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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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Cubachi, The Gateway Pundit, Patterico's Pontifications, Don Surber, Mediaite, Hot Air, Big Government, Outside the Beltway, Weasel Zippers, Zandar Versus The Stupid, iOwnTheWorld.com, Wake up America, Tammy Bruce, The Daily Caller, Wizbang, Moonbattery, Say Anything, Liberty Pundits Blog, Shot in the Dark, NY Daily News and JammieWearingFool
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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.
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, The Sundries Shack and THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS
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, National Review, CBS News, The Business Insider and Instapundit
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
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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Washington Monthly, Washington Post, Left Coast Rebel, The Plum Line, msnbc.com and Confederate Yankee
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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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NewsBusters.org blogs, Hot Air and Sister Toldjah
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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The Right Scoop, Michelle Malkin and RedState
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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Firedoglake, Weasel Zippers, Outside the Beltway and Daily Kos
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
THE PREDICTABLE RECESS-APPOINTMENT COMPLAINTS.... With the White …
THE PREDICTABLE RECESS-APPOINTMENT COMPLAINTS.... With the White …
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New York Times and Washington Post
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, USA Today, Mediaite, The Political Carnival, The Hill, Gawker and Riehl World View
Aaron Blake / The Fix:
Murkowski's win becomes official — The state of Alaska has certified Sen. Lisa Murkowski as the winner of the state's Senate race, allowing Murkowski to be sworn in with the rest of the Senate next week, according to the Associated Press. — Gov. Sean Parnell (R) and Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell …
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Daily Kos
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Becky Bohrer / Associated Press:
Murkowski certified Senate election winner
Murkowski certified Senate election winner
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Politics Daily, The Hill, Hot Air, Weigel, Outside the Beltway and Joe Miller for Senate
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, Rolling Stone, Wonkette, Gothamist, Weigel, Outside the Beltway, The Wire and Gawker
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Good Grief... Leading RNC Candidate's Law Firm Supports Obamacare - Says It's Constitutional — This will go over well with the conservative base... If you thought the fact that RNC Chair candidate, Maria Cino, was an Obamacare lobbyist was outrageous wait until you hear the latest...
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Riehl World View and Instapundit
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Lee Fang / ThinkProgress:
RNC Candidate Priebus's Law Firm Says Health Reform Is Constitutional …
RNC Candidate Priebus's Law Firm Says Health Reform Is Constitutional …
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Daily Kos
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Paging Mr. Smith! How The Senate May Return To The Old-School Filibuster — On January 5, 2011 — the first day of the 112th Congress — Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM) will touch off a long debate, which he hopes will result in a majority-rules vote on a package of meaningful changes to the Senate rules.
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Yglesias, The Plum Line and Firedoglake
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
How Harry Reid And Mitch McConnell Could Upend Filibuster Reform
How Harry Reid And Mitch McConnell Could Upend Filibuster Reform
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Washington Monthly, Daily Kos, The Huffington Post and Progress Illinois
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 …
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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AOL News, Politics Daily, msnbc.com, Weigel and Ballot Box
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Eric Kleefeld / TPMDC:
Bachmann: ‘Snotty’ Gore Vidal Novel Turned Me Republican! (VIDEO) — Gore Vidal, what have you done? — At a speech to Michigan Republicans on Tuesday, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) — the darling of the Tea Party right — told an amazing story about how she shed her youthful Democratic roots and became a Republican.
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Harry's Place, Wonkette and First Draft
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 and A plain blog about politics
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, International Liberty, The Good Men Project Magazine and Left Coast Rebel
Eric Kleefeld / TPMMuckraker:
Steve King Digs In: Congress Will Investigate ‘Reparations’ Settlement For Black Farmers — Rep. Steve King (R-IA) is continuing to blast the government's recent discrimination settlement with African-American farmers as “reparations” — and even predicting that the new Republican-led House will investigate it.
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Death and Taxes, Big Government and Daily Kos
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Near-Record High See Religion Losing Influence in America — Current 70% nears all-time high of 75% recorded in 1970 — PRINCETON, NJ — Seven in 10 Americans say religion is losing its influence on American life — one of the highest such responses in Gallup's 53-year history of asking this question …
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Little Green Footballs, Outside the Beltway, Raw Story, Wonkette and CNSNews
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
New Congress Means New Headaches for Holder — WASHINGTON — When the Obama administration wakes up next month to a divided capital, no cabinet member will be facing a more miserable prospect of oversight hearings and subpoenas than Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.
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TPMMuckraker and Prairie Weather
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, judicialwatch.org and Scared Monkeys
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 Daily Dish, Mashable!, The Atlantic Online, ReadWriteWeb, Arkansas Blog and Crooked Timber