Top Items:
New York Times:
Officials Say F.B.I. Knew of Petraeus Affair in the Summer — WASHINGTON — High-level officials at the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Justice Department were notified in the late summer that F.B.I. agents had uncovered what appeared to be an extramarital affair involving the director …
Discussion:
No More Mister Nice Blog, The Daily Beast, ABCNEWS, CNN, New York Magazine, National Review, Addicting Info, Wizbang, Business Insider, emptywheel, Scared Monkeys, The Raw Story, Mother Jones, Politico, Taylor Marsh, The Mahablog, Prairie Weather, Washington Examiner, bigstory.ap.org, Wall Street Journal, News Desk and Wired, more at Mediagazer »
RELATED:
Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: Petraeus mistress may have revealed classified information at Denver speech on real reason for Libya attack — Biographer Paula Broadwell could be facing questions about whether she revealed classified information about the Libya attack that she was privy to due to her relationship with then-CIA Director David Petraeus.
Discussion:
emptywheel, WorldViews, Scared Monkeys, The PJ Tatler, Fox News Insider, Business Insider, The Gateway Pundit, Althouse and American Power
Wall Street Journal:
FBI Scrutinized on Petraeus — Complaints by Female Social Planner Led to Email Trail That Undid CIA Chief — A social planner's complaints about email stalking launched the monthslong criminal inquiry that led to a woman romantically linked to former Gen. David Petraeus …
Bernard Finel / Balloon Juice:
The Real Sin in the Petraeus Case
The Real Sin in the Petraeus Case
Discussion:
The Moderate Voice, She The People, American Prospect, Poynter and The Agonist
NY Daily News:
Jill Kelley, social liaison to MacDill Air Force Base, is mystery woman Paula Broadwell harassed …
Jill Kelley, social liaison to MacDill Air Force Base, is mystery woman Paula Broadwell harassed …
Discussion:
Gawker, DCist, New York Magazine, Daily Download, The Daily Beast, BuzzFeed and Business Insider
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Broadwell spoke of access to classified info
Broadwell spoke of access to classified info
Discussion:
ABCNEWS, New York Magazine, Shakesville, Outside the Beltway, Towleroad News #gay, Firedoglake, New York Times and Hot Air
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Kyrsten Sinema Wins Arizona House Seat, First Out Bi Member Of Congress — Sinema will follow Tammy Baldwin, elected to the Senate, as the second out LGBT woman in Congress. — Image by Ross D. Franklin / AP — WASHINGTON, DC — Kyrsten Sinema is the victor for a House seat in Arizona …
Discussion:
Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Feministing
RELATED:
Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
Democrat Sinema wins Arizona House race
Democrat Sinema wins Arizona House race
Discussion:
CNN and Prairie Weather
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
The GOP's media cocoon — A long-simmering generational battle in the conservative movement is boiling over after last week's shellacking, with younger operatives and ideologues going public with calls that Republicans break free from a political-media cocoon that has become intellectually suffocating and self defeating.
Talking Points Memo:
Grover Norquist: Romney A ‘Poopy Head’ — Anti-tax crusader and head of Americans for Tax Reform Grover Norquist told CBS on Monday that President Obama did not deserve a claim to an electoral mandate following his re-election because the candidate Republicans put forth to challenge him …
Discussion:
Politico, Mediaite, The Moderate Voice, msnbc.com, Mock, Paper, Scissors and BobCesca.com
RELATED:
CBS News:
Grover Norquist: Obama's goal is to raise energy taxes on middle class
Grover Norquist: Obama's goal is to raise energy taxes on middle class
Discussion:
New York Magazine and ABCNEWS
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Grover Norquist: Obama reelected by characterizing Romney as ‘a poopy-head’
Grover Norquist: Obama reelected by characterizing Romney as ‘a poopy-head’
Discussion:
CNN
TMZ.com:
Elmo Voice Kevin Clash Denies Sex w/ Underage Boy — Takes Leave of Absence from Sesame Street — Takes Leave of Absence from Sesame Street — EXCLUSIVE — Kevin Clash — the man known as the voice of Elmo — has taken a leave of absence from Sesame Street in the wake of allegations …
Discussion:
Above the Law, NewsBusters.org, BuzzFeed, Gawker, nation.foxnews.com, The Raw Story, theGrio, New Jersey Online, The Hinterland Gazette and Gothamist
RELATED:
Ryan J. Reilly / Talking Points Memo:
Arizona Still Counting Ballots Nearly A Week After Election — Hundreds of thousands of ballots have yet to be counted in Arizona nearly a week after Election Day, a majority of which appeared to come from Maricopa County. — Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett's said Saturday …
RELATED:
Deborah Montesano / Addicting Info:
Outrage Builds As Arizona Continues To Count Votes
Outrage Builds As Arizona Continues To Count Votes
Discussion:
FiveThirtyEight, Balloon Juice, Blog Summaries, Weasel Zippers and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
What's Going on With the Fiscal Cliff? — Zhang Jun/Xinhua/Zuma; Anton Reznikov/Shutterstock — Where did this whole “fiscal cliff” metaphor come from, anyway? — It's the handiwork of Fed chairman Ben Bernanke, the same guy who warned us about a “global savings glut” in 2005.
Discussion:
American Prospect, Washington Monthly and Mother Jones
RELATED:
Wick Allison / The American Conservative:
The Real GOP Fiasco: Fairness
The Real GOP Fiasco: Fairness
Discussion:
The Atlantic Online, Politico and The Hill
Eli Saslow / Washington Post:
GOP's Red America forced to rethink what it knows about the country — HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. — She arrived early to take apart the campaign office piece by piece, just as she felt so many other things about her life were being dismantled. Beth Cox wore a Mitt Romney T-shirt …
Discussion:
American Power, Power Line, Washington Monthly, Booman Tribune, Daily Kos and Shakesville
Robin Abcarian / Los Angeles Times:
Tea party activists blame losses on Republican establishment — Angry tea party activists say Mitt Romney was too moderate and the GOP undermined ‘true conservative’ candidates. — Mitt Romney advisor Ed Gillespie, speaking to reporters after the second presidential debate …
Discussion:
Crooks and Liars and Suburban Guerrilla
RELATED:
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
The Republican Clown Car Campaign
The Republican Clown Car Campaign
Discussion:
The Lonely Conservative, Right Wing News, protein wisdom and National Review
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
The New Math — A number of TPM Readers have written in this morning saying, “Josh, how can you of all people be surprised that Republicans or at least Republican pollsters had created their own alternative numbers reality (or in Megan Kelly's now immortal words, “Math you do as a Republican …
Discussion:
Paul Krugman
Jeff Wise / Gizmodo:
Exclusive: John McAfee Wanted for Murder (Updated) — Antivirus pioneer John McAfee is on the run from murder charges, Belize police say. According to Marco Vidal, head of the national police force's Gang Suppression Unit, McAfee is a prime suspect in the murder of American expatriate Gregory Faull …
Discussion:
The Verge, Mashable!, The Agonist and The Raw Story
Press Pass:
White House Grand Bargain offer to Speaker Boehner Obtained by Bob Woodward — Below are documents obtained by the Washington Post's Bob Woodward that show a grand bargain proposal the White House was prepared to make in order to reach agreement with the House Republicans last year.
Discussion:
AMERICAblog, msnbc.com, Business Insider, The Incidental Economist, The Huffington Post and The Agonist
Philly.com:
In 59 Philadelphia voting divisions, Mitt Romney got zero votes — It's one thing for a Democratic presidential candidate to dominate a Democratic city like Philadelphia, but check out this head-spinning figure: In 59 voting divisions in the city, Mitt Romney received not one vote. Zero. Zilch.
Discussion:
NewsBusters.org, Wonkette, Outside the Beltway, Weasel Zippers and iOwnTheWorld.com
Neetzan Zimmerman / Gawker:
‘We the People’ Petitions Filed in Nineteen States Seeking Permission to Secede from the Union — In the aftermath of last week's presidential election, residents in at least nineteen states have put up petitions on the government's “We the People” petitioning website seeking the right to secede from the rest of the country.
Discussion:
Daily Dot, Trail Blazers Blog, Pirate's Cove, New York Magazine, The Daily Caller, Truthdig and The Lonely Conservative
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
MSNBC, Its Ratings Rising, Gains Ground on Fox News — On Tuesday night, with a minute to go until the polls closed in the battleground state of Virginia, the MSNBC hosts Rachel Maddow and Chris Matthews received word through their earpieces that the state was too close to call …
Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
Cornel West: Obama A ‘Republican In Blackface,’ Black MSNBC Hosts Are ‘Selling Their Souls’ — During an interview last week with Democracy Now, author and activist Cornel West offered harsh criticism of President Barack Obama, calling him a “Rockefeller Republican in blackface” …
Discussion:
Rush Limbaugh, Weekly Standard and Weasel Zippers