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12:20 AM ET, December 20, 2008

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Linda Hirshman / The Huffington Post:
We Call on You Lord: Leaked Rick Warren Invocation  —  (NOTE: Copies of what seemed to be a draft of an inaugural invocation by Pastor Rick Warren arrived in the fax machines of several prominent journalists this morning.  This site does not vouch for the authenticity of the draft …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Taking Yes For An Answer  —  Dish readers will know my own conflicted feelings about the selection of Rick Warren for the Inaugural Invocation.  But feelings must at some point cede to reason.  And I sense an understandable but, the more I think about it, misjudged response on the part of my fellow gays and lesbians.
Heather Mac Donald / Secular Right:
Rick Warren and the Presidency  —  Barack Obama's invitation to evangelical powerhouse Rick Warren to deliver the inaugural invocation has angered abortion and gay rights advocates.  They are overreacting.  The invitation merely confirms Obama's admirable willingness to reach out across a relatively broad ideological spectrum .
Byron York / National Review:   Obama and the Rick Warren Flap
Lisa Leff / Associated Press:
Jerry Brown urges court to void Prop.  8  —  SAN FRANCISCO — California Attorney General Jerry Brown changed course on the state's new same-sex marriage ban Friday and urged the state Supreme Court to void Proposition 8.  —  In a dramatic reversal, Brown filed a legal brief saying the measure …
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Shelby Grad / L.A. Now:
Jerry Brown: Gay-marriage ban should be invalidated  —  In a surprise move, state Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown asked the California Supreme Court on Friday to invalidate Proposition 8.  He said the November ballot measure that banned gay marriage “deprives people of the right to marry …
Discussion: Firedoglake and On Deadline
Bob Egelko / San Francisco Chronicle:
Brown asks state high court to overturn Prop. 8
Discussion: TalkLeft
Associated Press:
Calif. AG urges court to void gay marriage ban
Discussion: Michelle Malkin
Zaz Hollander / Anchorage Daily News:
Levi Johnston's mother hit with drug charges  —  Arrested: her son was in the spotlight as father of bristol palin's baby.  —  zhollander@adn.com  —  WASILLA — A 42-year-old Wasilla woman was arrested Thursday at her home by Alaska State Troopers with a search warrant in an undercover drug investigation.
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MSNBC:
Levi Johnston's mom arrested for drugs
Discussion: Perez Hilton
JammieWearingFool:
Bad News for Trig Troofers
Discussion: Daimnation!
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Blago: I am not a crook  —  Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich struck a defiant tone in a Chicago press conference today, pledging to fight federal corruption charges in court and to stay in office despite calls for his resignation and talk of impeachment.  —  “I am not guilty of any criminal wrongdoing,” Blaojevich said.
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Looseheadprop / Firedoglake:
Somebody Needs to Serve a Subpoena on Ole Fourth Branch, in a Hurry  —  Welcome back to another day in [CrazyWorld] CheneyWorld, or as we like to call it, the “Fourth Branch”.  The NYTimes via AP is reporting that Darth Cheney has declared that he, and he alone, has the power to decide which …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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Paul Walsh / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Franken pushes his lead over Coleman past 150  —  The state Canvassing Board's first rush of ballot rulings in the U.S. Senate race has unofficially put challenger Al Franken in the lead by more than 150.  —  The intense scrutiny of “voter intent” resumed this morning by the five-member board charged …
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PewForum.org:
Faith on the Hill: The Religious Affiliations of Members of Congress  —  Members of Congress are often accused of being out of touch with average citizens, but an examination of the religious affiliations of U.S. senators and representatives shows that, on one very basic level, Congress looks much like the rest of the country.
Joel Mowbray / Fox News:
Jihadist Group Trying to ‘Invade’ Facebook Gets Shut Down  —  A quickly growing jihadist group that used Facebook to spread its radical message has been shut down by the popular Web networking site after FOXNews.com alerted the company to the group's activities.
Discussion: The Jawa Report and AmSpecBlog
Jonathan P. Hicks / City Room:
With Little Fanfare, Kennedy Meets Weingarten  —  (Photo: Ruby Washington/The New York Times)  —  Today's stop on the whirlwind Caroline Kennedy listening and political-exploration tour could not have been more different from the circus-like atmosphere that has been a fixture of her meetings with notable New Yorkers in recent days.
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New York Post:
CAROLINE'S POLL FAULT
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Americans Take Parting Shots at Bush  —  It was bad enough for President Bush to have shoes tossed at his head during his farewell journey to Baghdad.  Now comes a new poll in which Americans call Bush all sorts of names — some of them a lot worse than “dog.”
Discussion: Oliver Willis
New York Times:
Bush Aids Detroit, but Hard Choices Wait for Obama  —  WASHINGTON — The emergency bailout of General Motors and Chrysler announced by President Bush on Friday gives the companies a few months to get their businesses in order, but hands off to President-elect Barack Obama the difficult political task of ruling on their future.
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John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal:
Auto Makers to Get $17.4 Billion
Azam Ahmed / Chicago Tribune:
Sequel to Sarah Palin ‘nude painting’: A Rod Blagojevich ‘nude painting’?  —  Bruce Elliott works on a new painting of Governor Rod Blagojevich in his Chicago studio on Thursday, December 18, 2008.  Elliott's wife owns the Old Town Ale House where the painting will hang next to an earlier painting of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.
Martin Kady II / The Politico:
GOP slams Bush over bailout  —  Republican leaders across the board have let loose on President Bush's auto industry bailout in what may be some of the toughest GOP criticism of the Bush presidency.  —  John McCain is leading the way, saying it is “unacceptable that we would leave …
Discussion: Emptywheel and Wonkette
Catrina Stewart / Associated Press:
World Bank: Russia may need help if oil falls more … MOSCOW (AP) - Russia would come under crippling financial pressure and may need to raise money externally if oil languishes at an average of $30 a barrel over the next two years, the World Bank predicted Friday.
 
 
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Jennifer Parker / George's Bottom Line:
Biden: U.S. Economy in Danger of ‘Absolutely Tanking’
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John Tierney / TierneyLab:
Flawed Science Advice for Obama?
William Grimes / New York Times:
Conor Cruise O'Brien Is Dead at 91
Discussion: The New Republic
Nour Akkad / The Huffington Post:
Iraqis Respond To House Of Saddam
Discussion: Guardian
Los Angeles Times:
California posts 8.4% jobless rate, the third highest in U.S.
Discussion: Calitics
Associated Press:
Portrait shows Bush relaxed and smiling
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Symbolic Politics  —  People who are upset about a politician …
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Siobhan Gorman / Wall Street Journal:
Obama Taps Blair as Intelligence Chief
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Joe Conason / Salon:
What's Obama hiding about Blagojevich?
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
A Way Out For Obama?  —  Here's an idea.  A reader notes …
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