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12:35 AM ET, November 30, 2007

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Richard Esposito Reports / The Blotter:
Giuliani's Mistress Used N.Y. Police as Taxi Service  —  Richard Esposito Reports:  —  Well before it was publicly known he was seeing her, then-married New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani provided a police driver and city car for his mistress Judith Nathan, former senior city officials tell the Blotter on ABCNews.com.
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Rudy calls billing 'perfectly appropriate'  —  Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and his senior aides Thursday blamed anonymous bookkeepers for his administration's practice of billing the travel expenses for his personal security detail to obscure city agencies.
Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft:
More on Government Funded Trysts: It's A Crime  —  Via Atrios: … There oughta be a law!  Oh wait, there is one: … Sounds like Rudy committed a felony to me.
Atrios / Eschaton:
Oh My  —  Judi! … I'm sure Joe will give us his take as soon …
Discussion: Group News Blog
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
BREAKING: RUDY'S NEW SHAG FUND EXPLANATION!
Discussion: TPMmuckraker
New York Times:   Giuliani Defends Spending on His Mayoral Security
Redstate:
CNN's Performance Was Unacceptable.  There Should Be A Do Over of This Debate.  —  Our own Dan Spencer made USA Today today in an article by Jill Thompson.  —  Only if you check our front page, we don't have a contributor named Dan Spencer; well, we do, but he does not write under his name.
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The Big Trunk / Power Line:
WORST PRETENSE TO AN IMPARTIAL NEWS ORGANIZATION: CNN, PART 2  —  Jim Vicevich alerts us to a few more Democratic plants at the CNN YouTube Republican candidates forum last night.  Adam Florzak asked a question on Social Security.  It turns out that Florzak quit his job with Caterpillar …
Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
CNN defends vetting of debate questioners  —  The retired general who quizzed Republican presidential candidates about gays and lesbians in the military was not the only person linked to a Democratic presidential candidate who got to ask a question at Wednesday's CNN/YouTube debate.
Jerome L. Sherman / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Murtha finds military progress in trip to Iraq  —  Warns that Iraqis must do more for their own security  —  WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. John Murtha today said he saw signs of military progress during a brief trip to Iraq last week, but he warned that Iraqis need to play a larger role in providing …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Hell freezes over: "I think the surge is working," says Murtha  —  Via Bill Amos.  I'm not giving you the direct link yet; I want you to watch this clip from July first so you can appreciate his ignorance, hypocrisy, and defeatism.  CNN had him on for reaction after lefty war supporters Michael O'Hanlon …
Discussion: Redstate and BLACKFIVE
Fox News:
Study: Canadian Beer Drinkers Threaten Planet  —  Scientists have found a new threat to the planet: Canadian beer drinkers.  —  The government-commissioned study says the old, inefficient "beer fridges" that one in three Canadian households use to store their Molson and Labatt's contribute significantly …
Michelle Malkin:
Surprise: Muslim YouTube questioner was former CAIR Intern  —  CAIR brags:  —  They taught her well:  —  See what others have said  —  Note from Michelle: This section is for comments from michellemalkin.com's community of registered readers.  Please don't assume that I agree with or endorse …
Discussion: Daily Pundit
Joe Klein / TIME: Swampland:
Dialing the Republicans  —  I attended Frank Luntz's dial group of 30 undecided—or sort of undecided—Republicans in St. Petersburg, Florida, last night...and it was a fairly astonishing evening.  —  Now, for the uninitiated: dials are little hand-held machines that enable a focus group member …
Discussion: Washington Monthly and MyDD
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Richelieu / Weekly Standard:
2008: The Year of the Upset?
The Atlantic Online:
How Huckabee Wins
Howie / The Jawa Report:
Bin Laden Tape Airs On al-Jazeera UPDATE: bin Laden Claims 9/11  —  Via Laura Mansfield: … UPDATE by Rusty: What will the Truthers say now?  Al Jazeera: … "Bin Laden" uses the logic that he was behind 9/11, and not the Taliban, ergo the U.S. attack against Afghanistan was unjustified.
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John C. Hulsman / Opinion Journal:
A Man on a Mission  —  What's wrong with Michael Gerson's "heroic conservatism."  —  Michael Gerson, long praised (some would say over-praised) as President Bush's genius speechwriter, is also, it turns out, a would-be moral philosopher and political strategist.
Discussion: Keith Burgess-Jackson
Salon:
"This hypocrite broke up my family"  —  HENRY HYDE, THE MAN WHO WILL SIT IN JUDGMENT ON PRESIDENT CLINTON, CONFIRMS THAT HE CARRIED ON A SECRET AFFAIR.  —  BY DAVID TALBOT |  Fred Snodgrass, a 76-year-old Florida retiree, says he gets so upset when he watches Rep. Henry Hyde on TV that "I nearly jump out of my chair."
Discussion: BartBlog, Wonkette and Big Head DC
FactCheck.org:
GOP YouTube Debate Flubs  —  Falsehoods, exaggerations and stumbles  —  The CNN/YouTube debate among Republicans lacked any talking snowmen, but we did note a few false and misleading statements by the candidates.  — Romney claimed New York called itself a "sanctuary city" for illegal aliens.
Simon Romero / New York Times:
In Chávez Territory, Signs of Dissent  —  Chávez territory, the habitual wisdom here goes, is a place like Coche: slums on this city's fringe where the poor live in cinderblock hovels.  To reach Coche, drive past dozens of billboards celebrating President Hugo Chávez's rule ahead …
 
 
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Stanley Kurtz / The Corner:
Surge Suppressor: The Sequel
Time:
Q&A: Obama Talks with Rick Stengel
Media Matters for America:
CNN's Brown called MoveOn.org "American insurgents"
Discussion: AMERICAblog
New York Times:
Facebook Users Protest Online Tracking
Guardian:
Fraud, intimidation and bribery
David Neiwert / Firedoglake:
When the Sewage Seeps In  —  If it weren't already crystal clear …
Discussion: Jules Crittenden
Laura Heinauer / Austin American-Statesman:
State science curriculum director resigns
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Bob Fertik / Democrats.com:
Is Peter Osnos Withholding Impeachable Evidence For "Lucre"?
Discussion: MoJoBlog
US News:
Washington Whispers  —  Home > Nation & World > Washington Whispers …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
MAP O' SHAG
Prerna Mankad / FP Passport:
If you outsource your life to India, don't be all imperial about it
Washington Wire:
Host Indicted, Clinton Fund-Raiser Canceled
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Tyler Cowen / Marginal Revolution:
A plea for more anthropology of ideology
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The Chicago Tribune vs. Time magazine