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Sen. Rand Paul / Des Moines Register:
Rand Paul: Republicans would take a giant step backward by choosing Gingrich — As a U.S. senator elected from and by the tea party, I am often asked about the tea party, the conservative movement and the presidential race. — While conservatives and limited-government activists did …
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The Iowa Republican, O.KayHenderson.com, Iowa Caucuses and The Spectacle Blog
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Wall Street Journal:
Gingrich Is Inspiring—and Disturbing — The first potential president about whom there is too much information. — I had a friend once who amused herself thinking up bumper stickers for states. The one she made up for California was brilliant. “California: It's All True.”
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GOP 12, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Slate and 2012 Decoded
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Gingrich Tragedy — Of all the major Republicans, the one who comes closest to my worldview is Newt Gingrich. Despite his erratically shifting views and odd phases, he continually returns to this core political refrain: He talks about using government in energetic but limited ways to increase growth, dynamism and social mobility.
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Washington Post, Ben Smith's Blog, Opinionator, Daily Kos, Prairie Weather and Wall Street Journal
David Frum / FrumForum:
The Coming GOP Gingrich Freakout
The Coming GOP Gingrich Freakout
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CBS News, The Reaction, Booman Tribune, Little Green Footballs, Washington Post, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and ABCNEWS
Andrew Grossman / Metropolis:
N.Y.U. to Offer Classes on Occupy Wall Street … Occupy Wall Street is becoming a teachable moment for New York City college students. — New York University plans to offer two classes next semester on the protest movement, whose participants frequently marched and rallied around the school's Greenwich Village campus this fall.
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ThinkProgress, NBC New York and ABCNEWS
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Rita Solomon / Washington Square News:
NYU to add course on OWS next semester
NYU to add course on OWS next semester
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Business Insider, Runnin' Scared and Gothamist
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Winning the argument
Winning the argument
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Washington Monthly, The Raw Story, Paul Krugman, Daily Kos and Hullabaloo
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Mitt's granite fortress under siege — MANCHESTER, N.H. - Mitt Romney, whose team has been working New Hampshire for nearly five years, has a coordinator in most of the state's 234 towns. Newt Gingrich, who opened an office here less than a month ago, has a state director who's never worked on a campaign before.
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A.Killough / CNN:
Romney super PAC prepping Gingrich attack
Romney super PAC prepping Gingrich attack
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ABCNEWS, Washington Monthly and The Page
Joel Gehrke / Campaign 2012:
Obama: More jobs in jobless benefits than Keystone — President Obama said that he will delay his vacation and keep Congress in session until the passage of his desired payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits extension — two proposals that Obama said would create more jobs …
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Josiah Ryan / The Hill:
Dems' payroll tax cut extension goes down again in Senate
Dems' payroll tax cut extension goes down again in Senate
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The Politico, Hot Air, Connecting.the.Dots, Firedoglake and The Page
New York Times:
Republicans Unveil Plan for Payroll Tax
Republicans Unveil Plan for Payroll Tax
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Washington Monthly, The Caucus and Reuters
Google Mobile Blog:
Google Currents is hot off the press — We strive to give you beautiful and simple ways to experience all the content the web has to offer, such as sharing photos on Google+, watching YouTube videos and discovering books, movies and music from Android Market.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
All the G.O.P.'s Gekkos — Almost a quarter of a century has passed since the release of the movie “Wall Street,” and the film seems more relevant than ever. The self-righteous screeds of financial tycoons denouncing President Obama all read like variations on Gordon Gekko's famous …
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Prairie Weather
ABCNEWS:
Michele Bachmann Becomes Fifth GOP Candidate To Reject Donald Trump Debate — ABC News' Michael Falcone reports: — DES MOINES — Another one bites the dust. — Michele Bachmann has officially said “no” to the Donald Trump-moderated Newsmax debate scheduled for later this month.
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A.Killough / CNN:
Santorum on Trump debate no-shows: They're hypocrites
Santorum on Trump debate no-shows: They're hypocrites
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Michelle Malkin and The Politico
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Record High Anti-Incumbent Sentiment Toward Congress — But voters are more inclined to say their own representative deserves re-election — PRINCETON, NJ — About three-quarters of registered voters (76%) say most members of Congress do not deserve re-election, the highest such percentage Gallup …
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The Politico and Hotline On Call
New York Post:
‘Furious’ twisting — For the sake of argument, let's assume that everything Attorney General Eric Holder told the House Judiciary Committee yesterday was true. — That the answer to several questions about who ordered Fast and Furious — the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' …
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Power Line, New York Times and The Politico
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Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
Sensenbrenner floats impeachment of Obama admin. officials as ‘Fast and Furious’ response
Sensenbrenner floats impeachment of Obama admin. officials as ‘Fast and Furious’ response
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Weasel Zippers, The Other McCain and The Hill
BBC:
Iran shows film of captured US drone — The BBC's James Reynolds says the video appears to support Iran's claims — Iranian TV has shown the first video footage of an advanced US drone aircraft that Tehran says it downed near the Afghan border. — Images show Iranian military officials inspecting …
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Wall Street Journal, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Conservative Daily News, Belmont Club, Truthdig and New York Times
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Jennifer Griffin / Fox News:
Officials Confirm Authenticity of Iranian TV Images Showing Lost U.S. Drone
Officials Confirm Authenticity of Iranian TV Images Showing Lost U.S. Drone
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Atlas Shrugs and Vodkapundit
Rick Gladstone / New York Times:
Iran Shows Video It Says Is of U.S. Drone
Iran Shows Video It Says Is of U.S. Drone
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The BLT, Weasel Zippers, Firedoglake, americanthinker.com, Danger Room, Mediaite, Washington Post and rubber hose
NW Daily Marker:
Tweets from Congressional Staffers Describe On-Job Drinking in Office of Congressman Larsen — For young men and women with ambitions toward a career in politics, working in a Congressional office can be a heady, almost dreamlike experience. Left unsupervised, the combination of youth indiscretion …
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Associated Press:
Groups seek Calif. gay marriage ban appeal over judge's sexual orientation, marriage views — SAN FRANCISCO — The sponsors of California's gay marriage ban renewed their effort Thursday to disqualify a federal judge because of his same-sex relationship, but they met a skeptical audience in an appeals court panel.
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ThinkProgress, Courthouse News Service, Towleroad News #gay and Washington Post
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Vicki Needham / The Hill:
GOP seeks to cut unemployment benefits — GOP leaders hope to build momentum for an end-of-year tax package with sweeping reforms to federal unemployment benefits. — The Republican proposal is expected to reduce the total number of weeks unemployed workers are eligible for aid …
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Next step in our Randian dystopia: stimgatize the unemployed — So now they're going to “reform” unemployment. The first thing they say they'll do do is stop the millionaires from collecting it. I don't know how many millionaires are collecting it now or how this will be administered, but fine.
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Daily Kos
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Arthur Delaney / The Huffington Post:
Jack Kingston: Drug Test The Jobless
Jack Kingston: Drug Test The Jobless
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ThinkProgress
Eric Segall / Slate:
A Liberal's Lament on Kagan and Health Care — Should Elena Kagan recuse herself in the ACA case? — Elena Kagan was appointed by Obama from within his administration shortly after health care reform passed. Should she hear the case before the Supreme Court?
Matt Ortega / 2012 US Elections:
Perry's jacket in anti-gay ad? Heath Ledger wore it in “Brokeback Mountain” — Rick Perry launched an anti-gay ad called, “Strong.” In the ad, he attacks gays openly serving in the armed forces. — As it turns out, the gays get their revenge... the jacket Rick Perry wore in the ad?
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Associated Press:
Obama celebrates Hanukkah at White House — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is marking Hanukkah as a story of “faith over doubt.” — Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and Vice President Joe Biden convened a Hanukkah celebration at the White House Thursday in an early celebration of the Jewish Festival of Lights.
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The Gateway Pundit, Scared Monkeys, The Lonely Conservative and Weasel Zippers
Janet Tavakoli / The Huffington Post:
Jon Corzine Dodges the Fraud Question — It's as if Jon Corzine's PR machine is in top spin mode. You'll recall Jon Corzine is the former head of Goldman Sachs and former CEO of MF Global that appeared in front of Congress yesterday to answer questions about an estimated $600 million …
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Jesse's Café Américain, Business Insider and Michelle Malkin