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11:50 PM ET, December 17, 2010

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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
GOP Senator to Dems: If you try to pass DADT, Republicans won't pass START  —  UPDATE, 4:11 p.m.: In an interview with me just now, Senator Bob Corker doubled down on his contention that if Dems move on DADT, Republicans will be less likely to support START.
Dana Bash / CNN:
Aides: GOP senators may let 'don't ask, don't tell' repeal go forward  —  Washington (CNN) — Four key GOP senators who have announced their support of a “don't ask, don't tell” repeal are prepared to join Democrats in voting to let the bill proceed, as long as Congress first deals with a measure …
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
How Mitch McConnell Convinced Republicans To Derail Dems' Spending Plan  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell approached the microphones for his weekly press conference on Tuesday with more sense of purpose than he's had since he tried — but failed — to derail the health care law in March.
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Associated Press
Kos / Daily Kos:
DREAM Act whip count  —  Barb yesterday had phone numbers for Democratic senators currently on the fence on DREAM: … So where are we with Republicans?  —  Those with big Latino constituencies  —  None of these four have said they'll vote for it, but all have electoral aspirations …
Discussion: Firedoglake and Student Activism
Shira Toeplitz / The Politico:
Republicans threaten to derail START  —  Key Senate Republicans are threatening to pull their support of the START nuclear arms treaty because they don't like the way Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is handling the Senate floor schedule.  —  On the second full day of debate on the treaty …
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
McConnell uncertain GOP can block New START, 'Don't ask, don't tell' repeal
Discussion: Hot Air
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
A Primer On The Fallout Of OmnibusFAIL
Jason Millman / The Hill:
Food safety bill looks dead, though Democrats say they haven't given up
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Republicans Taking Other Hostages, Threaten to Shoot START if DADT Repealed
Nick Davies / Guardian:
10 days in Sweden: the full allegations against Julian Assange  —  Unseen police documents provide the first complete account of the allegations against the WikiLeaks founder  —  Documents seen by the Guardian reveal for the first time the full details of the allegations of rape and sexual assault …
Jonathan S. Tobin / Commentary:
Palin's Got Bigger Problems Than Charles Krauthammer  —  Last night on Bill O'Reilly's show, the FOX News host asked Sarah Palin what she thought about columnist Charles Krauthammer's observation that the former Alaska governor's reality TV show, in which she hangs out with fellow TLC network …
Simon Vozick-Levinson / EW.com:
Captain Beefheart, a.k.a. Don Van Vliet, dies at 69  —  Avant-garde rock legend and visual artist Don Van Vliet, who performed under the name Captain Beefheart, passed away today at age 69.  A representative of New York City's Michael Werner Gallery, which showed his paintings, confirms the sad news to EW.
Discussion: Rolling Stone, Hit & Run and alicublog
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Ewen MacAskill / Guardian:
Captain Beefheart dies aged 69
Discussion: First Draft and Boing Boing
The Politico:
Obama signs tax-cut bill in White House ceremony  —  President Barack Obama celebrated the spirit of compromise Friday as he signed a controversial $858 billion tax-cut and unemployment insurance extension into law - but warned that bipartisan comity could be fleeting.
Discussion: ABCNEWS, The Hill and Hot Air
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
The new comeback kid  —  If Barack Obama wins reelection in 2012 …
Jillian Rayfield / TPM LiveWire:
Breaking?  Study Finds Fox News Viewers Are The Most Misinformed  —  To perhaps nobody's surprise, a study released this week finds that Fox News viewers are the most misinformed of any news consumers.  —  The University of Maryland study, called “Misinformation and the 2010 Election,” …
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Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
Study: Some Viewers Were Misinformed by TV News
Amelia Hill / Guardian:
WikiLeaks: Cuba banned Sicko for depicting ‘mythical’ healthcare system  —  Authorities feared footage of gleaming hospital in Michael Moore's Oscar-nominated film would provoke a popular backlash  —  Cuba banned Michael Moore's 2007 documentary, Sicko, because it painted such a “mythically” …
Ezra Klein:
Republicans embrace ObamaCare, call it Ryan-Rivlin  —  If you're looking for a description of the Ryan/Rivlin Medicare reforms that have gained so many admirers on the right, Matt Yglesias has a good write-up of the idea.  But I'd add another way of explaining the proposal: The Ryan-Rivlin plan basically turns Medicare into Obamacare.
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Kevin Sack / New York Times:
Judge Hints He May Rule Against Health Law  —  PENSACOLA, Fla. — A federal judge asserted on Thursday that it would be “a giant leap” for the Supreme Court to accept the Obama administration's defense of a central provision of the new health care law, suggesting he may become the second judge to strike it down as unconstitutional.
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Ezra Klein:
Obama brand remains surprisingly strong  —  Some interesting — and unexpected — results in The Washington Post's big post-election poll.  First, Obama's position against the Republicans in Congress is much stronger than that of his predecessors.  The following polls were all taken …
Discussion: ThePeoplesView.net and Hot Air
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Fhardingj / CNN:
CNN and Tea Party Express to host first-of-its-kind Tea Party presidential primary debate  —  Washington (CNN) - CNN is teaming up with the Tea Party Express for a first-of-its-kind presidential primary debate, both organizations announced Friday.  The Tea Party debate …
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PolitiFact:
PolitiFact's Lie of the Year: ‘A government takeover of health care’  —  In the spring of 2009, a Republican strategist settled on a brilliant and powerful attack line for President Barack Obama's ambitious plan to overhaul America's health insurance system.
KOCO Oklahoma City's Channel 5:
Feds Force Okla. Bank To Remove Crosses, Bible Verse  —  Federal Examiners Say Religious Decoration Inappropriate  —  PERKINS, Okla. — A small-town bank in Oklahoma said the Federal Reserve won't let it keep religious signs and symbols on display.  —  Federal Reserve examiners come every four years …
New York Times:
Pakistani Role Is Suspected in Revealing U.S. Spy's Name  —  WASHINGTON — The Central Intelligence Agency's top clandestine officer in Islamabad was pulled from the country on Thursday amid an escalating war of recriminations between American and Pakistani spies, with some American officials convinced …
Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:
Why Is This Tax Different From All Other Taxes?  —  I'm getting two arguments about the insurance mandate a lot.  First, I'm hearing that it's like car insurance, which is silly.  Car insurance is liability insurance requiring you to, effectively, post a bond in exchange for the privilege …
Discussion: EconLog
The Huffington Post:
House Republicans Block Child Marriage Prevention Act  —  What's Your Reaction: … WASHINGTON — On Thursday, the House took up the International Protecting Girls by Preventing Child Marriage Act of 2010.  The bill would ensure that child marriage is recognized as a human rights violation …
Discussion: PostPartisan and Feministing
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
When it comes to politics, Obama's ego keeps getting in the way  —  The tax deal is reasonable policy, supported by majorities of Republicans, Democrats and independents - an easy sell by presidential standards.  And still President Obama managed to blow the politics of the thing.
Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
Word Lens Translates Words Inside of Images.  Yes Really.  —  Ever been confused at a restaurant in a foreign country and wish you could just scan your menu with your iPhone and get an instant translation?  Well as of today you are one step closer thanks to Word Lens from QuestVisual.
Molly Ball / The Politico:
John Bolton eyes 2012 presidential run  —  No, it's not just an attention-getting stunt.  John Bolton is seriously considering running for president.  —  Bolton, the fiery, archconservative former United Nations ambassador, sees an opening in the 2012 Republican field.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
New Post blogger is expert in everything  —  As The Washington Post's adventures in the blogosphere continue, conservative operative and religion blogger Jordan Sekulow has taken heat from the left for some of his views, in particular his posture toward Islam.
Discussion: Gawker and ThinkProgress
 
 
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Richard E. Cohen / The Politico:
House GOP: Bills will have to cite Constitution
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House funds government for three days, forcing return next week
Mark S. Smith / Associated Press:
Obama reads his children's book to 2nd graders
Karen K. Narasaki / Congress Blog:
DREAM Act is an acute issue for Asian Americans
Discussion: ABCNEWS
Nathan Cox / Washington Post:
Sexuality doesn't matter on the battlefield
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Michelle Obama, Sasha, Malia, Bo to Hawaii; Not Taking the Jumbo Jet
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