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Hollywoodreporter / The Live Feed | THR:
ABC announces Oprah-Obama Christmas special — The queen of daytime will interview the president of the country during an ABC holiday special that brings together Oprah Winfrey and Barack Obama. — The network has announced “Christmas at the White House: An Oprah Primetime Special,” …
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Rachel L. Swarns / New York Times:
Modern Flourishes at Obamas' State Dinner — WASHINGTON — It is an old tradition, a White House dinner governed by ritual and protocol that happens to be this city's hottest social event. But at their first state dinner on Tuesday night, President Obama and his wife, Michelle …
Norm Eisen / White House.gov Blog Feed:
November Release of White House Visitor Records — Building upon last month's historic release of nearly 500 White House visitor records, today the White House releases more than 1,600 records of visits to the White House in response to another month's worth of requests.
Ki Mae Heussner / ABCNEWS:
Blog Removes Offensive First Lady Image That Topped Google — Web Site Hosting Offensive Image of Michelle Obama Appears to Have Taken it Down — An offensive image of first lady Michelle Obama that had topped Google Image search results appears to have been removed.
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David Colker / Los Angeles Times:
Google won't exclude distorted Michelle Obama image from its site — ‘We have, in general, a bias toward free speech,’ a Google spokesman says, explaining that offensiveness alone is not a reason to remove the image from the search index. — A crudely altered photograph of Michelle Obama …
Peter Wallsten / Wall Street Journal:
Dobbs Reaches Out to Latinos — Former CNN anchor Lou Dobbs, pondering a future in politics, is trying to wipe away his image as an enemy of Latino immigrants by positioning himself as a champion of that fast-growing ethnic bloc. — Mr. Dobbs, who left the network last week …
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Rasmussen Reports:
Dobbs in 2012 Gets Up to 14% of Vote, Hurts GOP Chances — Former CNN anchor Lou Dobbs has indicated that he might consider an independent bid for the White House in 2012, and early polling shows he could attract up to 14% of the vote. However, some of that is almost certainly …
Ezra Klein:
How a letter from 1964 shows what's wrong with the Senate today — One of the challenges in arguing about the use of the filibuster is that the filibuster has changed drastically in recent decades, but it's done so quietly. Quietly enough that people don't really understand that it's changed at all.
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Nick Schulz / The Enterprise Blog:
Help Wanted, No Private Sector Experience Required — A friend sends along the following chart from a J.P. Morgan research report. It examines the prior private sector experience of the cabinet officials since 1900 that one might expect a president to turn to in seeking advice about helping the economy.
Igor / Think Progress:
Palin Suggests Reforming Canada's Universal Health Care System: ‘Let The Private Sector Take Over’ — Canadian comedian Mary Walsh (playing the character of Marg Delahunty) attended a Sarah Palin book signing in the United States last week and asked the “thrilla from Wasilla, the Alaskan Aphrodite” …
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John M. Broder / New York Times:
Obama to Offer Firm Pledge on Emissions Cuts in Copenhagen — WASHINGTON — President Obama is pledging a provisional target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, the first time in more than a decade that an American administration has offered even a tentative promise …
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Jeff Mason / Reuters:Obama to attend beginning of U.N. climate meeting
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Phil Carter's resignation from key detainee policy post — Phillip Carter is a lawyer, a former Army Captain, a veteran of the Iraq War and a very harsh critic of the Bush administration's detention and interrogation policies. He was a vigorous supporter of Barack Obama's campaign …
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Noah Shachtman / Danger Room:Why Phil Carter Left the Pentagon
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Bad Picks Have Consequences — I was just looking at this run-down of recent polls by Tom Jensen at Public Policy Polling. The upshot is that while it seems extremely unlikely Republicans could regain control of the senate next year, it's not impossible and they look well positioned …
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Andy Barr / The Politico:
Palin: 'We'll see' about run with Beck — Former Alaska GOP Gov. Sarah Palin on Wednesday did not rule out running for president alongside Fox News host Glenn Beck in 2012. — Palin was asked during an interview with Fox News's “Fox & Friends” about the chances that she …
Haaretz:
Netanyahu declares 10-month settlement freeze ‘to restart peace talks’ — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Wednesday evening that Israel would impose a 10-month freeze on construction in West Bank settlements, saying the move was a bid to restart stalled peace talks with the Palestinians.
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Patrick M. O'Connell / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Six charged in town hall disturbance — • Six people arrested in August outside a raucous town hall meeting in south St. Louis County have been charged with misdemeanor ordinance violations. — The six, including a Post-Dispatch reporter, had attended a demonstration outside …
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Brooks' Error — Yesterday's David Brooks column featured an interesting, but factually inaccurate, critique of health reform legislation: … I suppose his out here is the use of the word “could funnel” but you're clearly supposed to understand that as will funnel.
Ezra Klein:
The behavioral economics of Thanksgiving — This column originally appeared in the Food section. — It happens every year. It's not that you resolve to be virtuous on Thanksgiving, just reasonable. Two plates of food, and no more. One piece of pie, and that's enough.
Lee Fang / Think Progress:
REPORT: At Least 40 GOP Lawmakers Fail A Principle Of The ‘Purity Test’ — Yesterday, Republican National Committee member Jim Bopp unveiled a resolution to deny funding of candidates who do not uphold right-wing conservative values. The resolution, termed a “purity test,” …
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