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Jordan Weissmann / The Atlantic Online:
Why Gold Would Be Useless in an Economic Apocalypse — Since November, financial advisor David Marotta has been publishing a series of blog posts on how to manage your money in the event of a financial apocalypse—as in a world of hyperinflation, governmental collapse, and anarachic mobs.
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ProfessorBainbridge.com and Outside the Beltway
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Be prepared: Wall Street advisor recommends guns, ammo for protection in collapse — WASHINGTON SECRETS GUN CONTROL OBAMACARE NSA SURVEILLANCE WALL STREET SOCIALISM — A top financial advisor, worried that Obamacare, the NSA spying scandal and spiraling national debt is increasing the chances …
Tracy Jan / The Boston Globe:
Mass., Vt. halt payments to firm behind health sites — WASHINGTON — Even as President Obama's health insurance website limps to recovery, at least two states that used the same contractor and are still plagued with malfunctions — Massachusetts and Vermont — are taking preliminary steps to recoup taxpayer dollars.
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Talking Points Memo, americanthinker.com and The Daily Caller
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
Vista Workers Told Their U.S. Health Plan Fails Test
Vista Workers Told Their U.S. Health Plan Fails Test
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National Review and JustOneMinute
David Nather / Politico:
Ads hit vulnerable Dems on Obamacare
Ads hit vulnerable Dems on Obamacare
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Talking Points Memo, The Plum Line and CNN
Ryan Cooper / The Plum Line:
Hey Dems: the only way out on health care is through
Hey Dems: the only way out on health care is through
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Booman Tribune, National Review, Liberaland, Washington Monthly, Outside the Beltway and Mediaite
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
With Health Law Cemented, G.O.P. Debates Next Move
With Health Law Cemented, G.O.P. Debates Next Move
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National Review, Democratic Strategist, The Daily Caller, Hot Air, Politico, Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Fox News
Anthony Weiner / Facebook:
What's Next? First, Let Me Say Thanks — There is a fundamental optimism that is wired into the DNA of America and its true capital - New York City. We are a place that people come to improve their condition. And once here we are unified by a common aspiration - to leave our kids a place better than the one we found.
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Talking Points Memo, BuzzFeed and Weasel Zippers
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Alex Greig / Daily Mail:
Anthony Weiner uses social media to hint at a comeback
Anthony Weiner uses social media to hint at a comeback
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NewsBusters and The Gateway Pundit
Patricia Murphy / The Daily Beast:
Five Tea Party Challengers: The Ted Cruz Wannabes — By Patricia MurphyDecember 27th 20135:45 AM — Come 2014, these five ambitious senate hopefuls might storm their way onto Capitol Hill and change the Republican Party, with Ted Cruz as their hero. — If Ted Cruz seems like a one-of-a-kind, give it time.
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Washington Monthly
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
N.S.A. Phone Surveillance Is Lawful, Federal Judge Rules — WASHINGTON — A federal judge in New York on Friday ruled that the National Security Agency's program that is systematically keeping phone records of all Americans is lawful, creating a conflict among lower courts and increasing …
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Mediaite
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Fear Economy — More than a million unemployed Americans are about to get the cruelest of Christmas “gifts.” They're about to have their unemployment benefits cut off. You see, Republicans in Congress insist that if you haven't found a job after months of searching, it must be because you aren't trying hard enough.
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BillMoyers.com, Balloon Juice and Washington Post
Marco Garcia / Associated Press:
President Obama's Hawaii Vacation: Day 6 — How President Barack Obama spent the sixth day of his holiday vacation in Hawaii on Thursday: — GYM: The president woke up early for a morning workout at a gym at Marine Corps Base Hawaii. After about an hour, Obama returned to his vacation home.
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Weasel Zippers
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Argus Leader:
Independent voice needed, Larry Pressler says — Is South Dakota ready for a comeback from Larry Pressler? — Turned out of the Senate after three terms by Tim Johnson in 1996, Pressler will run for the same seat 18 years later. — “Today, I am announcing that I am running for the United States Senate …
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Associated Press, Post Politics and National Review
Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
Homeless Couple Gets A Home On Christmas Eve, Thanks To Innovative ‘Occupy’ Group — For many couples, the thought of living together in a 96-square-foot house sounds awful. But for Chris Derrick and Betty Ybarra, it's a Christmas miracle. — That's because Derrick and Ybarra have spent …
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The Raw Story
Mockarena / Chicks on the Right:
Yeah. This'll Help Your Cause, You Psychos. — So guess what happened in Cologne, Germany during Christmas mass? Liberal feminist wackjobs, that's what. Behold: — I made the mistake of visiting the website run by the lunatics involved in this protest. It's called FEMEN, and it's seriously sick and twisted.
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NewsBusters and iOwnTheWorld.com
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Utah Ruling Means No Respite for the Supreme Court on Same-Sex Marriage — WASHINGTON — In June, when the Supreme Court stopped short of deciding whether the Constitution guaranteed a right to same-sex marriage, many thought the court had bought itself several years before it had to confront the question again.
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Advocate, Associated Press, GovBeat, Online NewsHour, Dorf on Law, CNN, The Volokh Conspiracy, Althouse, SCOTUSblog, Los Angeles Times, Guardian and Utah Office …
Steve Eder / New York Times:
For ESPN, Millions to Remain in Connecticut — BRISTOL, Conn. — The governor of Connecticut arrived at ESPN's expansive campus here to celebrate the groundbreaking of the sports media giant's 19th building, a digital center that would be the new home of “SportsCenter.”
Discussion:
ThinkProgress, more at Mediagazer »
Associated Press:
NY increasing minimum wage to $8 an hour in 2014 — Demonstrators rally for better wages outside a McDonald's restaurant in New York, as part of a national protest on Dec. 5. Demonstrations planned in 100 cities are part of push by labor unions, worker advocacy groups and Democrats to raise the federal minimum wage of $7.25.
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Talking Points Memo and Gothamist