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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, The Politico and ECHIDNE of the snakes
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Parties dare each other as tax debate heats up — House Democrats will forge ahead with a highly partisan tax vote Thursday — just two days after President Obama called for a bipartisan deal on the issue. — The vote comes as administration officials and congressional representatives …
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Guardian, The Politico and RedState
David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Senate Republicans Threaten Tax Dispute Blockade — WASHINGTON — Not even 24 hours after President Obama met with senior Republican Congressional leaders and expressed hopes for a “new dialogue,” renewed partisan fury engulfed the Senate on Wednesday, as Republicans threatened to block …
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Washington Monthly, The Caucus and The Other McCain
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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Washington Post, Foreign Policy, TPMDC, Wonk Room, ThinkProgress, Associated Press, Daily Kos and FrumForum
Tony Pugh / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Fed wants to strip a key protection for homeowners — WASHINGTON — As Americans continue to lose their homes in record numbers, the Federal Reserve is considering making it much harder for homeowners to stop foreclosures and escape predatory home loans with onerous terms.
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Washington Post:
Fed aid in financial crisis went beyond U.S. banks to industry, foreign firms
Fed aid in financial crisis went beyond U.S. banks to industry, foreign firms
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New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Prairie Weather and Post Tech
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, Raw Story, ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/* 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
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, Michelle Malkin and FrumForum
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
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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Outside the Beltway, The Daily Caller, Reuters and Gothamist
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Rachel Slajda / TPMMuckraker:
How Lieberman Got Amazon To Drop Wikileaks
How Lieberman Got Amazon To Drop Wikileaks
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Salon, VentureBeat, The Moderate Voice, Talking Points Memo and Gawker, more at Techmeme »
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 Firewall, Mediaite, Boing Boing and lexington_concord's Diary, more at Techmeme »
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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Luke Harding / Guardian:
Cables condemn Russia as ‘mafia state’
Cables condemn Russia as ‘mafia state’
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DealBook, News: News blog and The Gateway Pundit, more at Mediagazer »
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
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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, The Daily Dish and Boing Boing
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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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, AmSpecBlog, Mediaite, Hot Air and JustOneMinute
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
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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New York Times, American Power, Telegraph, Barcepundit and Hit & Run
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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
Steve Randy Waldman / interfluidity:
Hangover theory and morality plays — My recent fit over the technocratic style in American economics was the excrescence of a long-standing complaint. The very first time I made that complaint was in a piece arguing that Paul Krugman's dismissal of Austrian-ish “hangover theory” was overhasty.
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