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4:30 PM ET, December 14, 2008

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Jordy Yager / The Hill:
State official says Blagojevich may step aside Monday
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Obama team's ‘unanswered questions’
The Huffington Post:
McCain Whacks RNC, Defends Obama Over Blagojevich (VIDEO)
Discussion: D-Day
Ben Armbruster / Think Progress:
Iraqi Journalist Throws His Shoes At Bush During Press Conference In Baghdad (Updated)  —  Iraqi Journalist Throws His Shoes At Bush During Press Conference In Baghdad (Updated)»  —  President Bush is in Baghdad today on a surprise farewell visit highlighting the security deal recently reached between the U.S. and Iraq.
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Steven Lee Myers / New York Times:
Bush Arrives in Iraq for a Final Visit  —  BAGHDAD — President Bush flew to Iraq on Sunday, a final trip to highlight the recently completed security agreement between Iraq and the United States.  —  Air Force One arrived in Baghdad at 4 p.m. after a 10-and-a-half-hour overnight flight from Andrews Air Force Base near Washington.
BBC:
Shoes thrown at Bush on Iraq trip
Michael Isikoff / Newsweek:
The Fed Who Blew the Whistle  —  Is he a hero or a criminal?  —  Nigel Parry / CPI for Newsweek  —  From the magazine issue dated Dec 22, 2008  —  Thomas M. Tamm was entrusted with some of the government's most important secrets.  He had a Sensitive Compartmented Information security clearance, a level above Top Secret.
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Michael Calderone / Michael Calderone's Blogs:   NYT wiretap source revealed
Associated Press:
Palin's church damaged in suspicious fire  —  ANCHORAGE, ALASKA — Gov. Sarah Palin's home church has been badly damaged in an arson fire.  —  Damages to the Wasilla Bible Church were estimated at $1 million, authorities said today.  No one was injured in the fire, which was intentionally set while people …
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Cheryl Brooks / Alaska Dispatch:
Palin's church catches fire, raising suspicions of a vengeful act
Carol E. Lee / The Politico:
Biden to shrink VP role — big time  —  Joe Biden is laying plans to significantly shrink the role of the vice presidency in Barack Obama's White House, according to an official familiar with his thinking.  —  It's not just that Biden won't sit in on Senate Democrats' weekly caucus meetings …
Deborah Blum / The Huffington Post:
Why My Dog (And I) No Longer Watch CNN  —  In my home office we are boycotting CNN.  Of course, my home office is a room at the back of my house occupied by myself and the family dog, a boxer named Dodger, who contributes by snoring musically while I work.  —  Nevertheless, we take this boycott seriously.
Bill Marsh / New York Times:
Illinois Is Trying.  It Really Is.  But the Most Corrupt State Is Actually . . .  Where is officialdom most crooked?  Last week, many guessed it must be Illinois, after news that Gov. Rod Blagojevich was taped making brazen personal demands in exchange for his selection of a Senate successor to President-elect Barack Obama.
Andrew Orlowski / The Register:
Google cranks up the Consensus Engine  —  Manufacturing isn't dead - it just went to Mountain View  —  Google this week admitted that its staff will pick and choose what appears in its search results.  It's a historic statement - and nobody has yet grasped its significance.
Peter Baker / New York Times:
The Lasting Effects of Political Poison  —  WASHINGTON — It came to John D. Podesta during a jog through the scenic Rock Creek Park over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.  His boss was going to be impeached and there was no way around it.  It took Rahm Emanuel a little longer to reach that conclusion.
New York Times:
A Champion of Wall Street Reaps Benefits  —  “We are not going to rest until we change the rules, change the laws and make sure New York remains No. 1 for decades on into the future.”  —  WASHINGTON — As the financial crisis jolted the nation in September, Senator Charles E. Schumer was consumed.
Thomas Erdbrink / Washington Post:
Iranian Woman Blinded by Spurned Suitor Persuades Court to Punish Him Similarly  —  TEHRAN — Ameneh Bahrami once enjoyed photography and mountain vistas.  Her work for a medical equipment company gave her financial independence.  Several men had asked for her hand in marriage …
Discussion: Althouse
Satyam Khanna / Think Progress:
Rove Reportedly Will ‘Help Lead’ GOP's Fight Against Eric Holder For Attorney General  —  Senate Republicans, including Sens. Arlen Specter (R-PA), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and Jon Kyl (R-AZ), are trying delay confirmation hearings for Attorney General nominee Eric Holder …
David Neiwert / Crooks and Liars:
Nazis in the military: 'I'm so proud of my kills'  —  [Shawn Stuart, Iraq War veteran, at a 2006 neo-Nazi rally in Olympia, WA.]  —  Two years ago, the Southern Poverty Law Center ran a devastating report describing the infiltration of neo-Nazis into the ranks of the American military.
 
 
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