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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, Sister Toldjah, Hot Air, Liberty Pundits Blog, Pajamas Media, protein wisdom and theblogprof
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Ezra Klein:
Yes, the Constitution is binding — This morning, I gave a quick interview to MSNBC where I made, I thought, some fairly banal points on the GOP's plan to honor the Constitution by having it read aloud on the House floor. Asked if it was a gimmick, I replied that it was, because, well, it is.
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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Yglesias, Left Coast Rebel, Confederate Yankee and The Plum Line
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, Left Coast Rebel, Moe Lane and The Gateway Pundit
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
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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Outside the Beltway, Cubachi, CNN, Mediaite, Big Government, Patterico's Pontifications, Hot Air, The Gateway Pundit, Don Surber, Tammy Bruce, The Right Scoop, Daily Kos, Zandar Versus The Stupid, Wizbang, Say Anything, iOwnTheWorld.com, Liberty Pundits Blog, Wake up America, Weasel Zippers, The Daily Caller, JammieWearingFool, Right Wing News, NY Daily News and Shot in the Dark
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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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National Review, CBS News, Seeing the Forest, The Business Insider, The Mahablog and Instapundit
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 Sundries Shack, The Atlantic Online, The Talking Dog and THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS
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, PopEater, Gothamist, Raw Story, The Daily Caller, The Wire, Rolling Stone, Outside the Beltway, Weigel and Gawker
Alex Pareene / Salon:
Judith Miller: From the Times to the nuts — Judith Miller used to be a superstar. She was a major reporter at the New York Times for decades — at the DC bureau, in Cairo, in Paris, special correspondent to the Persian Gulf, embedded with a special unit in Iraq. She had the best sources.
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Arkansas Blog, Weigel, Balloon Juice and Wonkette
The Huffington Post:
Last Kodachrome Developer Stops Developing — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? … Kodachrome film is truly dead. — Dwayne's Photo, a lab in Parsons, Kansas, was the last lab still processing popular film, which was created by Kodak in 1935. Dec. 30 was the last day Dwayne's would still accept rolls …
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Mashable! and The Moderate Voice
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A. G. Sulzberger / New York Times:
For Kodachrome Fans, Road Ends at Photo Lab in Kansas
For Kodachrome Fans, Road Ends at Photo Lab in Kansas
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The Daily Dish, The Atlantic Online, Arkansas Blog, ReadWriteWeb, Gizmodo and Crooked Timber
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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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, Washington Post and Zandar Versus The Stupid
Susan Crabtree / The Hill:
Rep. King: Obama recess appointment at Justice Dept. ‘absolutely shocking’
Rep. King: Obama recess appointment at Justice Dept. ‘absolutely shocking’
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Outside the Beltway, Firedoglake, Daily Kos and Weasel Zippers
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
How Harry Reid And Mitch McConnell Could Upend Filibuster Reform — A handful of junior Democrats, including Sens. Tom Udall (D-NM) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR), have done an impressive job building momentum for a package of modest, but meaningful, changes to the Senate's filibuster rules.
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Firedoglake, The Huffington Post, Washington Monthly, Daily Kos and Progress Illinois
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Paging Mr. Smith! How The Senate May Return To The Old-School Filibuster
Paging Mr. Smith! How The Senate May Return To The Old-School Filibuster
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The Plum Line, Firedoglake and Yglesias
Maxim Lott / Fox News:
Eight Botched Environmental Forecasts — The Statue of Liberty, depicted frozen solid in the movie “The Day After Tomorrow.” Many weather forecasters and scientists wonder whether a coming period of “global cooling” may be on the way. — A new year is around the corner …
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Hit & Run, Clayton Cramer's Blog, AmSpecBlog and TigerHawk
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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Mediaite, The Politico, USA Today, The Political Carnival, Riehl World View, The Hill 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, Liberty Pundits Blog and Instapundit
Linda Greenhouse / Opinionator:
Abortion Takes Flight — Irish law prohibits all abortions except those necessary to save a woman's life, and as a practical matter it imposes daunting obstacles to terminating life-threatening pregnancies as well. In a secularized Europe, Ireland is noticeably out of step.
Paul Lewis / Guardian:
Journalists deny Manning cover-up — Pair with access to transcript of comments by Bradley Manning deny they could help prosecution against Julian Assange — Two journalists with access to a secret transcript of comments by Bradley Manning, the US soldier accused of leaking confidential material …
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Firedoglake, Emptywheel, The Wire and Little Green Footballs, more at Mediagazer »
Steve Hughes / Daily Star:
WINTER MAY BE COLDEST IN 1000 YEARS — BRITAIN'S winter is the coldest since 1683 and close to being the chilliest in nearly 1,000 years. — Latest figures reveal that the average temperature since December 1 has been a perishing -1C. — That makes it the second coldest since records began in 1659.
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The Gateway Pundit
Philip Haldiman / Arizona Republic:
Phoenix-area residents report snow falling across Valley — With plunging temperatures and lingering cloud cover, Valley residents caught a rare glimpse of what many thought were brief periods of snow flurries Thursday. — Sightings were reported in Scottsdale, Paradise Valley, Fountain Hills …
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Weasel Zippers
Ben Smith / The Politico:
The book that defined modern campaign reporting — CHESTERTOWN, Md. — Before Richard Ben Cramer bought his old white farmhouse here in 1993, he called in “the best real estate guy that I know,” and then-Delaware Sen. Joe Biden and his brother Jimmy drove down from Wilmington to have a look.
Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Tricky Call for New Governors: Price of Their Inaugurals — MIAMI — To warm up the Florida crowds for his inauguration as governor, Rick Scott has been flying around the state this week on a seven-city “appreciation” tour. For the main event on Tuesday, he will lead a parade featuring 26 marching bands …
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Taegan Goddard's … and Ben Smith's Blog
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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1380 KCIM, Death and Taxes, Balloon Juice, Big Government and Daily Kos
Facebook Washington DC / Facebook:
Best of Facebook 2010: Politics & Government — Earlier this week, we asked fans of the Congress on Facebook, U.S. Politics on Facebook, and Government on Facebook pages to weigh in on the best use of Facebook in 2010 by members of Congress, political campaigns, and government agencies.
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The Caucus and Ballot Box
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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Sky Dancing, Harry's Place, Wonkette and First Draft
Anthony Watts / Watts Up With That?:
NOAA on Miami Florida: Coldest December on Record — From the NOAA National Weather Service Office in Miami comes this year end report: — 2010 South Florida Weather Year in Review — Coldest December on Record Concludes Year of Extremes — December 30th, 2010 …
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Capital Weather Gang and Doug Ross