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New York Post:
Topics — When PUBLIC UNION workers decide to “screw” those that are actually paying their salaries it's time for a change. — BOMBASTIC — People died. The union officials should all be charged with manslaughter. — Either that. Or the citizenry needs to take their own retaliation against the “workers”.
Susan Crabtree / The Hill:
Rep. King: Obama recess appointment ‘absolutely shocking’ — Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.), the incoming chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, has angrily denounced President Obama's recess appointment of James Cole as deputy attorney general. — King called Cole's appointment …
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Jennifer Rubin / Right Turn:
So much for bipartisanship — a slew of recess appointments — On Wednesday, Obama shed any pretense of bipartisanship in making six recess appointments. As were his previous recess appointments, this batch included two individuals whose records are so controversial that they could not obtain confirmation …
The White House:
President Obama Announces Recess Appointments to Key Administration Posts
President Obama Announces Recess Appointments to Key Administration Posts
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The Volokh Conspiracy
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama uses recess appointment to seat Justice Dept. official
Obama uses recess appointment to seat Justice Dept. official
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Firedoglake, Michelle Malkin and Political Punch
Colman McCarthy / Washington Post:
'Don't ask, don't tell' has been repealed. ROTC still shouldn't be on campus. — Now that asking and telling has ceased to be problematic in military circles, ROTC has resurfaced as a national issue: Will universities such as Harvard, Yale and other Ivy League schools be opened …
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JustOneMinute, protein wisdom, Pajamas Media, Weasel Zippers, BLACKFIVE and Moe Lane
New York Times:
Inaction and Delays by New York as Storm Bore Down — At 3:58 a.m. on Christmas Day, the National Weather Service upgraded its alert about the snow headed to New York City, issuing a winter storm watch. By 3:55 p.m., it had declared a formal blizzard warning, a rare degree of alarm.
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NY Daily News, Gawker, A Blog For All, Room Eight blogs, Gothamist, Balloon Juice, CBS New York, FiveThirtyEight, Sky Dancing, Paul Krugman and pandagon.net
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Patrick McGeehan / New York Times:
Bloomberg Takes Blame for Response to Snowstorm
Bloomberg Takes Blame for Response to Snowstorm
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The Talking Dog, City Room, The Daily Beast, DownWithTyranny!, Outside the Beltway and Gawker
ABCNEWS:
O'Donnell Claims Political Witch Hunt — Former Tea Party Senate Candidate Denies She Used Campaign Funds for Personal Use — Former Tea Party Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell defended herself today against a report that the federal government was investigating her for misuse of campaign funds …
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TPMMuckraker, PostPartisan, The Other McCain and Slate
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Alexander Mooney / CNN:
O'Donnell scoffs at reports of investigation
O'Donnell scoffs at reports of investigation
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Washington Post, The Politico, ABCNEWS and Associated Press
Cal Thomas / Townhall.com:
Cal Thomas She Told Us So — Sarah Palin deserves an apology. When she said that the new health-care law would lead to “death panels” deciding who gets life-saving treatment and who does not, she was roundly denounced and ridiculed. — Now we learn, courtesy of one of the ridiculers — The New York Times — that she was right.
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Right Wing Watch
Keach Hagey / The Politico:
Tucker Carlson: Michael Vick ‘should have been executed’ — Tucker Carlson, filling in for Sean Hannity on Fox News last night, picked up the issue of President Barack Obama's call to Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie, during which the president thanked Lurie for giving Michael Vick a second chance.
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American Power, Right Turn, Booman Tribune and PostPartisan
Matt Bai / New York Times:
For G.O.P., End of the Preordained Candidate — WASHINGTON — A year ago, Republicans here were shut out of governing but could console themselves with having retained their hold on the party apparatus. This week, they will celebrate the new year having come roaring back to regain the House …
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David Weigel / Weigel:
Palin's Donation Strategy and Romney's: The Tea Party Surge versus the 2012 Surge
Palin's Donation Strategy and Romney's: The Tea Party Surge versus the 2012 Surge
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Right Wing News, thephoenix.com and Hot Air
T. Rees Shapiro / Washington Post:
Geraldine Doyle, 86, dies; one-time factory worker inspired Rosie the Riveter and ‘We Can Do It!’ poster — Geraldine Doyle, 86, who as a 17-year-old factory worker became the inspiration for a popular World War II recruitment poster that evoked female power and independence under the slogan …
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Althouse, This Just In, Shakesville and ECHIDNE of the snakes
Dylan Stableford / The Wrap:
Fox Utterly Destroys Cable News Ratings Competition in 2010 — The Nielsen numbers are in for 2010, and in the battle for cable news ratings supremacy, Fox News took the title for the ninth year in a row — bludgeoning the competition for another year. — The blowout comes on the heels …
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Wake up America, Left Coast Rebel, Commentary and Doug Ross
PewResearch.org:
PewResearchCenter Interactive — Pew Research News IQ Quiz — What's Your Political News IQ? — To test your knowledge of prominent people and major events in the news, we invite you to take our short 12-question quiz. Then see how you did in comparison with 1,001 randomly sampled adults asked …
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The Political Commentator and Corrente
The Huffington Post:
The Poorhouse: Aunt Winnie, Glenn Beck, And The Politics Of The New Deal — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? … An employee of Associated Charities, a private organization dedicated to alleviating poverty in the District of Columbia, met an old black woman carrying a basket of cinders near the dump …
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Open Left, Firedoglake and Hullabaloo
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Liberals should accept defeat and get back to their goals — Was 2010 American liberalism's Waterloo? How are we to square the achievement of so many goals that have long been on progressive wish lists with the resounding defeat suffered by supporters of these measures in November?
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TalkLeft, Ezra Klein, Booman Tribune, NewsBusters.org blogs, Prairie Weather and Daily Kos
Sheera Frenkel / NPR:
In Israel, No Welcome Mat For African Migrants … Dozens of African migrants cross into southern Israel through the border with Egypt last week. Construction has begun on a $270 million, 87-mile fence along the porous border. It's one of four measures proposed to try to stem the flow of African migrants into Israel.
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Elder of Ziyon, Biased BBC and Israel Matzav
Malia Zimmerman / Hawaii Reporter:
Obama's Million Dollar Hawaiian Vacation: Costs to Taxpayers Detailed — BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - Nestled in three luxury beachfront homes just outside a local favorite surf spot on the pristine turquoise waters of Kailua Bay, President Barack Obama and his family and friends are enjoying a seemingly quiet Christmas vacation.
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Washington Examiner and Scared Monkeys
Becky Bohrer / Associated Press:
Miller to announce plans by Friday — JUNEAU — Republican Joe Miller plans to announce by Friday whether he'll continue his legal fight over the Senate race. — Miller spokesman Randy DeSoto says Miller is weighing his options. A news conference is planned for Friday in Anchorage.
Tulsa, OK:
Woman Who Protested TSA Pat-Downs At OKC Airport Banned From Flying — OKLAHOMA CITY — The woman who made national headlines for her near-naked protest at the airport in Oklahoma City is back and once again banned from flying. — A YouTube video put Tammy Banovac in the national spotlight.
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theblogprof, Raw Story and AMERICAblog News
Wall Street Journal:
‘Death Panels’ Come Back to Life — The FDA's restrictions on the drug Avastin are the beginning of a long slide toward health-care rationing. — Earlier this month, the Food and Drug Administration banned doctors from prescribing Avastin, a potent but costly drug, to patients with advanced-stage breast cancer.
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protein wisdom
A. G. Sulzberger / New York Times:
For Kodachrome Fans, Road Ends at Photo Lab in Kansas — PARSONS, Kan. — An unlikely pilgrimage is under way to Dwayne's Photo, a small family business that has through luck and persistence become the last processor in the world of Kodachrome, the first successful and still the most beloved color film.
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The Atlantic Online, Power Line and Crooked Timber
Secular Coalition for America:
Atheists Excluded from Mayoral Prayer Service (Press Release) — Atheists Excluded from Mayor-Elect Gray's Inauguration — Washington, D.C.) - Atheists, agnostics, humanists, and other nontheistic Washington, D.C. residents will have no representation at Mayor-Elect Vincent Gray's …
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Politics Daily, Motley Fool and Friendly Atheist
Christian Gysin / Daily Mail:
Muslim fanatic jailed for preaching race hate now accused of swindling benefits — A notorious Muslim fanatic has been accused of fiddling the benefits system by working while claiming jobseekers' allowance. — Abdul Rehman Saleem, known as Abu Yahya, is working on a market stall at the same …
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