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New York Times:
Bush Tax-Cut Deal With Jobless Aid Said to Be Near — WASHINGTON — White House officials and Congressional Republicans said Sunday they were closing in on a deal to temporarily continue the Bush-era tax cuts at all income levels, while bitterly frustrated Democratic Congressional leaders …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Let's Not Make a Deal — Back in 2001, former President George W. Bush pulled a fast one. He wanted to enact an irresponsible tax cut, largely for the benefit of the wealthiest Americans. But there were Senate rules in place designed to prevent that kind of irresponsibility.
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James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
An Effective Presentation of the Dems' Tax-Cut Case — By John Kerry, no less. On Meet the Press today. (Clip may start with an embedded ad): — Note to Administration officials: make these points, and just keep making them. The Administration is offering a plan with tax cuts for everybody …
First Read / msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: Done deal? — White House and Senate GOPers close in on deal to temporarily extend all the Bush tax cuts in return for an extension on jobless benefits... How did we get here? Two explanations: 1) the votes aren't there for Democrats, and 2) the economy is worse off …
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Washington Post:
GOP leaders hint at compromise on tax cuts, jobless benefits
GOP leaders hint at compromise on tax cuts, jobless benefits
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The Reaction
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Gingrich: Let Rich People Decide How Long Their Tax Cuts Last
Gingrich: Let Rich People Decide How Long Their Tax Cuts Last
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Tom Cohen / CNN:
Senators say deal likely on extending tax cuts, jobless benefits
Senators say deal likely on extending tax cuts, jobless benefits
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BBC:
List of facilities ‘vital to US security’ leaked — Ningbo port in south-eastern China, one of the facilities on the US list — A long list of key facilities around the world that the US describes as vital to its national security has been released by Wikileaks.
The Politico:
Dems aim for 100+ bills in 1 swoop — Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), ranking member of the Environment and Public Worls Committee has threatened to block swift approval of a land and water omnibus bill if it includes, for example, the version of the Chesapeake Bay protection bill that passed …
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Darren Goode / The Politico:
Dems aim for 100+ bills in 1 swoop — Democratic efforts to push through more than 100 public lands and water bills in the lame duck session are reaching a fever pitch, with the recognition this is the last chance many of them have to become law. — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid …
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Hot Air
Paul Richter / Los Angeles Times:
Talks begin on Iran's nuclear program — Western officials see the Geneva meetings as a test of whether Iran is more willing to bend to international pressure. — Jacques Audibert, general and strategic affairs director of France, third from left, talks to Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov …
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Ramin Mostaghim / Los Angeles Times:
Iran says it's now fully self-sufficient at producing uranium
Iran says it's now fully self-sufficient at producing uranium
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Laura Rozen / The Politico:
Expectations low for Iran nuclear talks
Expectations low for Iran nuclear talks
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Israel Matzav and The Page
The Politico:
Mike Huckabee wants some respect — Dial down the deafening Sarah Palin buzz for just a moment: The most consequential decision in the 2012 Republican presidential sweepstakes could be whether Mike Huckabee decides to run again - and associates say the former Arkansas governor may well take the plunge.
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The Note, Ben Smith's Blog, Hotline On Call and GOP 12
Emirates24|7:
Saudi women's veil versus modernity — Husband has not seen wife's face despite 10 years of marriage — After nearly 10 years of marriage that produced five children, Mufleh Mohammed of Saudi Arabia still has not seen his wife's face. — Mohammed Hilal, another Saudi husband …
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Weasel Zippers
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Robert / Jihad Watch:
Saudi man has never seen his wife's face after ten years of marriage
Saudi man has never seen his wife's face after ten years of marriage
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The Jawa Report, The Gateway Pundit and Atlas Shrugs
George Stephanopoulos / George's Bottom Line:
Exclusive: Gen. Petraeus Not ‘Sure’ Victory in Afghanistan by 2014 — In my exclusive interview with General David Petraeus he was encouraged by the progress made since President Obama's surge of forces into Afghanistan, but is he confident that the Afghan army can take the lead from U.S. forces by NATO's 2014 deadline?
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Stanley Kurtz / National Review:
David Frum, Speech Policeman — Last week, the distinguished liberal thinker and activist William Galston, along with an equally distinguished conservative counterpart, David Frum, announced in the Washington Post the forthcoming founding of a new organization called “No Labels.”
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Power Line and Pundit & Pundette
Clarence B. Jones / The Huffington Post:
Time to Think the Unthinkable: A Democratic Primary Challenge To Obama's Reelection — What's Your Reaction: — Can't tell you how it happened. All I know, it just happened. — Been thinking and reading a lot about President Barack Obama. Lots of news commentaries about his alleged lack of leadership on this or that issue.
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Taylor Marsh and Balloon Juice
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Short goodnight expected for the DREAM Act during lame duck — The DREAM Act — a priority of Democrats in both Congress and the White House — faces a difficult future in the lame duck. — Even as Democrats in both chambers prepare to consider the measure this week …
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Moonbattery, Wonk Room and Pirate's Cove
John Bolton / Guardian:
WikiLeaks cables: Barack Obama is a bigger danger — WikiLeaks harms the US. But the president's refusal to acknowledge the threats we face is a bigger danger — WikiLeaks has yet again flooded the internet with thousands of classified American documents, this time state department cables.
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Weasel Zippers, Little Green Footballs and Right Wing News
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Shane D'Aprile / The Hill:
Gingrich blames Obama on WikiLeaks; labels Assange a terrorist
Gingrich blames Obama on WikiLeaks; labels Assange a terrorist
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The Gateway Pundit, Scared Monkeys, Nice Deb, CNN and Ballot Box
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Same-Sex Initiative Reaches Next Hurdle — SAN FRANCISCO — It has been more than two years since voters outlawed same-sex marriage with a ballot initiative in California, and it may be two more before the legality of that measure — Proposition 8 — is finally decided, most likely by the Supreme Court.
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South Capitol Street and FrumForum
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