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The Huffington Post:
Haley Barbour's Account Of Civil Rights Era In Mississippi Assailed By NAACP, Historians — What's Your Reaction: … WASHINGTON — Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R) has set off a firestorm of controversy over his comments on the civil rights era in his hometown of Yazoo City …
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Eric Kleefeld / TPMDC:
Barbour Spokesman: Mississippi Gov. Is Not Racist — I just spoke with Dan Turner, the official spokesman for Gov. Haley Barbour (R-MS), who responded in strong terms to criticism of Barbour's recent praise for the segregationist Citizens Council groups of the Civil Rights era.
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Haley Barbour Faces an All-Too Familiar, All-Too Exhausted Accusation
Haley Barbour Faces an All-Too Familiar, All-Too Exhausted Accusation
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No More Mister Nice Blog and Hot Air
Myglesias / Yglesias:
Haley Barbour's Affection for the White Supremacist Citizens' Council
Haley Barbour's Affection for the White Supremacist Citizens' Council
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Now All Racists Are Violent? — Oh, brother - Matt Yglesias takes …
Now All Racists Are Violent? — Oh, brother - Matt Yglesias takes …
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Majority In Mississippi, Commentary, Instapundit, The Politico and alicublog
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Discussing Civil Rights Era, a Governor Is Criticized
Discussing Civil Rights Era, a Governor Is Criticized
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The Note, Outside the Beltway, National Review, TPMDC, Little Green Footballs and Yglesias
Timothy Karr / The Huffington Post:
Obama FCC Caves on Net Neutrality — Tuesday Betrayal Assured — What's Your Reaction: — Late Monday, a majority of the FCC has indicated that they're going to vote with Chairman Julius Genachowski for a toothless Net Neutrality rule. — According to all reports, the rule …
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Amy Schatz / Wall Street Journal:
‘Net Neutrality’ Rules Set to Pass — WASHINGTON—The top communications regulator won support to pass contentious new rules for Internet traffic, a move likely to face legal challenges and create uncertainty about Internet regulation. — The Federal Communications Commission is set …
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Weasel Zippers, The BLT and New York Magazine
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
F.C.C. Is Set to Regulate Net Access
F.C.C. Is Set to Regulate Net Access
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Stop The ACLU, The Foundry, Mind-Numbed Robot, Flopping Aces, NationalJournal.com, Balloon Juice and The Page, more at Mediagazer »
Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
F.C.C. Poised to Pass Net Neutrality Order
F.C.C. Poised to Pass Net Neutrality Order
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP senators concede arms treaty will secure enough votes to pass — Republican senators say privately they expect the Senate to ratify the New START treaty this week, which would hand President Obama his third major victory of the lame-duck session. — GOP senators — including those who plan …
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The Hill:
For Obama, START treaty is ‘personal’ — President Obama is making a final push to secure the votes for an arms treaty that stands not just as a political goal but a highly personal one. — The president needs nine Republican votes to win the two-thirds Senate majority to ratify …
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Jason Tuohey / Boston Globe:
Scott Brown to support New START treaty
Scott Brown to support New START treaty
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Ginger Gibson / New Jersey Online:
Gov. Chris Christie commutes sentence of man convicted of having guns in N.J. illegally — TRENTON — Brian Aitken, who was convicted of illegally possessing two handguns that he had legally purchased in Colorado, will be spending Christmas out of prison. — Gov. Chris Christie commuted …
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Jason Nark / Philly.com:
Christie frees man in gun case
Christie frees man in gun case
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This ain't Hell … and Don Surber
George Monbiot / Guardian:
That snow outside is what global warming looks like — Unusually cold winters may make you think scientists have got it all wrong. But the data reveal a chilling truth — There were two silent calls, followed by a message left on my voicemail. She had a soft, gentle voice and a mid-Wales accent.
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Mark Joyella / Mediaite:
Janet Napolitano: We're Working “24/7, 364″ To Keep The American People Safe — Ya gotta wonder which day America's anti-terror forces are kicking their feet up with a book and maybe a nap, instead of, you know, “keeping the American people safe?” — On ABC's World News tonight …
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Manu Raju / The Politico:
Coburn may block 9/11 bill — New York Democrats hoping for quick action on a bill to give health care compensation to Ground Zero workers are about to run into Tom Coburn. — The Oklahoma Republican and physician — known in the Senate as “Dr. No” for his penchant in blocking bills …
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Dems prepare defense of healthcare law in face of repeal threats — Democrats are preparing a spirited defense of the healthcare law in the face of Republican efforts to dismantle it. — Statements from lawmakers, advocates and the administration reveal a multi-pronged strategy …
New York Times:
U.S. Military Seeks to Expand Raids in Pakistan — WASHINGTON — Senior American military commanders in Afghanistan are pushing for an expanded campaign of Special Operations ground raids across the border into Pakistan's tribal areas, a risky strategy reflecting the growing frustration …
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Elena Moya / Guardian:
Debt crisis threatens 100 US cities — Overdrawn American cities could face financial collapse in 2011, defaulting on hundreds of billions of dollars of borrowings and derailing the US economic recovery. Nor are European cities safe - Florence, Barcelona, Madrid, Venice: all are in trouble
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ABCNEWS:
Attorney General's Blunt Warning on Terror Attacks — AG Eric Holder Says ‘Terrorists Only Have to Be Successful Once’ — Attorney General Eric Holder has an urgent message for Americans: While he is confident that the United States will continue to thwart attacks, “the terrorists only have to be successful once.”
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Reuters
David Rogers / The Politico:
Nancy Pelosi: No regrets — “Every minute is a new minute to me,” says Nancy Pelosi, and, with boxes packed in the hall outside, the soon-to-be-former speaker has already jumped ahead to her vision of the “humming, whirling entity” House Democrats can still be in the coming Congress.
Olivia Alair / U.S. Department of Transportation:
Toyota Motor Corp will Pay $32.425 Million in Civil Penalties as the Result of Two Department of Transportation Investigations — WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced that Toyota Motor Corporation has agreed to pay an additional $32.425 million …
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New York Times and Politics Daily
Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
Omnibus Libertarian Reply Post — I'm not sure how much interest you all have in following my running debates with the libertarian world, so I'm trying to wrap a couple of these threads up here in one place. — A while ago, Will Wilkinson argued that the fact that people like Peter Orszag …
Telegraph:
Vince Cable: I could bring down the Government — Vince Cable has privately threatened to “bring the Government down” if he is “pushed too far” during fractious discussions with his Conservative colleagues, The Daily Telegraph can disclose. — The Business Secretary also claims …
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Dan Roem / Hotline On Call:
Obama Finds Lame Duck Ally In Murkowski — One of Pres. Obama's biggest supporters in the Senate in the past week is not even a member of his own party: Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska). — Murkowski supported the president's position on the Senate's four biggest votes since last Wednesday.
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Ezra Klein:
Chris Christie's Pepsi problem — In 1975, Pepsi unleashed “the Pepsi Challenge,” a blind taste test where subjects threw back an ounce of each beverage and reported back on their favorite. Their favorite was Pepsi. — You already know what happened next: Coca-Cola developed a more Pepsi-like product called “New Coke.”
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