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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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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, Shopfloor, Ezra Klein, Pat Dollard and The Politico
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
A PLEASANT SURPRISE FOR AMERICANS WHO EAT FOOD.... By all appearances …
Scott Wong / The Politico:
Dems getting closer on START
Dems getting closer on START
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The Note, The Hill, New York Magazine, Weasel Zippers, FrumForum and Reuters
The Note:
Back from the Dead: Food Safety Bill Passes Senate in Unexpected Last-Minute Move
Back from the Dead: Food Safety Bill Passes Senate in Unexpected Last-Minute Move
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The Politico, FrumForum and CNN
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
‘Secret session’ on START to launch Senate's Christmas push
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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Chicago Boyz and The Future of Capitalism
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Myglesias / Yglesias:
The “Repeal Amendment” — Kate Zernicke reports on a quixotic movement that's apparently gaining support inside the conservative establishment, including Eric Cantor: … For whatever reason, the conservative movement isn't really given to self-criticism.
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The New Republic
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
One Battle Won, Activists Shift Sights — WASHINGTON — As gay people around the country reveled on Sunday in the historic Senate vote to repeal “Don't Ask, Don't Tell,” a liberal media watchdog group said it planned to announce on Monday that it was setting up a “communications war room for gay equality” …
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Open Left, Pam's House Blend, Advocate, Towleroad News #gay, American Power and AMERICAblog Gay
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David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
For gay rights, is repeal of 'don't ask' military ban the end or the beginning?
For gay rights, is repeal of 'don't ask' military ban the end or the beginning?
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USA Today, The Other McCain and Maggie's Farm
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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The Huffington Post:
Rove Suspected In Swedish-U.S. Political Prosecution of WikiLeaks — What's Your Reaction: … Karl Rove's help for Sweden as it assists the Obama administration's prosecution against WikiLeaks could be the latest example of the adage, “Politics makes strange bedfellows.”
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The Moderate Voice, The Nation, YID With LID, Instapundit, The Other McCain and Weasel Zippers
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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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Paul Krugman
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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The Agonist
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
QUOTE OF THE DAY.... The NYT's John Harwood ran a good piece last night, providing some context to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's successes of the last two years, and the low-key Nevadan's ability to survive, preserve, and secure a place in history. — Towards the end of the piece, Reid looked ahead.
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John Harwood / The Caucus:
With Major Bills Passed, Reid Takes a Victory Lap
Agence France Presse:
12 arrested in anti-terror swoop — LONDON — Police on Monday arrested 12 men on suspicion of plotting an act of terrorism, swooping in major pre-dawn raids across the country. — The dozen, aged between 17 and 28, were detained “on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation …
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BBC and The Gateway Pundit
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Guardian:
Dozen arrested in anti-terror raids
Dozen arrested in anti-terror raids
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CNN, The Jawa Report and New York Magazine
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, Felix Salmon, naked capitalism, Parker Spitzer and Clusterstock
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 …
Motoko Rich / New York Times:
Weighing Costs, Companies Favor Temporary Help — Temporary workers are starting to look, well, not so temporary. — Despite a surge this year in short-term hiring, many American businesses are still skittish about making those jobs permanent, raising concerns among workers and some labor experts …
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Right Wing News, naked capitalism and Brilliant at Breakfast
Peter King / Newsday:
What's radicalizing Muslim Americans? — Peter King (R-Seaford) represents New York's 3rd Congressional District. — Earlier this month, I was elected by the House Republican Conference to be chairman of the Homeland Security Committee. I've made it clear that I'll focus the committee …
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The Politico, Libertarian Republican and Colorlines
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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Creative Minority Report and The Gateway Pundit
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 …
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DownWithTyranny!, NewsBusters.org blogs, Suburban Guerrilla, Federal Eye and The Page
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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Barcepundit
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, The Right Scoop and Patterico's Pontifications