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4:40 AM ET, December 11, 2011

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Frances Martel / Mediaite:
Glenn Beck: The Tea Party Supporting Gingrich Over Obama ‘Must Be About Race’  —  Glenn Beck has made no secret of how much he dislikes Newt Gingrich- not even to Newt Gingrich's face.  But he has yet to confront his supporters until last night, when he reasoned to Freedom Watch host Judge Andrew Napolitano …
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Christian Whiton / Fox News:
Why Washington Is Shocked, Shocked By Newt Gingrich's Rise Over Mitt Romney  —  One of the more enjoyable spectacles out of Washington lately has been the horror of establishment Beltway Republicans that Newt Gingrich just might be their presidential nominee, having jumped ahead of Mitt Romney in recent polls.
Richard Adams / Guardian:
GOP presidential debate in Iowa: as it happened  —  Mitt Romney suffered a $10,000 gaffe while Newt Gingrich brushed off a series of attacks during the GOP debate in Iowa  —  Live from Des Moines, it's Saturday night - and welcome to live-blogging coverage of the GOP presidential debate in Des Moines …
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
The ABC/Yahoo Iowa Debate: What to Watch For  —  No days off!  —  That's the motto of the 2012 Republican presidential candidates (and the people that cover them) with only 24 days left before the Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses.  —  FILE - In this Nov. 22, 2011, file photo Republican presidential …
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Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
Rick Santorum Will Score Upset Win in Tonight's ‘Pivotal’ ABC Debate in Iowa  —  That's not the headline on the ABC News story, of course: … We should recognize this as what it is: Hype, of the same sort of stuff Hunter S. Thompson used to write when he was moonlighting as a publicist for a Florida wrestling promoter:
CNN:
“Putin Out,” Russian protesters chant  —  Moscow (CNN) — Tens of thousands of Russians turned out in central Moscow and across the country Saturday to protest what they believe were rigged parliamentary elections.  —  United Russia, the party of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin …
Discussion: Firedoglake
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Miriam Elder / Guardian:
Russians protest over ‘election fraud’  —  Tens of thousands defy bitter cold and fear of crackdown in challenge to victorious party of Vladimir Putin  —  Up to 50,000 people braved the cold and snow on Saturday to turn out for the largest ever protest against the rule of prime minister Vladimir Putin.
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Truthdig
CNN:
Palestinians attack Gingrich comment on ‘invented’ people  —  (CNN) — Senior Palestinian leaders on Saturday strongly criticized comments by Republican presidential frontrunner Newt Gingrich that the Palestinians are an “invented” people, calling them ignorant and racist.
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Fox News:
Gingrich Describes Palestinian People as ‘Invented’
Discussion: Associated Press
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
LightSquared disrupts 75% of GPS receivers in gov't testing  —  The saga of LightSquared added a new chapter last night, as Bloomberg reported on the preliminary result of tests of the satellite Internet provider's service in relation to GPS devices.  The Obama administration has pushed LightSquared …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
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Todd Shields / Bloomberg:
Falcone's LightSquared Said to Disrupt 75% of GPS in Tests
Discussion: Hot Air and Guardian
Paul Krugman:
Lessons From Europe  —  Let me return for a minute to Kevin O'Rourke's recent piece on the European summit.  Aside from pointing out just how bad an idea the new super-stability pact is, O'Rourke makes an important observation about what the European experience teaches us about macroeconomics:
Eric Kleefeld / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012  —  Santorum: ‘Science Should Get Out Of Politics’  —  Rick Santorum is known for his insistence that religion has an important place in political life — and also for criticizing various examples of scientific consensus such as evolution, global warming, stem-cell research, human sexuality, and other matters.
John Rosenthal / Weekly Standard:
Proposed S. Korean Towers Resemble Exploding World Trade Center  —  The unveiling of pictures of planned luxury residential towers scheduled to be built in Seoul, South Korea, has sparked instant controversy.  The reason is obvious.  The towers, which include a so-called “cloud” …
 
 
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Rolling Stone:
Indefinite Detention of American Citizens: Coming Soon to Battlefield U.S.A.
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Tim Craig / Washington Post:
Occupy D.C. protesters charged with assault on counter-protester
Pat Garofalo / ThinkProgress:
Perry Admits His Tax Plan Slams Low-Income People And Lets The Wealthy Pay Nothing
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