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Palm Beach Post:
Former Florida GOP leaders say voter suppression was reason they pushed new election law — Former GOP chair, governor - both on outs with party - say voter fraud wasn't a concern, but reducing Democratic votes was. — VOTE () — A new Florida law that contributed to long voter lines …
Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
Guest on Fox News to Discuss Benghazi Attack Is Given a Quick Exit — Thomas E. Ricks, the veteran defense reporter and author, said he expected his Monday morning appearance on Fox News to last about three minutes. It ended, in fact, after 90 seconds — his last sentence was a description …
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Slate, The Impolitic, msnbc.com, New York Magazine, Gawker, The Moderate Voice and Little Green Footballs, more at Mediagazer »
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Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
Fox Interview Ends After Guest Accuses Network Of Operating As ‘Wing Of The Republican Party’ — A Fox News interview about the Benghazi attacks ended Monday morning after the guest openly accused the network of “hyping” the story — doing so with political motivations by acting as “a wing of the Republican Party.”
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The Raw Story and Sky Dancing, more at Mediagazer »
Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
Susan Rice to meet with McCain on Benghazi
Susan Rice to meet with McCain on Benghazi
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Politico, New York Magazine, 2chambers, Weasel Zippers and Taylor Marsh
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Filibuster fight seizes Senate — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Monday blasted Democratic-led efforts to reform the filibuster, warning that the changes would “poison” relations in the already-gridlocked Senate. — The Kentucky Republican said changing the filibuster …
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Power Line, Taking Note and First Read
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Leigh Ann Caldwell / CBS News:
White House: Social Security should be off limits in “fiscal cliff” talks
White House: Social Security should be off limits in “fiscal cliff” talks
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Taylor Marsh, Hot Air, National Review and Mediaite
Roger Alford / Associated Press:
Ashley Judd's grandmother skeptical of Senate run
Ashley Judd's grandmother skeptical of Senate run
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msnbc.com, Reuters and The Daily Caller
Bruce Bartlett / The American Conservative:
Revenge of the Reality-Based Community — My life on the Republican right—and how I saw it all go wrong. — I know that it's unattractive and bad form to say “I told you so” when one's advice was ignored yet ultimately proved correct. But in the wake of the Republican election debacle …
Michael Warren / Weekly Standard:
Santorum: 'I'm Open' to 2016 Run — Former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum says he is “open” to another run for president in 2016. Santorum was asked about a possible presidential campaign Monday at THE WEEKLY STANDARD. — “I'm open to it, yeah,” Santorum replied.
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The Week, Daily Kos, LifeNews.com, Shakesville and The Raw Story
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Ashley Killough / CNN:
Santorum: 'I'm open' to 2016 bid
Santorum: 'I'm open' to 2016 bid
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Alan Colmes'Alan Colmes' and Politico
Washington Free Beacon:
NYT Reporter Falls for Hamas Ploy — NYT's David Carr thinks terrorists are journalists because they spray-painted ‘TV’ on their car — The New York Times has again attempted to negate the presence of terrorists in the Gaza Strip. Reporter David Carr claims that two senior Hamas terrorists killed …
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Israel Matzav
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Lieutenant Sacha Dratwa / ABCNEWS:
Israeli Spokesman in Black Face ‘Obama Style’
Israeli Spokesman in Black Face ‘Obama Style’
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Mediaite, Mother Jones, Daily Mail, The Moderate Voice and FP Passport
David Carr / New York Times:
Using War as Cover to Target Journalists
Using War as Cover to Target Journalists
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BuzzFeed and Weasel Zippers
Jamelle Bouie / American Prospect:
How Not to Appeal to Asian Americans — House Committee on Education and the Workforce Dem / Flickr — Of the various post-election stories, the GOP's “Latino problem” is one of the most prominent. At some point over the last three weeks, every prominent Republican leader has had something …
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AEIdeas
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Charles Murray / AEIdeas:
Why aren't Asians Republicans?
Why aren't Asians Republicans?
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Booman Tribune, The Daily Caller and TBogg
Intrade Exchange News:
ATTENTION U.S. CUSTOMERS — We are sorry to announce that due to legal and regulatory pressures, Intrade can no longer allow US residents to participate in our real-money prediction markets. — Unfortunately this means that all US residents must begin the process of closing down their Intrade accounts.
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DealBook, The Daily Caller, Associated Press and Election 2012
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Dennis Holden / cftc.gov:
CFTC Charges Ireland-based “Prediction Market” Proprietors Intrade and TEN with Violating the CFTC's Off-Exchange Options Trading Ban and Filing False Forms with the CFTC — CFTC also charges TEN with violating a 2005 CFTC cease and desist order — Washington, DC - The U.S. Commodity …
ABCNEWS:
Court Rejects Plea to Block Taping of Police — The Supreme Court has rejected an Illinois prosecutor's plea to allow enforcement of a law aimed at stopping people from recording police officers on the job. — The justices on Monday left in place a lower court ruling that found …
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American Prospect, Politico and Poynter, more at Mediagazer »
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Way cleared for health care challenge (UPDATED)
Way cleared for health care challenge (UPDATED)
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, CNN, Washington Monthly and The Raw Story
Dylan Byers / Politico:
AP nixes ‘homophobia’, ‘ethnic cleansing’ — The Associated Press has nixed “homophobia,” “ethnic cleansing,” and a number of other terms from its Style Book in recent months. — The online Style Book now says that “-phobia,” “an irrational, uncontrollable fear, often a form of mental illness” …
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Advocate, AMERICAblog and NewsBusters.org blogs
Greg Mankiw / Greg Mankiw's Blog:
A Master of Tax Avoidance — Warren Buffett has an op-ed in today's NY Times on one of his most popular themes: The rich should pay more in taxes. At first blush, his position seems noble: A rich guy says that people like him should pay more to support the commonweal.
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Business Insider, ProfessorBainbridge.com and EconomicPolicyJournal.com
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Warren E. Buffett / New York Times:
A Minimum Tax for the Wealthy
A Minimum Tax for the Wealthy
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Daily Kos, Weekly Standard, msnbc.com, The Heritage Foundation, The Hill, AEIdeas, Washington Examiner, Donklephant, DealBook, The Daily Caller, The Reality-Based Community, The Agonist, Business Insider, Election 2012, The Huffington Post, Guardian, EconomicPolicyJournal.com, Politico and LewRockwell.com Blog
NewsMax.com:
Donald Trump: Mean-Spirited GOP Won't Win Elections — More ways to share... Mixx — Stumbled — LinkedIn — Vine — Buzzflash — Newstrust — Technocrati — Forward Article — Ronald Kessler reporting from Washington, D.C. — The Republican Party will continue …
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Election 2012, Politico, Mediaite and American Prospect
Washington Post:
Marijuana's foot in the door — SMALL-TIME MARIJUANA use will soon be legal in Colorado and Washington state. Sort of. — This month voters in those states approved ballot measures permitting possession of up to an ounce of pot. But the federal government has not changed its policy, which labels the drug an illegal substance.
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Politico and Firedoglake
Ben Shapiro / BREITBART.COM:
TIME HONORS SANDRA FLUKE AS ‘PERSON OF THE YEAR’ FINALIST — Just when you think Time magazine can't make any more of a mockery of itself, they nominate Sandra Fluke, contraception advocate extraordinaire, as a candidate in their Person of the Year 2012 poll:
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Little Green Footballs
Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Top Obama Aide On Fiscal Cliff: “This Is Going To Get Hairy” — Senior White House advisor David Plouffe warns Republicans and Democrats alike must take political hits in order for deal to be had. — Source: youtube.com — WASHINGTON — Obama senior adviser David Plouffe predicted …
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msnbc.com and National Review
Josh Eidelson / thenation.com/blogs/171221:
Photos Show Walmart Apparel at Site of Deadly Factory Fire in Bangladesh — NGOs slammed Walmart over a fire that killed at least 112 workers at a Bangladesh factory supplying apparel to the retail giant. While Walmart says it has not confirmed that it has any relationship to the factory …
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Daily Kos, Colorlines, Lawyers, Guns & Money and BBC
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Lorraine Devon Wilke / Addicting Info:
Workers Die In Bangladesh Factory While Making Clothes For Walmart And Others
Workers Die In Bangladesh Factory While Making Clothes For Walmart And Others
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Firedoglake and Associated Press
John Stanton / BuzzFeed:
Four Reasons Not To Count Grover Norquist Out — Don't believe the hype about mass defections from the no-new-taxes pledge. “I am officially not worried.” — WASHINGTON — Liberals, and some members of the Republican leadership if truth be told, may hope that conservative agitator Grover Norquist's days …
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AEIdeas, CNN, No More Mister Nice Blog and The Fix
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