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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 …
Bob Corker / Washington Post:
A plan to dodge the ‘fiscal cliff’ — In business I found that a challenging environment often produced our best opportunities. Perhaps that's why I see the so-called “ fiscal cliff ” of year-end spending cuts and tax increases not as an impassable precipice but as our best opportunity to finally enact meaningful fiscal reform.
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Election 2012, msnbc.com, Daily Kos, The Fix, Mother Jones, The Hill, Guardian, Hot Air, The Daily Caller and First Read
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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Norquist says he'll go after pledge-breakers
Norquist says he'll go after pledge-breakers
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No More Mister Nice Blog, The Hill, The Other McCain, The Fix and Election 2012
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Norquist: GOP won't break tax pledge
Norquist: GOP won't break tax pledge
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Hot Air, “The Lid” and Alan Colmes'Alan Colmes'
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Grover Norquist: ‘Impure thoughts’ on taxes
Grover Norquist: ‘Impure thoughts’ on taxes
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Washington Monthly, News Desk, The Caucus, Taking Note, ThinkProgress, The Huffington Post, msnbc.com, NationalJournal.com and Hullabaloo
Warren E. Buffett / New York Times:
A Minimum Tax for the Wealthy — SUPPOSE that an investor you admire and trust comes to you with an investment idea. “This is a good one,” he says enthusiastically. “I'm in it, and I think you should be, too.” — Would your reply possibly be this? “Well, it all depends on what my tax rate …
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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
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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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
SCOTUS orders appeals court to hear Liberty University health care lawsuit
SCOTUS orders appeals court to hear Liberty University health care lawsuit
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Way cleared for health care challenge (UPDATED)
Way cleared for health care challenge (UPDATED)
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CNN, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Washington Monthly and The Raw Story
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 Moderate Voice, The Impolitic, New York Magazine, msnbc.com, Gawker and Little Green Footballs, more at Mediagazer »
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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Charles Murray / AEIdeas:
Why aren't Asians Republicans? — Last week, I pointed out that there is no such thing as a natural social-conservative skew among Latino Americans. But that leaves open a rejoinder, expressed by several readers: The GOP doesn't need to get all of the Latino vote, just its fair share.
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Booman Tribune, The Daily Caller and TBogg
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 …
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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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
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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cftc.gov, DealBook, The Daily Caller, Associated Press and Election 2012
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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Daily Kos, The Week, LifeNews.com and Shakesville
David Corn / Mother Jones:
The Myth of the Obama Cave-In — With the “fiscal cliff” looming, the conventional wisdom is that the president capitulated during the last tax cut fight. Here's what really happened. — At President Barack Obama's first press conference after winning reelection, CNN's Jessica Yellin posed …
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Associated Press, The Political Carnival, Booman Tribune and First Read
Lieutenant Sacha Dratwa / ABCNEWS:
Israeli Spokesman in Black Face ‘Obama Style’ — CAIRO - One of the Israeli military's most visible spokesmen is under fire for a photo he posted on his Facebook page captioned “Obama style” in which his face is smeared with mud. — Sacha Dratwa posted the photo in late September …
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The Moderate Voice, Mediaite, Mother Jones, Daily Mail and FP Passport
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, BBC, Colorlines, Lawyers, Guns & Money and New York Times
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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
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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Politico, American Prospect, Election 2012 and Mediaite
CNN:
CNN Poll: Two-thirds say fiscal cliff poses major problem — Washington (CNN) - A new national poll suggests Americans understand that the “fiscal cliff” is no joking matter. — Two-thirds of people questioned in a CNN/ORC International survey (PDF) say that the U.S. would face a crisis …
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Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Young Voters Supported Obama Less, But May Have Mattered More — In winning reelection, Barack Obama won 60% of the vote among those younger than 30. That was down somewhat from 2008, when Obama won nearly two-thirds (66%) of the votes of young people. However, Obama's youth support …
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Washington Monthly, Politico and Prairie Weather
Benjamin Wallace-Wells / New York Magazine:
The Truce On Drugs — What happens now that the war has failed? — Cannabis is a highly persuadable plant. It thrives in Afghanistan; it grows beautifully in Mexico. It can prosper indoors or outdoors, in contained environments or expansive ones. Even on the essentials, like soil, light, and water, accommodations can be made.
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Gothamist
New York Times:
From Man Who Insulted Muhammad, No Regret — LOS ANGELES — Fuming for two months in a jail cell here, Nakoula Basseley Nakoula has had plenty of time to reconsider the wisdom of making “Innocence of Muslims,” his crude YouTube movie trailer depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a bloodthirsty, philandering thug.
Emily Goodin / Ballot Box:
OVERNIGHT CAMPAIGN: Déjà vu for GOP — Rep. Shelley Moore Capito's (R-W.Va.) candidacy for West Virginia's Senate seat is showing signs that Republicans could face the same intra-party split that plagued them in primaries over the past two cycles.
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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