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Keith Hennessey:
A third option changes the negotiation — The conventional wisdom on the fiscal cliff is that there are two options: (1) an Obama-Boehner deal; or (2) no deal, in which case there is no legislation before the end of the year and we “go off the fiscal cliff.”
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New York Times:
Questions on Whether Boehner Could Sell a Deal to G.O.P. — WASHINGTON — With negotiations quickening on Tuesday to prevent a year-end fiscal crisis, White House officials once again are confronting a vexing question: Can Speaker John A. Boehner deliver enough Republican votes …
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Devin Dwyer / ABCNEWS:
Obama Expects GOP Tax Cave — As the clock ticks toward a tax hike on all Americans in 20 days, President Obama predicted Republicans would join Democrats to extend current rates for 98 percent of earners before the end of the year. — “I'm pretty confident that Republicans …
Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
The GOP's dangerous debt-ceiling gamble — The fiscal cliff negotiations have picked up again. Last week, President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner were hardly talking, and neither were their staffs. This week, Obama and Boehner are speaking often, and, perhaps more importantly, their staffs are speaking constantly.
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Damla Ergun / ABCNEWS:
Obama Tops Boehner on Budget Talks, With Much Broader Core Support — Barack Obama holds a substantial advantage over John Boehner in handling budget negotiations to avoid the fiscal cliff: Nearly twice as many Americans in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll approve of the president's work …
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Alan Colmes'Alan Colmes' and Taegan Goddard's …
Wall Street Journal:
Corporate Taxes on Table in Cliff Talks
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Remembering Who You Are Dealing With — At TNR, Noam Scheiber …
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Mother Jones
The Week:
You have the right to not pay union dues — Labor groups should have to convince members that their goods and services are worth the price demanded — and not just take the money and run … The battle between unions and state governments continued this week — just as it has for the last two years …
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Ashley Killough / CNN:
Hoffa predicts ‘civil war’ in Michigan
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Brendan Fischer / PR Watch:
Michigan Passes “Right to Work” Containing Verbatim Language from ALEC Model Bill
Tami Luhby / CNNMoney.com:
Michigan bills weakening union power signed into law
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USA Today:
Mich. governor signs anti-union bills after protests
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Monica Davey / New York Times:
Michigan Governor Signs Laws Limiting Unions
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Taylor Marsh, ParaPundit and The Lede
Dana / The Dana Show:
Donors offers $$$ For Info Leading To Arrest Of Union Thug **UPDATED ONE THUG IDENTIFIED — **DONATION LINK HERE** — **MORE PHOTOS, VIDEO BELOW** — This is the guy who attacked DLRS contributor Steven Crowder: — Here is the video: — An anonymous donor has offered $1,000 …
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emptywheel:
Breitbart Folks Appear to Fake Violence in Lansing — When I saw this video-claiming that a “violent mob” destroyed the tent the Koch brothers had paid for in front of the Michigan Capitol-I knew right away it was likely a false flag. After all, Stranahan, James O'Keefe's buddy, first posted it.
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
UNION THUG Who Beat Steven Crowder ID'ed - His Name Is Tony Camargo ...Update: Second Goon Identified
Neil Munro / The Daily Caller:
White House declines to condemn union violence in Michigan
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The PJ Tatler and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Jason Koebler / US News:
Scientists May Have Finally Unlocked Puzzle of Why People Are Gay — Lesbians get it from fathers, gay men from mothers? — Scientists may have finally solved the puzzle of what makes a person gay, and how it is passed from parents to their children. — A group of scientists suggested Tuesday …
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Angie Drobnic Holan / PolitiFact:
Lie of the Year: the Romney campaign's ad on Jeeps made in China — It was a lie told in the critical state of Ohio in the final days of a close campaign — that Jeep was moving its U.S. production to China. It originated with a conservative blogger, who twisted an accurate news story into a falsehood.
Reuters:
North Korea's new leader burnishes credentials with rocket — (Reuters) - North Korea successfully launched a rocket on Wednesday, boosting the credentials of its new leader and stepping up the threat the isolated and impoverished state poses to its opponents.
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Jordy Yager / The Hill:
New marijuana laws cause confusion — Laws legalizing the recreational use of marijuana in Colorado and Washington state have exposed a wide disconnect between Congress, the administration and voters on an increasingly controversial issue. — The newly enacted laws put President Obama in a tricky spot …
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Truthdig
Reginald Massey / Guardian:
Ravi Shankar obituary — Indian virtuoso who took the sitar to the world — Ravi Shankar, who has died aged 92 in San Diego, was the Indian maestro who put the sitar on the musical map. George Harrison called him “the godfather of world music” and it was Shankar's vision that brought …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Democrats urge delay for ‘job-killing’ Obamacare tax — Sixteen Democratic senators who voted for the Affordable Care Act are asking that one of its fundraising mechanisms, a 2.3 percent tax on medical devices scheduled to take effect January 1, be delayed.
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Talking Points Memo, Scared Monkeys, Questions and Observations, Betsy's Page, Power Line and Weasel Zippers
NTU:
Fiscal Cliff Tax Hikes Risk Economic Damage. — An open letter to Congress: — Dear Members of Congress: — As the nation approaches the so-called “fiscal cliff,” we, the undersigned economists, urge Congress to carefully consider the relative merits of tax increases and spending restraint.
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Hot Air, Politico and First Read
Mike Dorning / Bloomberg:
Obama Wins Almost 50% Republicans on Tax Mandate in Poll — President Barack Obama won the public argument over taxes so decisively that almost half of Republicans now say he has an election mandate to raise rates on the rich. — Majorities of about 2-to-1 also read the election results …
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Taegan Goddard's …
Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Republicans question need for $60.4 billion in Hurricane Sandy aid — Republicans argued Tuesday that the Obama administration has not provided enough evidence that its $60.4 billion request in Hurricane Sandy aid is needed. — The GOP also argues Senate Democrats are rushing a bill to the floor.
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Obama Suggests Raising Medicare Eligibility Age Is On The Table In Fiscal Cliff Talks — President Obama didn't rule out raising the Medicare eligibility age from 65 to 67 as part of a comprehensive package to avert the so-called “fiscal cliff,” during an interview with ABC News on Tuesday.
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Forbes and Prairie Weather
Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
Justice Scalia Defends Comparing Homosexuality To Murder … In a Princeton University speech Monday, Justice Antonin Scalia defended his opposition to LGBT equality and his previous comments equating homosexuality with murder and bestiality. — When asked by openly gay Princeton freshman Duncan Hosie …
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Taking Note, Truthdig, msnbc.com and Mediaite
Stephen Lacey / ThinkProgress:
U.S. Installs Record Amount Of Solar So Far In 2012: Analyst Calls It The ‘Opening Act’ For Q4 Boom — Almost exactly a year ago, during the height of the Solyndra hysteria, Mitt Romney made a rather odd statement about solar. (Yes, we're still talking about Romney).
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Daily Kos
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Lesbian Wife Denied Membership To Military Spouses Group — Officer's wife excluded for lacking a military ID card. The Pentagon's nearly 15-month review on benefits changes after “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” now in the spotlight. — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta speaks at a news conference on Nov. 29, 2012, at the Pentagon.
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