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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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Guardian:
US embassy cables: US castigates much-vaunted Cuban health system
US embassy cables: US castigates much-vaunted Cuban health system
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NO QUARTER and Hit & Run
Michael Moore / The Huffington Post:
¡Viva WikiLeaks! Sicko Was Not Banned in Cuba
¡Viva WikiLeaks! Sicko Was Not Banned in Cuba
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Hot Air, Guardian and Harry's Place
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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Crooks and Liars, Washington Monthly, Booman Tribune, Raw Story, National Review and Eunomia
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Igor Volsky / Wonk Room:
Sen. Corker Threatens Reid: If You Bring DADT Repeal For A Vote …
Sen. Corker Threatens Reid: If You Bring DADT Repeal For A Vote …
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DownWithTyranny!, Advocate, Sky Dancing, Hullabaloo, Firedoglake, Washington Monthly, The Plum Line, Daily Kos, Poliglot and AMERICAblog Gay
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Obama aims for second lame-duck victory with START treaty push
Obama aims for second lame-duck victory with START treaty push
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The Politico
Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
Lieberman: Votes are There to Repeal “Don't Ask, Don't Tell”
Lieberman: Votes are There to Repeal “Don't Ask, Don't Tell”
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Examiner and Indecision Forever
Shira Toeplitz / The Politico:
Republicans threaten to derail START
Republicans threaten to derail START
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National Review, The Note, Hot Air, The Hill and Towleroad News #gay
The Politico:
Obama signs tax-cut bill in White House ceremony
Obama signs tax-cut bill in White House ceremony
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Scared Monkeys, ABCNEWS, The Hill and Hot Air
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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Hot Air
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
‘MCWEASEL’ BLASTS 9/11 HEALTH BILL.... It's not enough for Senate Republicans to block a vote on the Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act. Now, members like John McCain (R-Ariz.) are condemning Democratic efforts to even try to pass the bill. … Let's unpack this a bit, because I think it's important.
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NY Daily News, No More Mister Nice Blog and The Caucus
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New York Times:
Newly Built Ghost Towns Haunt Banks in Spain — YEBES, Spain — It is a measure of Spain's giddy construction excesses that 250 row houses carpet a hill near this tiny rural village about an hour by car outside of Madrid. — Most of these units have never sold, and though they were finished …
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Mish's Global Economic … and Vox Popoli
CNN:
Richardson presents proposals to North Korea aimed at easing crisis — Pyongyang, North Korea (CNN) — New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson provided North Korea with a series of proposals Saturday in what he described as a “good meeting” with the country's chief nuclear negotiator …
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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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CANNONFIRE, The Confluence, Threat Level, Runnin' Scared and Hot Air
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
DADT Breaks Filibuster — The Senate just voted 63-33 to break the filibuster on the DADT repeal bill. — Late Update: Just so we're clear. This is not the passage of the actual DADT repeal bill. This is the vote that allows a straight majority vote, which will likely come tomorrow.
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Lame-duck sessions supposed to be a thing of the past, historians say — Here's the funny thing about this month's lame-duck session of Congress, in which frantic lawmakers have pinballed from tax cuts to “don't ask, don't tell” to a nuclear weapons treaty: — It's not supposed to exist.
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Althouse, Federal Eye and Washington Monthly
Joe Nocera / New York Times:
Explaining the Crisis With Dogma — What was that about? — I'm talking about that odd 13-page “report” issued on Wednesday by the four Republican members of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission. The F.C.I.C., of course, is the 10-member, supposedly bipartisan panel that was created …
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JustOneMinute, Paul Krugman and The Big Picture
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 …
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Don Surber, PostPartisan, ECHIDNE of the snakes, Brilliant at Breakfast and Feministing
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Conservatives Continue to Outnumber Moderates in 2010 — Long term, Republicans growing more conservative, Democrats more liberal — PRINCETON, NJ — The political composition of U.S. adults held fairly steady in 2010 compared with 2009. Conservatives remained the largest group, followed by moderates and then liberals.
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The Moderate Voice, New York Times and Daily Kos
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.
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Gawker, FrumForum and Balloon Juice
Declan Walsh / Guardian:
CIA chief identified in drone trial — Jonathan Banks, station chief In Islamabad, back in US after calls for him to be charged with murder over drone attack — The CIA has pulled its station chief from Islamabad, one of America's most important spy posts, after his cover was blown …
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Informed Comment and Sky Dancing
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Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
Study: Some Viewers Were Misinformed by TV News — News organizations can educate voters about public policy and economic conditions, but they can also misinform voters. As if to prove the point, a study released Friday found that “substantial levels of misinformation” …
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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The Agonist, skippy the bush kangaroo, Rolling Stone, alicublog and Hit & Run
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Pwinn / CNSNews:
Napolitano Says DHS to Begin Battling Climate Change as Homeland Security Issue — (CNSNews.com) — At an all-day White House conference on “environmental justice,” Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced that her department is creating a new task force to battle the effects …
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Don Surber, Pajamas Media, Right Wing News and Weasel Zippers
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Make Julian Assange irrelevant — Julian Assange was insufferable as he left a London courthouse Thursday. — “During my time in solitary confinement in the bottom of a Victorian prison, I had time to reflect on the conditions of those people around the world also in solitary confinement …
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Salon, Prairie Weather and Firedoglake