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Brent Baker / NewsBusters.org blogs:
Nina Totenberg: ‘I Was At - Forgive the Expression - a Christmas Party...’ — “I was at - forgive the expression - a Christmas party,” NPR reporter Nina Totenberg interjected on Inside Washington in the weekend's oddest cautionary separation from a common description for a common event …
Lyndsey Layton / Washington Post:
Food-safety measure passes Senate in Sunday surprise — A bill that would overhaul the nation's food-safety laws for the first time since the Great Depression came roaring back to life Sunday as Senate Democrats struck a deal with Republicans that helped overcome a technical mistake …
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Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic Online, Shopfloor, Ezra Klein, Pat Dollard, The Politico and Shakesville
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
In Sunday-evening surprise, Senate passes food safety legislation — The Senate unexpectedly approved food safety legislation by voice vote Sunday evening, rescuing a bill that floated in limbo for weeks because of a clerical error. — The Senate passed the Food Safety and Modernization Act on Nov. 30 by a vote of 73-25.
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The Impolitic, The Note, Hot Air, Betsy's Page, Booman Tribune, Firedoglake, Weasel Zippers and Wake up America
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Democrats cautiously optimistic on START ratification
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Barbour doesn't remember Civil Rights era being ‘that bad’ — Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour says he doesn't remember the Civil Rights era being “that bad,” citing his attendance at a Martin Luther King Jr. rally nearly 50 years ago. — “I just don't remember it as being that bad,” Barbour …
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Raw Story and The Daily Caller
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Myglesias / Yglesias:
Haley Barbour's Affection for the White Supremacist Citizens' Council — Andrew Ferguson's profile of Haley Barbour reveals that the guy is dangerously ignorant about the history of race in his state: … Fortunately, it's actually possible to look at the archives of the Citizens Council newspaper published right in Mississippi.
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The Politico, ThinkProgress, Washington Monthly and Mediaite
Eric Kleefeld / TPMDC:
Barbour Praises Civil Rights-Era White Supremacist Citizens Councils
Barbour Praises Civil Rights-Era White Supremacist Citizens Councils
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Talking Points Memo, Little Green Footballs, Lawyers, Guns & Money and First Draft
Al Franken / The Huffington Post:
The Most Important Free Speech Issue of Our Time — What's Your Reaction: — This Tuesday is an important day in the fight to save the Internet. — As a source of innovation, an engine of our economy, and a forum for our political discourse, the Internet can only work if it's a truly level playing field.
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Raw Story and The Mahablog
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Robert M. McDowell / Wall Street Journal:
The FCC's Threat to Internet Freedom — ‘Net neutrality’ sounds nice, but the Web is working fine now. The new rules will inhibit investment, deter innovation and create a billable-hours bonanza for lawyers. — Tomorrow morning the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) …
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The Daily Caller, Post Tech and Maggie's Farm, more at Mediagazer »
David Hatch / Tech Daily Dose:
EXCLUSIVE: FCC Dems Narrowing Net Neutrality Gaps
EXCLUSIVE: FCC Dems Narrowing Net Neutrality Gaps
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protein wisdom and The Daily Caller
Washington Post:
Nine years after the terrorist attacks of 2001, the United States is assembling a vast domestic intelligence apparatus to collect information about Americans, using the FBI, local police, state homeland security offices and military criminal investigators. — The system, by far the largest …
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The Moderate Voice, Salon, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, ThinkProgress, Hot Air, Raw Story, Prairie Weather, Danger Room, Emptywheel and BlogPost
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
In U.S., Satisfaction Dips to 17% at Year's End
In U.S., Satisfaction Dips to 17% at Year's End
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Politics Daily and TPMDC
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
When Zombies Win — When historians look back at 2008-10, what will puzzle them most, I believe, is the strange triumph of failed ideas. Free-market fundamentalists have been wrong about everything — yet they now dominate the political scene more thoroughly than ever. — How did that happen?
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The Atlantic Online, TalkLeft, Sky Dancing, Paul Krugman, LewRockwell.com Blog, The Impolitic, The Future of Capitalism and Daily Kos
Jamison Foser / Media Matters for America:
60 Minutes' one-sided, GOP-friendly report on state budgets — Did Chris Cristie's speechwriters script this CBS report on state budget deficits? It certainly reads that way. — In 2,600 words about state deficits, you won't find the phrase “tax cuts.”
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Daily Kos
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Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Proposed Amendment Would Enable States to Repeal Federal Law — The same people driving the lawsuits that seek to dismantle the Obama administration's health care overhaul have set their sights on an even bigger target: a constitutional amendment that would allow a vote of the states to overturn any act of Congress.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, ACS Blog, Gawker, Chicago Boyz and The Future of Capitalism
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Myglesias / Yglesias:
The “Repeal Amendment” — Kate Zernicke reports on a quixotic …
The “Repeal Amendment” — Kate Zernicke reports on a quixotic …
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The New Republic
Alexander Mooney / CNN:
TRENDING: Palin disses Michelle Obama over ‘dessert’ — (CNN) - Sarah Palin is again taking aim at Michelle Obama over her anti-obesity campaign, taking the opportunity in Sunday's “Sarah Palin's Alaska” to land a diss against the first lady's efforts to improve nutrition.
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Outside the Beltway
Huma Khan / ABCNEWS:
Tea Party Discontent Bubbles to the Surface — Discontent Boiling Over Tax Cuts Bill and House GOP Committee Leadership Positions — The new Congress hasn't been seated yet but signs of a rift are already beginning to emerge between Republican leaders and Tea Party groups …
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Left Coast Rebel and The Agonist
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Hannah Brenton / Ballot Box:
Bachmann kicks up fundraising storm and Senate speculation
Bachmann kicks up fundraising storm and Senate speculation
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Derek Wallbank, The Daily Caller, Wonkette and The Fix
Peter Wallsten / Washington Post:
Obama reaches out to liberal groups to shore up Democratic base after tax deal — In the wake of President Obama's tax-cut deal with Republicans, the White House is moving quickly to mend its strained relationship with the Democratic base, reassuring liberal groups, black leaders …
Anita Kumar / Virginia Politics Blog:
Marshall seeks to ban gays from Virginia National Guard — Following this weekend's vote by the Senate to allow gays to openly serve in the military, Del. Bob Marshall (R-Prince WIlliam) said he is drafting a bill for the 2011 legislative session that would ban them from serving in the Virginia National Guard.
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Wonkette, Outside the Beltway and Towleroad News #gay
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Seth McLaughlin / Washington Times:
Virginian: Bar gays from National Guard
Virginian: Bar gays from National Guard
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Right Wing Watch
Fhardingj / CNN:
CNN Poll: Three-quarters approve of new tax cut law — Washington (CNN) - Most Americans like the new tax cut law that President Barack Obama signed into law on Friday, according to a new national poll. — And a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Monday also indicates …
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The Politico
Wall Street Journal:
Auditors Face Fraud Charge — New York Set to Allege Ernst & Young Stood By as Lehman Cooked Its Books — New York prosecutors are poised to file civil fraud charges against Ernst & Young for its alleged role in the collapse of Lehman Brothers, saying the Big Four accounting firm stood …
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DealBook, naked capitalism, New York Magazine, Felix Salmon, Parker Spitzer and Clusterstock
Lee Stranahan / Big Government:
Pigford Video Blockbuster: Key ‘Black Farmers’ Lawyer Admits Clients ‘Got Away With Murder’ — The mainstream media has treated accusations of large-scale fraud in the Pigford settlement with overt skepticism and a distinct lack of journalistic curiosity. The press has blindly repeated …
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Da Techguy's Blog, Patterico's Pontifications, The Right Scoop and Nice Deb
John / Power Line:
A Scientific Theory Is Judged By Its Predictive Power — “Snowfalls are now just a thing of the past.” That is what global warming alarmists in Great Britain were telling us just ten years ago: … The Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia was, as you probably remember …
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Fausta's Blog and Barcepundit
WISH-TV:
Skillman won't launch gubernatorial bid in 2012 — INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - Indiana Lieutenant. Governor Becky Skillman announced Monday that she will not run for Governor in 2012. — “With much disappointment, I am announcing today that I will not be a candidate for Governor in 2012.
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The Fix and Ballot Box
Rachel Slajda / TPMMuckraker:
House GOP Crushes Bill That Would Protect Against Child Marriage — On Thursday night, hours before passing the tax cut compromise, House Republicans thwarted a bill that aimed to protect girls around the world from being coerced into child marriage. They opposed it because, they claimed, it might fund abortions.
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Washington Monthly, Balloon Juice, The Moderate Voice, Feministe and Eschaton