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Igor Volsky / Wonk Room:
Sen. Corker Threatens Reid: If You Bring DADT Repeal For A Vote, We'll Walk Away From START — This afternoon, as momentum began to build for repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) threatened that if Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) brings up a vote to repeal the ban …
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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.
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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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Shira Toeplitz / The Politico:
Republicans threaten to derail START
Republicans threaten to derail START
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
A Primer On The Fallout Of OmnibusFAIL
A Primer On The Fallout Of OmnibusFAIL
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Jason Millman / The Hill:
Food safety bill looks dead, though Democrats say they haven't given up
Food safety bill looks dead, though Democrats say they haven't given up
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
McConnell uncertain GOP can block New START, 'Don't ask, don't tell' repeal
McConnell uncertain GOP can block New START, 'Don't ask, don't tell' repeal
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David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Republicans Taking Other Hostages, Threaten to Shoot START if DADT Repealed
Republicans Taking Other Hostages, Threaten to Shoot START if DADT Repealed
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John Stanton / Roll Call:
Reid Gives Up on Omnibus Spending Bill
Reid Gives Up on Omnibus Spending Bill
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
The new comeback kid — If Barack Obama wins reelection in 2012, as is now more likely than not, historians will mark his comeback as beginning on Dec. 6, the day of the Great Tax Cut Deal of 2010. — Obama had a bad November. Self-confessedly shellacked in the midterm election …
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David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Congress Sends $801 Billion Tax Cut Bill to Obama
Congress Sends $801 Billion Tax Cut Bill to Obama
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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 …
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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 …
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
Study: Some Viewers Were Misinformed by TV News
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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.
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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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Jason Mazzone / New York Times:
Can Congress Force You to Be Healthy?
Can Congress Force You to Be Healthy?
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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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David Brooks / New York Times:
Bigger Is Easier — President Obama faces an enormously …
Bigger Is Easier — President Obama faces an enormously …
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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” …
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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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Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
CNN and Tea Party Express to host 2012 debate
CNN and Tea Party Express to host 2012 debate
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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 …
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Mark Thoma / Economist's View:
“The Obama Renaissance” — James Kwak argues that Obama …
“The Obama Renaissance” — James Kwak argues that Obama …
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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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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 …
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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.
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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.
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The Cook Political Report:
Reapportionment Preview: Mapping Out States “On the Bubble” — House Editor David Wasserman kicks off the Cook Political Report's in-depth coverage of Redistricting 2012, which you can also follow via Twitter handle @Redistrict as the remap gets underway. Over the next year …
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Fay Schlesinger / Daily Mail:
Snub for Obamas as Royal sources reveal they will not be invited to Prince William's wedding — President Obama and his wife Michelle will not be invited to Prince William's wedding next year. — Because Prince William is not yet heir to the throne, his wedding to Kate Middleton is not classed …
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David Weigel / Weigel:
How They Learned to Start Worrying and Stop Appropriating — The omnibus spending bill died in the Senate last night, and the death was a long time coming. It started to bleed in 2006, when a series of rule changes and the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act were passed …
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