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12:30 PM ET, December 22, 2010

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Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Last-Ditch Move to Block Repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Fails  —  12:18 a.m. |  Updated Just hours before President Obama planned to sign on Wednesday the repeal of the military's 17-year ban on gays serving openly in the armed forces, Republicans tried one last legislative maneuver to block the change.
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Washington Post:
Obama signs DADT repeal before big, emotional crowd  —  President Obama signed the landmark repeal of the military's “don't ask, don't tell” policy Wednesday morning, handing a major victory to advocates of gay rights and fulfilling a campaign promise to do away with a practice that he has called discriminatory.
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
With Obama's Signature, 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Is Repealed  —  WASHINGTON — The military's longstanding ban on service by gays and lesbians came to a historic and symbolic end on Wednesday, as President Obama signed legislation repealing “don't ask, don't tell,” the contentious 17-year old Clinton-era law …
Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
Last-ditch McConnell 'don't ask' amendment blocked  —  A last-ditch effort by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to complicate the repeal of the “don't ask, don't tell” policy was blocked Tuesday night after Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) objected, Senate aides said.
Emptywheel:
Today's Lesson from the White House: Take Hostages
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Huck: Palin wrong, FLOTUS right  —  Potential GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee says Sarah Palin's wrong and Michelle Obama's right, at least when it comes to the first lady's push to combat childhood obesity.  —  “With all due respect to my colleague and friend Sarah Palin …
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Byron Tau / Ben Smith's Blog:
On fat, Huckabee vs. Palin vs. Palin
Discussion: Fox Nation and Israpundit
Ezra Klein:
Why has the lame-duck session been so productive?  —  So far, the lame-duck session has managed to pass an $850 billion tax-cuts-and-stimulus deal, the repeal of DADT, the Defense Authorization bill, a continuing resolution to keep funding the federal government, the START treaty …
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Democrats take victory lap, claiming a ‘do-something Congress’
Discussion: Reuters
Alexander Mooney / CNN:
CNN Poll: 56 percent give Obama's lame duck a thumbs up
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Senate to hold make or break vote on 9/11 first responders health bill
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Daily Kos
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Graham: GOP to blame for ‘capitulation ... of dramatic proportions’ in lame-duck
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
House poised to vote on 9/11 healthcare bill
Discussion: The Politico
Ezra Klein:
Senate votes to defund health-care reform and financial regulation
Discussion: The Dangerous Servant
John Fund / Wall Street Journal:
The Net Neutrality Coup  —  The campaign to regulate the Internet was funded by a who's who of left-liberal foundations.  —  The Federal Communications Commission's new “net neutrality” rules, passed on a partisan 3-2 vote yesterday, represent a huge win for a slick lobbying campaign run by liberal activist groups and foundations.
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Andrew Martin / New York Times:
In a Sign of Foreclosure Flaws, Suits Claim Break-Ins by Banks  —  TRUCKEE, Calif. — When Mimi Ash arrived at her mountain chalet here for a weekend ski trip, she discovered that someone had broken into the home and changed the locks.  —  When she finally got into the house, it was empty.
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
New GOP rules will make it tougher for House to raise ceiling on federal debt  —  House Republicans set to release their recommended rules changes Wednesday will change the names of several committees and repeal a rule making it more difficult to raise the debt ceiling.
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The Politico:
GOP unveils strict new House rules
Fhardingj / CNN:
CNN Exclusive: Despite voting against its creation, Boehner …
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The rise of the Petulant Party  —  The lame-duck session of Congress has introduced Americans to the three-party system of government: the Democratic Party, the Republican Party and the Petulant Party.  —  Eight founding fathers of the Petulants took the stage Tuesday morning in the Senate TV studio …
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The Huffington Post:
At Kaplan University, ‘Guerilla Registration’ Leaves Students Deep In Debt  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? … Arlen Castillo had just begun an online associate's degree program at Kaplan University when a family emergency forced a change of plans.  Her mother in Florida learned she needed extensive surgery …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
U.S. Director of National Intelligence on London terror arrests: Er, what terror arrests?  —  If you thought the gaffes in Diane Sawyer's interview with our counterterror brain trust couldn't get worse than “364 days a year,” skip ahead to 3:35 and brace yourself.
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Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
After Early Administration Denials, Director of National Intelligence …
Discussion: The Wire, Mediaite and Hot Air
Kerry Eleveld / Advocate:
Obama: “Prepared to Implement”  —  ADVOCATE EXCLUSIVE OBAMA INTERVIEW: President Obama tells The Advocate the Pentagon is “prepared to implement” repeal of “don't ask, don't tell” and it will take months not years.  He also says he's “wrestling” with the issue of marriage equality.
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Americans See U.S. as Exceptional; 37% Doubt Obama Does  —  Majority believe U.S. at risk of losing status as greatest country in the world  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Americans widely agree that the United States has a unique character because of its history and Constitution that sets it apart …
Washington Post:
Obama administration readies indefinite detention order for Guantanamo detainees  —  The Obama administration is preparing an executive order that would formalize indefinite detention without trial for some detainees at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, but allow those detainees …
TMCnet:
From Specter, a blunt goodbye to the Senate  —  The Philadelphia Inquirer - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) — Sen. Arlen Specter (D., Pa.) called his final floor speech Tuesday a “closing argument” rather than a farewell, and it sounded as if it might have been one of the …
Discussion: The Reaction
Greg Miller / Washington Post:
CIA launches task force to assess impact of U.S. cables' exposure by WikiLeaks  —  The CIA has launched a task force to assess the impact of the exposure of thousands of U.S. diplomatic cables and military files by WikiLeaks.  —  Officially, the panel is called the WikiLeaks Task Force.
Rick Perlstein / Salon:
What Haley Barbour's amnesia tells us  —  “January 7, 1970, dawned clear and bitterly cold, a cold that rarely comes to Mississippi.  It was 16 degrees on South Main Street, the trees along the older avenues were seared and deathly, and the water in the potholes of the roads in the Negro section was frozen solid.
 
 
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