memeorandum: For Iran, WikiLeaks cables validate its skepticism of Obama's sincerity (Scott Peterson/Christian Science Monitor)

3:15 AM ET, December 1, 2010

Top Items:

WikiLeaks: Interpol issues wanted notice for Julian Assange — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange facing growing legal problems around world — The WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, is tonight facing growing legal problems around the world, with the US announcing that it was investigating whether he had violated its espionage laws.

Discussion: Little Green Footballs, Threat Level, YID With LID, The Volokh Conspiracy, FrumForum, The Agonist, Gawker, TechCrunch, Scared Monkeys, Washington Post, NPR and National Review, more at Mediagazer »

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 …

Discussion: News: News blog, Washington Post, Mediaite, NewsReal Blog, The Gateway Pundit, Politics Daily, Hot Air, The Page, McClatchy Washington Bureau, FrumForum, Gawker, The Nation and Guardian

Associated Press:
Interpol Seeks WikiLeaks Founder Assange as U.S. Cuts Access to Files

Discussion: msnbc.com and CBS New York

zunguzungu:
Julian Assange and the Computer Conspiracy; “To destroy this invisible government”

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, The Duck of Minerva, Hullabaloo, Telegraph and Making Light

Christopher R. W. Dietrich / The Politico:
A Kissinger-style lesson on leaks

Discussion: CNN

William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Whack WikiLeaks — And there's a role for Congress.

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Associated Press, The Enterprise Blog, Mediaite, Agence France Presse, Crooks and Liars, Newshoggers.com, Christian Science Monitor, Hit & Run, Rumproast and American Power

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 …

Discussion: Gawker, The Daily Beast, Donklephant, Salon, The Daily Caller, The Moderate Voice, The Politico and Writes Like She Talks

The Jewish Week:

Sarah Palin Gaining in Support from ‘Educated Jews’ — In recent weeks, a number of prominent Jewish intellectuals have been publicly praising Sarah Palin. This despite a recent poll, reported by veteran analyst James Besser (Nov. 26), that well-educated Jews appear to be overwhelmingly opposed to Palin.

Discussion: Israel Matzav and The Daily Dish

Cubachi:
Palin Derangement at MSNBC, or shall we call it MSPDS?

Discussion: The Politico, joejharvey's Diary, Riehl World View, Politics Daily and Outside the Beltway

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. ...

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?

Discussion: Power Line and The Other McCain

Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:

Pentagon report will leave opponents of DADT repeal little to work with — Okay, I've got some more detail for you on the findings in that forthcoming Pentagon report on the impact repeal of Don't Ask Don't tell will have on the military. The upshot: It will leave GOP moderates with no reasons left to oppose repeal.

Discussion: Associated Press, TPMDC, Federal Eye, Daily Kos, Booman Tribune, Teddy Partridge's myFDL diary, AMERICAblog Gay, PostPartisan, Salon, Crooks and Liars, Balloon Juice, The Daily Dish and Wonk Room

Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
Pentagon Sees Little Risk in Allowing Gay Men and Women to Serve Openly

Discussion: The Official Home …, FiveThirtyEight, The Moderate Voice, American Forces Press Service, The Reality-Based Community, Outside the Beltway, The Politico, Hot Air and People-Press.org

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 …

Discussion: DISSENTING JUSTICE and Weasel Zippers

Stephanie Cutter / White House.gov Blog Feed:
Another Health Care Court Victory

Discussion: ThinkProgress and Swampland

Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:
Health Care Union Drops Coverage For Children

Discussion: Pajamas Media and theblogprof

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 …

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Zandar Versus The Stupid and FrumForum

Christina Wilkie / The Hill:
Cantor: Popular parts of health law will be tackled in GOP repeal plan

Discussion: AmSpecBlog, Hot Air, Weasel Zippers and protein wisdom

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 …

Discussion: New York Post, ThinkProgress, TBD All News, The Jawa Report, CNSNews, iOwnTheWorld.com, Pajamas Media, Scared Monkeys, Rumproast, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Althouse

Kristina Wong / ABCNEWS:

Patriotic ‘Hacktivist’ Claims He Took Down Wikileaks Site — Hacker-Activist ‘The Jester’ Says He Attacks Jihadist Websites Trying to Recruit Young Muslims — A computer hacker is claiming he temporarily disabled the Wikileaks site Sunday afternoon, right as the latest dump …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers

Jennifer Valentino-DeVries / Digits: WikiLeaks Using Amazon Servers After Attack

Chris Moody / The Daily Caller:

Hot mic picks up discussion on Senate floor: 'It's all rigged' — A hot mic left on during a Senate vote Tuesday morning on the Food Safety Act caught a senator complaining that process of setting the agenda during the lame-duck session is “rigged.” — “It's all rigged.

Discussion: Hot Air, Michelle Malkin, YID With LID, The Other McCain, Weasel Zippers, Wake up America, Gretawire, Pajamas Media and Instapundit

Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Michael Bennet: Lame duck is ‘rigged’

Discussion: The Note

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

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

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%.

Discussion: Hot Air, Weasel Zippers, Ballot Box, GOP 12 and Conservatives4Palin.com

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

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

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 …

Discussion: Breitbart.tv, Mediaite, The Huffington Post, Raw Story, National Review, The Gateway Pundit, 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.

Discussion: Mediaite, Raw Story, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, FrumForum, The Moderate Voice and Right Wing Watch

Angelique Chrisafis / Guardian:

‘Nicolas Sarkozy is thin-skinned and authoritarian’ — US embassy cables detail how staff and ministers fear ire of French president and warn of impact of personal lifestyle — Nicolas Sarkozy's advisers were so afraid of sparking his anger that they reportedly diverted his plane to avoid …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers

David Dayen / Firedoglake:

OFA Asks Supporters to Write a “Letter to the Editor” Praising Federal Worker Pay Freeze — We've officially gone around the bend. — OFA, the organizing arm of the DNC, originally began its life as an organization trying to get someone elected on the platform of hope, change, and progressive policies.

Discussion: Ezra Klein, The Enterprise Blog, Hit & Run, Open Left, Weigel, Mother Jones, Outside the Beltway, The Reality-Based Community, TalkLeft, Crooked Timber, Swampland, Gawker, The Impolitic, Hot Air and The Politico

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

Discussion: Informed Comment

Simon Tisdall / Guardian:

‘China wants Korean reunification’ — Chinese officials speak after Guardian US embassy cables reveal Beijing is leaning towards acceptance of reunification under Seoul's control — China supports the “independent and peaceful reunification of the Korean peninsula” and cannot afford to give …

Discussion: Blogcritics, The Moderate Voice, Sister Toldjah, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Outside the Beltway

MyFOX Detroit:

Items Stolen John Conyers' Government-Registered Cadillac — Vehicle driven by Congressman's 20-year-old son — DETROIT (WJBK) - The son of Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., says items were stolen out of the government vehicle he was driving last Wednesday in downtown Detroit, FOX 2's Simon Shaykhet reports.

Discussion: Pajamas Media, JammieWearingFool, Michelle Malkin, Associated Press, Don Surber and The Gateway Pundit

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.

Discussion: FrumForum and Reform Immigration For America

Karl Smith / Modeled Behavior:

You Can't Overwork Yourself By Smoking Joints and Watching Too Many Episodes of Jersey Shore — Likewise the overconsumption theory of recessions makes no sense. On a slightly different matter frequent commenter writes … If I am reading the commenter intention right then imbedded in his words is a common misperception.

Discussion: Yglesias

DickMorris.com:

THE GOP PRIMARIES OF 12 WILL BE HELD ON FOX NEWS — The Republican nominating process of 2012 will be totally different from that of other years. In fact, it will be the opposite of what we are used to. — Since the procedural reforms initiated by Democrat George McGovern …

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, The Politico and Don Surber