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1:30 PM ET, January 2, 2011

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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS ON REPEAL.... At least we know what one of the first bills to receive a vote will be in the new House. … Maybe so.  But there's almost certainly a realization on everyone's part that House Republicans are doing this for show.  If passed, their repeal measure …
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Bridget Johnson / The Hill:
Healthcare repeal bill coming before Obama's annual address  —  The incoming chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee said Sunday that Republicans will bring up a healthcare repeal measure before President Obama even delivers his State of the Union address this month.
Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Tea Party Activists Angry at G.O.P. Leaders  —  As Tea Party politicians prepare to take their seats when the 112th Congress convenes this week, they are already taking issue with Republicans for failing to hold the line against the flurry of legislation enacted in the waning weeks …
Michael Powell / New York Times:
Public Workers Facing Outrage as Budget Crises Grow  —  FLEMINGTON, N.J. — Ever since Marie Corfield's confrontation with Gov. Chris Christie this fall over the state's education cuts became a YouTube classic, she has received a stream of vituperative e-mails and Facebook postings.
Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times:
Equality, a True Soul Food  —  John Steinbeck observed that “a sad soul can kill you quicker, far quicker, than a germ.”  —  That insight, now confirmed by epidemiological studies, is worth bearing in mind at a time of such polarizing inequality that the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans possess …
Michael Haederle / Los Angeles Times:
A rising GOP star in Santa Fe  —  New Mexico's first Latina governor, Susana Martinez, faces an array of stiff budget challenges when she takes office.  —  New Mexico Gov.-elect Susana Martinez, right, with Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, is a rising star in national Republican circles …
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Barry Massey / Associated Press:
Martinez becomes NM gov as new year starts
Discussion: NewsBusters.org and BizzyBlog
Bridget Johnson / The Hill:
Graham: 2012 hopefuls all have their problems, but Romney probably best  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) was clear Sunday on what he wants in a 2012 GOP presidential nominee: “the most electable conservative.”  —  But the senator was pressed on NBC's “Meet the Press” on specifically …
Discussion: CNN and Weasel Zippers
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Issa says he won't investigate White House job offer to Sestak  —  The incoming chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said Sunday that he won't investigate the Obama administration for offering a job to a Democratic House member to keep him out of a Senate race.
James Risen / New York Times:
Several Warnings, Then a Soldier's Lonely Death  —  WASHINGTON — A gentle snow fell on the funeral of Staff Sgt. David Senft at Arlington National Cemetery on Dec. 16, when his bitterly divided California family came together to say goodbye.  His 5-year-old son received a flag from a grateful nation.
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / Washington Examiner:
Glenn Harlan Reynolds' Sunday Reflection: Modest proposals to help the new Congress survive and America to thrive  —  With the new Congress being sworn in this week, everyone is full of advice.  Well, I'm no exception.  The first advice comes from Han Solo in the debut “Star Wars” film: “Don't get cocky.”
Discussion: Don Surber
Daily Mail:
Woman, 41, drowns trying to drive across flooded road as natural disaster in Australia reaches ‘biblical proportions’  —  A woman drowned after trying to cross a flooded causeway in Australia, becoming the first victim of relentless flooding that one official has described as reaching ‘biblical proportions,’ police said today.
Discussion: Crooked Timber
SusanAnne Hiller / Hot Air:
Video: Kirsten Powers says Bush 2008 veto of bill with end-of-life provision “not true”  —  Good stuff.  When you tell a liberal the truth they recoil in disbelief.  Seriously.  —  Just watch Kirsten Powers and her disbelief in this interview when the bomb is dropped about 6:00 in.
BREITBART.COM:
Chavez, Clinton chat at Brazil inauguration  —  Despite a simmering diplomatic row, President Hugo Chavez and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were seen having a brief, friendly chat Saturday at the inauguration of Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff.  —  “They talked and smiled, at least for five minutes.
 
 
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James L / New York Post:
Topics  —  Don't loss sight here King Mike put all his resources …
Bridget Johnson / The Hill:
‘Nostradamus’ of Middle East predicts unprecedented crisis for Obama in 2011
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Charles V. Bagli / New York Times:
Real Estate Developers Prosper Despite Defaults
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Eschaton
Washington Post:
Fairfax County's first gay bar builds a following in Herndon
Paul Krugman:
The Long Road Ahead
Discussion: Yglesias and AMERICAblog News
Barak Ravid / Haaretz:
U.S. officials: Barak ‘deceived’ us about his role in peace process
Discussion: Israel Matzav
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California Republican touts legislation banning public pension bailouts
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