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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 …
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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 On His Show And Talk 9/11 First Responders Bill — Shep Smith — picking up where Jon Stewart left off last Thursday — continued his own tirade against the GOP's refusal to pass the 9/11 First Responders bill.
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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, New York Magazine, The Hill and Crooks and Liars
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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CNN and Taylor Marsh
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Arms Treaty Appears to Have Votes to Pass Senate
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Opinionator and TPMCafe
Josh Rogin / Foreign Policy:
New START headed toward ratification as GOP support grows
New START headed toward ratification as GOP support grows
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ThinkProgress, Salon, The Politico, Commentary, AmSpecBlog, Associated Press, The Huffington Post, Pat Dollard and National Review
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP senators concede arms treaty will secure enough votes to pass
GOP senators concede arms treaty will secure enough votes to pass
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The Note, The Moderate Voice, The Atlantic Online, The Politico, Washington Post, Ballot Box, ThinkProgress, Associated Press, CNN, The Plum Line, The Reality-Based Community, TPMDC, Washington Monthly, New York Magazine, The Hill, The Daily Dish, DownWithTyranny!, Pat Dollard, Boston Globe, Weasel Zippers, Mother Jones, Hot Air, The Greenroom, The Democratic Daily, National Review, democracyarsenal.org, Daily Kos, Eunomia, Reuters, AMERICAblog News, FrumForum and Outside the Beltway
Peter Baker / The Caucus:
More Support for Arms Control Treaty
More Support for Arms Control Treaty
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Swampland and Prairie Weather
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
‘Net Neutrality’ Rules Set to Pass
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Law Blog, Weasel Zippers, Media Decoder, New York Magazine, The BLT and The Huffington Post, more at Mediagazer »
Meredith Attwell Baker / Washington Post:
Hands off tomorrow's Internet
Hands off tomorrow's Internet
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CNN, Technology Liberation Front, Daily Kos, Wall Street Journal, Balloon Juice and Post Tech
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, The Mahablog, Pirate's Cove, EU Referendum and blogs.telegraph.co.uk
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Australia's white summer, Monbiot's red fury — Australia swaps summer for Christmas snow — Snow and ice covering buildings and cars on December 19, 2010 at Mount Hotham,Victoria, as snow fell in Australia. The usual hot and summery December weather was replaced in parts by icy gusts sweeping …
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blogs.telegraph.co.uk and TigerHawk
Shane D'Aprile / The Hill:
Census data offers Republicans the chance to solidify hold on House — New data released Tuesday by the Census Bureau shows sizable shifts in population from Democratic-leaning states in the Industrial Midwest to Republican-leaning states in the Sun Belt. — That translates …
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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 and American Power
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
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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National Review, New York Times, Politics Daily and FrumForum
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Barbour clarifies: Citizens councils ‘indefensible’
Barbour clarifies: Citizens councils ‘indefensible’
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TPMMuckraker, TPMDC, Majority In Mississippi, minx.cc and Swampland
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
The NYT spills key military secrets on its front page
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Lawyers, Guns & Money and The Agonist
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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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The Gateway Pundit, Patterico's Pontifications and Weasel Zippers
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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Christie frees man in gun case — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie gave the Aitken family all they wanted for Christmas Monday. — Christie signed a letter ordering Brian Aitken, a New Jersey man sentenced to seven years in jail for having weapons he legally purchased in Colorado …
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TigerHawk, Moonbattery, This ain't Hell … and Don Surber
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Ginger Gibson / New Jersey Online:
Gov. Chris Christie commutes sentence of man convicted of having guns …
Gov. Chris Christie commutes sentence of man convicted of having guns …
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Hot Air, Left Coast Rebel and The Agitator
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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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AOL News, Geekosystem, nancynall.com, On Location Vacations, CBS New York, Gawker, Mediaite, Rolling Stone, Speakeasy and PopEater
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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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The Lede, NewsBusters.org, Raw Story and Jezebel
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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Ezra Klein and FrumForum
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Funding Deal Snags Health Law — WASHINGTON—A Senate deal to fund the federal government until early March doesn't include money to enact the health-care overhaul or stepped up regulation of Wall Street, boosting Republican efforts to curb key elements of President Barack Obama's domestic agenda.
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Daily Kos, Washington Post, TalkLeft, Weasel Zippers, Ezra Klein and Wonk Room
Robert Pear / New York Times:
U.S. Proposes Rules on Raising Insurance Premiums — WASHINGTON — The Obama administration said on Tuesday that it would require health insurance companies to disclose and justify any increases of 10 percent or more in the premiums they charge next year. — State or federal officials …
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Marginal Revolution