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Jillian Rayfield / TPMMuckraker:
Latest Right-Wing Freak-Out: Obama Wants To Give Manhattan Back To Native Americans — The good news is that the right-wing isn't talking about President Obama being a secret Muslim right now. The bad news is that they're now concerned that he's going to use his honorary status …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Liberal Values, Balloon Juice, WorldNetDaily, Salon and Daily Kos
Brian Fitzpatrick / WorldNetDaily:
Biggest conservative names bidding goodbye to CPAC — Participation of homosexuals, financial mismanagement cited — Two of the nation's premier moral issues organizations, the Family Research Council and Concerned Women for America, are refusing to attend the Conservative Political Action Conference …
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Weigel, ThinkProgress, The Sundries Shack, Salon, Outside the Beltway, Gawker, TPMDC, Daily Kos, Wonkette, The Other McCain, Right Wing Watch and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
The Huffington Post:
Wall Street Execs Whine To Politico About Their Hurt Feelings — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? … This morning's Politico features another piece ("Obama and Wall St.: Still Venus and Mars") in a continuing series that present Wall Street people whining about all those times White House higher-ups …
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Bloomberg, Paul Krugman and Hullabaloo
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Ben White / The Politico:
Obama & Wall St.: Still Venus & Mars
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Washington Monthly and Pajamas Media
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
New GOP House Rules Pave The Way For More Tax Cuts, Deficits — In 2007, just weeks after Republicans lost control of the House and Senate and six years after the first passel of Bush tax cuts were signed into law, Democrats made a key change to the budget rules to prevent that episode from repeating itself.
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Paul Krugman, Washington Monthly, Firedoglake and Zandar Versus The Stupid
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Obama: No shirtless pictures — The White House is taking extra steps to prevent photos of a shirtless President Obama on vacation in Hawaii. — The president and his family are on a snorkeling trip in Hamauma Bay Nature Reserve, and traveling press are under “explicit instructions …
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Weasel Zippers and JammieWearingFool
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
DADT DEAD-ENDERS LATCH ONTO ‘SHOWER ISSUE’.... With Congress already having passed a repeal of the “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” policy, and President Obama gladly putting his signature on the repeal legislation, I'm not sure what more conservatives hope to accomplish. — There was a political fight, and they lost.
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TPMMuckraker, Althouse, The New Republic and Outside the Beltway
Jonah Goldberg / Los Angeles Times:
As gay becomes bourgeois — With 'don't ask, don't tell' repealed and gays seeking marriage equality, the homosexual bourgeoisie is emerging — a concept subversive to both liberals and conservatives. — So now openly gay soldiers get to fight and die in neocon-imperialist wars too?
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The Other McCain, No More Mister Nice Blog, Pajamas Media and American Power
The Huffington Post:
Afghan President Hamid Karzai Longs For ‘Golden Age’ Of The Bush Years — What's Your Reaction: … BUFFALO, N.Y. — Longing for the early years of the Bush administration, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has been consumed by anti-U.S. conspiracy theories, convinced American officials …
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Firedoglake and DownWithTyranny!
Bryan Walsh / Time:
The Northeast Blizzard: One More Sign of Global Warming — People dig out along 72nd Street in New York City on Dec. 27, 2010, in the wake of a powerful East Coast blizzard that shut down major airports and rail lines — It's become as much a winter tradition as eggnog at Christmas …
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The Daily Caller, PoliPundit.com and The Gateway Pundit
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Putting the Record Straight on the Lamo-Manning Chat Logs — Editor's note: This is a two-part article, in which Wired.com editor-in-chief Evan Hansen and senior editor Kevin Poulsen respond separately to criticisms of the site's Wikileaks coverage. — The Case for Privacy
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Firedoglake and Boing Boing, more at Mediagazer »
Lisa Demer / Anchorage Daily News:
Judge tosses Miller lawsuit, clears way for Murkowski swearing-in — A federal judge today dismissed Republican Joe Miller's federal lawsuit seeking to overturn the results of the Nov. 2 election, clearing the way for U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski to be certified as the winner.
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The BRAD BLOG, msnbc.com, Ballot Box, Outside the Beltway and Alaska Dispatch
Bill Dedman / msnbc.com:
Quest for Palin e-mails may exceed her time in office — You can do the math. — Alaska state regulations require public officials to make public records available to the public within 10 days in most cases. — On Monday evening, Sarah Palin's former staff in the Alaska governor's …
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NY Daily News, The Politico, Daily Kos, Ballot Box, Politics Daily and Associated Press
Nicolesandler / Crooks and Liars:
Help the 99ers — (Ed. note: We invited Nicole Sandler to blog here to announce her new site, designed to help 99ers find support and work.) — Last week, while guest hosting The Randi Rhodes Show and discussing the unexpected but wonderful progress made in the lame duck session of Congress …
Wall Street Journal:
Transcript: Maliki on Iraq's Future — Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki earlier this month won parliamentary approval for his new cabinet, ending months of political stalemate after inconclusive polls in March. In his first interview since his government was seated …
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New York Times, Informed Comment, rubber hose, Commentary and Truthdig
Palestinian Media Watch:
PA daily: Israel's aim is “destruction and ruin of humanity” — PA daily demonizes Israel as “a country whose aim — is destruction and ruin of humanity” — by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik — The PA continues to demonize and incite hatred of Israel.
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Israel Matzav
New York Times:
A Step Toward Fairness — This country continues to pay a high price in both security and reputation for the Bush administration's many violations of international law at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. After more than a year of review, the Obama administration is preparing an executive order intended …
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Firedoglake and JammieWearingFool
Christopher R. Albon / The Atlantic Online:
How WikiLeaks Just Set Back Democracy in Zimbabwe — Last year, early on Christmas Eve morning, representatives from the U.S., United Kingdom, Netherlands, and the European Union arrived for a meeting with Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai. Appointed prime minister earlier …
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Sister Toldjah, The Confluence, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, A Blog For All, Wonkette and Little Green Footballs
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Senate Approval Ratings — During the second half of 2010 PPP polled on approval ratings for 59 different Senators. Here's some of the information on how they stack up: —The average approval rating for a Senator right now is 43% approving to 40% disapproving.
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Taegan Goddard's … and Ballot Box
Wall Street Journal:
How Congress Can Stop the EPA's Power Grab — Courts have yet to decide if the agency's proposed controls on carbon emissions are even legal. — On Jan. 2, the Environmental Protection Agency will officially begin regulating the emission of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.
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The Daily Caller, Wonk Room, Washington Wire and Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
N.J. Gov. Christie, vacationing during snowstorm, pushes back on criticism — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's office is pushing back against complaints that both he and the lieutenant governor were vacationing during a blizzard that blanketed the state with snow.
Lynn Sweet:
Bill Clinton, to stump for Rahm Emanuel, warned by Danny Davis: Stay out of Chicago mayor race — Chicago mayoral hopeful Rep. Danny Davis (D-Ill.) shot a warning on Tuesday morning to former President Bill Clinton, coming to Chicago to stump for rival Rahm Emanuel: Stay out.
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Weasel Zippers and The New Editor
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
GOP Senator-Elect Calls For Filibuster Reform On Judicial Nominees — In 2005, when President Bush was nominating judges, GOP senators almost universally denounced filibusters of judicial nominees as unconstitutional. Four years later, when a Democratic president moved into the White House …
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The Hugh Hewitt Show, RedState, Politics Daily, Ezra Klein and Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog
