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10:25 AM ET, November 24, 2010

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Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Next step for body scanners could be trains, boats, metro  —  The next step in tightened security could be on U.S. public transportation, trains and boats.  —  Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says terrorists will continue to look for U.S. vulnerabilities, making tighter security standards necessary.
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Lymari Morales / Gallup:
Most U.S. Air Travelers OK Sacrificing Privacy for Security  —  Frequent travelers largely OK with body scans, more negative on pat-downs  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Despite a reported uproar about full-body screening procedures now in broader use at U.S. airports and calls for a boycott …
Discussion: CNN, The Hill and This Just In
Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Homeland Security secretary thanks TSA staff for hard work
Discussion: FrumForum
Clifford Marks / NationalJournal.com:
Mike Huckabee Challenges First Family to Undergo TSA Screening
Discussion: FrumForum and The Atlantic Online
ABCNEWS:
Obama: 'I Don't Think About Sarah Palin'  —  “Obviously Sarah Palin has a strong base of support in the Republican Party and I respect those skills,” Obama said.  “But I spend most of my time right now on how I can be the best possible president.  And my attitude has always been …
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John / Power Line:
Who's Ignorant?  —  Dumb liberal op-ed pieces are legion, and generally we let them pass in silence.  But this one by Richard Cohen in the Washington Post is such a howler that it deserves comment.  Cohen's theme is that Sarah Palin is ignorant; the evidence is her criticism …
The Note:
Sarah Palin Responds to Bristol's Loss On ‘Dancing With The Stars’  —  ABC News' Mary Bruce Reports:  —  Sarah Palin responded to her daughter Bristol's third place finish on “Dancing With The Stars” tonight as she exited the first stop on her book tour.  —  “I haven't talked to her yet.
Discussion: The Page
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Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
New Palin Book a Road Map for a Run Against Obama  —  The ever-expanding media-publicity empire that is headed by former Alaska governor Sarah Palin got a bit larger Monday with the official release of her second book, “America by Heart.”  —  Some parts of the book had leaked earlier …
Katrina Trinko / National Review:
Pence for President?  —  No one has gone straight from the House …
Discussion: Commentary
National Opt-Out Day:
NATIONAL OPT-OUT DAY!  —  It's the day ordinary citizens stand up for their rights, stand up for liberty, and protest the federal government's desire to virtually strip us naked or submit to an “enhanced pat down” that touches people's breasts and genitals in an aggressive manner.
New York Times:
U.S. to Send Carrier for Joint Exercises Off Korea  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama and South Korea's president agreed Tuesday night to hold joint military exercises as a first response to North Korea's deadly shelling of a South Korean military installation, as both countries struggled …
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Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
House Dem dares GOP on healthcare repeal  —  Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.) is daring Republicans to make good on one of their top legislative priorities: repealing the healthcare law.  —  Using a somewhat unusual tactic, Ackerman, a strong advocate for the healthcare reform law …
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
GOP lawmakers under pressure to decline government health plan
Elizabeth Wurtzel / The Atlantic Online:
Sarah Palin, Riot Grrrl  —  To paraphrase Lillian Hellman, I don't agree with a word that Sarah Palin says, including “and” and “the.”  And as a liberal feminist, it drives me absolutely bonkers that Palin is the most visible working mother and female politician in America …
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Brian Stelter / New York Times:   The Palins Ensure They Stay in the News
Lisa Fleisher / Metropolis:
On ‘Late Night,’ Christie Rolls Eyes at Prospect of Palin Presidency … Faced with the prospect of a President Sarah Palin, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, the Republican party's darling from another coast, shook his head and rolled his eyes.  —  “I don't know, but it's an amazing world …
Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Bobby Jindal: Make Congress part-time  —  Louisiana Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal wants members of Congress to stay home more often.  —  “We used to pay farmers not to grow crops, let's pay congressmen to stay out of Washington, D.C.,” Jindal said in an interview with Human Events.
Discussion: FrumForum
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Jason Mattera / Human Events:
VIDEO: Gov Jindal: ‘Make Congressmen Part-time’
Discussion: RedState and Nice Deb
Molly Ball / The Politico:
Joe Lieberman left with limited 2012 options  —  Joe Lieberman essentially has two options for 2012: Retire or become a Republican.  —  The Connecticut senator and Democratic exile hasn't made up his mind whether to seek a fifth term, Lieberman and those close to him say.
Ryan J. Reilly / TPMMuckraker:
Former Obama Advisor, Aide To NJ Dem, Arrested On Child Sex Charges  —  Robert Decheine, chief of staff to Rep. Steve Rothman (D-NJ), was arrested in Gaithersburg, Md. last Friday on charges of soliciting sex from a minor.  Decheine, who had been with the Democrat's office since 2003 …
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Nuts... Whoopi Goldberg Lectures O'Reilly: “Two Years Ago it Was the White People Who Were the Terrorists” (Video)  —  What's really sad about this discussion was that Whoopi was serious.  —  The left wing entertainer told Bill O'Reilly that “white people” are just as likely to be terrorists as anyone on the planet.
Discussion: Wizbang
Paul Bedard / US News:
Next Tea Party Target: Corporate America  —  Jesse Jackson isn't the only activist that can use corporate boycotts for political purposes.  Starting next year, the huge Tea Party organizer FreedomWorks will urge supporters to punish huge corporations like General Electric and Johnson and Johnson …
Kurt Nimmo / Infowars:
Ron Paul: Crotch Groped by TSA, Calls for Boycott of Airlines  —  Appearing on the Alex Jones Show today, Texas Congressman Ron Paul expressed his outrage and disgust with the TSA and its unconstitutional naked body scanners and genital groping under the transparent pretense of protecting …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Meredith Shiner / The Politico:
Michael Bloomberg approval at 5-year low  —  New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is experiencing his lowest approval ratings in five years, according to a new Quinnipiac poll.  —  Only 55 percent of New Yorkers approve of the job Bloomberg is doing - a dip that comes after Bloomberg's controversial appointment …
Harold Meyerson / Washington Post:
How Germany got it right on the economy  —  It may be turkey week in America, but it's goose month in Germany.  In many restaurants, you can get goose in your salad and goose in your soup to go with your goose entrée.  Diners fairly honk their way through November.
Discussion: Daily Kos
 
 
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Felix Salmon:
Treasury's plan to fix the mortgage mess
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Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
All That Time Serving the Public? Very Sexy
Julie Bosman / Media Decoder:
Gawker Agrees Not to Repost Palin Excerpts
NY Daily News:
Blow to Bloomberg: Panel votes down mayor's pick for schools chancellor Cathie Black
CNN:
Loaded magazine for gun found on flight
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Don't touch my junk? Grow up, America.
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DealBook:
Wallets Out, Wall St. Dares to Indulge
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Steven Thomma / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Poll: Obama's looking weak for re-election in 2012
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John Schwartz / New York Times:
Final Settlement Phase Starts for BP Oil Spill
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Dan Hirschhorn / The Politico:
Ex-Santorum aide to challenge Casey
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