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4:00 AM ET, December 11, 2010

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Politifact.com Truth-O-Meter rulings from National:
Bernie Sanders: In 2007, “the top 1 percent of all income earners in the United States made 23.5 percent of all income,” which is “more than the entire bottom 50 percent.”  —  Bernie Sanders, in viral speech, says top 1 percent earn more than 23 percent of U.S. income
Discussion: Jay Bookman and Daily Kos
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Shira Toeplitz / The Politico:
Bernie Sanders's last stand  —  The left's been looking for a new hero.  Tonight they latched onto one: Sen. Bernie Sanders.  —  The Vermont independent took progressive fury over President Obama's tax-cut deal with Republicans to the floor of the Senate Friday, bringing the chamber …
Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
With Filibuster, C-SPAN Has A Hit On Its Hands
Discussion: Associated Press and Colorlines
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Bernie Sanders going to talk until this country turns socialist, damn it
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Sanders Ends Daylong Filibuster Of Tax Cut Compromise
Discussion: Harry's Place
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Sanders' Long Senate Floor Speech Brings Attention to Details of Tax Cut Deal
Discussion: NPR, USA Today, Guardian and Sky Dancing
Karoli / Crooks and Liars:
Bernie Sanders Filibusters Tax Cuts NOW
Discussion: Newshoggers.com and Daily Kos
David M. Herszenhorn / The Caucus:   Sanders Rails Against Tax Bill — For Hours and Hours
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Great news: Bill Clinton apparently now president again  —  The depressing truth: Given the alternative, it really would be great news.  —  I can't do justice to what you're about to see.  The spectacle of the president bugging out of his own press conference to go to a Christmas party is weird enough …
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Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
The Surprise Trip to the Briefing Room  —  The unannounced visit by President Obama and former President Bill Clinton to the White House briefing room was a surprise to absolutely everyone - including Mr. Obama's top advisers.  —  When the meeting between the two men ended just after 4:15 p.m. on Friday …
Associated Press:
Add-ons turn tax cut bill into ‘Christmas tree’  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - In the spirit of the holiday season, President Barack Obama's tax-cut deal with Republicans is becoming a Christmas tree tinseled with gifts for lobbyists and lawmakers.  But that hardly stopped the squabbling on Friday …
Discussion: Power Line
RealClearPolitics Video Log:
Obama Ditches Tax Cut Presser, Bill Clinton Takes Control  —  Former President Bill Clinton gave a statement after his meeting with President Obama about his tax compromise with the Republicans.  However, after his statement, Clinton began to call on and take questions from the press with Obama at his side.
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Bill Clinton Holds Forth on Tax Plan, for Starters  —  WASHINGTON — They have been foes and they have been, kind of, friends.  And on Friday afternoon, President Obama and former President Bill Clinton walked unexpectedly into the White House briefing room for a news conference …
Discussion: Althouse
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Will Obama really end tax cuts for rich in 2012?
Discussion: TPMDC, Firedoglake, Ezra Klein and Daily Kos
msnbc.com:   At Obama's side, Clinton backs tax deal
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
Palin-Hating Columbia Professor, Huffington Post Blogger, Busted for Incest  —  Let's begin with a flashback, shall we?  In July 2009, when Sarah Palin resigned as governor of Alaska, Columbia University professor David Epstein wrote at his Huffington Post blog: … Got that?
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Columbia Daily Spectator:
Professor David Epstein charged with incest with his daughter  —  Political science professor David Epstein was arrested Wednesday morning and charged with one count of incest in the third degree at an arraignment hearing on Thursday.  —  Political science professor David Epstein, 46 …
Discussion: Runnin' Scared and AmSpecBlog
Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org blogs:
Huffington Post Blogger Charged With Incest  —  A Columbia University political science professor that blogs at the Huffington Post was charged Thursday with having a sexual relationship with his 24 year old daughter.  —  As the Columbia Spectator reported:
The Huffington Post:   Palin Proves Voters Were Right in 2008
John R. Quain / Fox News:
Navy Sets World Record With Incredible, Sci-Fi Weapon  —  U.S. Navy engineers at the Office of Naval Research prepared and test-fired a slug from their rail gun in a 2008 test firing.  On Friday, December 9, the ONR will attempt to break its own record.  —  A theoretical dream for decades …
Discussion: Hot Air, Mashable! and TPM LiveWire
National Review:
Levi's Story  —  A study on “When Marriage Disappears: The Retreat from Marriage in Middle America” was published Monday by the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia and the Center for Marriage and Families at the Institute for American Values.
Discussion: Booman Tribune and The Daily Dish
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:   Levi Johnston and the marriage decline
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
SOCIAL SECURITY'S HUMBLE ORIGINS.... When President Obama was doing his best to defend his tax deal with congressional Republicans to the left the other day, he emphasized to his allies that “in order to get stuff done, we're going to compromise.”  —  To bolster his case, the president noted …
Discussion: Sky Dancing and Online NewsHour
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Paul Krugman:
Social Insurance History
Ezra Klein:
The White House's case for the tax-cut deal in one graph  —  They're circulating this around the Hill:  —  It's also worth nothing that those numbers could end up looking a lot better — say, if the payroll-tax cut gets extended next year, which many think likely - or …
Steven Thomma / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Poll: Obama's losing support; Romney would beat him now  —  WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's approval ratings have sunk to the lowest level of his presidency, so low that he'd lose the White House to Republican Mitt Romney if the election were held today, according to a new McClatchy-Marist poll.
CBS News:
John Not a Speaker at Elizabeth Edwards Funeral  —  Her Estranged Husband Missing from List of Those Slated to Give Eulogies  —  (CBS) Plans are set for Elizabeth Edwards' funeral Saturday.  —  Mourners will hear tributes from her daughter and two close friends - but not her estranged husband …
Wall Street Journal:
From Audacity to Animosity  —  No president has alienated his base the way Obama has.  —  We have not in our lifetimes seen a president in this position.  He spent his first year losing the center, which elected him, and his second losing his base, which is supposed to provide his troops.
Discussion: Firedoglake
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John / Power Line:   Man In the Middle?  —  I think President Obama will benefit politically …
Minnesota Public Radio:
Ellison: Dems must “create crisis” to force GOP on tax cut  —  St. Paul, Minn. — Minnesota 5th District Congressman Keith Ellison said Thursday that Democratic lawmakers “need to create a real crisis” to force Republicans to renegotiate the tax cut compromise.
Democratic Strategist:
TDS Contributor Mike Lux: An Open Letter to the President  —  This post by Democratic strategist and TDS advisory board member and contributor Mike Lux, author of The Progressive Revolution: How the Best in America Came to Be, is cross posted from Open Left.
Erick Erickson / RedState:
The Tax Compromise Must Now Die  —  House Democrats have rejected the Senate's negotiated tax compromise.  In a rowdy meeting in which one Democratic Congressman said loudly “F— the President,” the House Democrats turned Nancy Reagan and just said no.  —  Barney Frank still thinks it would pass, most likely with House Republicans.
Jamelle Bouie / American Prospect:
The Strategic Mistake of a Decade.  —  Now that the Senate has killed DADT repeal, I wonder if anyone remembers this? … Democrats and moderate Republicans responded with a “Gang of 12” that would preserve the judicial filibuster while allowing some of Bush's nominees to go through.
Discussion: Yglesias
 
 
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How Afghanistan Is Like The Ex-Girlfriend That Broke Your Heart
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Obama's ‘non-political’ Christmas wish: Lower unemployment rate in 2011
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
House and Senate budget chiefs: Prepare for cuts
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
QUOTE OF THE DAY.... I'm trying to decide which congressional observation …
Harold Pollack / The Reality-Based Community:
Wow I am disgusted by Peter Orszag's move to Citigroup
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DADT Repeal: Heads They Win; Tails We Lose
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A MODEL OF CONSISTENCY.... President Obama talked with NPR's …
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Roger Cohen / New York Times:
The ‘Real Jew’ Debate
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Bloomberg:
The DOJ's proposal would require Google to divest from AI partnerships, like with Anthropic, and ban Google from offering exclusive deals to content providers

Megan Graham / Wall Street Journal:
Ad software company Mediaocean buys Innovid, an ad tech company focused on CTV, for $500M; Innovid had a market cap of ~$240M at market close on November 20

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