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Kristinn / freerepublic.com:
Media Creates New Palin Scandal! Sarah Accused of Bringing Hairdresser on Haiti Trip — Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin traveled to Haiti this weekend as a guest of the Rev. Franklin Graham and Samaritan's Purse to spotlight the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the earthquake and cholera-stricken Caribbean (half an) island nation.
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Michael Shaw / The Huffington Post:
Reading the Pictures: Palin Does Haiti Cholera: How's My Hair? (and, Did AP Lend a Curl?) — What's Your Reaction: — If I find the fantastically clever Sarah Palin to be one of the shallowest and blatantly self-serving politicians, err, political celebrities I've ever seen …
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Patterico's Pontifications and Verum Serum
Daily Mail:
Ready for her close-up... Sarah Palin lands in Haiti (well, she wants to look just right for those poor cholera-stricken residents) — Clad in a simple grey T-shirt and cargo pants - but with her trademark hairstyle firmly in place - this is Sarah Palin touring a Haitian refugee camp.
Associated Press:
Palin: Haiti needs ‘military airlift’ of supplies
Palin: Haiti needs ‘military airlift’ of supplies
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The Politico and Politics Daily
Bridget Johnson / Ballot Box:
Whitman: Palin quitting governor's job shows ‘attitude’ against constituents
Whitman: Palin quitting governor's job shows ‘attitude’ against constituents
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JammieWearingFool and Outside the Beltway
Allyn Gaestel / Reuters:
Palin urges Americans “not to forget Haiti”
Palin urges Americans “not to forget Haiti”
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Conservatives4Palin.com, Cubachi and National Review
David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
In Tax Benefits to the Middle, Political Lift for Obama — WASHINGTON — With the Senate poised to hold a key vote on Monday on the tax cut deal between President Obama and Republicans, the political jousting has focused on what the agreement does for the wealthy by extending all of the Bush-era tax rates …
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Wall Street Journal:
Tax Deal Set to Pass Senate — Supporters Hope Expected Easy Victory Monday Will Build Momentum in House — Democrats are predicting that a much-debated tax agreement will clear a crucial hurdle comfortably in the Senate on Monday, with a margin that they hope will add momentum to the deal in the House.
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USA Today
Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:
Lawmakers predict Senate passage for tax package
Lawmakers predict Senate passage for tax package
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Washington Monthly and The Hill
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Block Those Metaphors — Like it or not — and I don't — the Obama-McConnell tax-cut deal, with its mixture of very bad stuff and sort-of-kind-of good stuff, is likely to pass Congress. Then what? — The deal will, without question, give the economy a short-term boost.
Fox News:
RNC Chairman Steele to Announce He Won't Run for Second Term — Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele is expected to announce he will drop out of the highly contested race to keep his post, sources told FoxNews.com on Sunday. — Fox News has confirmed Steele sent an e-mail …
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Weasel Zippers, Right Wing News, Raw Story and Ace of Spades HQ
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Norm Coleman may enter RNC race — Norm Coleman — former U.S. senator from Minnesota, and now chairman of American Action Network and Forum, a key outside GOP group - is likely to enter the race for Republican National Committee chairman now that Michael Steele is expected to announce he will not seek reelection.
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The Note
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Decision Day for Michael Steele at RNC?
Decision Day for Michael Steele at RNC?
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Wonkette, The Caucus, Clout St and Washington Post
Jake Sherman / The Politico:
John Boehner: Obama disrespectful to me — John Boehner thinks President Barack Obama is “engaging” and “smart” — but the speaker-elect is also still smarting over the president's claim that he took taxpayers hostage to secure a tax break for the rich. — In an interview with Leslie Stahl of …
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Guardian, Sky Dancing, BizzyBlog and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
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Ryan J. Reilly / TPMDC:
Boehner Cries, Claims He Doesn't Go Tanning In 60 Minutes Interview (VIDEO)
Boehner Cries, Claims He Doesn't Go Tanning In 60 Minutes Interview (VIDEO)
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Talking Points Memo and Hullabaloo
Lifehacker:
FAQ: Compromised Commenting Accounts on Gawker Media — This weekend we discovered that Gawker Media's servers were compromised, resulting in a security breach at Lifehacker, Gizmodo, Gawker, Jezebel, io9, Jalopnik, Kotaku, Deadspin, and Fleshbot. If you're a commenter on any of our sites, you probably have several questions.
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Mediaite, BlogPost, Runnin' Scared, The Next Web, Tea & Tech, Felix Salmon, Wonkette and Balloon Juice, more at Mediagazer »
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Gawker:
Commenting Accounts Compromised — Change Your Passwords
Commenting Accounts Compromised — Change Your Passwords
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The Next Web, New York Times, Threat Level, Guardian and Runnin' Scared, more at Mediagazer »
Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Gawker Media Confirms That Their Commenter Database Was Hacked
Gawker Media Confirms That Their Commenter Database Was Hacked
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Gawker, Tea & Tech, The Next Web, Gothamist, Runnin' Scared and PC Magazine, more at Techmeme »
Tim Pawlenty / Wall Street Journal:
Government Unions vs. Taxpayers — The moral case for unions—protecting working families from exploitation—does not apply to public employment. — When Americans think of organized labor, they might think of images like I saw growing up in a blue-collar meatpacking town: hard hats, work boots, tough conditions and gritty jobs.
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The Politico, GOP 12 and The Page
David de Sola / CNN:
North Korea campaigned for Eric Clapton performance, cable reveals — (CNN) — One of the diplomatic cables published by WikiLeaks reveals that North Korean officials suggested the U.S. government make arrangements for rock icon Eric Clapton to perform in Pyongyang as a way of building “good will” between the countries.
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Washington Monthly and newsfeed.time.com
Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Rep. Ron Paul, G.O.P. Loner, Comes In From Cold — WASHINGTON — As virtually all of Washington was declaring WikiLeaks's disclosures of secret diplomatic cables an act of treason, Representative Ron Paul was applauding the organization for exposing the United States' “delusional foreign policy.”
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ThinkProgress, The Hill, NewsBusters.org blogs, Hair Balls and The Page
Cameron Joseph / NationalJournal.com:
The Interview: Transcript of Mike Huckabee's Conversation With NJ — A knee injury is keeping him from running marathons now, but the former GOP presidential candidate says he might have another race in his future. — Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee says he hasn't made up his mind about making another run for president.
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CNN and Taegan Goddard's …
Wall Street Journal:
Federal Judge to Rule on Health Law's Constitutionality — A Virginia federal judge is expected to rule Monday on whether the Obama administration's health law violates the Constitution, opening a new stage in the administration's defense of its biggest legislative achievement.
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Law Blog, The Foundry, The BLT and RedState
Telegraph:
Sweden suicide bomber: Taimur Abdulwahab al-Abdaly was living in Britain — An Islamic suicide bomber who attacked Christmas shoppers in Sweden at the weekend is a British university graduate and was living in this country until two weeks ago. — The suicide bomb in Stockholm is thought …
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The Jawa Report, POWIP, Atlas Shrugs, TalkLeft, Harry's Place, Michelle Malkin and The Other McCain
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Obama's reelection campaign could hit billion-dollar mark — Will President Obama be the first billion-dollar man? — He raised and spent $750 million in the 2008 campaign, and there is already speculation that the cash-collection operation for his 2012 reelection bid will crest the once-unimaginable sum of $1 billion raised.
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Politics Daily, The Greenroom and The Page
Jerry Markon / Washington Post:
Transfer ban for Guantanamo detainees tucked into spending bill — The Senate is expected to consider a provision this week that would block the Obama administration from bringing Guantanamo Bay detainees to the United States for trial, including the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.