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8:30 AM ET, December 22, 2009

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David Saltonstall / NY Daily News:
Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani expected to announce Tuesday he will not run for U.S. Senate  —  So long, Rudy.  —  Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani is expected to announce Tuesday he is not running for U.S. Senate or anything else in 2010, effectively ending his storied - and often stormy - electoral career, The Daily News has learned.
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Maggie Haberman / New York Post:
Rudy Giuliani won't seek Senate seat next year  —  Rudy Giuliani is set to throw his endorsement to 2010 GOP gubernatorial hopeful Rick Lazio a press conference tomorrow, where he's also expected to indicate he's not running for US Senate himself next year, Republican sources told The Post.
Discussion: CBS News
David M. Halbfinger / New York Times:
Giuliani Decides Against a Run for the Senate  —  Former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani has decided not to run for the Senate seat held by Kirsten E. Gillibrand, Republicans briefed on his decision said Monday evening.  —  The decision by Mr. Giuliani, 65, leaves Senator Gillibrand …
Discussion: Politics Daily
Ezra Klein:
Jane Hamsher's 10 reasons to kill the bill  —  I've gotten a lot of requests to respond to Jane Hamsher's list of 10 reasons to kill the Senate bill.  At this point, I'm not sure there's much in the way of productive dialogue to be had here.  Some of the list is purposefully misleading …
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John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Exclusive: ACORN Qualifies for Funding in Senate Health Care Bill  —  Senator Roland Burris is claiming credit for a provision in Harry Reid's “manager's amendment,” unveiled Saturday morning, that could funnel money to ACORN through the health care bill.  —  On December 9, Burris …
Little Green Footballs:
Why I Left the Right, Exhibit P for Pawlenty  —  Newsweek has an interview with Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, the very model of a modern GOP candidate, considered by many as a possible front runner for the Presidency in 2012: Anti-science and anti-gay. … Is this a kind of “moderate” creationism?
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Peter Whoriskey / Washington Post:
States' jobless funds are being drained in recession  —  The recession's jobless toll is draining unemployment-compensation funds so fast that according to federal projections, 40 state programs will go broke within two years and need $90 billion in loans to keep issuing the benefit checks.
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Protocol Society  —  In the 19th and 20th centuries we made stuff: corn and steel and trucks.  Now, we make protocols: sets of instructions.  A software program is a protocol for organizing information.  A new drug is a protocol for organizing chemicals.  Wal-Mart produces protocols for moving and marketing consumer goods.
Discussion: Beat the Press
Brian Maloney / The Radio Equalizer:
MSNBC Libtalker: ‘Morning Joe’ Team Takes Direction From WH  —  STATE CONTROL?  —  Schultz: WH Contacts Team ‘Joe’ Directly During Program!  —  For anyone wondering why an increasing number of conservatives now use the term “state-controlled media” (which originated with Rush Limbaugh) …
Discussion: NewsBusters.org and Pajamas Media
Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:
Obama signs Franken's anti-rape amendment into law.  —  The White House Press Office sent out a statement today announcing that President Obama signed the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010 into law on Saturday: … Within the Appropriations Act is Sen. Al Franken's (D-MN) …
BBC:
Mexico City backs gay marriage  —  Lawmakers in Mexico City have become the first in Latin America to legalise gay marriage.  —  City legislators passed the bill 39-20, with five abstentions.  The city's mayor is now widely expected to sign the bill into law.
Discussion: Pam's House Blend and Pharyngula
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New York Times:
Democrats Face Challenge in Merging Health Bills  —  WASHINGTON — Even as the Senate took a significant step toward passing its version of a sweeping overhaul of the health insurance system before Christmas, Democrats were grappling Monday with deep internal divisions over abortion …
Discussion: The Page and Prairie Weather
Emily Chang / CNN:
TV show exposes China's race issue  —  Shanghai, China (CNN) — It all started with the lure of the glitz, the glamour and the dream of being China's next pop star.  But, as with many reality shows, Lou Jing's instant fame came with unanticipated consequences.
Federal Bureau of Investigation:
CRIME RATES FALL  —  In the First Half of 2009  —  For the third year in a row, our Preliminary Semiannual Uniform Crime Report shows that violent crime, property crime, and arson have decreased.  The latest report compares January-June 2009 figures with the same time period in 2008.
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Obama to name Howard Schmidt as cybersecurity coordinator  —  Seven months after President Obama vowed to “personally select” an adviser to orchestrate the government's strategy for protecting computer systems, the White House will name a former Bush administration official to the job Tuesday.
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Listicle of the Day: Worst Washington Post Columnists of the Zeroes  —  It's beginning to feel a lot like listicle time: … I want to keep the explication to a minimum, but this is an award for the aggregate badness of one's Washington Post columns, not a holistic judgment of the character …
David Aaronovitch / Times of London:
Copenhagen: well that made us think, didn't it?  —  Agreement was always going to be almost impossible.  But it wasn't a waste of time: it gave us a crash course eco-education  —  My Copenhagen reverie stopped the moment that I heard a man with an Australian accent casting his vote …
Discussion: Guardian, marbury and normblog
Ralph Z. Hallow / Washington Times:
EXCLUSIVE: Ex-RNC chiefs rip Steele speaking fees  —  Party chairman charging $8,000 to $20,000  —  Michael S. Steele, Republican National Committee chairman, is using his title to market himself for paid appearances nationwide, personally profiting from speeches with fees of up to $20,000 at colleges …
Discussion: The Fix and Gawker
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
McCain: Ted Kennedy Would Have Been Disappointed Because Health Care Bill Isn't Bipartisan  —  Now that Senate Dems have voted for cloture on the health care bill, passing the major hurdle on the road to making reform a reality, Republicans have already rolled out their response …
Discussion: Firedoglake and TPM LiveWire
New York Times:
A Bill Well Worth Passing  —  The health care reform bill that Senate Democratic leaders have cobbled together to win support from all 60 members of their fractious caucus — the filibuster-proof majority needed to ensure passage — has drawn scornful attacks from a united Republican opposition.
The Huffington Post:
Lieberman: Obama Never Pressed Me On Public Option  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?  —  Senator Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) insists that the White House did not pressure him to get in line behind either a public health insurance option or a Medicare buy-in compromise during the health care debate this year.
The Politico:
Former speaker gets pricey perks  —  U.S. taxpayers are spending more than $40,000 per month on office space, staff, cell phones and a leased SUV for former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, even as he works as a lobbyist for private corporations and foreign governments.
Jonathan Tobin / Commentary:
Obama's Engagement Fallout: Lebanon Surrenders  —  This past weekend, one of the genuine triumphs of American foreign policy in the past decade was officially reversed.  When Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Harriri went to Damascus to pay tribute to his country's Syrian overlord, the 2005 Cedar Revolution was buried.
CNN:
CNN Poll: 6 point jump in support for health care bill  —  Washington (CNN) - Support for the health care reform bill that Democrats are pushing through the Senate has risen six points since early December, according to a new national poll, and although a majority of Americans still oppose its passage …
Jon Walker / Firedoglake:
35 Ways to Fix the Bad Senate Health Bill  —  This Senate bill is bad and there are many ways to improve it.  Right now, it is not real reform-it is only a corporate giveaway that might trickle down to help a few Americans.  The ideas listed here are a guide to transform this legislation into real reform.
Discussion: Daily Kos
J.H. / Media Matters for America:
Glenn Beck: Media Matters ' 2009 Misinformer of the Year  —  Glenn Beck's well of ridiculous was deep and poisonous before he launched his Fox News show, but the inauguration of the 44th president of the United States — and the permissive cheerleading of his Fox News honchos …
Faiz Shakir / Think Progress:
Matalin slurs health reform advocates as ‘health care jihadists.’  —  Yesterday on CNN, Republican strategist and CNN contributor Mary Matalin railed against Democrats for pushing forward with health reform efforts.  “They've been on this jihad for 70 years, and they're going to throw …
Discussion: Video Cafe's feed and CNN
 
 
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Paul Krugman:
Coverage and costs  —  The usual suspects are out in force …
Discussion: The Confluence
Naomi Klein / The Huffington Post:
For Obama, No Opportunity Too Big to Blow
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
In Supreme Court Clerks' Careers, Signs of Polarization
Jillian Rayfield / TPM LiveWire:
Sen. Whitehouse: There Will Be A ‘Reckoning’ …
 

 
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