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The Hill:
How the White House torpedoed Harry Reid's tax deal — The White House worked closely with liberal House Democrats last week to torpedo a tax deal that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) was negotiating with Republicans. — The unusual move to kill a Reid-backed proposal …
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Politico:
Republicans ready to vote — Leaders think they can keep the government open. — The House will vote this week on a symbolic immigration bill and then take up a two-part government funding bill next week — a package Republican leaders believe will prevent a government shutdown.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Republicans Back to Raising Taxes on the Poor — Because of immigration. It all makes sense, kind of. — Shares … Conservative anger at President Obama's immigration-relief plan was bound to burble up in the form of some kind of demand for revenge.
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Washington Monthly, Washington Post and Prairie Weather
New York Times:
House G.O.P. May Cast Symbolic Vote on Immigration — WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Tuesday emerged from a closed-door meeting determined to avoid a government shutdown. — The lawmakers began coalescing around a plan that would allow a symbolic vote to show their frustration …
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Roll Call, Bloomberg View, American Spectator, RedState, The Daily Caller and Hot Air
Judith Shulevitz / The New Republic:
Rolling Stone Never Gave the Villains of Its Gang Rape Story a Chance to Defend Themselves — When scholars of the Historical Jesus try to figure out whether certain stories or sayings reported in the Gospels are authentic—a complicated concept in this context, but never mind …
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
No Story For Old Men — In “No Country For Old Men”, Tommy Lee Jones told a parable meant to encourage a potential witness to cooperate. His success led to this exchange: — Carla Jean Moss: Sheriff, was that a true story about Charlie Walser? — Ed Tom Bell: Who's Charlie Walser? Oh!
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Wall Street Journal, Taylor Marsh, Hot Air and Los Angeles Times
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Rolling Stone whiffs in reporting on alleged rape
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Jeffrey Sparshott / Wall Street Journal:
McConnell ‘Perplexed’ by Obama's Reaction to Midterm ‘Butt Kicking’ — Video: McConnell on His Relationship With Obama — Sen. Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) on Tuesday said President Barack Obama has lurched to the left since suffering a “butt-kicking” during November's midterm elections …
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Beth Reinhard / Wall Street Journal:
Jeb Bush Details Political Vision
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Paul Blumenthal / The Huffington Post:
Mitch McConnell Rider Could Roll Back Campaign Finance Laws
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susiemadrak.com and Washington Monthly
Damian Paletta / Wall Street Journal:
Paul Ryan to Pursue Business Tax Overhaul in 2015
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OnPolitics
CNN:
Meet the likely next Defense Secretary — Washington (CNN) — Ashton Carter, the former second-in-command at the Pentagon appears to be the top choice to replace outgoing Secretary Chuck Hagel. — Barring any last minute complications, Ash Carter will be President Barack Obama's choice …
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David Ingold / Bloomberg Politics:
Five Reasons You Don't Want to Be the Next Secretary of Defense
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Charlie Cook / National Journal:
Democrats Paved the Way for Their Own Decline — They have subordinated their traditional focus on helping working-class Americans move up the economic ladder in favor of other priorities. — Much has been said about the long-term demographic challenges facing the Republican Party.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Obama's dangerous legacy for Democrats
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Eliott C. McLaughlin / CNN:
Police investigating if Michael Brown's stepfather intended to incite riot — (CNN) — Authorities are formally investigating whether Michael Brown's stepfather intended to incite a riot last week when he urged a crowd in Ferguson, Missouri, to “Burn this bitch down” after the grand jury's decision …
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Joe Scarborough / Politico:
Truth trumps hype in Ferguson — There are times when symbolic gestures pack a powerful punch. Fifty-nine years ago yesterday, Rosa Parks refused to give her bus seat to a white passenger. Parks' action became an important symbol for the Civil Rights movement and an inspiration to those fighting to end segregation in America.
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The Daily Caller and Don Surber
Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
The Cycle of Republican Radicalization — Yesterday, the Washington Post reported on a Quinnipiac poll from a week ago showing a striking change in public opinion on immigration. The question was whether undocumented immigrants should be deported or should be able to get on a path to citizenship.
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Washington Monthly and Washington Post
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Sara Fischer / CNN:
Poll: Romney, Clinton top 2016 field
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Political Wire, Wall Street Journal and Shakesville
Christopher Hooton / The Independent:
A long list of sex acts just got banned in UK porn — Pornography produced in the UK was quietly censored today through an amendment to the 2003 Communications Act, and the measures appear to take aim at female pleasure. — The Audiovisual Media Services Regulations 2014 requires that video-on-demand …
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PopWatch, Hit & Run, Gawker, Taylor Marsh and New York Magazine
Ed Krayewski / Hit & Run:
Four Members of Congress Put Their Hands Up in Solidarity With Ferguson Protesters, None Voted to Limit Police Militarization — Michael Brown was shot and killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, in August. Protests over the shooting yielded a militarized response from police.
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Lucy McCalmont / Politico:
Lawmakers make ‘hands up’ gesture on House floor
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Arlette Saenz / ABC News:
Soap Opera Producer Is Now an Ambassador and John McCain Isn't Happy … The Senate confirmed a producer of the soap opera “The Bold and The Beautiful” today to serve as ambassador to Hungary, and Sen. John McCain is not happy about it. — Prior to the vote, McCain, R-Ariz. …
ArkLatexHomepage.com:
Hooks ISD Board Member in trouble over racial Facebook post — It's a very un-Christmas like Facebook post. — An image of a Klu Klux Klan member standing with hands folded. The words, “I'm dreaming of a white Christmas” emblazoned on the image. — What may be even more disturbing …
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Talking Points Memo, Liberaland and Raw Story
David Brooks / New York Times:
Class Prejudice Resurgent — One of the features of all the Ferguson discussion over the past few months is how tinny the comparisons to the civil-rights era have sounded. People have tried to link Ferguson to Selma and Jim Crow, but something is off. — That's, in part, because we've moved from simplicity to ambiguity.
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Washington Monthly, No More Mister Nice Blog, Addicting Info and The PJ Tatler
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Inhofe's Grand Climate Conspiracy Theory: It's All About Barbra Streisand — That's what the GOP senator who'll be taking control of the environment committee told me several years ago. — The recent news on the front page of the New York Times was stark.
The Huffington Post:
Here's Why 9/11 Conspiracy Theories Still Thrive In America — WASHINGTON — It was a sunny and clear Tuesday morning in Knoxville, Tennessee. Sitting in the kitchen of my girlfriend's apartment, I was eating a bowl of cereal — Honey Nut Cheerios, I still remember …
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