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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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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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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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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Politics Daily
James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
An Effective Presentation of the Dems' Tax-Cut Case
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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Crooks and Liars, Raw Story, Firedoglake, News Hounds and Wall Street Journal
Peter J. Boyer / New Yorker:
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The Hill, Wonkette, USA Today, Prairie Weather and New York Magazine
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Andy Barr / The Politico:
Tea party group wants Palin for RNC — The Tea Party Nation founder Judson Phillips has sent a letter to former Alaska GOP Gov. Sarah Palin asking her to run for chairman of the Republican National Committee. — “In order for the Tea Party/Conservative movement to be successful …
Evan McMorris-Santoro / TPMDC:
Tea Party Nation Calls On Sarah Palin To Run For RNC Chair — The national Tea Party Nation group is planning to send a letter to Sarah Palin asking the former governor of Alaska and John McCain sidekick to run for chair of the Republican National Committee.
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Zandar Versus The Stupid and GOP 12
Reid Wilson / Hotline On Call:
RNC General Counsel Quits
RNC General Counsel Quits
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The Fix, FrumForum and Politics Daily
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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Pirate's Cove
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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, CNN, Ben Smith's Blog, Arkansas Blog, Right Wing Watch, 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
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
After censure, Rangel faces new ethics probe — Censured Rep. Charles Rangel is not in the clear yet when it comes to his ethics problems: he faces a Federal Election Commission (FEC) probe into alleged misuse of campaign funds for his legal defense. — The FEC, according to the New York Post …
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FrumForum, New York Post and Commentary
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Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Rangel could face more charges
Rangel could face more charges
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The Powers That Be, Weasel Zippers, YID With LID and Sunlight Foundation
Sewell Chan / New York Times:
In Interview, Bernanke Backs Tax Code Shift — WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, said in an interview broadcast on Sunday evening that rising inequality was eroding social cohesion and that Congress could help economic growth by making the tax code more efficient.
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The Business Insider, naked capitalism and The Page
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Annalyn Censky / CNNMoney.com:
Bernanke on ‘60 Minutes’: Grim outlook for jobs
Bernanke on ‘60 Minutes’: Grim outlook for jobs
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Parker Spitzer and Fortune
Newsweek:
What I've Learned — We can't keep politics out of school reform. Why I'm launching a national movement to transform education. — Former Washington, D.C. schools chancellor Michelle Rhee says she's not done fighting. — After my boss, Washington, D.C., mayor Adrian Fenty, lost his primary in September, I was stunned.
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Washington Wire, PostPartisan and studentsfirst.org
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
Eamon Javers / CNBC:
The Fed Has a $110 Billion Problem with New Benjamins — A significant production problem with new high-tech $100 bills has caused government printers to shut down production of the new notes and to quarantine more than one billion of the bills in huge vaults in Fort Worth, Texas and Washington, DC, CNBC has learned.
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Corrente
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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ABCNEWS, The Politico, Raw Story, FrumForum and South Capitol Street
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Andrew Becker / Washington Post:
Unusual methods helped ICE break deportation record, e-mails and interviews show — For much of this year, the Obama administration touted its tougher-than-ever approach to immigration enforcement, culminating in a record number of deportations. — But in reaching 392,862 deportations …
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Yglesias and National Review
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
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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The Atlantic Online and LewRockwell.com Blog
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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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The Politico, Israel Matzav, FrumForum and The Page