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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Republicans Balk at White House Plan to Avert Fiscal Crisis — WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner presented the House speaker, John A. Boehner, a detailed proposal on Thursday to avert the year-end fiscal crisis with $1.6 trillion in tax increases over 10 years …
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Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
McConnell ‘Burst Into Laughter’ as Geithner Outlined Obama's Plan — Mitch McConnell, the Senate Republican leader, says he “burst into laughter” Thursday when Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner outlined the administration proposal for averting the fiscal cliff.
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Daniel Newhauser / Roll Call:
Boehner Angered by Leak of Phone Call — Speaker John A. Boehner of Ohio and Republican leaders are fuming after a late night phone call with President Barack Obama was leaked to the press, despite an agreement that it would not be, according to several GOP aides.
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Wall Street Journal:
GOP Rejects Cliff Offer From Obama — President Barack Obama made an opening bid in budget talks with Republicans that calls for a $1.6 trillion tax increase, $50 billion in infrastructure spending in 2013 and new power to raise the federal debt limit, a provocative set of demands that Republicans …
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USA Today:
GOP calls White House cliff offer a non-starter — Aides say Treasury Secretary Geithner presented a $4 trillion offer to avoid the “fiscal cliff” to Speaker John Boehner — 7:07PM EST November 29. 2012 - WASHINGTON — House Speaker John Boehner flatly rejected a $4 trillion Obama administration plan …
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Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Boehner, House GOP reject debt deal offer from White House — Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Thursday rejected a White House offer to avoid the “fiscal cliff” that would include $1.6 trillion in tax increases, $400 billion in spending cuts and a more permanent increase in the debt ceiling, Republican aides said.
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Alexis Levinson / The Daily Caller:
Gingrich: House Republicans should stop negotiating with President Obama
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Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
The GOP's Medicare confusion
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Russell Berman / The Hill:
‘Disappointed’ Boehner calls on Obama to get serious on spending in deficit talks
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Fox News:
Boehner says negotiations over looming fiscal crisis ‘not a game’
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Alex Seitz-Wald / Salon:
Liberals double down: No entitlement cuts
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Associated Press:
UN General Assembly votes overwhelmingly to recognize state of Palestine; US, Israel object — UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations voted overwhelmingly Thursday to recognize a Palestinian state, a long-sought victory for the Palestinians but an embarrassing diplomatic defeat for the United States.
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US Department of State:
AS DELIVERED — Thank you, Mr. President. — For decades, the United States has worked to help achieve a comprehensive end to the long and tragic Arab-Israeli conflict. We have always been clear that only through direct negotiations between the parties can the Palestinians and Israelis achieve …
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New York Times:
General Assembly Grants Palestine Upgraded Status in U.N. — UNITED NATIONS — More than 130 countries voted on Thursday to grant Palestine the upgraded status of nonmember observer state in the United Nations, a stinging defeat for Israel and the United States and a boost for President Mahmoud Abbas …
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Ron Prosor / Wall Street Journal:
What Kind of Palestinian State?
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Joshua Mitnick / Wall Street Journal:
Palestinians Granted U.N. ‘State’ Status
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Rush Limbaugh:
Just Walk Away, Republicans — RUSH: I'm having trouble coming up with a term for this. But the conventional wisdom, the groupthink, I mean, folks, I don't care where you go, and this is not a criticism. I'm actually looking at this in wonderment. I don't care where you go.
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Tara Bahrampour / Washington Post:
U.S. birth rate plummets to its lowest level since 1920 — The U.S. birth rate plunged last year to a record low, with the decline being led by immigrant women hit hard by the recession, according to a study released Thursday by the Pew Research Center. — The overall birth rate declined …
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BuzzFeed:
Why President Obama Isn't Using His Most Powerful Weapon — Again — The stakes in “fiscal cliff” talks are high — so where's the e-mail list? So far, it's 2009 all over again. — Via: barackobama.com — President Obama and his victorious campaign team have signaled that they won't repeat …
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Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Obama, Romney have White House turkey chili summit
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Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
White House: Obama And Romney “Pledged To Stay In Touch”
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Ben Armbruster / ThinkProgress:
McCain Gets Petty On Susan Rice Attacks: It's ‘Meaningless To Take Out Core Al-Qaeda’ — Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said on Wednesday that it is “meaningless” that al-Qaeda's core leadership — including presumably, Osama bin Laden — has been wiped out over the last four years. Why would McCain make such a claim?
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
The Time John McCain And Lindsey Graham Relayed Bad Intelligence On A Sunday Talk Show
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Ashley Killough / CNN:
Cruz lays out pathway for more inclusive GOP — Washington (CNN) - Ted Cruz, the Republican senator-elect from Texas who's replacing retiring Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, knows he doesn't quite fit certain molds found in Washington. — “I'm something that's not supposed to exist: An Hispanic Republican,” he said.
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Jon Seidel / Chicago Sun Times:
Police report: Maine West coach witnessed sexual hazing, congratulated victim — At the law firm of Romanucci & Blandin, a parent who did not want her identity disclosed, talked about transferring her son from Maine West to Maine East after she reported hazing of a sexual nature against her son …
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William K. Rashbaum / New York Times:
Strauss-Kahn Said to Reach Deal to Settle With Hotel Housekeeper — Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the hotel housekeeper who accused him of sexually assaulting her last year have quietly reached an agreement to settle a lawsuit she brought against him stemming from the case that made international headlines …
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Ed Pilkington / Guardian:
WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning gives evidence for first time — Manning takes stand at pre-trial hearing and speaks at length about his treatment by the military following his arrest in 2010 — After 917 days in military captivity, the world finally heard on Thursday from Bradley Manning …
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Investor's Business Daily:
Does Government Want To Drain Americans' 401(k) Plan? — War On Wealth: As Washington debates what to do about the fiscal cliff that it foolishly created, many potential sources of new revenue will be thrown on the table. One of them is likely to be 401(k) plans. — Retirement is an American's reasonable expectation.
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James Cowie / Renesys Blog:
Syrian Internet Is Off The Air — Click for latest update: 01:00 GMT Friday. — Starting at 10:26 UTC on Thursday, 29 November (12:26pm in Damascus), Syria's international Internet connectivity shut down. In the global routing table, all 84 of Syria's IP address blocks have become unreachable …
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Gareth Cook / New York Times:
The Autism Advantage — When Thorkil Sonne and his wife, Annette, learned that their 3-year-old son, Lars, had autism, they did what any parent who has faith in reason and research would do: They started reading. At first they were relieved that so much was written on the topic.
Byron Tau / Politico:
Clinton: Legalization not the answer to the drug war — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that she did not believe that domestic drug legalization was the answer to the cartel violence that plagues Central America as a result of the drug trade. — Asked by the Costa Rican ambassador …
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