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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”.
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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, CBS New York, Gothamist, Room Eight blogs, Gawker, City Room, A Blog For All, Balloon Juice, Sky Dancing, FiveThirtyEight, Paul Krugman and pandagon.net
New York Post:
Sanitation Department's slow snow cleanup was a budget protest
Sanitation Department's slow snow cleanup was a budget protest
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The Atlantic Online and The Sundries Shack
J.P. Freire / Washington Examiner:
BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL — New York City streets unplowed …
BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL — New York City streets unplowed …
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Betsy's Page and Gothamist
Michael Wilson / New York Times:
Outrage at Unplowed Streets? It's a New York Tradition
Outrage at Unplowed Streets? It's a New York Tradition
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Flopping Aces and Runnin' Scared
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 …
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Washington Monthly, neo-neocon, PostPartisan, Hot Air, Pajamas Media, Outside the Beltway, Washington Post and The Hill
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Susan Crabtree / The Hill:
Rep. King: Obama recess appointment at Justice Dept. ‘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.
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Firedoglake, Outside the Beltway, Daily Kos and Weasel Zippers
David Browne / PARADE Magazine:
Joe Scarborough: ‘I May Feel the Need to Run for Office Again’ … Sign up for our free online newsletter!
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The Hill, USA Today, Mediaite, Gawker and Riehl World View
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Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Morning Joe to run again? — Former Florida Rep. Joe Scarborough says he would consider running for office again but, for the time being, thinks he's better off right where he is. — “We have more influence doing the show,” said Scarborough, who hosts MSNBC's “Morning Joe” and is a columnist for POLITICO.
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, Moe Lane, Pajamas Media, BLACKFIVE and Weasel Zippers
Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
Is Palin-mania A Liberal Plot? — A Gallup poll finds that the only contemporary Republican political leader who makes the Republicans' list of “most admired people” is Sarah Palin (who is cited as “most admired woman” by 26% of Republicans — no other current politician cracks 3% among Republicans.)
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Oliver Willis, A plain blog about politics, Right Turn and Conservatives4Palin
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Ezra Klein:
What the tea party wants from the Constitution — I'm very curious to know what the GOP — or the tea partyers they're presumably pandering to — think will happen when every piece of legislation requires “a statement from its sponsor outlining where in the Constitution Congress is empowered to enact such legislation.”
Stephen Gutowski / The Blast:
Ezra Klein: the Constitution is Impossible to Understand Because its Over 100 Years Old — I actually think the dumbest part of this segment is where the host calls Ezra “the Nazis had some good ideas” Klein a wonk. I mean... good lord. — Make sure you watch that again to get what hes arguing here.
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Michelle Malkin, The Right Scoop and RedState
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Larry O'Connor / Breitbart.tv:
Liberal Star Blogger Ezra Klein: 'Constitution Has No Binding Power …
Liberal Star Blogger Ezra Klein: 'Constitution Has No Binding Power …
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iowahawk, Mediaite and AmSpecBlog
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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Mark Tapscott / Washington Examiner:
BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL — President and family on multi-million …
BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL — President and family on multi-million …
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Scared Monkeys
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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The Moderate Voice, The Confluence, AOL News, Althouse, This Just In, ECHIDNE of the snakes and Shakesville
The Clarion-Ledger:
(2 of 3) — The governor's decision does not preclude them from pardons down the road, Lumumba said. — In September, hundreds of people protested at the state Capitol in support of their release, while the NAACP, the Freedom Riders and others have petitioned Barbour.
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Ben Smith's Blog and Daily Kos
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Krissah Thompson / Washington Post:
Miss. Gov. Haley Barbour to free sisters sentenced to life in prison for robbery
Miss. Gov. Haley Barbour to free sisters sentenced to life in prison for robbery
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Politics Daily, Ballot Box and AOL News
Elder of Ziyon:
How to Defame Israel - NPR edition — When it comes down to it, all of the anti-Israel agitators, protesters and complainers use the same method for their smears. It is easy, effective and sometimes even partially truthful. — The method is to simply compare Israel with their idea of perfection, and note where it falls short.
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Biased BBC
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Sheera Frenkel / NPR:
In Israel, No Welcome Mat For African Migrants
In Israel, No Welcome Mat For African Migrants
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Israpundit and Israel Matzav
thepeninsulaqatar.com:
World's largest listing of newspapers on the web — If we reach an agreement tomorrow, praise be to God. But if there is no agreement, we will withdraw our negotiating team and the talks will then be held in Darfur. — Omar Hassan Al Bashir Sudan President — MOST READ ARTICLES
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FP Passport and The Wire
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Justin Elliott / Salon:
Mosque foes launch Bieber boycott — The unlikely story of how the teen pop sensation became ensnared in the “ground zero mosque” fight — Andy Sullivan, a construction worker and Brooklyn native, has been one of the loudest opponents of Park51, the planned mosque and community center near ground zero.
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Wonkette, Gothamist, Talking Points Memo, The Wire and Gawker
Jim Jansen / Pew Internet:
65% of internet users have paid for online content — Nearly two-thirds of internet users - 65% - have paid to download or access some kind of online content from the internet, ranging from music to games to news articles to adult material. Music, software, and apps are the most popular content …
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TechCrunch and msnbc.com, more at Techmeme »
The Local:
Man's penis amputated following misdiagnosis — Double click on a word to get a translation — A Swedish man was forced to have his penis amputated after waiting more than a year to learn he had cancer. — The man, who is in his sixties, first visited a local clinic in Blekinge …
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Scared Monkeys, Left Coast Rebel, International Liberty and The Good Men Project Magazine
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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Booman Tribune, TalkLeft, Ezra Klein, NewsBusters.org blogs, Taylor Marsh, Prairie Weather and Daily Kos
Byron Tau / Ben Smith's Blog:
Rattner to pay $10 million in Cuomo case — Former Treasury official, Bloomberg confidante and financier Steven Rattner has reached an agreement with the Attorney General and governor-elect Andrew Cuomo and state of New York over pay-to-play allegations. From a release by Cuomo's office:
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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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Corrente and The Political Commentator