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Jillian Rayfield / TPMMuckraker:
Latest Right-Wing Freak-Out: Obama Wants To Give Manhattan Back To Native Americans — The good news is that the right-wing isn't talking about President Obama being a secret Muslim right now. The bad news is that they're now concerned that he's going to use his honorary status …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, WorldNetDaily, Balloon Juice, Salon, Liberal Values and Daily Kos
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
TRENDING: CNN 2012 Poll: Obama and Palin going in different directions? — Washington (CNN) - As the start of the next presidential campaign nears, a new national poll suggests that President Barack Obama's tax-cut compromise with congressional Republicans did not hurt his standing among Democrats …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
For Palin there's no place like home...in a bad way
For Palin there's no place like home...in a bad way
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Politics Daily, Conservatives4Palin, Hot Air, Gawker, Outside the Beltway, Daily Kos, GOP 12, Taylor Marsh and The Hill
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Poll shows growing Dem support for second Obama term
Brian Fitzpatrick / WorldNetDaily:
Biggest conservative names bidding goodbye to CPAC — Participation of homosexuals, financial mismanagement cited — Two of the nation's premier moral issues organizations, the Family Research Council and Concerned Women for America, are refusing to attend the Conservative Political Action Conference …
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The Sundries Shack, ThinkProgress, Gawker, Salon, Outside the Beltway, Wonkette, TPMDC, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Right Wing Watch, Daily Kos and The Other McCain
The Huffington Post:
Wall Street Execs Whine To Politico About Their Hurt Feelings — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? … This morning's Politico features another piece ("Obama and Wall St.: Still Venus and Mars") in a continuing series that present Wall Street people whining about all those times White House higher-ups …
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Bloomberg, Hullabaloo and Paul Krugman
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Ben White / The Politico:
Obama and Wall St.: Still Venus and Mars
Obama and Wall St.: Still Venus and Mars
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Washington Monthly and Pajamas Media
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
N.J. Gov. Christie, vacationing during snowstorm, pushes back on criticism — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's office is pushing back against complaints that both he and the lieutenant governor were vacationing during a blizzard that blanketed the state with snow.
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
MAYBE CHRISTIE CAN SEND A POSTCARD.... Following up on an item …
MAYBE CHRISTIE CAN SEND A POSTCARD.... Following up on an item …
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Yglesias, Balloon Juice, Metropolis, AOL News, No More Mister Nice Blog, TPMDC, Fox News and Daily Kos
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
New GOP House Rules Pave The Way For More Tax Cuts, Deficits — In 2007, just weeks after Republicans lost control of the House and Senate and six years after the first passel of Bush tax cuts were signed into law, Democrats made a key change to the budget rules to prevent that episode from repeating itself.
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Paul Krugman, Washington Monthly, Firedoglake and Zandar Versus The Stupid
Jonah Goldberg / Los Angeles Times:
As gay becomes bourgeois — With 'don't ask, don't tell' repealed and gays seeking marriage equality, the homosexual bourgeoisie is emerging — a concept subversive to both liberals and conservatives. — So now openly gay soldiers get to fight and die in neocon-imperialist wars too?
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The Other McCain, No More Mister Nice Blog, Pajamas Media and American Power
Christopher R. Albon / The Atlantic Online:
How WikiLeaks Just Set Back Democracy in Zimbabwe — Last year, early on Christmas Eve morning, representatives from the U.S., United Kingdom, Netherlands, and the European Union arrived for a meeting with Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai. Appointed prime minister earlier …
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The Confluence, Sister Toldjah, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, A Blog For All, Wonkette and Little Green Footballs
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Obama: No shirtless pictures — The White House is taking extra steps to prevent photos of a shirtless President Obama on vacation in Hawaii. — The president and his family are on a snorkeling trip in Hamauma Bay Nature Reserve, and traveling press are under “explicit instructions …
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Weasel Zippers and JammieWearingFool
Bryan Walsh / Time:
The Northeast Blizzard: One More Sign of Global Warming — People dig out along 72nd Street in New York City on Dec. 27, 2010, in the wake of a powerful East Coast blizzard that shut down major airports and rail lines — It's become as much a winter tradition as eggnog at Christmas …
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The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit and PoliPundit.com
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
DADT DEAD-ENDERS LATCH ONTO ‘SHOWER ISSUE’.... With Congress already having passed a repeal of the “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” policy, and President Obama gladly putting his signature on the repeal legislation, I'm not sure what more conservatives hope to accomplish. — There was a political fight, and they lost.
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TPMMuckraker, The New Republic, Outside the Beltway and Brilliant at Breakfast
Bill Dedman / msnbc.com:
Quest for Palin e-mails may exceed her time in office — You can do the math. — Alaska state regulations require public officials to make public records available to the public within 10 days in most cases. — On Monday evening, Sarah Palin's former staff in the Alaska governor's …
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NY Daily News, The Politico, Ballot Box, Politics Daily, Associated Press and Daily Kos
Nicolesandler / Crooks and Liars:
Help the 99ers — (Ed. note: We invited Nicole Sandler to blog here to announce her new site, designed to help 99ers find support and work.) — Last week, while guest hosting The Randi Rhodes Show and discussing the unexpected but wonderful progress made in the lame duck session of Congress …
Lisa Demer / Anchorage Daily News:
Judge tosses Miller lawsuit, clears way for Murkowski swearing-in — A federal judge today dismissed Republican Joe Miller's federal lawsuit seeking to overturn the results of the Nov. 2 election, clearing the way for U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski to be certified as the winner.
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msnbc.com, The BRAD BLOG, Ballot Box, Outside the Beltway and Alaska Dispatch
New York Times:
A Step Toward Fairness — This country continues to pay a high price in both security and reputation for the Bush administration's many violations of international law at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. After more than a year of review, the Obama administration is preparing an executive order intended …
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Firedoglake and JammieWearingFool
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
GOP Senator-Elect Calls For Filibuster Reform On Judicial Nominees — In 2005, when President Bush was nominating judges, GOP senators almost universally denounced filibusters of judicial nominees as unconstitutional. Four years later, when a Democratic president moved into the White House …
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The Hugh Hewitt Show, Ezra Klein, RedState, Politics Daily and Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog
Lynn Sweet:
Bill Clinton, to stump for Rahm Emanuel, warned by Danny Davis: Stay out of Chicago mayor race — Chicago mayoral hopeful Rep. Danny Davis (D-Ill.) shot a warning on Tuesday morning to former President Bill Clinton, coming to Chicago to stump for rival Rahm Emanuel: Stay out.
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Weasel Zippers and The New Editor
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
A PUBLISHING MYSTERY.... I don't mind admitting when I'm wrong. Last year, for example, I predicted that George W. Bush's post-presidency memoir would be a flop. Just the opposite is true — “Decision Points” has sat atop the Times Best Sellers list for the last six weeks, and yesterday …
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Salon and Balloon Juice
The Huffington Post:
Job Market Booming Overseas For Many American Companies — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? … Corporate profits are up. Stock prices are up. So why isn't anyone hiring? — Actually, many American companies are - just maybe not in your town. They're hiring overseas, where sales are surging and the pipeline of orders is fat.
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Jana Winter / Fox News:
Indiana Grandmother, a Muslim Convert, Being Investigated for Possible Terror Link — Kathie Smith brandishes a gun in video starring her and her husband, Salahudin Ibn Jafar, that is being investigated by terrorism task force. — A 46-year-old Indiana grandmother is under investigation …
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Weasel Zippers and Jihad Watch
Wall Street Journal:
How Congress Can Stop the EPA's Power Grab — Courts have yet to decide if the agency's proposed controls on carbon emissions are even legal. — On Jan. 2, the Environmental Protection Agency will officially begin regulating the emission of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.
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ThinkProgress, Washington Wire and Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog
Daily Mail:
Dial-a-fatwa that bans naps, raffles and tattoos: Muslim scholars issue 350,000 decrees in 2010 — Taking an afternoon nap, the monotonous drone of vuvuzelas that irritated almost all football fans during the World Cup is OK, and it doesn't matter how much noise a donkey makes, it musn't be touched.
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JammieWearingFool
Rasmussen Reports:
Just 21% Want FCC to Regulate Internet, Most Fear Regulation Would Promote Political Agenda — American voters believe free market competition will protect Internet users more than government regulation and fear that regulation will be used to push a political agenda.