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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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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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Politics Daily, Hot Air, The Caucus, The Fix, Little Green Footballs, Yglesias, Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo, Hullabaloo, Washington Monthly, Raw Story and Shakesville
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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National Review, Weigel, Yglesias, Wonkette, The Atlantic Online and Oliver Willis
Ben Smith / The Politico:
The watermelon thing — Race is a hard issue for older conservative politicians from the Deep South seeking national office. The roots of Southern Republicanism are in the segregationist split from the Democratic Party, and so there's no presumption of innocence, and no second chance, as Trent Lott learned.
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Balloon Juice and Democracy in America
Eric Kleefeld / TPMDC:
Barbour Praises Civil Rights-Era White Supremacist Citizens Councils — Gov. Haley Barbour (R-MS), a potential Republican presidential candidate, has an interesting perspective on the tumults of the civil rights era that swept through his Deep South state. — As Barbour recalls …
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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alicublog and Instapundit
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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TPMDC
David Halberstam / Commentary:
Respectable Means for Unrespectable Ends
Respectable Means for Unrespectable Ends
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Eschaton, Daily Kos and Balloon Juice
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Barbour doesn't remember Civil Rights era being ‘that bad’
Barbour doesn't remember Civil Rights era being ‘that bad’
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Ben Smith's Blog, Salon and FrumForum
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, The New Republic, New York Magazine, Salon, Firedoglake and Washington Post
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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Weasel Zippers, Hot Air, The Hill, Daily Kos, The Greenroom, National Review, democracyarsenal.org, Outside the Beltway and The Politico
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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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The Democratic Daily, Eunomia and The Page
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Senate Support Builds for Pact on Arms Control
Senate Support Builds for Pact on Arms Control
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National Review, Booman Tribune, The Huffington Post, Guardian, Wonk Room, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, Washington Monthly and PoliPundit.com
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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The Agonist
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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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Post Tech, Blue Wave News, Gawker and Truthdig, more at Techmeme »
David Hatch / NationalJournal.com:
Democratic FCC Regulators Throw Support Behind Net Neutrality Rules
Democratic FCC Regulators Throw Support Behind Net Neutrality Rules
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The Gateway Pundit, The Huffington Post, Sky Dancing, Daily Kos, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, The Page and The Daily Caller
Al Franken / The Huffington Post:
The Most Important Free Speech Issue of Our Time
The Most Important Free Speech Issue of Our Time
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Raw Story and The Mahablog, more at Techmeme »
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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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Chris Christie commutes gun sentence of Brian Aitken — We haven't covered Aitken's case (except for a lone Headline item a few weeks ago), but he's a cause celebre among libertarians and Second Amendment fans — for good reason. In a nutshell: He bought three guns, entirely legally …
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TigerHawk and Don Surber
Jamison Foser / Media Matters for America:
60 Minutes' one-sided, GOP-friendly report on state budgets
60 Minutes' one-sided, GOP-friendly report on state budgets
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AFL-CIO NOW BLOG, AFSCME, RedState, Open Left, Crooks and Liars and Daily Kos
Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Poll: Obama rebounding — President Barack Obama may be staging a comeback in the eyes of the American people, a new poll suggests. — In a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll released Monday, 48 percent of Americans say they approve of how Obama is handling his job, while 48 percent disapprove.
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CNN, Scared Monkeys, Hot Air, American Glob and Swampland
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Fhardingj / CNN:
CNN Poll: Three-quarters approve of new tax cut law
CNN Poll: Three-quarters approve of new tax cut law
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Firedoglake, Taylor Marsh, Taegan Goddard's … and Weigel
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
The Tax Deal in Florida and Ohio
The Tax Deal in Florida and Ohio
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Clusterstock and Firedoglake
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 …
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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Right Turn, AmSpecBlog and Das Krapital
Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
The Culture War Ain't What It Used to Be. — Jonathan Bernstein makes an excellent point about the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell: … With the possible exception of John McCain, pretty much every conservative knew they were going to lose this argument eventually.
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National Review and No More Mister Nice Blog
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Tanya Somanader / ThinkProgress:
Peter King: 'I'm Willing To' Be Called A Bigot If That's What It Takes …
Peter King: 'I'm Willing To' Be Called A Bigot If That's What It Takes …
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Weasel Zippers, Wonkette, Washington Monthly, The Politico and Newsday
Myglesias / Yglesias:
My Token Moment of Outreach to the Religious Right — Ross Douthat: … I don't spend a lot of time agreeing with the Christian right about things, but the whining about the secularization of Christmas is a point I sympathize with. If Christmas were more properly religious …
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Hit & Run, Eschaton, Balloon Juice and The New Republic
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Conservatives growing uncomfortable with GOP blockade of 9/11 health bill — With Senate Democrats upping the pressure for passage of the bill giving health benefits to sickened 9/11 responders, it's going to get increasingly hard for GOP Senators to maintain their opposition.
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Swampland, Examiner, The Democratic Daily, Indecision Forever, Washington Monthly, ThinkProgress, The Hill and George's Bottom Line
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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Michelle Malkin and Hot Air
The Cleveland Fed:
The Effect of Falling Home Prices on Small Business Borrowing — Small businesses continue to report problems obtaining the financing they need. Because small business owners may rely heavily on the value of their homes to finance their businesses (through mortgages or home equity lines) …
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The Atlantic Online
David Weigel / Weigel:
Republicans Start Teaching Members How to Obey the Constitution — Earlier today, some Hill staffers attended the first of four staggered meetings on how to write a new clause into legislation that explains why, exactly, the legislation is constitutional. This was a big Tea Party demand …
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A plain blog about politics
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 …
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Ross Douthat, The Atlantic Online, Das Krapital, National Review, Balloon Juice and Hit & Run
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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New York Magazine