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6:40 PM ET, November 30, 2010

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Joe Scarborough / The Politico:
GOP should take on Palin  —  Republicans have a problem.  The most-talked-about figure in the GOP is a reality show star who cannot be elected.  And yet the same leaders who fret that Sarah Palin could devastate their party in 2012 are too scared to say in public what they all complain about in private.
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The Jewish Week:
Sarah Palin Gaining in Support from ‘Educated Jews’  —  In recent weeks, a number of prominent Jewish intellectuals have been publicly praising Sarah Palin.  This despite a recent poll, reported by veteran analyst James Besser (Nov. 26), that well-educated Jews appear to be overwhelmingly opposed to Palin.
Discussion: The Daily Dish
Jay Newton-Small / Swampland:
Palin Hauls in Nearly $500k In Just Over a Month
The Official Home of the Department of Defense:
Mullen Endorses Working Group's Report  —  The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff today fully endorsed the report of the working group that assessed the impact of a possible repeal of the law that bans gay men and women from serving openly in the military. ...
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Pentagon report will leave opponents of DADT repeal little to work with  —  Okay, I've got some more detail for you on the findings in that forthcoming Pentagon report on the impact repeal of Don't Ask Don't tell will have on the military.  The upshot: It will leave GOP moderates with no reasons left to oppose repeal.
Washington Post:
Where we and Democrats can work together  —  When congressional leaders of both parties meet at the White House today, all of us will have an opportunity to show the American people that we got the message of the elections earlier this month.  —  Republicans heard the voters loud and clear.
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Ed Henry / CNN:
Obama may delay Hawaiian vacation over tax fight
Discussion: AMERICAN DIGEST and Weasel Zippers
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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Whack WikiLeaks  —  And there's a role for Congress.
Chris Moody / The Daily Caller:
Hot mic picks up discussion on Senate floor: 'It's all rigged'  —  A hot mic left on during a Senate vote Tuesday morning on the Food Safety Act caught a senator complaining that process of setting the agenda during the lame-duck session is “rigged.”  —  “It's all rigged.
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Video: Democratic Senator complains lame-duck agenda “rigged” on hot mic
Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Michael Bennet: Lame duck is ‘rigged’
Discussion: The Note and ABCNEWS
J. Taylor Rushing / The Hill:
Senate votes down ban on earmarks  —  The Senate on Tuesday morning defeated a proposal from Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) to ban congressional earmarks.  —  In a 39-56 vote, members defeated a temporary ban on the appropriations procedure.  The moratorium was offered as an amendment …
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Terry / CNSNews:
Boehner and Cantor to Smithsonian: Pull Exhibit Featuring Ant-Covered Jesus or Else  —  (CNSNews.com) — House Speaker-to-be John Boehner (R-Ohio) is telling the Smithsonian Institution to pull an exhibit that features images of an ant-covered Christ or else face tough scrutiny …
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Christina Wilkie / The Hill:
Cantor: Popular parts of health law will be tackled in GOP repeal plan  —  House Republicans are looking to repeal the healthcare reform law and replace it with one of their own early next year without interrupting two popular parts of it that the administration has already begun to be implement.
David Dayen / news.firedoglake.com:
OFA Tries to Get Supporters to Write Letters to the Editor Praising a Federal Worker Pay Freeze  —  We've officially gone around the bend.  —  OFA, the organizing arm of the DNC, originally began its life as an organization trying to get someone elected on the platform of hope, change, and progressive policies.
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Ezra Klein:
‘These people are living in a dream world’  —  A disgruntled private-sector worker writes in: … To get a sense of where this anger comes from, consider these two graphs.  The first tracks private-sector employment between 2007 and 2010:  —  The second looks at federal workers over the same time period:
Discussion: Free exchange and Gothamist
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Fiscal commission to vote Friday on final report  —  President Obama's fiscal commission will vote Friday on recommendations to slash the U.S. deficits and debt.  —  The co-chairmen of the group Obama established earlier this year to examine the U.S. fiscal situation promised to come …
Discussion: The Politico and The Note
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David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Simpson and Bowles Defy Executive Order, Want to Delay Catfood Commission Vote
Discussion: CNBC, Washington Post and Daily Kos
Zaid Jilani / ThinkProgress:
Tea Party Nation President Says It ‘Makes A Lot Of Sense’ To Restrict Voting Only To Property Owners  —  Every week, the Tea Party Nation hosts a weekly radio program, calling itself a “home for conservatives.”  Two weeks ago, Tea Party Nation President Judson Phillips hosted the program …
New York Times:
Senate Passes Overhaul of Food Safety Regulations  —  WASHINGTON — The Senate on Tuesday passed a sweeping overhaul of the nation's food-safety system, after recalls of tainted eggs, peanut butter and spinach sickened thousands and led major food makers to join consumer advocates in demanding stronger government oversight.
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Lyndsey Layton / Washington Post:
Senate passes sweeping food safety bill
Julie Zhuo / New York Times:
Where Anonymity Breeds Contempt  —  THERE you are, peacefully reading an article or watching a video on the Internet.  You finish, find it thought-provoking, and scroll down to the comments section to see what other people thought.  And there, lurking among dozens of well-intentioned opinions, is a troll.
The Huffington Post:
Republican Calls Obama ‘Very, Very Urban’ On House Floor (VIDEO)  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? … Rep. Steve King, a Republican from Iowa, referred to President Obama as “very, very urban,” while charging that as a senator he gave special favor to African American farmers who were victims of government discrimination.
Discussion: Gawker, Oliver Willis and Mediaite
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Rachel Slajda / TPMMuckraker:
Steve King: Black Farmers' Settlement Is ‘Slavery Reparations’ (VIDEO)
Discussion: Daily Kos, Breitbart.tv and Wonkette
Jason Nark / Philly.com:
Family: New Jersey man serving 7 years for guns he owned legally  —  EVERYTHING Brian Aitken was or had worked for was wiped away one winter afternoon after his mother called the police on him.  —  Separated from his wife, the entrepreneur and media consultant, now 27 …
Discussion: TigerHawk
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Celebrating Secession Without the Slaves  —  ATLANTA — The Civil War, the most wrenching and bloody episode in American history, may not seem like much of a cause for celebration, especially in the South.  —  And yet, as the 150th anniversary of the four-year conflict gets under way …
MyFOX Detroit:
Items Stolen John Conyers' Government-Registered Cadillac  —  Vehicle driven by Congressman's 20-year-old son  —  DETROIT (WJBK) - The son of Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., says items were stolen out of the government vehicle he was driving last Wednesday in downtown Detroit, FOX 2's Simon Shaykhet reports.
Pat Doyle / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Suspect in sex assault case won pardon in 2008  —  Cleared by a panel that included Gov. Tim Pawlenty, Jeremy Giefer is now accused of assaulting a second girl hundreds of times before and after he received his pardon.  —  Two years ago, Gov. Tim Pawlenty and two other officials pardoned Jeremy Giefer …
DickMorris.com:
THE GOP PRIMARIES OF 12 WILL BE HELD ON FOX NEWS  —  The Republican nominating process of 2012 will be totally different from that of other years.  In fact, it will be the opposite of what we are used to.  —  Since the procedural reforms initiated by Democrat George McGovern …
Landon Thomas Jr / New York Times:
Europe Debt Fears Hit More Secure Countries  —  LONDON — Fears among European bondholders spread Tuesday from the weakest members of the euro zone to other countries, including Italy and Belgium, spurring a stepped-up search for a solution to a crisis that is increasingly putting political …
Discussion: Yglesias
 
 
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Karl Smith / Modeled Behavior:
You Can't Overwork Yourself By Smoking Joints and Watching …
Discussion: Yglesias
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Wire:
Voinovich Leans Toward START Treaty
Vicki Needham / The Hill:
Senate to vote on jobless benefits bill
Discussion: Newshoggers.com
John P. Avlon / CNN:
For Obama, Boehner, how about cigarette summit?
Discussion: FrumForum
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Amidst WikiLeaks documents, novel diplomacy
Discussion: Politics Daily and Prairie Weather
 Earlier Items: 
The Politico:
House Democratic Caucus Chairman John Larson asks staff for resignations
Susan Dominus / New York Times:
The Mystery of the Red Bees of Red Hook
Austrian Times:
Yodelling offends praying Muslims, say judges