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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
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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
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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 …
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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, Politics Daily and FrumForum
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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.
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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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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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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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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Rulings set on Wal-Mart, warming (final UPDATE, 11:58 a.m.) — The Supreme Court stepped into two major controversies on Monday, agreeing to sort out when a class-action lawsuit may be filed when employees are seeking back pay for alleged workplace discrimination, and to clarify whether companies claimed …
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David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
High court ruling on Arizona act could shape immigration law
High court ruling on Arizona act could shape immigration law
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Wonk Room
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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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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
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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Henry Blodget / The Business Insider:
BERNANKE: Growing Inequality Is Destroying America
BERNANKE: Growing Inequality Is Destroying America
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Kennedy Still Highest-Rated Modern President, Nixon Lowest — Jimmy Carter's retrospective approval rating and rank drop from 2006 — PRINCETON, NJ — Of the nine U.S. presidents who have served in the past 50 years, John F. Kennedy continues to earn the highest retrospective job approval rating from Americans, now 85%.
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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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Hot Air, Moonbattery and Pirate's Cove
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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
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What Obama Needs to Come Back: Nothing Short of Luck — The coalition that got Barack Obama elected President just two years ago has been shattered. Gaming out the trajectory of the next two years can be done any number of ways, but Obama's efforts to rebuild a politically robust alliance will be the most telling.
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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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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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