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12:55 PM ET, December 3, 2010

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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Freezing Out Hope  —  After the Democratic “shellacking” in the midterm elections, everyone wondered how President Obama would respond.  Would he show what he was made of?  Would he stand firm for the values he believes in, even in the face of political adversity?
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Washington Post:
Obama, GOP in quiet talks to extend tax cuts  —  The White House and congressional Republicans have begun working behind the scenes toward a broad deal that would prevent taxes from going up for virtually every U.S. family and authorize billions of dollars in fresh spending to bolster the economy.
Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
CBS News Poll: Most Oppose GOP Tax Plan  —  CBS News Poll analysis by the CBS News Polling Unit: Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Anthony Salvanto.  —  Republicans have argued that the midterm elections have given them a mandate on what they are calling one of the most …
Patrick Gavin / The Politico:
WHITE HOUSE SPEECHWRITER WINS COMEDY PRIZE
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Frank: White House ‘gravely mistaken’ in tax cut strategy
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Republicans attack over new job numbers
Motoko Rich / New York Times:
Disappointing Job Growth in U.S. as Jobless Rate Hits 9.8%  —  In a significant setback to the recovery and market expectations, the United States economy added just 39,000 jobs in November, and the unemployment rate rose to 9.8 percent, according to the Department of Labor.
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Ezra Klein:
An ugly jobs report  —  The November jobs report is ugly.  Last month, the jobs report showed the economy added 150,000 jobs, sparking hopes that recovery was underway.  And the recent economic data had been good: Black Friday saw a lot of shoppers, and initial unemployment claims had been going down.
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
AWFUL MONTHLY JOBS REPORT SHOULD WAKE UP WASHINGTON. …
Roxana Tiron / The Hill:
Top military service chiefs recommend keeping 'Don't ask' policy for now  —  The top officers of the Marine Corps, Army and Air Force said Friday that Congress should not scrap the “Don't ask, don't tell” policy in the near-term, claiming it would add more stress to troops during a time of war.
Discussion: FrumForum
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Julian E. Barnes / Washington Wire:   Military Chiefs Parade Disagreements Over Don't Ask, Don't Tell
The Huffington Post:   Swing And A Miss: McCain's Misguided Attack On 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Survey
Bristol Palin / Facebook:
Mr. Olbermann—Sorry We Can't All Be As Perfect As You  —  Recently, a left wing commentator named Keith Olbermann attacked me for being a spokesperson for abstinence education and for being an Ambassador for the Candies Foundation, which promotes teen pregnancy awareness and prevention education.
Alexandra Berzon / Wall Street Journal:
Reid Backs Legalizing Web Poker  —  Staffers for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid are circulating a bill to legalize poker playing on the Internet that's backed by large casino interests.  —  The Nevada casino companies pushing the measure were among the Democrat's biggest donors during his fierce re-election fight.
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Howard Kurtz / The Daily Beast:   The GOP's Fiscal Time Bomb
Ezra Klein:
The fiscal commission succeeded — sort of  —  There are a few ways to look at the final vote on the Simpson-Bowles plan:  —  One way is that the 11 votes they got is fewer than the 14 votes they needed to recommend the plan to Congress.  —  Another is that the 11 votes they got …
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
14 Dems want deficit action despite failed fiscal commission vote
Discussion: The Atlantic Online
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Rangel: I don't deal in average American citizens  —  One might have thought, given all of the handwringing from Capitol Hill last night over the horrors of censuring, that Charlie Rangel would have learned a little humility from the process.  For instance, on CNN moments after Nancy Pelosi read aloud …
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James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
The Mystery of John McCain  —  I have been on the road, got home late tonight (while my wife is traveling elsewhere), and amused myself with.... the C-SPAN rebroadcast of today's Don't Ask Don't Tell Senate hearings.  Yes, this is exciting life for a member of The Atlantic's team.
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ABCNEWS:
President Obama Makes Surprise Trip to Afghanistan, Sources Tell ABC News  —  Visit Comes Amid Backdrop of Wikileaks Report Highlighting Afghan Corruption  —  President Obama is in Afghanistan on a surprise visit, sources told ABC News' Martha Raddatz.  —  Obama's surprise trip comes …
Washington Times:
Wave goodbye to Internet freedom  —  FCC crosses the Rubicon into online regulation  —  The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is poised to add the Internet to its portfolio of regulated industries.  The agency's chairman, Julius Genachowski, announced Wednesday that he circulated draft rules …
Discussion: protein wisdom and Hot Air
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Andy Kessler / Wall Street Journal:   Time to Shut Down the FCC  —  More transistors exist today …
Reuters:
Hillary Clinton says she in her last public job  —  (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton said on Friday that her current job as U.S. secretary of state was probably her last public position and that she would in future return to her roots as an advocate for women.  —  Clinton, who has repeatedly …
Discussion: The Hill and New York Magazine
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Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Hillary Clinton: State is ‘last’ public post
Discussion: CNN
Jeff Dunetz / YID With LID:
Helen Thomas is At it Again-Says Those Rich Jews Control America  —  Proving once again that you can't teach an old dog new tricks, former White House Correspondent Helen Thomas told an anti-Arab-Bias workshop in Dearborn Michigan that she absolutely stands by her ugly comments about Jews …
Marc Lacey / New York Times:
Arizona Cuts Financing for Transplant Patients  —  PHOENIX — Even physicians with decades of experience telling patients that their lives are nearing an end are having difficulty discussing a potentially fatal condition that has arisen in Arizona: Death by budget cut.
Discussion: Gawker
Guardian:
Julian Assange answers your questions  —  The founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, answers readers' questions about the release of more than 250,000 US diplomatic cables  —  Fwoggie … Julian Assange:  —  I am an Australian citizen and I miss my country a great deal.
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
The Mind in Motion  —  Going through one of Martin Luther King's assessments of Black Power, and I came across this quote: … King doesn't retreat from his ultimate belief that Black Power is a “nihilistic philosophy.”  But what I love here is that there's actual movement in King's writing …
Discussion: Ezra Klein
Ryan Singel / Threat Level:
Feds Warrantlessly Tracking Americans' Credit Cards in Real Time  —  Federal law enforcement agencies have been tracking Americans in real-time using credit cards, loyalty cards and travel reservations without getting a court order, a new document released under a government sunshine request shows.
David Brooks / New York Times:
A Tax Reform Vision  —  I have a vision.  —  Sometime over the next couple of weeks, President Obama issues a statement that reads: “Over the past several months, Republicans and Democrats have been fighting over what to do with the Bush tax cuts.  I have my own views …
Roger Highfield / Telegraph:
Are we freezing because of global warming?  —  Climate change could bring Britain ever more extreme weather, says Roger Highfield.  —  As a blanket of snow settles across the country, train services grind to a halt and roads become impassable, you could be forgiven for thinking that global warming seems more remote than ever.
Discussion: YID With LID and Right Wing News
Washington Post:
House ethics probe to investigate whether Finance committee withheld records  —  House ethics investigators have begun a probe into why the powerful House Financial Services Committee did not fully comply with its promise to turn over all documents pertinent to an investigation …
 
 
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Erika Lovley / The Politico:
Women's bathroom in House: $200K
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Myglesias / Yglesias:
For the Record...  I really wonder what's happening, subjectively …
Jessica Taylor / The Politico:
Nikki Haley will make presidential endorsement in 2012
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Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
Gingrich PAC raises $314K; second behind Palin's PAC
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Doctor Science / Obsidian Wings:
The culture of conspiracy, the conspiracy of culture
The Huffington Post:
John Barrasso Blocks Unemployment Bill He Doesn't Understand
Discussion: Daily Kos and Open Congress
Gordon Lubold / The Politico:
Marines, Air Force don't endorse 'don't ask, don't tell' repeal
Discussion: AMERICAblog Gay and Open Left
Matthew Continetti / Weekly Standard:
Paul Ryan, Arthur Brooks, and David Brooks Debate Big Government
 Earlier Items: 
First Read / msnbc.com:
First thoughts: A bad jobs report
Business Week:
Monetary Policy: Fed Critic Ron Paul's Power Play
Discussion: AmSpecBlog
Adrian Chen / Gawker:
Wikileaks' Domain Gets ‘Killed’
Discussion: New York Magazine
Mark Tapscott / Washington Examiner:
Washington is why the economy is not growing
Discussion: Fausta's Blog and Betsy's Page
Linda Greenhouse / Opinionator:
Justice Unbound  —  Watching the post-retirement emergence …
Discussion: Althouse
Lbentzterp / CNN:
An Unscripted Moment on Palin's book tour
 

 
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