirewalt / Fox News:
Today's Power Play: Republicans and Democrats Play Chicken With Lame Duck
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The moral standards of WikiLeaks critics  —  (updated below - Update II)  —  Time's Joe Klein writes this about the WikiLeaks disclosures: … Do you have that principle down?  If “a single foreign national is rounded up and put in jail” because of the WikiLeaks disclosure — even a …
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Greg Hengler / Townhall.com:
Gibbs: We're Not Scared Of Wikileaks — It's Only One Guy With One Website  —  What do you do when the Obfuscator in Chief refuses to even say that Julian Assange acted stupidly?  Well, you throw White House Press Secretary, Robert Gibbs in front of the camera and have him repeat multiple times that Assange is irrelevant.
Discussion: Hot Air and Breitbart.tv
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 …
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:
Regulatory Reform  —  Usage of Federal Reserve Credit and Liquidity Facilities  —  This section of the website provides detailed information about the liquidity and credit programs and other monetary policy tools that the Federal Reserve used to respond to the financial crisis that emerged in the summer of 2007.
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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:
For immediate release  —  The Federal Reserve Board …
Discussion: FT Alphaville
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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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 …
Myglesias / Yglesias:
Bowles-Simpson vs Current Law  —  Surely the strangest thing about the Bowles-Simpson debt reduction plan is that, relative to current law, it . . . increases the public debt load over the next ten years:  —  Obviously starting around 2020 or so Bowles-Simpson starts doing better than current law …
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Ezra Klein:
The best and the worst of the fiscal commission's final report
Discussion: The Foundry
Rasmussen Reports:
Partisan Trends  —  Partisan Trends: Republicans 36.0%, Democrats 34.7%, First GOP Lead Ever  —  In November, 36.0% of American Adults identified themselves as Republicans; 34.7% considered themselves Democrats, and 29.3% were not affiliated with either major party.
Discussion: Hot Air and Commentary
James P. Rubin / The New Republic:
The Irony of Wikileaks  —  By threatening U.S. diplomacy, the hard left is undercutting its own worldview.  —  There's no question that many of the Wikileaks documents are a great read.  These diplomatic conversations between American officials and leaders from the Arab world, China …
Alexander Mooney / CNN:
Cheney to co-host fundraiser for Cino in RNC race  —  Washington (CNN) - Former Vice President Dick Cheney and a clutch of former George W. Bush advisers have a horse in the Republican National Committee chairman race: Maria Cino.  —  CNN has learned that Cheney will be among the hosts next Tuesday …
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 …
Jim Myers / Tulsa World:
Inhofe refuses to participate in ‘holiday’ parade  —  WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe said Tuesday that he won't participate in Tulsa's Holiday Parade of Lights until organizers put “Christ” back in the event's title.  —  “Last year, the forces of political correctness removed the word 'Christmas …
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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The Huffington Post:
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Robin Bravender / The Politico:
House climate panel to be axed
Howard Kurtz / The Daily Beast:
McCain Blames Times for WikiLeaks
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