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2:40 PM ET, December 3, 2010

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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Freezing Out Hope  —  After the Democratic “shellacking” in the midterm elections, everyone wondered how President Obama would respond.  Would he show what he was made of?  Would he stand firm for the values he believes in, even in the face of political adversity?
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The Huffington Post:
Harkin: If Obama Caves On Taxes, He Better Pray For Palin In 2012  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? … WASHINGTON — The sense of frustration among Senate Democrats over the White House's handling of the tax cut debate has grown throughout the week, culminating in a series of articles …
Discussion: Washington Monthly and GOP 12
Washington Post:
Obama, GOP in quiet talks to extend tax cuts  —  The White House and congressional Republicans have begun working behind the scenes toward a broad deal that would prevent taxes from going up for virtually every U.S. family and authorize billions of dollars in fresh spending to bolster the economy.
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Frank: White House ‘gravely mistaken’ in tax cut strategy
Patrick Gavin / The Politico:
WHITE HOUSE SPEECHWRITER WINS COMEDY PRIZE
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
CBS News Poll: Most Oppose GOP Tax Plan
Faiz Shakir / ThinkProgress:
CBS Poll Finds Only 46 Percent Of Republicans Support GOP's Stand …
Discussion: The Gavel and Wonk Room
Motoko Rich / New York Times:
Disappointing Job Growth in U.S. as Jobless Rate Hits 9.8%  —  In a significant setback to the recovery and market expectations, the United States economy added just 39,000 jobs in November, and the unemployment rate rose to 9.8 percent, according to the Department of Labor.
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Wall Street Journal:
Economy Added Fewer Jobs Than Expected in November  —  WASHINGTON—The U.S. economy added fewer jobs than expected in November and the unemployment rate rose to its highest level since April, underlining the continued weakness in the labor market 17 months into the recovery.
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
AWFUL MONTHLY JOBS REPORT SHOULD WAKE UP WASHINGTON. …
Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Deficit panel's plan goes down to defeat  —  In an 11-7 vote, President Obama's fiscal commission on Friday failed to adopt a sweeping plan for reining in the federal budget deficit.  —  The panel had been working since February on a plan that would cut almost $4 trillion in deficit spending …
Discussion: The Note, Swampland and FrumForum
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
14 Dems want deficit action despite failed fiscal commission vote
Discussion: Hullabaloo and The Atlantic Online
Andy Barr / The Politico:
Ron Paul stands up for Julian Assange  —  Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) is taking a stand as one of Julian Assange's few defenders in Washington, arguing that the WikiLeaks founder should get the same protections as the media.  —  Attorney General Eric Holder said this week that the Justice Department …
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog and Lawfare
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Guardian:
Julian Assange answers your questions  —  The founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, answers readers' questions about the release of more than 250,000 US diplomatic cables  —  Fwoggie … Julian Assange:  —  I am an Australian citizen and I miss my country a great deal.
Doctor Science / Obsidian Wings:
The culture of conspiracy, the conspiracy of culture
Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Hillary Clinton: State is ‘last’ public post  —  Hillary Clinton says, ‘I think I will serve as secretary of state as my last public position.’  —  Secretary of state will be Hillary Clinton's “last public position,” she said Friday, yet again tamping down speculation that she's plotting …
Discussion: CNN
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Glenn Kessler / Checkpoint Washington:
Clinton calls State job her ‘last public position’
Discussion: Politics Daily
Roxana Tiron / The Hill:
Military chiefs advocate keeping 'Don't ask' for now; McCain threatens block  —  The top Marine Corps, Army and Air Force officers said Friday Congress should not scrap the “Don't ask, don't tell” policy in the near-term, and a key Senate Republican threatened to block a bill containing repeal language from being debated.
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Gordon Lubold / The Politico:
Marines, Air Force don't endorse 'don't ask, don't tell' repeal
Discussion: AMERICAblog Gay
Bristol Palin / Facebook:
Mr. Olbermann—Sorry We Can't All Be As Perfect As You  —  Recently, a left wing commentator named Keith Olbermann attacked me for being a spokesperson for abstinence education and for being an Ambassador for the Candies Foundation, which promotes teen pregnancy awareness and prevention education.
James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
The Mystery of John McCain  —  I have been on the road, got home late tonight (while my wife is traveling elsewhere), and amused myself with.... the C-SPAN rebroadcast of today's Don't Ask Don't Tell Senate hearings.  Yes, this is exciting life for a member of The Atlantic's team.
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ABCNEWS:
President Obama Makes Surprise Trip to Afghanistan, Sources Tell ABC News  —  Visit Comes Amid Backdrop of Wikileaks Report Highlighting Afghan Corruption  —  President Obama is in Afghanistan on a surprise visit, sources told ABC News' Martha Raddatz.  —  Obama's surprise trip comes …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Obama Makes Unannounced Visit to Afghanistan
Chusa / ConservativeHome's Survey blog:
The top ten pundits among Republican activists  —  1,152 Republican activists, as identified by YouGov America and polled by ConservativeHome.com, have chosen their favorite pundits.  —  These pundits, more than any other, will be the talking heads who will influence the choice of the GOP's nominee for 2012.
Discussion: The Daily Dish
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Rangel: I don't deal in average American citizens  —  One might have thought, given all of the handwringing from Capitol Hill last night over the horrors of censuring, that Charlie Rangel would have learned a little humility from the process.  For instance, on CNN moments after Nancy Pelosi read aloud …
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Marc Lacey / New York Times:
Arizona Cuts Financing for Transplant Patients  —  PHOENIX — Even physicians with decades of experience telling patients that their lives are nearing an end are having difficulty discussing a potentially fatal condition that has arisen in Arizona: Death by budget cut.
Andy Kessler / Wall Street Journal:
Time to Shut Down the FCC  —  More transistors exist today than ever and there is plenty of capacity inside fiber-optic cables and out in the air.  What's missing is competition for consumers.  —  It's time to close the Federal Communications Commission.  This week, FCC Chairman Julius …
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Washington Times:
Wave goodbye to Internet freedom
Discussion: protein wisdom and Hot Air
David Brooks / New York Times:
A Tax Reform Vision  —  I have a vision.  —  Sometime over the next couple of weeks, President Obama issues a statement that reads: “Over the past several months, Republicans and Democrats have been fighting over what to do with the Bush tax cuts.  I have my own views …
Ryan Singel / Threat Level:
Feds Warrantlessly Tracking Americans' Credit Cards in Real Time  —  Federal law enforcement agencies have been tracking Americans in real-time using credit cards, loyalty cards and travel reservations without getting a court order, a new document released under a government sunshine request shows.
 
 
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Eli Lake / Washington Times:
Russia waged covert war on Georgia starting in '04
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Sen. Brown offers key support for 'Don't ask, don't tell' repeal
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Tamara Lush / Associated Press:
Disney town sees death for 2nd time in a week
Erika Lovley / The Politico:
Women's bathroom in House: $200K
Myglesias / Yglesias:
For the Record...  I really wonder what's happening, subjectively …
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Jessica Taylor / The Politico:
Nikki Haley will make presidential endorsement in 2012
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Matthew Continetti / Weekly Standard:
Paul Ryan, Arthur Brooks, and David Brooks Debate Big Government
Washington Post:
House ethics probe to investigate whether Finance committee withheld records
Roger Highfield / Telegraph:
Are we freezing because of global warming?
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Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
The Mind in Motion  —  Going through one of Martin Luther …
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Justice Unbound  —  Watching the post-retirement emergence …
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