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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, Da Techguy's Blog 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, Ben Smith's Blog, Swampland, AOL News, 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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Jillian Rayfield / TPM LiveWire:
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.
Glynnis MacNicol / The Wire:
Shep Smith Names Every Single Republican Who Refused To Come …
Shep Smith Names Every Single Republican Who Refused To Come …
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iOwnTheWorld.com
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, Daily Kos, Crooks and Liars and TPMDC
Fox News:
FCC Approves Plan to Regulate Internet — WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday approved a plan to regulate the Internet despite warnings that it could strangle industry investment and damage an economy that is still struggling to recover.
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The Jawa Report
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The Politico:
FCC approves Net neutrality rules
FCC approves Net neutrality rules
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Engadget and Geekosystem, more at Techmeme »
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, Balloon Juice, Wall Street Journal and Post Tech
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, Tech Daily Dose, Raw Story, The Hill, The Moderate Voice, Stop The ACLU, Guardian, Moonbattery, Wake up America, The Confluence, Hot Air, The Foundry, Mind-Numbed Robot, Flopping Aces, The Gateway Pundit and Balloon Juice, more at Mediagazer »
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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Fox News:
Eight States in South, West to Gain House Seats Based on 2010 Census Results
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, Swampland, PoliPundit.com and This Just In
Patrick O'Connor / Wall Street Journal:
GOP-Leaning States Gain in Census
GOP-Leaning States Gain in Census
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Runnin' Scared
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
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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Christian Science Monitor, Lawyers, Guns & Money and The Agonist
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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Sarah Kliff / The Politico:
HHS reg: Magic number is 10 percent — Health insurers will be required to justify double-digit premium increases under a proposed health reform rule the Obama administration released Tuesday. — Beginning in 2011, Health and Human Services will require insurers to publicly disclose any rate increases higher than 10 percent.
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ABCNEWS
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
U.S. Proposes Rules on Raising Insurance Premiums
U.S. Proposes Rules on Raising Insurance Premiums
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The Incidental Economist and Marginal Revolution
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
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 Daily Kos
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Daily Mail:
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
Jim O'Sullivan / NationalJournal.com:
In New Maps, ‘An Embarrassment of Riches’ for GOP — Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, is an example of how too much success in redistricting can backfire. — On paper, Tuesday's announcement of congressional reapportionment numbers by the U.S. Census Bureau should be an early Christmas present for Republicans.
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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
Sara A. Carter / Washington Examiner:
Afghan sex practices concern U.S., British forces — A document released by WikiLeaks described efforts by high-ranking Afghan officials to quash reports of police officers and other Afghans arrested for “purchasing a service from a child.” — The leaked diplomatic cable quoted former Minister …
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Weasel Zippers and iOwnTheWorld.com
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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Left Coast Rebel, Betsy's Page, Scared Monkeys, Da Techguy's Blog, The Wire, Michelle Malkin, The Daily Caller and Israel Matzav
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Napolitano: We're working “364 days a year” to fight terror
Napolitano: We're working “364 days a year” to fight terror
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Moe Lane, JustOneMinute and IMAO
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
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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ArtsBeat:
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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Daily Mail:
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
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