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10:05 AM ET, November 6, 2010

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Lee Fang / ThinkProgress:
UPDATED: Before Bush Donor Takeover Of MSNBC, Network Selectively Applies Rules To Suspend Olbermann  —  UPDATED: We have been notified that Comcast has not yet officially taken over MSNBC/NBC Universal.  Although Comcast has tentatively finalized a deal to purchase a majority stake in NBC …
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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Keep Keith!  —  On Olbermann's unjust suspension.  —  MSNBC's suspension of Keith Olbermann is ludicrous.  —  Second, he's not a reporter.  It's an opinion show.  If Olbermann wants to put his money where his mouth is, more power to him.  —  Third, GE, the corporate parent of MSNBC, gives money to political organizations.
John Cook / Gawker:
Olbermann 'Doesn't Answer' to NBC News Standards  —  MSNBC chief Phil Griffin suspended Keith Olbermann today for violating “NBC News policy and standards” by donating to three Democratic congressional candidates last month.  But according to an NBC News source, MSNBCers have been exempt from those rules for years.
Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
Political giving not unusual on cable  —  A search of campaign finance records shows that MSNBC host Keith Olbermann is hardly the only cable news host who has written a check for a candidate in recent years.  —  With the distinction between journalism and punditry increasingly blurring …
New York Times:
Keith Olbermann of MSNBC Suspended Over Donations  —  Keith Olbermann, the leading liberal voice on American television in the age of Obama, was suspended Friday after his employer, MSNBC, discovered he made campaign contributions to three Democrats last month.
Jillian Rayfield / TPMDC:
Scarborough, Buchanan Also Made Political Contributions
Discussion: Daily Kos and Salon
Michelle Malkin:
Support Olbermann? No freaking way; Poll added
Steve Krakauer / Mediaite:
Keith Olbermann Suspended From MSNBC Indefinitely
Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
Keith Olbermann Suspended from MSNBC
Kos / Daily Kos:
Olbermann suspended by MSNBC
The Huffington Post:
Keith Olbermann SUSPENDED From MSNBC Indefinitely Without Pay
Rachel Slajda / TPM LiveWire:
Olbermann Suspended Without Pay After Political Contributions
Atrios / Eschaton:
And Buchanan?  —  So Olbermann is suspended for making political contributions.
Discussion: The Plum Line and ThinkProgress
Ace of Spades HQ:
O'Donnell, Who Lost By 17 Points, Still Sending Out Press Releases Attacking People  —  O'Donnell didn't cost us one seat; she cost us three.  Chalk Rossi's and Buck's loss up to her as well.  —  But here's O'Donnell saying it wasn't her “standing up for principle” that cost her the election, but shady machinations against her.
Discussion: Pajamas Media and protein wisdom
Margalit Fox / New York Times:
Jill Clayburgh Dies at 66; Starred in Feminist Roles  —  Jill Clayburgh, an Oscar-nominated actress known for portraying strong, independent women, died on Friday at her home in Lakeville, Conn. She was 66.  —  The cause was chronic leukemia, with which she had lived for 21 years, her husband, the playwright David Rabe, said.
Mark Davis / The Age:
Murdoch reveals ‘arrogant’ Obama  —  TWO generations ago, Rupert Murdoch bowed to pressure from the White House to suppress the biggest story of his life - that the American president John F. Kennedy was indifferent to the political fate of Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies.
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Kevin Cullum / The Hill:
Obama calls for compromise, won't budge on tax cuts  —  Days after Democrats received a self-described “shellacking” at the polls, President Obama called for an end to campaigning and an embrace of compromise.  —  But he signaled no willingness to bend on the first challenge likely to face …
Discussion: The Politico and CNN
David Weigel / Weigel:
Joe McGinniss Wants to Be Taken Out of “Sarah Palin's Alaska”  —  The premiere episode of “Sarah Palin's Alaska” began with the former governor's piqued version of a minor scandal of the summer — author Joe McGinniss renting the house next to hers as he researched his biography of Palin.
Wall Street Journal:
The GOP's 2012 Game Plan  —  Sen. Mitch McConnell says Republicans will keep the country focused on the unpopular elements of the president's agenda, especially health care.  —  'It's a great first step.  " That's the way Washington's resident realist, Mitch McConnell, is describing this week's GOP electoral triumph.
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Myglesias / Yglesias:
The Irrelevance of Mitch McConnell
Thomas M. Defrank / NY Daily News:
Ex-President George W. Bush rips wisdom of Barack Obama, Sarah Palin and John McCain to friends  —  Former President George W. Bush is privately critical of Sarah Palin (below), but stops short of criticizing the likes of Barack Obama in his upcoming memoir ‘Decision Points.’
Discussion: Firedoglake and The Moderate Voice
New York Times:
Pleading Sanity  —  At his Rally to Restore Sanity, Jon Stewart complained about the shrieking tone of cable news.  Were you watching when a montage juxtaposed footage from your news show with that of Glenn Beck's?  —  I saw that.  I was sitting at home, with my notebooks for the election …
Discussion: Runnin' Scared, CNN and Weasel Zippers
Andrew Ferguson / Weekly Standard:
What's So Great About America  —  Marco Rubio will have to write a new speech sooner or later, but he shouldn't hurry up on our account.  We still enjoy the one he's been giving all year.  He delivered it again to a national television audience on Election Night, after walloping …
Discussion: Power Line
Jim Romenesko / Romenesko:
USN&WR: ‘December issue will be our last printed monthly sent to subscribers’  —  Memo to US News & World Report employees  —  RE: Completing Our Shift to the Digital World  —  Colleagues, We're finally ready to complete our transition to a predominantly digital publishing model with selected, single-topic print issues.
Jacob Sullum / Hit & Run:
If the Tea Party Prefers Bachmann to Hensarling, What Good Is It?  —  The New York Times reports that Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), a “Tea Party heroine,” plans to challenge Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) for the post of GOP conference chair, the fourth-highest House leadership position, in the new Congress.
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Jackson Baker / Memphis Flyer:
Corker , on Mission to Reform Spending, Responds to Being on Tea Party Purge List
Discussion: The Hill
The Hill:
Dems split over Pelosi bid for minority leader  —  Battle lines are emerging in the House Democratic Caucus over Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-Calif.) possible bid to stay on as the minority leader.  —  Liberal Democrats are mobilizing in support of Pelosi remaining at the head of the party …
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / TPMDC:
Rick Perry: Let States Secede From Social Security (VIDEO)
Mike Soraghan / New York Times:
Obama's Enthusiasm for Gas Drilling Raises Eyebrows
Discussion: AmSpecBlog and Hot Air
Michael Cooper / New York Times:
Debunking the Myths of the Midterm
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Peter Suderman / Hit & Run:
AARP Blames ObamaCare for Hike in Employee Health Insurance Costs
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The Note:
House Candidates in Undecided Races Beg for More Cash, Volunteers
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What do health insurers want now?
Tim Fernholz / American Prospect:
January Would Be a Great Time for Democrats to Eliminate the Filibuster.
Discussion: TPMDC, ThinkProgress and Yglesias
Christopher S. Rugaber / Associated Press:
Employers add 151K jobs, most since May
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Dem pollster: What Obama really needs is an Oklahoma City moment
Discussion: Mediaite and Fox Nation
Myglesias / Yglesias:
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Lauren Feiner / The Verge:
President Biden signs the ByteDance-TikTok divest-or-ban bill into law, after the Senate passed it by 79-18; the House passed the legislation 360-58 on April 20

Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:
The FTC bans noncompete clauses that restrict job switching, potentially complicating hiring in Hollywood as firms try to protect trade secrets and other info

Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
An interview with NPR CEO Katherine Maher, who defends NPR and accuses critics of “bad faith distortion” of her past comments about the First Amendment
 
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