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Joe Romm / ThinkProgress:
GOP Threaten to Harm the Economy If Obama Won't Embrace Tar Sands Pipeline — GOP Threaten to Kill Tax Relief and Unemployment Extension Over Keystone XL Pipeline, Which Won't Improve Energy Independence or Create Many Permanent Jobs … By Kate Gordon and Daniel J. Weiss in a CAP repost
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Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
Victory II: Democrats Cave on Keystone in Payroll Tax Cut Deal
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Brian Beutler / tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMDC — McConnell Demands Keystone XL In Any Payroll Tax Agreement
The Politico:
Senate punts: Two-month deal on payroll
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Dem Keystone support creates tougher fight for Reid, Obama
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Reid J. Epstein / The Politico:
Nikki Haley's Mitt Romney endorsement catches flak — GREENVILLE, S.C. - Nikki Haley's attempt to boost Mitt Romney is threatening her own support here at home. — Romney's campaign is using the South Carolina governor's endorsement to build his acceptance among the tea party base that's never …
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Kevinliptak / CNN:
S.C. governor rallies crowd for Romney — Greenville, South Carolina (CNN) - South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley brought her star power to bear Friday after she backed Mitt Romney for president. — Romney seemed energized by the political coup, telling the Greenville audience: “Today I woke up with a big smile on my face.”
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Hot Air and The Politico
A.Killough / CNN:
Haley explains her decision to back Romney, not Gingrich — Sioux City, Iowa (CNN) - South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said her decision to endorse Mitt Romney in the Republican presidential race became clear two weeks ago. — At the end of November, Haley ducked out of a Republican Governors …
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Hot Air, Telegraph, The Reaction, The Politico, American Power and Ballot Box
James V. Grimaldi / Washington Post:
FBI considered a sting aimed at Newt Gingrich in 1997
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David Frum / FrumForum:
Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011 — A friend of theirs once took Christopher Hitchens and his wife Carol Blue to dinner at Palm Beach's Everglades Club, notorious for its exclusion of Jews. — “You will behave, won't you?” Carol anxiously asked Christopher on the way into the club. No dice.
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June Thomas / Slate:
“Herewith, Hope It Serves. As Always, Christopher.”
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William Grimes / New York Times:
Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011: Christopher Hitchens Is Dead at 62 — Obituary
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Peter Hitchens / Daily Mail:
In Memoriam, my courageous brother Christopher, 1949-2011 — How odd it is to hear of your own brother's death on an early morning radio bulletin. How odd it is for a private loss to be a public event. — I wouldn't normally dream of writing about such a thing here, and I doubt if many people would expect me to.
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New York Post:
Long Island high-school students suspended for ‘Tebowing’ — The Tebow mania sweeping the nation sacked a group of Long Island high-school students who were suspended for mimicking the quarterback's famous prayer pose. — Twin brothers Tyler and Connor Carroll of Riverhead HS …
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Christopher Hunt / ESPN:
High schoolers banned for Tebowing
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Scared Monkeys, The Lonely Conservative, Ricochet Conversations Feed and Jammie Wearing Fools
Richard W. Stevenson / The Caucus:
Group Clears Path for a Third-Party Ticket — To those who bemoan the lack of better choices in presidential elections, third-party fantasies come easily at this stage in a campaign. End hyper-partisanship and Washington dysfunction: Vote Bloomberg-Petraeus in 2012!
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New York Magazine, Balkinization and Hullabaloo
Tyler Cowen / Marginal Revolution:
It is finally being recognized that the eurozone made a major policy breakthrough … Here is the story, and you will recall my earlier post here. Karl Smith asks how this fits in with the treatment of collateral, and here is also a more skeptical take on the arbitrage.
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Business Insider, Modeled Behavior, TheMoneyIllusion, Eschaton and Political Mojo
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission:
SEC CHARGES FORMER FANNIE MAE AND FREDDIE MAC EXECUTIVES WITH SECURITIES FRAUD — Companies Agree to Cooperate in SEC Actions — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — 2011-267 — Washington, D.C., Dec. 16, 2011 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged six former top executives …
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Nathan Koppel / Washington Wire:
Rick Perry, Pensioner — He may not act like a retiree, but GOP presidential candidate Texas Gov. Rick Perry has collected monthly retirement benefits for much of the year. The governor elected in January to start receiving a state employee retirement annuity of $7,698 a month …
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Hot Air and MyFox Philadelphia
Ahmed Rehab / The Huffington Post:
Let's Face it: It's the Radical Right, not Islam, that is the Greatest Threat to the American Way — Imagine if a major American advertiser were to pull its ads off of Jersey Shore because they received objections that the show while portraying a group of Italian-Americans, made the glaring error of excluding Mafiosi.
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Yolanda Jones / The Commercial Appeal:
Southaven Mayor Greg Davis' expense receipts prompt frank revelation — Purchase at store for gay men leads to mayor's admission — Southaven Mayor Greg Davis addresses the media last month following a meeting with the state auditor. — Receipts from embattled Southaven Mayor Greg Davis reveal …
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Congress overturns incandescent light bulb ban — Congressional negotiators struck a deal Thursday that overturns the new rules that were to have banned sales of traditional incandescent light bulbs beginning next year. — That agreement is tucked inside the massive 1,200-page spending bill …
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Power Line, The PJ Tatler, Hot Air, Don Surber, Ricochet Conversations Feed, Hit & Run and The Enterprise Blog
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama looks safe in New Mexico — Barack Obama is considerably less popular in New Mexico now than he was in 2008. He won 57% of the vote there, but now has an approval rating under 50% in the state at 49/46. Those represent the poorest numbers we've found for him in New Mexico all year …
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Capitol Report and No More Mister Nice Blog
Maxim Lott / Fox News:
Climategate Bombshell: Did U.S. Gov't Help Hide Climate Data? — Are your tax dollars helping hide global warming data from the public? Internal emails leaked as part of “Climategate 2.0” indicate the answer may be “Yes.” — The original Climategate emails — correspondence stolen …
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Biased BBC
Tanya Somanader / ThinkProgress:
Rep. Allen West: 'If Joseph Goebbels Was Around, He'd Be Very Proud Of The Democrat Party' — Arguably the most inflammatory member in Congress, GOP Rep. Allen West (FL) outdid himself yesterday by comparing the Democratic Party to the Nazi party. Bristling at a new poll revealing …
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Washington Post, Indecision Forever, Naked Politics and The Hill
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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Dems call on Rep. West to apologize for Joseph Goebbels comparison
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Washington Monthly, nation.foxnews.com, The Politico, Doug Ross and Weasel Zippers
Soni Sangha / New York Times:
Underground Pre-K Groups, Often Illegal, Abound in New York — IT WAS 6 P.M. on a Friday in early June, and my children's dinnertime coincided with the moment the New York City Department of Education posted acceptance letters online for 4-year-olds seeking prekindergarten spots in public school.
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New York Magazine and Runnin' Scared
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Newt And The Health Care Mandate — As of this writing Newt Gingrich is opposed to the ObamaCare individual health insurance mandate. However, the Times tells us that this is a recent conversion: — More broadly, he has indicated his agreement with the most controversial aspect …
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Hit & Run, ThinkProgress, Politifact.com Truth … and TigerHawk
Josh Lederman / The Hill:
Obama makes impassioned plea for support from Jewish audience — NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — President Obama made an impassioned plea for continued support from American Jews on Friday, listing off his accomplishments on social issues and touting his record in support of Israel's security.
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