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12:55 PM ET, December 16, 2010

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Big Boost for Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal: Brown Backs Senate Bill  —  ABC News' Matthew Jaffe reports:  —  Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown today voiced his support for a stand-alone repeal of the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy, bringing the bill one vote over the 60-vote threshold …
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David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
Do The Math  —  In a minor miracle considering last week's defeat, DADT repeal now appears to have the 60 votes needed for Senate passage.  Scott Brown, Lisa Murkowski and Olympia Snowe have all pledged their unconditional support, meaning three no votes have flipped from last week's tally.
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
COUNTING VOTES (AND IGNORING GOHMERT)....  [Update: Revised head count here.]  —  The floor of the U.S. House offered quite a debate yesterday on repealing the “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” policy, including some beautiful speeches from Democrats on the importance of respect and equality.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP will paralyze Senate floor with reading of 1,924-page spending bill  —  Republicans will paralyze the Senate floor for 50 hours by forcing clerks to read every single paragraph of the 1,924-page, $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill.  —  Senate clerks are expected to read the massive bill …
Discussion: Michelle Malkin
Evan McMorris-Santoro / TPMDC:
Scott Brown And Lisa Murkowski Back Standalone DADT Repeal Bill
The Huffington Post:
Hoyer: Senate Has Votes Needed To Repeal DADT [UPDATED]
Discussion: Firedoglake and Advocate
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Biden scolds GOP on treaty: ‘Get out of the way’
The Note:
Multi-Tasking: Senate to Debate START Treaty & Omnibus Spending Bill …
Discussion: Political Punch and The Hill
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Lieberman: Repeal 'Don't ask' before ratifying arms treaty
Discussion: CNN
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate plans weekend work to ratify START, pass spending bill
ABCNEWS:
Poll: Assessment of Afghanistan War Sours  —  ABC News/Washington Post Poll: Record Six in 10 Say it's ‘Not Worth Fighting’  —  A record 60 percent of Americans say the war in Afghanistan has not been worth fighting, a grim assessment — and a politically hazardous one …
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Duncan Gardham / Telegraph:
Drone kills white al-Qaeda pair in Pakistan mountains
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and FrumForum
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Afghan Report Sees July Troop Pullouts Despite Perils
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
U.S. Tries to Build Case for Conspiracy by WikiLeaks  —  WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors, seeking to build a case against the WikiLeaks leader Julian Assange for his role in a huge dissemination of classified government documents, are looking for evidence of any collusion in his early contacts …
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Henry Chu / Los Angeles Times:
WikiLeaks' Julian Assange is granted bail, will leave jail for country mansion
Discussion: Mediaite
Frank Dikötter / New York Times:
Mao's Great Leap to Famine  —  HONG KONG — The worst catastrophe in China's history, and one of the worst anywhere, was the Great Famine of 1958 to 1962, and to this day the ruling Communist Party has not fully acknowledged the degree to which it was a direct result of the forcible herding …
Discussion: Fausta's Blog and Althouse
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Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit:
AND YET APOLOGISTS IN AMERICA WERE COMPARING HIM TO THE EARLY …
Discussion: Moe Lane
Matt Lewis / Politics Daily:
John Boehner's Crying: Is He Drinking Too Much? … Incoming House Speaker John Boehner's recent interview on “60 Minutes” with Lesley Stahl, where he once again cried publicly, has created a minor controversy among pundits, with observers trying to figure out the cause of his unusual behavior.
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Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
Two Californias  —  The last three weeks I have traveled about, taking the pulse of the more forgotten areas of central California.  I wanted to witness, even if superficially, what is happening to a state that has the highest sales and income taxes, the most lavish entitlements …
Wall Street Journal:
Support for Obama's Move to the Center  —  Majority of Public Backs Obama's Bid to Reach Compromise With Republicans  —  President Barack Obama has public opinion and the Democratic grass roots with him as he searches for common ground with Republicans in the wake of his party's historic defeats …
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Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
Sarah Palin goes ‘lamestream’  —  After making attacks on what she memorably labeled “the lamestream media” one of her signature issues, Sarah Palin has begun to experiment with a new strategy toward the press - engaging it.  —  The former Alaska governor has started cautiously cooperating …
Ezra Klein:
Orszag and Citigroup  —  James Fallows gently chides me and my paper for not writing more on Peter Orszag's decision to take an executive position with Citigroup.  He's probably right to do so, though my silence was in part motivated by terror at having to try and add anything to this brilliant post …
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama tells lawmakers not passing tax deal could end presidency, Dem says  —  In urging lawmakers to vote for his tax deal, President Obama is using one of his go-to lines from the healthcare debate, according to a Democratic lawmaker.  —  Obama is telling members of Congress that failure …
Rasmussen Reports:
Right Direction or Wrong Track  —  23% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction  —  Just 23% of Likely U.S. Voters now say the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey taken the week ending Sunday, December 12.
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Quinnipiac University:
Casey Gets Ok Marks From Pennsylvania Voters, Quinnipiac University …
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Servicers Downgraded Credit Score of Man Who Asked for His Note  —  (Graphic via SEIU's WheresTheNote.com site)  —  Many homeowners have taken advantage of SEIU's Where's the Note website.  It helps you generate letters to your bank to ask for evidence that they hold the mortgage note, or the IOU on the property.
Discussion: CNBC and The Big Picture
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
GOP looks to box in Obama on $1.1 trillion government spending bill  —  Republicans are trying to box President Obama in on congressional Democrats' $1.1 trillion spending bill by dredging up the president's past statements.  —  The GOP is pointing to the president's previous remarks …
William J. Broad / New York Times:
U.S. Rethinks Strategy for the Unthinkable  —  Suppose the unthinkable happened, and terrorists struck New York or another big city with an atom bomb.  What should people there do?  The government has a surprising new message: Do not flee.  Get inside any stable building and don't come out till officials say it's safe.
 
 
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