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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Dickishness Of The GOP — What we've observed these past two years is a political party that knows nothing but scorched earth tactics, cannot begin to see any merits in the other party's arguments, refuses to compromise one inch on anything, and has sought from the very beginning to do nothing but destroy the Obama presidency.
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Wall Street Journal:
Tax Cuts Likely to Be Extended Temporarily — Republicans and Democrats Wednesday sat down to negotiate a compromise on extending Bush-era income tax cuts—an effort that could be the first step toward a deal this month that many strategists in both parties believe will temporarily extend current tax rates for all income levels.
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The Hill, Ezra Klein, New York Times, The Politico and ECHIDNE of the snakes
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Parties dare each other as tax debate heats up
Parties dare each other as tax debate heats up
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The Politico and RedState
Political Correction RSS:
Rep. Pence: The Best Thing For The Unemployed Is Tax Cuts For Millionaires
Rep. Pence: The Best Thing For The Unemployed Is Tax Cuts For Millionaires
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The Plum Line, The Moderate Voice, DownWithTyranny!, Daily Kos and Washington Monthly
Ezra Klein:
Republicans give their definition of ‘bipartisanship’
Republicans give their definition of ‘bipartisanship’
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The Huffington Post, Hullabaloo, Moe Lane, The Impolitic, The Caucus and MyDD
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Kyl: Tax deal needs to get done by Monday to pass START in lame-duck
Kyl: Tax deal needs to get done by Monday to pass START in lame-duck
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Foreign Policy, TPMDC, Wonk Room, ThinkProgress, Associated Press, Daily Kos and FrumForum
Jake Sherman / The Politico:
House Democrats set Thursday tax vote
House Democrats set Thursday tax vote
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Fox News, RedState, The Huffington Post, CNN and Swampland
Richard E. Cohen / The Politico:
GOP to upend spending process — House Republicans seem intent on blowing up the staid appropriations process when they take power in January — potentially upending the old bulls in both parties who have spent decades building their power over the federal budget.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
House GOP leadership cancels Pelosi's committee on global warming
House GOP leadership cancels Pelosi's committee on global warming
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Associated Press, NationalJournal.com, Moe Lane and Right Wing News
Jim Snyder / Bloomberg:
Pelosi Climate Panel Dies in Republican Sweep of House
Pelosi Climate Panel Dies in Republican Sweep of House
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The Gateway Pundit and Michelle Malkin
Robin Bravender / The Politico:
In memoriam: House climate panel
In memoriam: House climate panel
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iOwnTheWorld.com, Washington Post, Watts Up With That?, Wonkette, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Whiskey Fire and Hit & Run
Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
Republicans block child nutrition bill
Republicans block child nutrition bill
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msnbc.com
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Diplomats Noted Canadian Mistrust Toward U.S. — WASHINGTON — In early 2008, American diplomats stationed in Ottawa turned on their television sets and were aghast: there was an “onslaught” of Canadian shows depicting “nefarious American officials carrying out equally nefarious deeds in Canada …
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The Atlantic Online, FrumForum and Balloon Juice
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Michel Rose / Reuters:
Wikileaks' Assange in UK, police know where: report — (Reuters) - Wikileaks website founder Julian Assange is in Britain and police know his whereabouts but have refrained so far from acting on an international warrant for his arrest, a British newspaper said on Thursday.
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American Power, Telegraph, Barcepundit and Hit & Run
Jean Eaglesham / Wall Street Journal:
Banks in Talks to End Bond Probe — U.S. securities regulators are in preliminary discussions with several major Wall Street banks aimed at reaching settlements to resolve a broad investigation of their sales of mortgage-bond deals that helped unleash the financial crisis, according to people familiar with the matter.
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The Agonist
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New York Times:
Fed Documents Breadth of Emergency Measures
Fed Documents Breadth of Emergency Measures
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Reuters, The Confluence, Bloomberg, DealBook, Open Congress, ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/*, Raw Story and The Page
Jeannine Aversa / Associated Press:
Fed ID's companies that used crisis aid programs
Fed ID's companies that used crisis aid programs
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Board of Governors …, Fortune, naked capitalism, Reuters and FT Alphaville
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Pentagon: We could have shut down Wikileaks but chose not to — I hope he's telling the truth. Because if our cyberwar unit is so weak that they can't hit a few servers in Sweden, then I, for one, welcome our new Chinese overlords. The key question: Was this decision driven chiefly by military or political concerns?
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VentureBeat, Outside the Beltway, The Daily Caller, Reuters, Gothamist and Mediaite, more at Techmeme »
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Ewen MacAskill / Guardian:
WikiLeaks website pulled by Amazon after US political pressure
WikiLeaks website pulled by Amazon after US political pressure
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Washington Post, Spiegel Online, The Moderate Voice, The Firewall, RedState, Mediaite and Boing Boing
Luke Harding / Guardian:
Cables condemn Russia as ‘mafia state’ — Kremlin relies on criminals and rewards them with political patronage, while top officials collect bribes ‘like a personal taxation system’ — Russia is a corrupt, autocratic kleptocracy centred on the leadership of Vladimir Putin, in which officials …
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DealBook, News: News blog and The Gateway Pundit, more at Mediagazer »
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C. J. Chivers / New York Times:
Embracing Georgia, U.S. Misread Signs of Rifts
Embracing Georgia, U.S. Misread Signs of Rifts
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Guardian and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Ed Rollins / CNN:
Palin, I knew Reagan. You're no Reagan. — Editor's note: Ed Rollins, a senior political contributor for CNN, is senior presidential fellow at the Kalikow Center for the Study of the American Presidency at Hofstra University. He is a principal with the Dilenschneider Group, a global public relations firm.
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Mediaite, Hot Air, AmSpecBlog, JustOneMinute and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Scott Horton / Harper's:
The Madrid Cables — In Spain, the WikiLeaks disclosures have dominated the news for three days now. The reporting has been led by the level-headed El País, with its nationwide competitor, Público, lagging only a bit behind. Attention has focused on three separate matters …
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Hullabaloo and The Daily Dish
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David Corn / Mother Jones:
Obama and GOPers Worked Together to Kill Bush Torture Probe — A WikiLeaks cable shows that when Spain considered a criminal case against ex-Bush officials, the Obama White House and Republicans got really bipartisan. — Post Comment — In its first months in office …
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Philly.com and Raw Story
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
Boehner to create women's restroom adjacent to House floor — Speaker-designate John Boehner (R-Ohio) intends to commandeer a swanky office space adjacent to the House floor and build a women's restroom for female lawmakers. — For years, men have had the luxury of using facilities located adjacent …
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Top of the Ticket, CNN, American Power, Reuters and The Moderate Voice
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
County Recorder in Massachusetts Goes After MERS — This is one of those mind-blowing days, one I don't feel like I have much of a grip on. But with all the despair with the federal government, the power structure that protects the banks at all costs, etc., it's worth looking at some potential good news for a change.
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Zandar Versus The Stupid
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John Carney / CNBC:
The MERS Wars Heat Up in Massachusetts
The Huffington Post:
Ted Strickland: Democrats Suffering From ‘Intellectual Elitism’ — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? … WASHINGTON — Fresh off a narrow loss in his gubernatorial re-election campaign, Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland on Wednesday offered some somber and sober-minded criticism for his own party and president.
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No More Mister Nice Blog, The League of Ordinary …, Guardian, Raw Story, The New Republic, The Plum Line, Reuters and ABCNEWS
Dave Price / WHOTV:
Poll Problem: Incoming Governor Warns Presidential Candidates Not to Skip Event If They Want His Support — Branstad said pre-caucus endorsement is possible — Iowa Governor-elect Terry Branstad, a Republican, could become the king of the caucus. He is the state's top Republican …
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Taegan Goddard's … and The Page
Meghan McCain / The Daily Beast:
Who You Calling a Blue Blood, Sarah? — Last week Palin dismissed the Bush family as “blue bloods” but Meghan McCain, who admits she's one, says the media star is playing a dangerous game that will tear apart the Republican Party. — Welcome to the echo chamber!
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Outside the Beltway, The Other McCain, The Note and Pundit & Pundette
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Judicial Watch:
Judicial Watch Obtains Documents from Obama Administration Detailing Actor Andy Griffith's “Misleading” Medicare Advertisements — Obama Administration Spent $3,184,000 in Taxpayer Dollars on Advertising Program Deemed “Misleading” by Non-Partisan FactCheck.org
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Right Wing News and Weasel Zippers
Radley Balko / Hit & Run:
You Are No Longer Free To Move About the Country — Janet Napolitano said last month that we should expect to soon see tighter restrictions at bus, train, and marine transportation centers, too. Here's a report about TSA, Border Patrol, and local police setting up a checkpoint at a Greyhound station in Tampa.
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Fausta's Blog and Emptywheel
Jonathan Allen / The Politico:
Ellison, Grijalva to lead progressives — Reps. Keith Ellison and Raul Grijalva were elected co-chairmen of the Congressional Progressive Caucus Wednesday night, according to liberal lawmakers. Rep. Donna Edwards finished third in the three-way race for two spots.
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Weasel Zippers