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10:10 PM ET, December 19, 2010

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David Leppard / TheAustralian:
Lawyers cry foul over leak of Julian Assange sex-case papers  —  LAWYERS for Julian Assange have expressed anger about an alleged smear campaign against the Australian WikiLeaks founder.  —  Incriminating police files were published in the British newspaper that has used him as its source for hundreds of leaked US embassy cables.
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The Huffington Post:
Rove Suspected In Swedish-U.S. Political Prosecution of WikiLeaks  —  What's Your Reaction: … Karl Rove's help for Sweden as it assists the Obama administration's prosecution against WikiLeaks could be the latest example of the adage, “Politics makes strange bedfellows.”
Ewen MacAskill / Guardian:
Biden: Assange like ‘hi-tech terrorist’
Ben Geman / The Hill:
Reid cites Gaga's ‘meat dress,’ Lindsay Lohan's rehab in START treaty push  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is pulling out the pop culture references as he tries to push ratification of the New START nuclear arms treaty through the Senate.  —  Reid is attacking GOP claims …
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Scott Wong / The Politico:
Dems getting closer on START  —  Senate Democrats appear to have enough votes to overcome a Republican filibuster on the new START arms-control treaty, though it's unclear if they will have the 67 votes needed for ratification.  —  At least four Republicans have committed to supporting …
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
McConnell says he ‘cannot support’ nuclear arms treaty  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) - Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky voiced opposition Sunday to the New START - a nuclear arms treaty with Russia - saying that members of his party need more time to consider the legislation.
Josh Rogin / Foreign Policy:
McCain's New START amendment goes down, Risch amendment up next
The Hill:   Republicans dig in their heels on nuclear treaty as Democrats push for vote
Reuters:
START struggling to get to finish line
Discussion: Crooks and Liars, The Politico and CNN
Devan Sipher / New York Times:
Carol Anne Riddell and John Partilla  —  WHAT happens when love comes at the wrong time?  —  Carol Anne Riddell and John Partilla met in 2006 in a pre-kindergarten classroom.  They both had children attending the same Upper West Side school.  They also both had spouses.
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
WHY MUST HE BE SUCH AN ANGRY OLD MAN.... Most good stories have heroes, and when it comes to the story of repealing “Don't Ask, Don't Tell,” the list of heroes is wonderfully long.  —  And then there are the villains. … Watching McCain rail endlessly yesterday was a genuinely painful experience.
Charles Babington / Associated Press:
New population count may complicate Obama 2012 bid  —  WASHINGTON - The 2010 census report coming out Tuesday will include a boatload of good political news for Republicans and grim data for Democrats hoping to re-elect President Barack Obama and rebound from last month's devastating elections.
Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Health-care overhaul's individual mandate makes all the difference  —  Unless someone can drop into Anthony Kennedy's dreamspace and, “Inception"-style, either figure out what he thinks of the individual mandate or simply tell him what to think of the individual mandate …
Discussion: The Daily Dish and Swampland
Frank Rich / New York Times:
The Bipartisanship Racket  —  JEEZ, can't we all just get along?  Can't we be civilized?  Can't we reach across the aisle, find common ground and get things done?  Can't we have a new Morning in America as clubby and chipper as MSNBC's daily gabfest, “Morning Joe”?
New York Post:
Saudi king may want to move Ground Zero mosque to St. Vincent's site  —  A Manhattan lawyer with ties to the Saudi royal family is sounding out officials and community leaders about a plan to move the controversial Ground Zero mosque to the West Village.  —  Attorney Dudley Gaffin …
Gili Cohen / Haaretz:
Body of U.S. tourist found near Jerusalem; police suspect terror attack  —  Christine Logan disappeared on Saturday, when she and a Jerusalem-area friend were stabbed by assailants while hiking at an archaeological site; her friend, Susan Kaye Wilson, was hospitalized in moderate condition.
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Sky News:
US Tourist Dead Stabbed To Death In Israel
Timothy Karr / The Huffington Post:
The Little Bill That Could  —  What's Your Reaction:  —  Little noticed but extremely important to progressives, on Saturday afternoon Congress also passed the Local Community Radio Act.  —  This legislation opens up radio spectrum to hundreds, if not thousands, of local independent radio stations (also known as LPFM).
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
9/11 HEALTH BILL NOT QUITE DEAD.... Two weeks ago, a unanimous Senate GOP caucus blocked a debate on the Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, which would pay health care costs for 9/11 rescue workers, sickened after exposure to the toxic smoke and debris.
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and The Impolitic
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ABCNEWS:   Democrats Confident that 9/11 Health Bill Will Pass
DailyTelegraph:
Israeli air force sonic booms ignite crocodiles' sex drives  —  SONIC booms created by Israeli air force planes breaking the sound barrier have stimulated the sex drive of a group of crocodiles on a local farm.  —  The males have already begun their mating calls, described by the newspaper as …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
 
 
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Washington Post:
Senate panel ban on stock for appointees but not itself seen as double standard
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Daily Mail:
Coldest December since records began as temperatures plummet …
Rick Klein / ABCNEWS:
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New York Times:
Politics in Iraq Casts Doubt on a U.S. Presence After 2011
Discussion: Mother Jones
ABCNEWS:
Biden Says US to Be out of Afghanistan by 2014
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Bridget Johnson / The Hill:
GOP budget leader: 'We're heading to Greece, we're heading to Ireland'
 Earlier Items: 
John Johnson / Newser:
Sicko Was Not Banned in Cuba
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Hullabaloo
Associated Press:
Gays see repeal as a civil rights milestone
Michael Kinsley / New York Times:
Bush on Bush  —  They call themselves, smugly, “41” and “43 …
George F. Will / Washington Post:
The political fantasyland of the ‘No Labels’ movement
Andrew Ferguson / Weekly Standard:
The Boy from Yazoo City
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog