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8:50 PM ET, December 9, 2010

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Anna Palmer / Roll Call:
Profanity, Anger Spill Over in House Democratic Caucus Meeting  —  The frustration with President Barack Obama over his tax cut compromise was palpable and even profane at Thursday's House Democratic Caucus meeting.  —  One unidentified lawmaker went so far as to mutter “f— the president” …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Mediaite
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Raymond Hernandez / New York Times:
Republicans Block U.S. Health Aid for 9/11 Workers  —  WASHINGTON — Republican senators blocked Democratic legislation on Thursday that sought to provide medical care to rescue workers and others who became ill as a result of breathing in toxic fumes, dust and smoke at the site of the 9/11 World Trade Center attack.
Lbentzterp / CNN:
House Democrats defy Obama on tax cut bill  —  (CNN) - Defying President Obama, House Democrats voted Thursday not to bring up the tax package that he negotiated with Republicans in its current form.  —  “This message today is very simple: That in the form that it was negotiated, it is not acceptable to the House Democratic caucus.
The Hill:
Pelosi pledges to win changes as House Dems reject tax deal  —  The House Democratic Caucus on Thursday rejected the tax deal negotiated between the White House and Senate Republicans.  —  The non-binding vote of the caucus held during a closed-door meeting puts tremendous pressure …
The Politico:
Obama ‘confident’ amid Dem tax revolt  —  The House Democratic Caucus voted Thursday to oppose President Barack Obama's tax plan, throwing into flux weeks of negotiations on an issue that has turned many congressional Democrats against the White House.  —  But in an interview with NPR Thursday …
Publius / Big Government:
Dems Gone Wild: ‘F*%k the President’  —  From Roll Call:  —  The frustration with President Barack Obama over his tax cut compromise was palpable and even profane at Thursday's House Democratic Caucus meeting.  —  One unidentified lawmaker went so far as to mutter “f— the president” …
Will Rahn / The Daily Caller:
Gravel considering Obama primary challenge, calls for new 9/11 investigation  —  Former Alaska Senator and 2008 Democratic presidential candidate Mike Gravel told The Daily Caller in an exclusive interview that he is mulling a primary challenge to President Barack Obama in 2012.
Discussion: The Politico, Fox Nation and AmSpecBlog
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Oh my: House Dem drops F-bomb on Obama at caucus meeting on tax cuts
Discussion: The Hill and Pajamas Media
The Hill:
Centrist, conservative Dems up in arms over liberals' tax deal backlash
Discussion: Wake up America and Hot Air
Frank James / NPR:
Obama: Democrats Won't Stop Tax Deal
Discussion: Politics Daily
Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
Democrats ‘Say No’ in Symbolic Tax Vote
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Why Harry Reid decided to move foward with DADT vote  —  Earlier this afternoon, just before Harry Reid went onto the Senate floor and gave a speech calling for a vote on repeal of don't ask don't tell — which has now failed — he turned to a Senate aide and shrugged his shoulders.
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Carrie Dann / msnbc.com:
Key vote on 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' repeal fails  —  *** UPDATE *** 4:45 PM ET: In a press conference after the vote, Sens. Joe Lieberman and Susan Collins announced that they will introduce a stand-alone bill to repeal “Don't Ask Don't Tell” and that Senate Majority Leader Reid has promised to support it.
Jonathan Bernstein / A plain blog about politics:
DADT 2 — And How Information Flows Have Really Changed Things
Discussion: The Daily Dish
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
DADT Repeal Denied Cloture After Row over Time Agreement
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Lieberman plans standalone repeal of 'Don't ask, don't tell'
Discussion: AMERICAblog Gay
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Crash and burn: DADT repeal fails, 57-40
Discussion: PoliPundit.com and National Review
Ben Dimiero / Media Matters for America:
LEAKED EMAIL: Fox boss caught slanting news reporting  —  At the height of the health care reform debate last fall, Bill Sammon, Fox News' controversial Washington managing editor, sent a memo directing his network's journalists not to use the phrase “public option.”
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Howard Kurtz / The Daily Beast:
Fox News' Spin Game  —  As the debate over the health-care public option heated up, a Fox News executive told staffers to change the way they talked about it.  Howard Kurtz on the memo that echoed a GOP talking point.  —  As the health-care debate was heating up in the summer of 2009 …
Ezra Klein:
Why liberals don't like the tax cut deal — in graphs  —  CAP's Michael Linden produced a nice chart showing why the tax deal is tough for liberals to swallow:  —  The red and blue on the chart are a bit confusing, so read it closely: On the left, you're seeing the amount of money Obama …
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / TPMDC:
Tea Party Patriots Reject Tax Cut Deal, Call For It To Be Destroyed
Discussion: Firedoglake, Pundits Blog and Daily Kos
Hugh Hewitt / Townhall.com:
Hugh Hewitt Kill ‘the Deal’
Discussion: Hot Air and The Hill
Scott Whitlock / NewsBusters.org:
Barbara Walters Slams ‘Uninformed’ Sarah Palin: Many Find the Idea of You as President ‘Scary’  —  Barbara Walters dismissed Sarah Palin as “uninformed” on Thursday, telling the former Republican governor, “...Many people find the thought of you as president a little scary.”
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
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ABCNEWS:
‘Anything and Everything’: Palin's Reading List
Discussion: Balloon Juice
CNN:
TRENDING: Palin goes to Haiti  —  (CNN) - It turns out that Sarah Palin's next overseas trip won't be to England or Israel, as was widely reported Thursday.  —  CNN has learned that the former Alaska governor will be traveling to Haiti this weekend with Franklin Graham and his relief organization Samaritan's Purse.
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Shushannah Walshe / The Daily Beast:
Sarah Palin Goes Abroad  —  The Daily Beast has learned exclusively that Sarah Palin is planning her first real foreign trip—a move that could burnish her foreign policy credentials in advance of a 2012 presidential run.  —  The Daily Beast has learned that Sarah Palin will be traveling overseas in the new year.
Daily Mail:
Terrifying moment Charles and Camilla were surrounded by a baying mob and their car attacked in tuition fees riot  —  Anarchists protesting against the rise in student tuition fees attacked Prince Charles and Camilla's car outside the London Palladium tonight.
Wall Street Journal:
The Obama Stimulus Impact?  Zero  —  Liberals are still arguing that the federal spending stimulus wasn't large enough.  How many multiples of nothing—its result according to new evidence—would they like?  —  For the past two years, economists writing on these pages and elsewhere …
Jon Bershad / Mediaite:
Alabama Store Owner's Sign Reminds That BBQ Restaurants Are “Safest” Because Of Lack Of Muslims  —  And here's our offensive sign of the day.  An Alabama store owner known for putting jokes up on the billboard outside of his electronics store has found that the response gets chillier when you decide to use racist jokes.
Ezra Klein:
The tax deal in one graph  —  From the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities:  —  Or maybe you prefer bar graphs?
Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
Manchin votes against 'Don't ask' repeal, then apologizes  —  Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) appeared to take a stand on the repeal of “Don't ask, don't tell” Thursday, becoming the only Senate Democrat to vote against a procedural motion to move the measure forward.
Sarah Palin / Wall Street Journal:
Why I Support the Ryan Roadmap  —  Let's not settle for the big-government status quo, which is what the president's deficit commission offers.  —  The publication of the findings of the president's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform was indeed, as the report was titled, “A Moment of Truth.”
Discussion: Hot Air
 
 
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