Top Items:

GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS ON REPEAL.... At least we know what one of the first bills to receive a vote will be in the new House. … Maybe so. But there's almost certainly a realization on everyone's part that House Republicans are doing this for show. If passed, their repeal measure …
Discussion:
No More Mister Nice Blog and Prairie Weather
RELATED:

Healthcare repeal bill coming before Obama's annual address — The incoming chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee said Sunday that Republicans will bring up a healthcare repeal measure before President Obama even delivers his State of the Union address this month.
Discussion:
Outside the Beltway and Weasel Zippers


Tea Party Activists Angry at G.O.P. Leaders — As Tea Party politicians prepare to take their seats when the 112th Congress convenes this week, they are already taking issue with Republicans for failing to hold the line against the flurry of legislation enacted in the waning weeks …


Public Workers Facing Outrage as Budget Crises Grow — FLEMINGTON, N.J. — Ever since Marie Corfield's confrontation with Gov. Chris Christie this fall over the state's education cuts became a YouTube classic, she has received a stream of vituperative e-mails and Facebook postings.
Discussion:
In The Arena, DownWithTyranny!, Prairie Weather, naked capitalism, Daily Kos and THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS

Equality, a True Soul Food — John Steinbeck observed that “a sad soul can kill you quicker, far quicker, than a germ.” — That insight, now confirmed by epidemiological studies, is worth bearing in mind at a time of such polarizing inequality that the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans possess …


A rising GOP star in Santa Fe — New Mexico's first Latina governor, Susana Martinez, faces an array of stiff budget challenges when she takes office. — New Mexico Gov.-elect Susana Martinez, right, with Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, is a rising star in national Republican circles …
RELATED:

Martinez becomes NM gov as new year starts
Discussion:
NewsBusters.org and BizzyBlog

Graham: 2012 hopefuls all have their problems, but Romney probably best — Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) was clear Sunday on what he wants in a 2012 GOP presidential nominee: “the most electable conservative.” — But the senator was pressed on NBC's “Meet the Press” on specifically …
Discussion:
CNN and Weasel Zippers

Issa says he won't investigate White House job offer to Sestak — The incoming chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said Sunday that he won't investigate the Obama administration for offering a job to a Democratic House member to keep him out of a Senate race.


Several Warnings, Then a Soldier's Lonely Death — WASHINGTON — A gentle snow fell on the funeral of Staff Sgt. David Senft at Arlington National Cemetery on Dec. 16, when his bitterly divided California family came together to say goodbye. His 5-year-old son received a flag from a grateful nation.

Glenn Harlan Reynolds' Sunday Reflection: Modest proposals to help the new Congress survive and America to thrive — With the new Congress being sworn in this week, everyone is full of advice. Well, I'm no exception. The first advice comes from Han Solo in the debut “Star Wars” film: “Don't get cocky.”
Discussion:
Don Surber


Woman, 41, drowns trying to drive across flooded road as natural disaster in Australia reaches ‘biblical proportions’ — A woman drowned after trying to cross a flooded causeway in Australia, becoming the first victim of relentless flooding that one official has described as reaching ‘biblical proportions,’ police said today.
Discussion:
Crooked Timber

Video: Kirsten Powers says Bush 2008 veto of bill with end-of-life provision “not true” — Good stuff. When you tell a liberal the truth they recoil in disbelief. Seriously. — Just watch Kirsten Powers and her disbelief in this interview when the bomb is dropped about 6:00 in.
Discussion:
Right Wing News, The Greenroom and Conservatives4Palin


Chavez, Clinton chat at Brazil inauguration — Despite a simmering diplomatic row, President Hugo Chavez and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were seen having a brief, friendly chat Saturday at the inauguration of Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff. — “They talked and smiled, at least for five minutes.
Discussion:
Fausta's Blog, Outside the Beltway, Scared Monkeys, Babalú Blog, Weasel Zippers, Nice Deb and Dr. Orly Taitz Esquire