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4:30 PM ET, January 2, 2009

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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
More oddities in the U.S. “debate” over Israel/Gaza  —  (updated below)  —  This Rasmussen Reports poll — the first to survey American public opinion specifically regarding the Israeli attack on Gaza — strongly bolsters the severe disconnect I documented the other day between (a) …
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Martin Fletcher / Times of London:
Israel set to begin ground war against Hamas in Gaza  —  James Hider on the Gaza border, and Sheera Frenkel in Jerusalem  —  Israel is poised to launch a major ground offensive into Gaza tonight after allowing hundreds of foreigners living in the devastated territory to evacuate.
Agence France Presse:
On eve of his death, Hamas leader in Gaza predicted victory
Discussion: Cold Fury
Richard Falk / The Huffington Post:
Understanding the Gaza Catastrophe
Discussion: Elder of Ziyon
CNN:
Aides: Democrats have plan if Burris shows up  —  (CNN) — Senate Democratic leaders think Roland Burris, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich's pick to fill President-elect Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat, will likely show up on Capitol Hill Tuesday for the opening day of Congress …
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Andy Barr / The Politico:
Burris will ‘fall on the Senate’
Discussion: Swampland
Ruben Navarrette Jr / CNN:
Commentary: Thank you, Gov. Blagojevich
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Reid, Punk'd by Blago over Burris, Rejects the Rule of Law
Lynn Bartels / Rocky Mountain News:
Sources: Bennet will be Colorado's new senator  —  Denver Public Schools superintendent Michael Bennet is expected to be named Saturday as the future U.S. Senate replacement for Interior Secretary nominee Ken Salazar, according to two Democratic sources who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
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Denver Post:
Michael Bennet chosen as next Senator
Discussion: TIME.com
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Sign of the media times  —  The Washington Post just hired Greg Sargent away from the reporting-heavy liberal blog empire TPM, to run a new blog for them.  —  Greg's move is both a reminder of how the new liberal reporting infrastructure —TPM and Huffpo, in particular …
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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Signing Off — Farewell, TPMers
Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard:
Sargent to WaPo  —  Greg Sargent, the prolific TPM reporter …
Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
9 Muslim Passengers Removed From Jet  —  Others on Flight Say a Remark Was ‘Suspicious’  —  Officials ordered nine Muslim passengers, including three young children, off an AirTran flight headed to Orlando from Reagan National Airport yesterday afternoon after two other passengers overheard what they thought was a suspicious remark.
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Jeremy Olshan / New York Post:
HAPPY #*%!  NEW YEAR TO YOU, TOO!  —  COMIC KATHY LASHES OUT AT HECKLER ON CNN  —  Comedienne Kathy Griffin may be doomed to life on CNN's S-list after answering a heckler with a shrieking, vulgar tirade during the network's live New Year's Eve broadcast.  —  “Screw you,” she told the heckler.
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Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Some Conservatives Fear Obama Advisers Lean Too Far Left  —  To Some Conservatives, Advisers Are Alarmingly Liberal  —  To some staunch conservatives watching President Bush relinquish the reins of power to President-elect Barack Obama, a few too many ardent liberals are now crashing the gates.
Aaron Blake / The Hill:
Cornyn promises filibuster on Franken seating  —  Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) threatened Friday to filibuster any attempt to seat Democratic Minnesota Senate candidate Al Franken next week.  —  The newly minted National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) chairman said he had not whipped votes …
Discussion: Sister Toldjah
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Associated Press:
Governor may be leaning toward Kennedy  —  Two people close to Paterson tell AP they believe she'll be his choice  —  ALBANY, N.Y. - Officials say the daughter of the late President John F. Kennedy will be the governor's choice to fill the New York Senate seat being vacated by Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Bigger Than Bush  —  As the new Democratic majority prepares to take power, Republicans have become, as Phil Gramm might put it, a party of whiners.  —  Some of the whining almost defies belief.  Did Alberto Gonzales, the former attorney general, really say, “I consider myself a casualty …
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Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Analysis: Republicans struggle with race issue
Michael Abramowitz / Washington Post:
Two Advisers Reflect on Eight Years With Bush  —  White House Chief of Staff Joshua B. Bolten and national security adviser Stephen J. Hadley remember conferring with President Bush during the darkest days of the Iraq war, in 2005 and 2006, when violence was out of control.
Mary Katharine Ham / Weekly Standard:
Obama: Don't Ask Me No Questions  —  Just for fun, a brief year in review of Obama's legendary new openness and transparency with the press corps:
Peter Berkowitz / Wall Street Journal:
Conservatives Can Unite Around the Constitution  —  The coalition that supported Reagan is as viable as ever.  —  After their dismal performance in November, conservatives are taking stock.  As they debate the causes that have driven them into the political wilderness and as they contemplate paths out, they should also take heart.
Discussion: AmSpecBlog
John / Power Line:
THE CONFLICT'S ROOT CAUSE  —  We've seen similar photos before, but these seem especially shocking, and especially revealing, in the context of the disaster into which Hamas has plunged Palestinians living in Gaza.  Here, a group of Palestinian boys who live in a “refugee camp” …
Wall Street Journal:
The Senate Goes Wobbly on Card Check  —  It's hard to defend taking away the secret ballot.  —  Responsibility has a way of focusing the mind.  —  Take Mark Pryor, Democratic senator from Arkansas.  In 2007, Mr. Pryor voted to move card check, Big Labor's No. 1 priority.  And why not?
 
 
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The Independent:
Climate scientists: it's time for ‘Plan B’
Ynetnews:
Israeli domain registration server hacked
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David Sirota / Salon:
Did you hear FDR prolonged the Great Depression?
Discussion: Donklephant
Jeffrey Goldberg:
Nizar Rayyan of Hamas on God's Hatred of Jews
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
COLD HAND  —  Like many others, I've been saying this for years.
Tom Topousis / New York Post:
SEPT. 11 CONDOM-NATION  —  A German entrepreneur has taken bad taste …
Discussion: Gothamist, La Figa and The Frisky
Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
In Which Bowl Games Deliver Me Into the Hands of the Far Left
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Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
WHEN YOU CAN'T TRUST DRUG COMPANIES, WHO CAN YOU TRUST?
Discussion: The Corner
Washington Post:
Palin's Last Word  —  In the wee hours of 2008, Alaska …
Stephen Adams / Telegraph:
Karl Lagerfeld defends fur industry saying ‘beasts’ …
Discussion: Gawker and Don Surber
Noah Pollak / Commentary:
J Street: An Anti-Israel Group
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias and Solomonia
 

 
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