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8:40 AM ET, December 17, 2009

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Igor / Think Progress:
Sen. Sanders: 'As of this point, I'm not voting for the bill.'  —  Moments ago, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) announced that he is prepared to vote against the Senate health care bill in light of the recent decision to strip the public option and the Medicare buy-in provision from the legislation.
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Howard Dean / Washington Post:
Health-care bill wouldn't bring real reform  —  If I were a senator, I would not vote for the current health-care bill.  Any measure that expands private insurers' monopoly over health care and transfers millions of taxpayer dollars to private corporations is not real health-care reform.
Robert Pear / New York Times:
In Senate Health Showdown, Round Goes to G.O.P.
Discussion: The Caucus, TPMDC and Prairie Weather
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
BREAKING: Sanders “Not Voting” For Health Care Bill
blogs.telegraph.co.uk:
Climategate goes SERIAL: now the Russians confirm that UK climate scientists manipulated data to exaggerate global warming  —  Climategate just got much, much bigger.  And all thanks to the Russians who, with perfect timing, dropped this bombshell just as the world's leaders are gathering …
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Christopher C. Horner / Big Government:
ClimateGate Just Got Much, Much Bigger  —  Over at ICECAP.us Meteorologist Joe D'Aleo has posted an item on a “Russian Bombshell” highly relevant to the ClimateGate scandal.  The Russian media first posted the story and now some Brits are loving it.  —  The long and the short …
Discussion: NewsReal Blog and EU Referendum
RIA Novosti:
What the Russian papers say  —  MOSCOW, December 16 (RIA Novosti) Russia trading in diplomatic recognition / U.S. uses NATO as a tool to integrate Russia into its project for a new world order - expert / New round of struggle to end Cold War / Russia affected by Climategate /
Discussion: Pajamas Media
Guardian:
Miliband warns of Copenhagen ‘farce’
Discussion: Redhot
Steve McIntyre / Climate Audit:
IEA: Hadley Center “probably tampered with Russian climate data”
Jon Walker / Firedoglake:
Answering Nate Silver's 20 Questions on Killing the Senate Bill  —  Nate Silver has 20 questions for the “bill killers"-and I have 20 answers. … Killing the current deal does not preclude passing the good parts of health reform through reconciliation.  When they are forced to face passage …
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
20 Questions for Bill Killers  —  1. Over the medium term, how many other opportunities will exist to provide in excess of $100 billion per year in public subsidies to poor and sick people?  —  2. Would a bill that contained $50 billion in additional subsidies for people making less than 250% of poverty be acceptable?
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Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Vote by Christmas in peril  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's plan to pass the Senate health care reform bill by Christmas looked increasingly in doubt Wednesday, as Republicans launched an offensive to stall the legislation and Democrats had yet to strike a 60-vote compromise.
New York Times:
China Is Doubtful of Copenhagen Deal  —  COPENHAGEN — With just two days remaining in historic and contentious climate talks here, China signaled overnight that it sees virtually no possibility that the nearly 200 nations gathered would find agreement by Friday.
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Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
China says it can't see reaching agreement on climate pact  —  COPENHAGEN — China has told participants in the U.N.-sponsored climate talks that it cannot envision reaching an immediate, operational accord out of the negotiations here, according to an official involved in the talks.
Discussion: Climate Progress and The Page
Andrew Bolt:
Putting our economy in the hands of Chavez fans  —  These maniacs in Copenhagen are voting on your future: … UPDATE  —  And at the end of this first clip, Chavez rouses the rabble with more anti-Americanism, too: … UPDATE 2  —  And a mass-murderer at Copenhagen lectures us about our crimes:
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Lenore Taylor / TheAustralian:
Penny Wong jeered, Hugo Chavez cheered  —  THE Copenhagen climate summit was pretty much summed up in the high-level segment yesterday when Penny Wong's speech was interrupted by whistles and chanting and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez got a standing ovation.
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Michael Moore calls for boycott of Connecticut  —  Liberal filmmaker Michael Moore on Thursday called for a boycott of the state of Connecticut in reaction to Sen. Joe Lieberman's (I-Conn.) opposition to key provisions of healthcare reform legislation.  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid …
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Keith Olbermann / Daily Kos:
Special Comment: Not Health, Not Care, Not Reform  —  There could not be a finer line between the words compromise and compromised and tonight, with the greatest possible reluctance, I believe I have to go on the air and state my opinion that the Senate bill in its current form has clearly crossed …
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Keith Olbermann / msnbc.com:
Ruined Senate bill unsupportable
Wall Street Journal:
Insurgents Hack U.S. Drones  —  $26 Software Is Used to Breach Key Weapons in Iraq; Iranian Backing Suspected  —  WASHINGTON — Militants in Iraq have used $26 off-the-shelf software to intercept live video feeds from U.S. Predator drones, potentially providing them with information they need …
CFACT:
CFACT drops the banner on Greenpeace ships in daring land and sea raids  —  Activists tag Greenpeace Rainbow Warrior with “Propaganda Warrior” banner; Arctic Sunrise hit with “Ship of Lies” banner earlier in the day  —  Global warming skeptics from CFACT yesterday pulled off …
New York Times:
Intelligence Improperly Collected on U.S. Citizens  —  WASHINGTON — In February, a Department of Homeland Security intelligence official wrote a “threat assessment” for the police in Wisconsin about a demonstration involving local pro- and anti-abortion rights groups.
Discussion: Emptywheel
 
 
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The Huffington Post:
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Caleb Howe / RedState:
Michael Moore To Boycott Constitution
Discussion: Pajamas Media
Ian Welsh / Crooks and Liars:
Notes on the Moral and Political Degradation of America
Lisa Solod Warren / The Huffington Post:
Two Black Role Models Done In By Hubris