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Bloomberg:
Secret Fed Loans Gave U.S. Banks Undisclosed $13B — The Federal Reserve and the big banks fought for more than two years to keep details of the largest bailout in U.S. history a secret. Now, the rest of the world can see what it was missing. — The Fed didn't tell anyone which banks …
Charles Franklin / Polls And Votes:
Recognition and Favorability of GOP2012 Candidates — The rise of Newt Gingrich over the past 10 days or so, now capped with a Manchester Union Leader endorsement, is the culmination of a months long rejuvenation process. In April Gingrich ran neck-and-neck with Mitt Romney in net favorability ratings …
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The American Prospect and New York Times
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Newspaper's Endorsement Has Been Leading Indicator in New Hampshire — On Sunday, The Union Leader of Manchester, New Hampshire's largest newspaper, endorsed Newt Gingrich for president. The endorsement represents one of the most tangible signs of parts of the conservative establishment coming around …
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / Bloomberg:
Romney in 2006 Backed Immigration Stance That He Now Deems to Be ‘Amnesty’
Romney in 2006 Backed Immigration Stance That He Now Deems to Be ‘Amnesty’
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ThinkProgress and Washington Monthly
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Newt Gingrich's chance to narrow GOP field
Newt Gingrich's chance to narrow GOP field
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msnbc.com, ABCNEWS, Business Insider, Washington Post, The Hill, The Hill and The Caucus
CTV.ca:
Canada to pull out of Kyoto Protocol next month … Date: Sun. — Canada will announce next month that it will formally withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol, CTV News has learned. — The Harper government has tentatively planned an announcement for a few days before Christmas, CTV's Roger Smith reported Sunday evening.
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Bloomberg, Northern Reflections, Jammie Wearing Fools, iOwnTheWorld.com and Scared Monkeys
Wolfgang Münchau / Financial Times:
The eurozone really has only days to avoid collapse — In virtually all the debates about the eurozone I have been engaged in, someone usually makes the point that it is only when things get bad enough, the politicians finally act - eurobond, debt monetisation, quantitative easing, whatever.
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Steven T. Dennis / Roll Call:
Payroll Tax Cut Will Top Political Theater — Senate Democrats and the White House are setting up a certain-to-fail vote to extend and expand the payroll tax cut as soon as this week as their signature political showcase heading into the election year. — For Democratic partisans …
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Washington Monthly, New York Times and msnbc.com
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Neela Banerjee / Los Angeles Times:
Parties look to payroll tax deal after collapse of deficit talks
Parties look to payroll tax deal after collapse of deficit talks
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Hot Air, Daily Kos, The Hill and Calculated Risk
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Things to Tax — The supercommittee was a superdud — and we should be glad. Nonetheless, at some point we'll have to rein in budget deficits. And when we do, here's a thought: How about making increased revenue an important part of the deal? — And I don't just mean a return to Clinton-era tax rates.
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Prairie Weather and NewsBusters.org blogs
Associated Press:
Teen tweeter won't apologize to Sam Brownback — KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas teenager who wrote a disparaging tweet about Gov. Sam Brownback said Sunday that she is rejecting her high school principal's demand for a written apology. — Emma Sullivan, 18, of the Kansas City suburb of Fairway …
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The Politico, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Moderate Voice and Crooks and Liars
Hans Nichols / Bloomberg:
Schwarzman Backs Romney as Wall Street Turns Away From Obama — (Adds Schwarzman's donations to McCain in fifth paragraph and Romney's background in private equity in the sixth. For more news on the 2012 campaign, see ELECT.) — Nov. 28 (Bloomberg) — Stephen Schwarzman …
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The Hill and Business Insider
Carlos Lozano / L.A. NOW:
Occupy L.A.: Several arrested, but protest remains mostly peaceful — Police arrested several people early Monday at the Occupy L.A. demonstration outside City Hall, but then the commotion quickly died down. — Shortly after 5 a.m., police issued an order to disperse to those demonstrators gathered …
Discussion:
ThinkProgress and Jammie Wearing Fools
Richard Harris / NPR:
Ahead Of Climate Talks, U.S. Leadership In Question … The U.S. is second only to China in emitting gases that cause global warming. Above, the smoke stacks at American Electric Power's Mountaineer power plant in West Virginia. — A new round of United Nations climate talks is getting under way in Durban, South Africa, Monday.
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ThinkProgress, Reuters, New York Times, Insurance Daily and Questions and Observations
Ynetnews:
Iran: We'll fire 150,000 missiles at Israel if attacked — Defense minister Vahidi tells army volunteers ‘Israel has to be punished for what it has done to the Muslims in Palestine’ — Iranian Defense Minister General Ahmad Vahidi said Iran Independent News Service reported Sunday.
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Bob Owens, The Gateway Pundit and Israpundit