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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 …
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Hot Air, Sister Toldjah, protein wisdom, Don Surber, Althouse, theblogprof, Creative Minority Report, The Gateway Pundit, Pat Dollard and The Right Scoop
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
In Sunday-evening surprise, Senate passes food safety legislation
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The Impolitic, Hot Air, Betsy's Page, Booman Tribune, The Note, Firedoglake, Weasel Zippers and Wake up America
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Republican Sen Kyl: No plans to repeal 'Don't ask, don't tell' repeal
Republican Sen Kyl: No plans to repeal 'Don't ask, don't tell' repeal
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Washington Monthly
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
A PLEASANT SURPRISE FOR AMERICANS WHO EAT FOOD.... By all appearances …
A PLEASANT SURPRISE FOR AMERICANS WHO EAT FOOD.... By all appearances …
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Weigel
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Democrats cautiously optimistic on START ratification
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
QUOTE OF THE DAY.... The NYT's John Harwood ran a good piece last night …
QUOTE OF THE DAY.... The NYT's John Harwood ran a good piece last night …
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The Caucus and The Impolitic
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, Swampland and Mediaite
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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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TPMDC, Raw Story and The Daily Caller
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, msnbc.com, Lawyers, Guns & Money and First Draft
Myglesias / Yglesias:
Yazoo City Citizens' Council Was a White Supremacist Organization
Yazoo City Citizens' Council Was a White Supremacist Organization
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Weigel and Hullabaloo
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, Instapundit, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Hot Air, ThinkProgress, 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, TPMDC and HotAirPundit
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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CBS News:
State Budgets: The Day of Reckoning — Steve Kroft Reports On The Growing Financial Woes States Are Facing — (CBS) By now, just about everyone in the country is aware of the federal deficit problem, but you should know that there is another financial crisis looming involving state and local governments.
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Firedoglake, The Right Scoop, Wonk Room, Hot Air, theblogprof and Eduwonk
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 Future of Capitalism, The Impolitic and Daily Kos
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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Tech Daily Dose, GigaOM, The Daily Caller, Post Tech, Maggie's Farm and TechCrunch, more at Mediagazer »
Kasie Hunt / The Politico:
Pence announcement looms in January — If Indiana Republican Rep. Mike Pence decides to run for president, he'll announce his candidacy before the end of January. — A source close to Pence told POLITICO that the conservative congressman still hasn't decided whether to run for president …
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Aaron Blake / The Fix:
Pence for governor? Indiana Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman bows out
Pence for governor? Indiana Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman bows out
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Cubachi
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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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Derek Wallbank, Wonkette, The Fix and The Daily Caller
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, No More Mister Nice Blog and Right Wing Watch
New York Times:
North Korea Withholds Fire After Military Drills by South — PYONGYANG, North Korea — An ominous showdown between North and South Korea was forestalled Monday after the North withheld military retaliation to South Korea's live-fire artillery drills on an island the North shelled last month after similar drills.
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SWJ Blog, Indecision Forever, Daniel W. Drezner, AOL News, Commentary and The Page
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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 and Hot Air