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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, FiveThirtyEight, Sky Dancing, 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 sanitation workers union sabotaged snow cleanup
BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL — New York sanitation workers union sabotaged snow cleanup
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The Huffington Post, CBS News, National Review, The Business Insider and Instapundit
J.P. Freire / Washington Examiner:
BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL — New York City streets unplowed …
BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL — New York City streets unplowed …
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myfoxny.com, Betsy's Page and Gothamist
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.”
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Left Coast Rebel and Confederate Yankee
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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
iowahawk:
The Constitution Is Very Important — Thank you for your interest in the Washington Post's Young Pundit Essay Contest. As the leading newspaper in our nation's capital, we are always looking for budding journalistic talent to bring a fresh point of view our editorial pages …
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Hot Air, NewsBusters.org blogs and Sister Toldjah
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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Big Journalism, Mediaite and AmSpecBlog
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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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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Weasel Zippers, Outside the Beltway and Daily Kos
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
THE PREDICTABLE RECESS-APPOINTMENT COMPLAINTS.... With the White House announcing six new recess appointments late yesterday, it was only a matter of time before Republicans began complaining. What I was curious to see, however, is what they came up with. — The Washington Post's Jennifer Rubin took a crack at it this morning.
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New York Times
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 …
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 Politico, The Hill, Mediaite, USA Today, Gawker and Riehl World View
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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Becky Bohrer / Associated Press:
Murkowski certified Senate election winner — JUNEAU — Sen. Lisa Murkowski was officially named the winner of Alaska's U.S. Senate race Thursday, following a legal battle that lasted longer than the write-in campaign she waged to keep her job. — Gov. Sean Parnell and Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell …
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The Fix, Politics Daily, Weigel and Joe Miller for Senate
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Becky Bohrer / Associated Press:
Miller to announce plans by Friday
Miller to announce plans by Friday
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The Politico, The Hill and USA Today
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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PopEater, Wonkette, Gothamist, Outside the Beltway, Talking Points Memo, Weigel, The Wire and Gawker
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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judicialwatch.org
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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, Outside the Beltway, The Confluence, AOL News, Althouse, This Just In, ECHIDNE of the snakes, Shakesville and Gawker
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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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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International Liberty, Scared Monkeys, The Good Men Project Magazine and Left Coast Rebel
Krissah Thompson / Washington Post:
Miss. Gov. Haley Barbour to free sisters sentenced to life in prison for robbery — Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R) announced late Wednesday that he will grant an early release from prison to two sisters serving unusually long sentences for armed robbery. — Gladys and Jamie Scott have each served 16 years of a life sentence.
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Politics Daily, msnbc.com, AOL News, Ballot Box and Weigel
Dave Itzkoff / New York Times:
‘Jersey Shore’ New Year's Eve Stunt Moves to - Where Else? - Jersey Shore — When you've been kicked around by New York, you can always come home to the Jersey Shore. The borough of Seaside Heights, N.J., the backdrop for the debut season of the MTV reality series “Jersey Shore,” …
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Runnin' Scared, PopEater, AOL News, Gothamist and TMZ.com
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, Ezra Klein, TalkLeft, NewsBusters.org blogs, Taylor Marsh, Prairie Weather and Daily Kos