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5:15 AM ET, December 2, 2010

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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Dickishness Of The GOP  —  What we've observed these past two years is a political party that knows nothing but scorched earth tactics, cannot begin to see any merits in the other party's arguments, refuses to compromise one inch on anything, and has sought from the very beginning to do nothing but destroy the Obama presidency.
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Wall Street Journal:
Tax Cuts Likely to Be Extended Temporarily  —  Republicans and Democrats Wednesday sat down to negotiate a compromise on extending Bush-era income tax cuts—an effort that could be the first step toward a deal this month that many strategists in both parties believe will temporarily extend current tax rates for all income levels.
Discussion: ECHIDNE of the snakes
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
ALL 42 SENATE REPUBLICANS ANNOUNCE HOSTAGE PLAN. …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Parties dare each other as tax debate heats up
Discussion: RedState
Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:   Republicans block child nutrition bill
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
GOP readies rarely-used procedural attack on EPA aggression
Discussion: Sister Toldjah and The Politico
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
DADT No More? Republicans Threaten To Block All Dem Initiatives
Jean Eaglesham / Wall Street Journal:
Banks in Talks to End Bond Probe  —  U.S. securities regulators are in preliminary discussions with several major Wall Street banks aimed at reaching settlements to resolve a broad investigation of their sales of mortgage-bond deals that helped unleash the financial crisis, according to people familiar with the matter.
Discussion: The Agonist
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Diplomats Noted Canadian Mistrust Toward U.S.  —  WASHINGTON — In early 2008, American diplomats stationed in Ottawa turned on their television sets and were aghast: there was an “onslaught” of Canadian shows depicting “nefarious American officials carrying out equally nefarious deeds in Canada …
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C. J. Chivers / New York Times:
Below Surface, U.S. Has Dim View of Putin and Russia
C. J. Chivers / New York Times:
Embracing Georgia, U.S. Misread Signs of Rifts
Discussion: Guardian and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Michel Rose / Reuters:
Wikileaks' Assange in UK, police know where: report  —  (Reuters) - Wikileaks website founder Julian Assange is in Britain and police know his whereabouts but have refrained so far from acting on an international warrant for his arrest, a British newspaper said on Thursday.
Discussion: Hit & Run
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Ross Douthat:
The Ambitions of Julian Assange  —  Will Wilkinson makes the case for Julian Assange: … If it's the best we can hope for, then we're in even more trouble than I thought.  The problem of the permanent state is a real one, but occasional mass data dumps like the one WikiLeaks just provided …
Robin Bravender / The Politico:
In memoriam: House climate panel  —  The House Democrats' prized global warming committee died quietly on Wednesday.  —  It was four years old.  —  Created in 2007 by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to draw attention to the causes and effects of climate change …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
House GOP leadership cancels Pelosi's committee on global warming
Jim Snyder / Bloomberg:
Pelosi Climate Panel Dies in Republican Sweep of House
Ed Rollins / CNN:
Palin, I knew Reagan.  You're no Reagan.  —  Editor's note: Ed Rollins, a senior political contributor for CNN, is senior presidential fellow at the Kalikow Center for the Study of the American Presidency at Hofstra University.  He is a principal with the Dilenschneider Group, a global public relations firm.
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
Boehner to create women's restroom adjacent to House floor  —  Speaker-designate John Boehner (R-Ohio) intends to commandeer a swanky office space adjacent to the House floor and build a women's restroom for female lawmakers.  —  For years, men have had the luxury of using facilities located adjacent …
Scott Horton / Harper's:
The Madrid Cables  —  In Spain, the WikiLeaks disclosures have dominated the news for three days now.  The reporting has been led by the level-headed El País, with its nationwide competitor, Público, lagging only a bit behind.  Attention has focused on three separate matters …
Discussion: The Daily Dish and Hullabaloo
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David Corn / Mother Jones:
Obama and GOPers Worked Together to Kill Bush Torture Probe  —  A WikiLeaks cable shows that when Spain considered a criminal case against ex-Bush officials, the Obama White House and Republicans got really bipartisan.  —  Post Comment  —  In its first months in office …
Discussion: Philly.com and Raw Story
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
County Recorder in Massachusetts Goes After MERS  —  This is one of those mind-blowing days, one I don't feel like I have much of a grip on.  But with all the despair with the federal government, the power structure that protects the banks at all costs, etc., it's worth looking at some potential good news for a change.
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John Carney / CNBC:   The MERS Wars Heat Up in Massachusetts
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Pentagon: We could have shut down Wikileaks but chose not to  —  I hope he's telling the truth.  Because if our cyberwar unit is so weak that they can't hit a few servers in Sweden, then I, for one, welcome our new Chinese overlords.  The key question: Was this decision driven chiefly by military or political concerns?
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The Huffington Post:
Ted Strickland: Democrats Suffering From ‘Intellectual Elitism’  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? … WASHINGTON — Fresh off a narrow loss in his gubernatorial re-election campaign, Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland on Wednesday offered some somber and sober-minded criticism for his own party and president.
Judicial Watch:
Judicial Watch Obtains Documents from Obama Administration Detailing Actor Andy Griffith's “Misleading” Medicare Advertisements  —  Obama Administration Spent $3,184,000 in Taxpayer Dollars on Advertising Program Deemed “Misleading” by Non-Partisan FactCheck.org
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Right Wing News
Jonathan Allen / The Politico:
Ellison, Grijalva to lead progressives  —  Reps. Keith Ellison and Raul Grijalva were elected co-chairmen of the Congressional Progressive Caucus Wednesday night, according to liberal lawmakers.  Rep. Donna Edwards finished third in the three-way race for two spots.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
 
 
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Howard Jacobson / New York Times:
Hanukkah, Rekindled
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Thomas Joscelyn / 1 The Long War Journal:
Catch and release in Afghanistan
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Meghan McCain / The Daily Beast:
Who You Calling a Blue Blood, Sarah?
Radley Balko / Hit & Run:
You Are No Longer Free To Move About the Country
Discussion: Emptywheel
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
RNC official admits to a “cashflow challenge”
Discussion: ThinkProgress, TPMDC, CNN, Mediaite and Gawker
Jon Bershad / Mediaite:
Pentagon Spokesman: We Could Have Shut Down WikiLeaks, But We Decided Not To
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Right Under Bush vs The Left Under Obama