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1:50 PM ET, December 14, 2011

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Kurt Andersen / Time:
The Protester  —  Once upon a time, when major news events were chronicled strictly by professionals and printed on paper or transmitted through the air by the few for the masses, protesters were prime makers of history.  Back then, when citizen multitudes took to the streets without weapons …
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Phyllis Furman / NY Daily News:
Milk Street Cafe, FiDi eatery that lost business due to Occupy Wall Street barricades, to close for good  —  Thursday is last day for popular Financial District restaurant that opened in June  —  Milk Street Cafe owner Marc Epstein, on steps of City Hall in November, complained about Occupy Wall Street barricades hurting business.
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Time's POTY: “The Protester”  —  Really?  The most influential and newsworthy person of the year currently occupies space in urban downtown areas, unless you're on the West Coast, where you can find them hanging out at the docks, blocking traffic and making your cost of goods needlessly increase.
Mj Lee / The Politico:
Time's Person of the Year: ‘The Protester’
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:   Time magazine honors ‘the protester’ as 2011 Person of the Year
Mj Lee / The Politico:
Christine O'Donnell: I like Mitt Romney's flip  —  Talk about a backhanded compliment.  —  Christine O'Donnell, who has endorsed Mitt Romney, appeared on CNN Wednesday and inadvertently drew attention to one of the charges against the former Massachusetts governor from his critics - flip-flopping.
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Jonathan Bernstein / Washington Monthly:
The GOP policy problem
Jennifer Jacobs / Iowa Caucuses:
Gingrich's Iowa political director leaves campaign after Mormonism ‘cult’ remark
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Newt Gingrich commits a capital crime  —  Newt Gingrich — the friend of his detractors, to whom he offers serial vindications — provided on Monday redundant evidence for the proposition that he is the least conservative candidate seeking the Republican presidential nomination: He faulted Mitt Romney for committing acts of capitalism.
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Robert Costa / National Review:
Ryan to Gingrich: ‘This Is Not the 1990s’  —  Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, the influential Budget Committee chairman, has kept his distance from the GOP primary.  But after reading Newt Gingrich's latest comments about entitlement reform, he says the contenders must seriously address the debt crisis, not play political games.
WISN Milwaukee's Channel 12:
Mickey Mouse, Adolf Hitler Allowed On Wis. Recall Petitions  —  GAB Rules Address, Date More Important Than Names  —  MADISON, Wis. — The signatures of Mickey Mouse and Adolf Hitler will be counted on recall petitions targeting Gov. Scott Walker as long as they are properly dated and include …
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Tim Mak / The Politico:   ‘Mickey Mouse’ OK for Walker recall
Russell Berman / The Hill:
Boehner gets tough with Senate: Time to act on House payroll tax extension  —  Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Wednesday implored the Senate to act on the House-passed payroll-tax bill, making a bid to wrap up Congress's work for the year and head home for the holidays.
Discussion: The Politico and CNN
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New York Times:
House Passes Extension of Cut to Payroll Taxes
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Bluff called: House defies Obama veto threat, passes payroll cut extension with Keystone pipeline provision
Office of the Assistant Secretary …:
2.5 Million Young Adults Gain Health Insurance Due to the Affordable Care Act  —  This Issue Brief is available on the Internet at:  —  Printer Friendly version in PDF format (2 pages)  —  [Free PDF reader ]  —  How to Obtain a Printed Copy  —  Results released today [12/14/11] …
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CNBC:
Realtors: We Overcounted Home Sales for Five Years  —  Data on sales of previously owned U.S. homes from 2007 through October this year will be revised down next week because of double counting, indicating a much weaker housing market than previously thought.
Matthew Lynn / MarketWatch:
This slump won't end until 2031  —  Commentary: Our predicament parallels the Long Depression of 1870s  —  LONDON (MarketWatch) — In retrospect, it wasn't hard to see that the markets were becoming dangerously unstable.  Germany had just adopted a new monetary system, and Europe was being flooded with cheap German money.
Discussion: Newshoggers.com and The Agonist
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Holder's Voting Rights Speech Part II: Real Legislation To Fight Real Election Fraud  —  This post is the second in a three-part series on last night's voting rights speech by Attorney General Eric Holder.  Part I is here.  —  Republicans justify their vote suppressing “voter ID” …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Malcolm Moore / Telegraph:
Inside Wukan: the Chinese village that fought back  —  Something extraordinary has happened in the Chinese village of Wukan.  —  Thousands of Wukan's residents gathered for a second day in front of a triple-roofed pagoda that serves as the village hall  —  For the first time on record …
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
A First Iowa Forecast: Race Is Still Wide Open  —  We're a few days away from releasing the official version of our polling-based forecasts for the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary.  But the statistical work behind the model is done, so I can give you a preview of what the forecasts will look like.
The Jewish Week:
My Tim Tebow Problem  —  I've got a Tim Tebow problem.  —  I want to root for the guy, but I'm afraid of what will happen if the hulky Denver Bronco quarterback continues to pull off what is fast becoming the Greatest Gridiron Story Ever Told.  Since taking over as starting quarterback earlier this season …
Wall Street / Chicago Tribune:
U.S. Mint halts production of $1 coins — no one wants them  —  The U.S. government, its vaults stuffed with 1.4 billion one-dollar coins bearing the likenesses of dead presidents, has had enough of them.  It is going to curtail production.  —  “Nobody wants them,” Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday.
Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
Mueller unsatisfied with detainee legislation  —  FBI Director Robert Mueller said Wednesday said that he remains concerned that a defense bill containing provisions about military custody for terrorism suspects could interfere with the FBI's ability to investigate terrorist incidents and interrogate those believed responsible.
Julia Preston / New York Times:
Immigration Crackdown Also Snares Americans  —  A growing number of United States citizens have been detained under Obama administration programs intended to detect illegal immigrants who are arrested by local police.  —  In a spate of recent cases across the country, American citizens …
Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Democratic balanced budget amendment fails in Senate vote, 21 to 79  —  A balanced budget amendment sponsored by Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) has failed in the Senate by a vote of 21 to 79.  —  Just as the Senate started voting on the Democratic version of a balanced budget amendment Wednesday …
Discussion: CNN
 
 
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U.S. energy bill beneficiary redefines going green
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Rick Stengel / Time:
Person of the Year Introduction
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Associated Press:
Bob Barr says he won't run for Congress
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Charles Krupa / ABCNEWS:
Unfavorable Views of Obama Reach a High, Although Gingrich Trails in Popularity
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and PoliPundit.com
Rush Limbaugh:
Critics Pan Chelsea Clinton's Debut
Discussion: The Other McCain and Daily Pundit
Lisa Depaulo / GQ:
The (Real) Governator
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Dem Senators to Obama administration: On Plan B, it's put up or shut up time