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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Prof. Chemerinsky says Justice Ginsburg “has in her power the ability to prevent a real shift in the balance of power on the court.” — “On the other hand, there's the personal. How do you decide to leave the United States Supreme Court?” — Wow! How much of this kind of moral pressure is being applied to the venerable Justice?
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Outside the Beltway
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Associated Press:
Justice Ginsburg Not Leaving Court ‘Anytime Soon’ — WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats and liberals have a nightmare vision of the Supreme Court's future: President Barack Obama is defeated for re-election next year and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, at 78 the oldest justice, soon finds her health will not allow her to continue on the bench.
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
U.S. opposes Mexican's execution
U.S. opposes Mexican's execution
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UrbanGrounds, Josh Blackman's Blog and The BLT
New York Times:
Strauss-Kahn Accuser's Call Alarmed Prosecutors — Twenty-eight hours after a housekeeper at the Sofitel New York said she was sexually assaulted by Dominique Strauss-Kahn, she spoke by phone to a boyfriend in an immigration jail in Arizona. — Investigators with the Manhattan district …
Walter Russell Mead / Via Meadia:
The Failure of Al Gore Part Three: Singing the Climate Blues — Some readers are wondering why I am spending so much time analyzing the political problems of a former vice president. It is not out of any personal animus toward Mr. Gore. Though I'm not expecting any invitations …
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The Moderate Voice and The Huffington Post
Jamie Klatell / The Hill:
Obama: We can't afford to keep every tax break — President Obama used his weekly address to reiterate his demand for ending tax breaks for “millionaires and billionaires” in any budget deal to raise the nation's debt limit. — “It would be nice if we could keep every tax break, but we can't afford them,” Obama said.
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The Politico and The Moderate Voice
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Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
China's Stimulus — Word from Prime Minister Wen Jiabao : … Now obviously what Wen doesn't add to that is “and a lot of this new construction is pretty wasteful.” But the reality is that it is. People often say that China has a billion people. But it doesn't. It has over 1.3 billion people.
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Eschaton
Alexander Burns / Reuters:
Herman Cain's top Iowa staff resigns — A few days after two senior aides in New England, the other shoe drops on Herman Cain in Iowa: … Cain spokeswoman Ellen Carmichael told POLITICO a few days ago that the New Hampshire staff would be replaced in short order.
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The TrogloPundit, AmSpecBlog, The Other McCain and FrumForum
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The Iowa Republican:
Cain Loses Iowa Director and Straw Poll Coordinator
Cain Loses Iowa Director and Straw Poll Coordinator
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The Note, Outside the Beltway, The Daily Caller and Pam's House Blend
Evan McMorris-Santoro / TPMDC:
Herman Cain Hauls In $2.46M In Fundraising, ‘No Debt’
Herman Cain Hauls In $2.46M In Fundraising, ‘No Debt’
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Outside the Beltway, Bloomberg, Hot Air and The Politico
Mark Steyn / National Review:
Obama's Declaration of Dependence — Dozens of countries have “Independence Days.” November 25th, for example: Independence Day in Suriname. In that instance as in most others, the designation signifies nothing more than transfer of de jure sovereignty and de facto operational control …
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Pundit & Pundette
New York Times:
U.S. Expands Its Drone War Into Somalia — WASHINGTON — The clandestine American military campaign to combat Al Qaeda's franchise in Yemen is expanding to fight the Islamist militancy in Somalia, as new evidence indicates that insurgents in the two countries are forging closer ties …
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ThinkProgress, JustOneMinute and Runnin' Scared
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David Gambacorta / Philly.com:
On Obama's visit, presidential seal blew off his limo on I-76; it later was recovered — There's nothing quite like that feeling you get in the pit of your stomach when you just know that you've lost something important. — It happens to people all the time - especially travelers.
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Scared Monkeys and Weasel Zippers
Andy Greenberg / The Firewall:
Here's The Legal Complaint WikiLeaks Is Threatening To File Against Visa, MasterCard — More than six months have passed since Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, and others cut WikiLeaks' purse strings. And if that blockade lasts six more days, the secret-spilling group plans to take its financial fight to the courtroom.
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Crooks and Liars and Mediaite, more at Techmeme »
Agence France Presse:
Hamas slams Greece for barring Gaza aid ship — DAMASCUS — The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas on Friday denounced Greece after its coastguard intercepted a US vessel which tried to sail to Gaza to break Israel blockade of the coastal strip. — In a statement issued by its political leadership …
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Questions and Observations, Weasel Zippers and Jihad Watch
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
It's Reagan's party no more — It should cause no shortage of frustration for congressional Republicans that President Obama is in line with the Reagan legacy — and they're actively rejecting it. Politico's David Rogers had a fine piece of reporting touching on this point yesterday.
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Booman Tribune and The Politico