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10:40 PM ET, December 11, 2011

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First Read / msnbc.com:
Gingrich opens up big leads in South Carolina and Florida  —  Newt Gingrich's surge in the polls isn't limited to just the early presidential-nominating contest of Iowa.  —  According to new NBC News-Marist polls, the former House speaker has now opened up commanding leads in South Carolina and Florida …
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Matthew Putney / ABCNEWS:
Democrats Blast Newt Gingrich in First Video Ad as ‘Original Tea Partier’  —  For the first time in the presidential primary campaign, Democrats are turning their web video and “rapid response” email attack machine on former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.  —  Just hours after the ABC News …
David Weigel / Slate:
The Iowa Debate: Newt Wins the Dress Rehearsal
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Santorum: Look at Gingrich's record
John T. Bennett / The Hill:
Perry, Huntsman pledge major changes for Congress  —  Two long shot Republican presidential candidates took aim at the nation's capital on Sunday, vowing to make major changes to Congress as they search for traction with GOP voters.  —  Texas Gov. Rick Perry and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman …
Discussion: CNN and Outside the Beltway
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Michael Barone / Campaign 2012:
Thoughts on the ABC/Drake debate
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Debate 2.0: Romney and Gingrich surrogates attack
Discussion: ABCNEWS
Laird Harrison / Reuters:
Anti-Wall Street activists look to block West Coast ports  —  (Reuters) - Anti-Wall Street protesters, hoping to briefly cripple a key supply chain of American commerce and re-energize their movement, plan to attempt to block major West Coast ports on Monday.
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San Francisco Chronicle:
Opposition grows to Occupy's port shutdown plan  —  Occupy Oakland's plan to shut down the city's bustling port on Monday for the second time in as many months is facing a complicating wrinkle nowhere in sight last time - opposition from several unions and some within the Occupy movement itself.
Discussion: Firedoglake
Barry Rubin / Rubin Reports:
Fact-Checking Newt Gingrich and the Fact-Checkers on the Middle East  —  ABC News “fact-checked” Newt Gingrich's Middle East statements and some readers asked me to fact-check ABC, so here is my view:  —  Gingrich said Palestinians are an “invented” people.  ABC says: Not true.
Brian Bennett / Los Angeles Times:
Police employ Predator drone spy planes on home front  —  Unmanned aircraft from an Air Force base in North Dakota help local police with surveillance, raising questions that trouble privacy advocates.  —  A Predator drone spy plane helped police make arrests after a North Dakota family's run-in with a local sheriff.
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Rick Perry: 'I Don't Have Memorized' The Names Of All 9 Supreme Court Justices  —  During a meeting with the Des Moines Register editorial board on Friday, Rick Perry asserted there were eight justices on the Supreme Court and mispronounced Sonia Sotomayor's name.
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Christopher Sherman / Associated Press:
US proposes unmanned border crossing with Mexico  —  BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, Texas (AP) — The bloody drug war in Mexico shows no sign of relenting.  Neither do calls for tighter border security amid rising fears of spillover violence.  —  This hardly seems a time the U.S. would be willing …
Michelangelo Signorile / The Huffington Post:
Candace Gingrich-Jones Questions Whether Brother Newt Gingrich Really Believes His Own Anti-Gay Rhetoric … Gay Marriage , Newt Gingrich , Same-Sex Marriage , Video , 2012 Presidential Race , Candace Gingrich-Jones , Candace Gingrich-Jones Gay Marriage , Michelangelo Signorile …
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Washington Examiner:
Why Americans no longer trust Washington  —  Survey after survey in recent months has shown an alarming decline in public confidence in the nation's chief federal institutions, as well as a deepening pessimism about America's future.  Congressional approval is at an all-time low of 13 percent …
Discussion: The Other McCain
New York Post:
Rev. Al deep in the red  —  The Rev. Al Sharpton's nonprofit paid him nearly $242,000 — even as it carried $1.6 million in debt, according to documents obtained by The Post.  —  In all, the controversial activist and his empire, including the National Action Network and two for-profit companies …
 
 
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
The Next First (and Only) 100 Days
Discussion: Firedoglake
Economist:
Wilting greens  —  Britain falls out of love with environmentalism
Discussion: Via Meadia
JJ Robinson / Minivan News:
Protesters calling for religious tolerance attacked with stones, threatened with death
Discussion: Jihad Watch and The Gateway Pundit
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Romney's claim that Obama is an apologist for U.S. is based on distortions
Discussion: National Review and Don Surber
Lynn Sweet:
Mitt makes $10,000 bet at ABC News debate. Dec. 10, 2011 Transcript
Discussion: Booman Tribune
John T. Bennett / The Hill:
McConnell: Keystone is ‘shovel ready,’ pushes for linking payroll tax, pipeline
Discussion: CNN
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The NYT reports adding 260K digital subscribers in Q3, for 11.9M in total, with digital ad revenue up 8.8% YoY to $81.6M, and The Athletic had its first profit

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Around 75% of the largest US newspapers aren't endorsing anyone for president this year, as publishers try not to annoy any sliver of their remaining customers

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Amazon unveils X-Ray Recaps on Prime Video, an AI feature that generates “spoiler-free and concise summaries” of TV shows, in beta to Fire TV users in the US

 
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