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9:00 PM ET, November 18, 2010

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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Dems will vote on just middle class tax cuts, Hoyer says  —  Steny Hoyer, the number two in the House Dem leadership, told Democrats at a caucus meeting this morning that they would get to vote this year on just extending the Bush tax cuts for the middle class, a senior Dem aide tells me …
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David Leonhardt / Economix:
Were the Bush Tax Cuts Good for Growth?  —  Liz Peek at FoxNews.com congratulates me for writing about the importance of economic growth.  So in the spirit of maximizing growth, I want to pose a question: Why should we believe that extending the Bush tax cuts will provide a big lift to growth?
Glenn Thrush / The Politico:
Democrats hold ground at White House meeting  —  For a day at least, House and Senate Democrats agreed on a tax-cut strategy, taking a hard-line stance that only the middle class should continue to get the savings but that taxes should rise on the wealthy.  —  But there's no indication they're close to having a clear path for a deal.
Fhardingj / CNN:
House and Senate Democrats plan tax cut votes after Thanksgiving  —  Washington (CNN) - Democratic leaders in the House and the Senate have decided to move ahead with votes after Thanksgiving to extend the Bush tax cuts for those making $250,000 or less.  —  These decisions come hours …
Myglesias / Yglesias:
Growth and the Bush Tax Cuts
The Note:   Congressman Mike Pence, Sen. Jim DeMint Introduce Legislation …
Howard Kurtz / The Daily Beast:
Fox News Chief Blasts NPR ‘Nazis’  —  Roger Ailes slams Jon Stewart as a conservative-basher, explains why he rode to Juan Williams' rescue—and sees NPR as taxpayer-funded propaganda.  Part II of Howard Kurtz's interview.  —  When Jon Stewart was appearing on the O'Reilly Factor a few weeks back …
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Keach Hagey / The Politico:
Ailes apologizes to ADL for “Nazi” remark  —  Roger Ailes has apologized to the Anti-Defamation League for his use of the expression “Nazi attitudes” to describe NPR executives in an interview with Howard Kurtz, and the ADL has accepted his apology.  —  “I was of course ad-libbing …
Michael Calderone / Yahoo! News:
Fox News chief apologizes to ADL for ‘Nazi’ remark
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Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:   Top Dem strategists claim White House was ‘out of touch’ during 2010 campaign
Mark Joyella / Mediaite:
The Junk Grabbing Photo You'll Be Seeing All Day Today  —  Sometimes all it takes to launch another wave of talk about a hot topic is an image.  And when it comes to junk grabbing, that picture comes to us today from Denver.  —  The Denver Post, in a front-page story Thursday morning …
Discussion: JustOneMinute and Taylor Marsh
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Jeffrey Leib / Denver Post:
Controversy over pat-downs, body scans lands at DIA  —  Despite ongoing criticism from some Washington lawmakers and many travelers, Transportation Security Administration chief John Pistole refused Wednesday to back off the agency's position that tougher airport screening techniques are needed to counter evolving threats.
William Branigin / Washington Post:
Charlie Rangel censure recommended by House ethics committee  —  The House ethics committee on Thursday recommended that Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.) face a censure for 11 violations of congressional rules related to his personal finances, a penalty that would be a major rebuke for a lawmaker …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
House fails to eliminate NPR funding  —  The House on Thursday voted to move forward on legislation without voting on a proposal put forth by Republicans to defund NPR.  —  Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.), the next majority leader, said the vote demonstrates that Democrats “are still not ready to listen” …
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Steve Clemons / The Washington Note:
READ the 20th Amendment: New Republican Senators Violating US Constitution  —  A handful of newly elected Republican US Senators have written to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid trying to undo the Constitutional authority of other elected incumbent US Senators.  —  That's right.
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Philip Klein / American Spectator:
The Unorthodox Frontrunner  —  Viewed in isolation, Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential candidacy is doomed.  —  In 2008, Romney earned himself a reputation as a flip-flopper as he dramatically attempted to reshape himself as a stanch conservative despite having previously staked out liberal positions …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Virginia Republicans want Allen
Discussion: Ballot Box and GOP 12
Ezra Klein:
Have Scott Brown and Ron Wyden figured out the way forward on health care?  —  The GOP's slogan on health-care reform has, till now, been “repeal and replace.”  But they don't have the votes for either.  What they might have the votes for is reform that, maybe, one day, if all goes well, could lead to replacement.
Ben Armbruster / ThinkProgress:
Palin Adviser Wanted Execution Without Trial For Convicted Terrorist Ahmed Ghailani  —  A Federal District Court in Manhattan convicted Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani yesterday on one count of of conspiracy for the 1998 terror bombings of U.S. Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.
Discussion: Hullabaloo, Commentary and Wonk Room
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The Ghailani verdict and American justice
Emily Goodin / Ballot Box:
Texas Gov. Perry to head Republican Governors Association  —  Texas Gov. Rick Perry will head the Republican Governors Association, according to reports out of San Diego, where the organization is holding its annual meeting.  —  Perry's election was expected.  He replaces Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour.
Discussion: The Politico
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Wayne Slater / TRAIL BLAZERS:
Rick Perry open to sending the US military into Mexico
Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:
Dear Airline, I'm Leaving You  —  But don't feel too bad.  It's not you, it's me.  Or rather, it's the TSA.  —  I'm not going to lie.  It's come between us.  If I have to let someone else see me naked in order to be with you—well, I'm just not that kinky.  And deep down, I don't think you are either.
PewResearch.org:
Public Knows Basic Facts about Politics, Economics, But Struggles with Specifics  —  Few Aware of Inflation Rate or TARP and Deficit Specifics  —  Take the Latest Quiz Online!  —  Before you read the report, we invite you to test your own News IQ by taking the latest interactive knowledge quiz.
Adrian Chen / Gawker:
Vote on Whether This Couple Gets an Abortion  —  The Arnolds are having a baby.  Unless the public votes to have the child aborted.  Meet the couple behind Birthornot.com, where “you can vote and choose whether we abort or keep our unborn child.”  —  Pete and Alisha Arnold, both 30 …
Wall Street Journal:
‘Refudiation’ of $600 Billion Printed Out of Thin Air  —  While on a United Airlines flight from New York City to Los Angeles this week, a fellow passenger handed me a copy of the The Wall Street Journal Nov. 15 op-ed by Alan Blinder—"In Defense of Ben Bernanke"—and suggested that I write …
Discussion: GOP 12
Marva Hinton / Homepage on wdbo.com:
Sanford Airport to opt out of TSA screening  —  Reporter: Ken Tyndall  —  The backlash continues over those new TSA screening measures, and now one Central Florida airport has decided to go with a private security screening firm.  —  Orlando Sanford International Airport has decided to opt out from TSA screening.
The Note:
Pence: Don't Forget Social Issues; Decision on Presidential Run ‘Sometime Early Next Year’  —  ABC News' Rick Klein reports:  —  Rep. Mike Pence this week left his post in House leadership, with the wide presumption that he'll run for president or for governor of Indiana in 2012.
RealClearPolitics Video Log:
Sen. Rockefeller: FCC Should Take FOX News, MSNBC Off Airwaves  —  SEN. JAY ROCKEFELLER (D-WV): “There's a little bug inside of me which wants to get the FCC to say to FOX and to MSNBC: ‘Out.  Off.  End.  Goodbye.’ It would be a big favor to political discourse; our ability to do our work here in Congress …
Cathleen Decker / Los Angeles Times:
Poll: Californians want it both ways on budget  —  Voters favor cuts to balance the budget — yet they object to most of the cuts that could be made, a Los Angeles Times/USC Poll shows.  —  Bunks are placed in open areas at Mule Creek State Prison.  The California budget crisis has led …
Reza Sayah / CNN:
Family waits to see if mother, accused of blasphemy, will be hanged  —  Itan Wali, Pakistan (CNN) — In this village in Pakistan's Punjab province a tearful 12-year-old girl ponders if the Pakistani government will soon hang her mother.  —  “Whenever I see her picture I cry,” Isham Masih told CNN.
Discussion: Jihad Watch
Agence France Presse:
Clinton critical of religious freedom in Europe  —  WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton criticized Wednesday the state of religious freedom in Europe, as Washington highlighted policies and attitudes toward Muslim veils and Islam as a whole.
 
 
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thegwpf.org:
IPCC Official: “Climate Policy Is Redistributing The World's Wealth”
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and AmSpecBlog
Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
Van Hollen defends DCCC strategy; says 2010 ‘could have been even worse’
Discussion: The Politico
Brian Bond / White House.gov Blog Feed:
Vice President Biden: It Gets Better
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Why is Congress protecting a tax code that benefits the rich?
Discussion: TPMCafe and Swampland
Michael McAuliff / NY Daily News:
Unions and sick 9/11 responders agree only Sen. Chuck Schumer …
Discussion: The Reaction and PointOfLaw Forum
Fortune:
A little advice for Obama at the half
Discussion: The New Republic
 Earlier Items: 
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Unemployment Insurance Bill Fails in House; Needed 2/3 Vote Under Suspension
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Daily Kos
Rachel Slajda / TPMMuckraker:
DeLay Begins His Defense With A Big Mistake
Discussion: Houston Chronicle
Michelle Malkin:
D'oh: Sen. Dodd's Tweet of the Day Update: Dodd's office sends e-mail
Discussion: Mediaite, Capitol Watch and Gawker
Damian Grammaticas / BBC:
Chinese woman jailed over Twitter post
James Hohmann / The Politico:
Survey: Barack Obama's religious views different
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Althouse
Matt Miller / Washington Post:
Ohhh, America, you're so strong
 

 
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New York Times:
The NBC News-Ronna McDaniel saga highlights the perks and perils of partisan talk TV; a source says McDaniel is now seeking $600K+ for her two year deal

New York Times:
Karlie Kloss' Bedford buys Life publication rights from Dotdash Meredith and plans to resume regular print publication in 2025; Josh Kushner will be publisher

Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
The Atlantic is profitable, has 1M subscribers, and revenue grew 10% in 2023 thanks to a 50% price hike, a harder paywall, and a shift to in-depth reporting

 
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