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Devin Dwyer / ABCNEWS:
WH ‘Absolutely’ Willing To Go Off ‘Fiscal Cliff’ — President Obama's lead negotiator in the “fiscal cliff” talks said the administration is “absolutely” willing to allow the package of deep automatic spending cuts and across-the-board tax hikes to take effect Jan. 1, unless Republicans drop …
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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Boehner Gains Strong Backing of House G.O.P. — WASHINGTON — With a daunting fiscal crisis looming and conservatives outside the House torching him at every turn, Speaker John A. Boehner might be assumed to have a shaky hold on his gavel. Instead, it appears he is enjoying the broadest support …
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Prairie Weather and The Caucus
Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
Obama-friendly business group given great White House access — A business group considered friendly to President Obama has been granted high-level access to senior White House officials as “fiscal cliff” negotiations have gripped Washington. — Business Forward on Thursday will host …
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The Hill
Justin Menza / CNBC:
Geithner: Ready to Go Over ‘Cliff’ If Taxes Don't Rise — Treasury Secretary Timothy Geither told CNBC Wednesday that Republicans are “making a little bit of progress” in “fiscal cliff” talks but said the Obama administration was “absolutely” ready to go over the cliff if the GOP doesn't agree to raise tax rates on the wealthy.
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Washington Post:
Some in GOP urge lawmakers to back tax hikes for changes in safety-net programs
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New York Times:
Don't Use Debt Ceiling as Weapon, Obama Tells G.O.P.
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Vox Verax, msnbc.com, The New Republic, Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Plum Line, Hot Air and Taking Note
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Pelosi: Dems must say No to raising Medicare eligibility age
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Talking Points Memo, Politico, Hullabaloo, Post Politics, American Prospect and New York Magazine
Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
Louie Gohmert Casts Lone Vote To Keep ‘Lunatic’ In Federal Code … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Video, Flat Tax, Louie Gohmert, Gohmert Lunatic, Louie Gohmert Flat Tax, Louie Gohmert Lunatic, Louie Gohmert Tea Party, Politics News — WASHINGTON — The House voted on Wednesday to strike the word …
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Dana Davidsen / CNN:
TRENDING: Lone vote cast for keeping term ‘lunatic’ in federal law
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New York Magazine and ABCNEWS
Devin Dwyer / ABCNEWS:
Obama Rejects GOP ‘Doomsday’ Plan
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Politico, ABCNEWS, CNN, Washington Free Beacon and Speaker.gov
Associated Press:
Congress votes to remove word ‘lunatic’ from federal law, saying it has no place in code
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The Atlantic Online and Mediaite
Byron Tau / Politico:
Geithner: ‘Absolutely’ willing to go off the fiscal cliff
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Josh Tyrangiel / Business Week:
Tim Cook's Freshman Year: The Apple CEO Speaks — Prior to his death on Oct. 5, 2011, Steve Jobs made sure that the elevation of Tim Cook—his longtime head of operations and trusted deputy—to Apple chief executive officer would be drama-free. “He goes, ‘I never want you to ask what I would have done,’” recalls Cook.
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World News:
Syria loads chemical weapons into bombs; military awaits Assad's order — So far, intelligence sources say, bombs loaded with the components of sarin haven't yet been loaded onto planes. NBC's Jim Miklaszewski reports. — The Syrian military is prepared to use chemical weapons …
Donal Griffin / Bloomberg:
Citigroup to Cut 11,000 Jobs, Take $1 Billion Charge — Citigroup Job Cuts Not Surprising, Cohan Says — Citigroup Inc. (C)'s Michael Corbat, who took over as chief executive officer less than two months ago, will cut more than 11,000 jobs and pull back from some emerging markets to drive …
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Crooks and Liars
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Rebecca Leber / ThinkProgress:
Wall Street Bank Cuts 11,000 Jobs After Paying Ousted Executives $14 Million
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Firedoglake
Ben Ratliff / New York Times:
Dave Brubeck | 1920-2012: Dave Brubeck, Jazz Musician, Dies at 91 — Dave Brubeck, the pianist and composer who helped make jazz popular again in the 1950s and '60s with recordings like “Time Out,” the first jazz album to sell a million copies, and “Take Five,” the still instantly recognizable hit single …
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Howard Reich / Chicago Tribune:
Jazz pianist Dave Brubeck dead at age 91
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Matt Schudel / Washington Post:
Dave Brubeck, worldwide ambassador of jazz, dies at 91
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FIRST DRAFT
Hunter Walker / Politicker:
The Lesbian Past of Bill de Blasio's Wife — Bill de Blasio and Chirlane McCray. (Photo: Getty) — Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, an all-but-officially announced mayoral hopeful, has prominently featured his wife Chirlane McCray in his campaign literature and on his web site.
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Capital New York and The Other McCain
Ramsey Cox / The Hill:
Reid blocks Senate vote on Obama's deficit-reduction plan — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Wednesday offered an amendment to force a vote on President Obama's deficit-reduction plan, but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) was having none of it.
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Harry Reid Denies Senate Chance to Vote on Obama's Plan
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Pirate's Cove, Nice Deb, Hot Air and Weasel Zippers
Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
Olive Garden Suffering From Bad PR After Anti-Obamacare Comments — Darden Restaurants, Inc. — owner of Red Lobster and Olive Garden — is battling back negative press attention in light of its October announcement that the company will use Obamacare as a reason to shift to part-time employees.
Alexis Levinson / The Daily Caller:
Conservative group launches campaign to ‘depose’ Boehner from speakership — The backlash against Speaker of the House John Boehner's removal of several conservative members of Congress from committees continued Wednesday, with one conservative group calling for Republicans to “depose” Boehner from his speakership.
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The American Mind
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New York Times:
U.S.-Approved Weapons Transfer Ended Up With Libyan Jihadis — WASHINGTON — The Obama administration secretly gave its blessing to arms shipments to Libyan rebels from Qatar last year, but American officials later grew alarmed as evidence grew that Qatar was turning some of the weapons …
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The Right Sphere, Pirate's Cove, Jihad Watch, Vox Verax and Lawfare
After Marriage:
Mexican Supreme Court strikes down gay marriage ban — The Supreme Court of Mexico issued a unanimous ruling Wednesday afternoon that paves the way to universal marriage rights in the country. — The actual ruling won't be published for a little while, but the gay rights advocates who brought …
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AMERICAblog, Advocate, Towleroad News #gay and The Volokh Conspiracy
David Carr / Media Decoder:
Train Wreck: The New York Post's Subway Cover — “It all happened so fast.” — That's what R. Umar Abbasi, a freelance photographer for The New York Post, said of the fatal subway incident on Monday that he caught with his camera. One man threw another into harm's way, causing him to be run over by an oncoming train.
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