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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Conservative bloggers agree: Haley Barbour is toast — I noted here yesterday that the real problem with Haley Barbour's comments about the Citizens Councils is that they show an unwillingness to avoid urinating on the third rail of race. Today several conservative bloggers came …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Barbour clarifies: Citizens councils ‘indefensible’ — Haley Barbour responds to a day of criticism of his statements on race with an explanation of the comment that has drawn the most fire: — When asked why my hometown in Mississippi did not suffer the same racial violence when I was a young man …
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CNN, Little Green Footballs, TPMMuckraker, TPMDC, Politics Daily, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, National Review, USA Today and Swampland
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Haley Barbour, Take Two — Ben Smith of Politico finds …
Haley Barbour, Take Two — Ben Smith of Politico finds …
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The Atlantic Online, Washington Monthly, The Daily Dish, Politics Daily, The Fix, The Note, AOL News, Swampland, Ben Smith's Blog, Betsy's Page and JustOneMinute
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Gov. Barbour explains civil rights remarks
Gov. Barbour explains civil rights remarks
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The Politico, Sky Dancing and INSTAPUTZ
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 …
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The Note, Firedoglake, The Hill, Washington Monthly, The Plum Line, No More Mister Nice Blog and TPMDC
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Shep Smith Names Every GOPer Who Wouldn't Talk 9/11 Bill With Him — Fox News' Shep Smith is continuing to hammer Republican senators who wouldn't pass the 9/11 first responders bill, this time calling out by name those who wouldn't appear on his show to discuss the issue.
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Shep Smith Names Every Single Republican Who Refused To Come …
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iOwnTheWorld.com and TPMDC
Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Coburn Will Block 9/11 First Responders Bill, Potentially Killing …
Coburn Will Block 9/11 First Responders Bill, Potentially Killing …
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Firedoglake, The Hill, New York Magazine and Crooks and Liars
New York Times:
Census Data Show 308 Million People and a Regional Shift — WASHINGTON — The Census Bureau rearranged the country's political map on Tuesday, giving more Congressional seats to the South and the West, and taking away from the Northeast and the Midwest, in largely anticipated changes …
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Yglesias, City Room, Wonkette and American Power
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Eight States in South, West to Gain House Seats Based on 2010 Census Results
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alicublog, AOL News, Pat Dollard, The Gateway Pundit, PoliPundit.com, Swampland and This Just In
Shane D'Aprile / The Hill:
Census data offers Republicans the chance to solidify hold on House
Census data offers Republicans the chance to solidify hold on House
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The Politico, Ben Smith's Blog and Gawker
Jim O'Sullivan / NationalJournal.com:
In New Maps, ‘An Embarrassment of Riches’ for GOP
In New Maps, ‘An Embarrassment of Riches’ for GOP
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FiveThirtyEight
George Monbiot / Guardian:
That snow 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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Examiner, Pajamas Media, neo-neocon, Pirate's Cove, EU Referendum, The Mahablog and blogs.telegraph.co.uk
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Anthony Watts / Watts Up With That?:
Australia's white summer, Monbiot's red fury
Australia's white summer, Monbiot's red fury
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blogs.telegraph.co.uk and TigerHawk
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FCC approves Net neutrality rules — The Federal Communications Commission adopted new rules that will govern how Internet providers treat Web traffic and services, a move that sets the stage for a heated political battle on Capitol Hill come January. — Led by FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski …
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Engadget and Geekosystem, more at Techmeme »
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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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Media Decoder, Little Green Footballs, Firedoglake, The Hill, Tech Daily Dose, The Moderate Voice, Wake up America, Stop The ACLU, Moonbattery, Guardian, Technology Liberation Front, The Confluence, Hot Air, The Foundry, Mind-Numbed Robot, Flopping Aces, The Gateway Pundit and Balloon Juice, more at Mediagazer »
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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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The NYT spills key military secrets on its front page — (updated below) — In The New York Times today, Mark Mazzetti and Dexter Filkins expose very sensitive classified government secrets — and not just routine secrets, but high-level, imminent planning for American covert military action in a foreign country:
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Christian Science Monitor, Lawyers, Guns & Money and The Agonist
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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Questions and Observations, NewsBusters.org blogs, Reuters, JustOneMinute and JammieWearingFool
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Reapportionment costs Obama 6, leaves path — Tom Bonier, one of the Democratic Party's leading redistricting wizards, e-mails: — With seats shifting mostly from the Northeast and Midwest into the South and West, if you apply the new apportionment to the 2008 results, Obama loses 6 electoral votes.
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U.S. buffets and salad bars ‘threatened with poison attacks’ by Al Qaeda group behind ‘ink cartridge’ bomb plot — Al Qaeda terrorists planned to poison food at multiple US hotels and restaurants over a single weekend, it has been revealed this morning. — The ‘credible’ plot involved slipping …
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Weasel Zippers
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Armen Keteyian / CBS News:
Latest Terror Threat in US Aimed to Poison Food
Latest Terror Threat in US Aimed to Poison Food
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The Foundry, The Atlantic Online, Gawker and FrumForum
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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ABCNEWS, The Moderate Voice, The Caucus, CNN, New York Magazine, Washington Monthly, Taylor Marsh, Prairie Weather and Hot Air
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Arms Treaty Appears to Have Votes to Pass Senate
Arms Treaty Appears to Have Votes to Pass Senate
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Opinionator and TPMCafe
Larry David / New York Times:
Thanks for the Tax Cut! — THERE is a God! It passed! The Bush tax cuts have been extended two years for the upper bracketeers, of which I am a proud member, thank you very much. I'm the last person in the world I'd want to be beside, but I am beside myself! This is a life changer, I tell you.
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Left Coast Rebel, Mediaite, PopEater and NPR Blogs
David Rogers / The Politico:
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.
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Weasel Zippers, Fox Nation, HotAirPundit and The Page
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Harry Potter actress was beaten and branded a prostitute by her brother after dating man ‘who was not a Muslim’ — A Harry Potter actress fled her home after her father and brother threatened to kill her for going out with a Hindu man, a court heard yesterday.
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NewsBusters.org blogs, The Gateway Pundit, Patterico's Pontifications and Weasel Zippers
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
The RNC food fight everyone saw coming — Jonathan Martin wrote months ago that Republican leaders feared that dumping Michael Steele would lead to a racially charged food fight, and, well, here we go, as former Steele aide and current rival Gentry Collins looks to shake up the race and pick …
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CNN, ThinkProgress and Wonkette
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Transcript: The Assange interview — The founder of Wikileaks, Julian Assange, has been holed up in a mansion in East Anglia since he was released from prison last week. — He is under strict bail conditions while he fights extradition to Sweden where he is wanted for questioning about claims of sexual assault.
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Little Green Footballs, The Lede, Student Activism, NewsBusters.org blogs, Raw Story, Telegraph and Jezebel
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Actor Injured in Fall During ‘Spider-Man’ Performance — An actor playing Spider-Man was injured during a performance of the Broadway musical “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” on Monday night. Above, an image from a video taken by a New York Times reader. — Updated
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
A SENATOR SCORNED.... Quick quiz — only one Republican senator has sided with Democrats on DADT repeal, the tax deal, New START cloture, and the DREAM Act in the lame-duck session. — The obvious guesses would likely be Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), Susan Collins (R-Maine), or Scott Brown (R-Mass.).
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Hotline On Call and Pat Dollard