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1:50 PM ET, January 21, 2011

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Brad Friedman / The BRAD BLOG:
Glenn Beck in June 2010: 'You're Gonna Have to Shoot Them in the Head'  —  But, of course, “both sides do it!”...  sigh...  [via Stephen Webster at RAW STORY]...  The video above was from June 10, 2010.  —  “You need to go back to June —  June of this year, 2010,” …
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Patterico's Pontifications:
No, Charles Johnson, Glenn Beck Did Not Tell His Viewers to Shoot Anyone in the Head  —  On Twitter, Charles Johnson excitedly says:  —  He links to a post, evidently written by an LGF user, which provides no context for the clip, but simply embeds it.  Here is a screenshot of the entire post:
ccrjustice.org:
CCR Appeals to Fox News President for Help in Silencing Glenn Beck Misinformation Campaign Against Progressive Professor  —  Repeated Branding of 78-Year-Old Professor Frances Fox Piven as “Enemy of the Constitution” Incites Death Threats  —  Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights …
Abby Phillip / The Politico:
White House reboots on economic advice  —  Signaling a shift to a new phase of the administration's response to the nation's economic woes, President Barack Obama will sign an executive order Friday establishing a new Council on Jobs and Competitiveness that will be lead by General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt.
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Jeffrey R. Immelt / Washington Post:
A blueprint for keeping America competitive  —  President Obama has asked me to chair his new President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness.  I have served for the past two years on the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board, and I look forward to leading the next phase of this effort …
Bloomberg:
Obama Taps GE's Immelt to Head Economic Advisor Panel
Discussion: Wonk Room, Shakesville and The Page
Jim Kuhnhenn / The Huffington Post:
Jeffrey Immelt To Head President's Council On Jobs And Competitiveness
Discussion: New York Magazine
Jason Mattera / Human Events:
Are We In Bill Clinton's Third Term?  —  Jacob Lew was tapped by Barack Obama last July to lead the Office of Management & Budget.  Most recently, William Daley accepted a request to serve as BHO's chief of staff.  —  Both Lew and Daley also had prominent positions within the Clinton administration …
Discussion: CNN
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
President serving ‘third term’ of Clinton White House, says Gingrich
Discussion: TalkLeft and The Politico
David Brooks / New York Times:
A Most Valuable Democrat
Mary Williams Walsh / New York Times:
A Path Is Sought for States to Escape Their Debt Burdens  —  Policy makers are working behind the scenes to come up with a way to let states declare bankruptcy and get out from under crushing debts, including the pensions they have promised to retired public workers.
ABCNEWS:
Republican Presidential Contenders for 2012  —  ABC News' Early Look at Top GOP Presidential Hopefuls and Their Chances of Winning Nomination  —  Roughly one year before the Iowa caucuses, a diverse and ambitious group of Republicans has begun jockeying for the party's presidential nomination …
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The Politico:
Conservatives urge Mike Pence to fill GOP ‘void’
Discussion: Right Turn
Matt Viser / Boston Globe:
Romney keeps away from Tea Party
Discussion: TPMDC and Hotline On Call
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Everything starts with repeal  —  Suppose someone - say, the president of United States - proposed the following: We are drowning in debt.  More than $14 trillion right now.  I've got a great idea for deficit reduction.  It will yield a savings of $230 billion over the next 10 years …
Political Correction RSS:
Rep. Broun: Mixed Seating At SOTU Is “A Trap” To “Silence Republicans” When “Barack Obama Spews Out All His Venom”  —  1 hour and 16 minutes ago — Matt Finkelstein  —  The tragic shootings in Tucson prompted calls for civility from politicians on both sides of the aisle, including Sen. Mark Udall's …
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Mediaite
New York Times:
Poll Finds Wariness About Cutting Entitlements  —  As President Obama and Congress brace to battle over how to reduce chronic annual budget deficits, Americans overwhelmingly say that in general they prefer cutting government spending to paying higher taxes, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Giuliani ‘absolutely’ open to 2012 presidential run  —  Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) said he is “absolutely” open to a run for president in 2012.  —  Giuliani, the mayor of New York during the 9/11 terrorist attacks who ran for president in 2008, hinted more strongly …
Discussion: The Note, CNN and FrumForum
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Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Rudy Giuliani ‘absolutely’ thinking about 2012
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Justin McCurry / Guardian:
Eight Somali pirates killed as South Korea rescues freighter crew  —  Navy commandos storm ship hijacked in Arabian Sea, and officials say all 21 crewmembers safe after operation  —  South Korean navy commandos today rescued the crew of a freighter hijacked in the Arabian Sea last week …
Discussion: The Jawa Report
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Lauren Frayer / AOL News:   South Korean Commandos Rescue Crew From Somali Pirates
Jason Brudereck / Reading Eagle:
Woman who fell into fountain faces theft charges, has criminal record  —  The Reading woman who became an Internet sensation by falling into a fountain while sending a text on her cell phone was in Berks County Court on Thursday for a status hearing on theft-by-deception and related charges.
CNN:
Giffords headed to Houston for rehab  —  Tucson, Arizona (CNN) — Rep. Gabrielle Giffords on Friday left the Tucson, Arizona, hospital where she has been treated since a January 8 gunshot wound, traveling under police escort down streets lined with well-wishers.
Discussion: The Hill and This Just In
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
I'm declaring February a Palin-free month.  Join me!  —  Though it is embarrassing to admit this in public, I can no longer hide the truth.  I have a Sarah Palin problem.  —  I have written about her in 42 columns since Sen. John McCain picked her as his presidential running mate in 2008.
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Sen. Murkowski questions approach to health repeal  —  Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski on Thursday cast doubt on the manner in which Republicans have attempted to repeal the healthcare law.  —  Murkowski (Alaska) said that she would vote to repeal the law if a vote was held in the Senate …
Valerie Richardson / Washington Times:
Outspoken Tucson sheriff faces recall bid  —  Tea party group wants Dupnik out  —  Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik has never lost an election, but that was before his remarks assigning blame for the deadly Tucson, Ariz., shooting to political “vitriol” and calling Arizona “a mecca for prejudice and bigotry.”
Kerry Eleveld / Washington Post:
Next up for Obama: Marriage equality for gay Americans  —  Less than a month after President Obama repealed “don't ask, don't tell,” his Justice Department filed its latest brief defending the so-called Defense of Marriage Act - the law that makes gay Americans second-class citizens …
Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
‘Mr. President, Say This on Tuesday Night’  —  President Obama delivering the State of the Union address last January.  —  With four days until President Obama gives his State of the Union address, interest groups have buried the White House with a barrage of unsolicited advice about what they want him to say.
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Just as things were looking up, Obama's annual job approval average puts him near the postwar bottom  —  As if the poll showing improved approval of Congress under partial Republican leadership wasn't discouraging enough, now comes a new survey showing President Obama's second-year job approval near …
Washington Post:
A victory for independent speech  —  One year ago today, the Supreme Court issued its landmark decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission.  It upheld the First Amendment rights of individuals acting through corporations and labor unions to participate in our political process …
Alex Alvarez / Mediaite:
Ron Reagan Tells Joy Behar “Dick Cheney Is An Unindicted War Criminal”  —  Ron Reagan, man with a book to promote, isn't content to sit back and wonder why brother Michael Reagan isn't responding to his evites after writing that dad Ronald Reagan's bout with Alzheimer's Disease may have begun while he was still in the White House.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
The Huffington Post:
Dems Growing Convinced That GOP Will Try To Force Shutdown Over Health Care Funds … WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats expressed a rare touch of nonchalance Wednesday as House Republicans voted to repeal last year's health care overhaul, since the repeal has little chance of passing the Senate.
Mike Riggs / The Daily Caller:
Lost in the madhouse: Three stories of involuntary confinement  —  Erik* was not familiar with the expression “Baker Act'd” the night a college psychologist came to his dorm room, woke him up, and took him to a nearby hospital.  In fact, Erik didn't realize anything was wrong until police handcuffed him …
 
 
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Timothy Egan / Opinionator:
Myth of the Hero Gunslinger
Discussion: JustOneMinute and Open Left
David Weigel / Weigel:
Paul Ryan is Your 2011 State of the Union Responder
Discussion: Wonk Room and The Page
Richard Dunham / Texas on the Potomac:
Promise kept: All Texas Republicans vote to repeal health reform; Democrats cry foul
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Daily Kos
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
New Hampshire GOP faces Tea Party takeover
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog and GOP 12
Kevin Diaz / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Pawlenty book sales: 4,765 and counting
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog, Wonkette and Hot Air
Steve Clemons / The Huffington Post:
Calling on Fred Hiatt and Donald Graham: Jennifer Rubin & Israel-Bashing?
Jeff Schogol / Stars & Stripes:
McChrystal denies claims of secret military crusade against Islam
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Carla Marinucci / SFGate:
Is Republican billionaire Meg Whitman planning a political comeback?
Nick Baumann / Mother Jones:
FBI Questioned Gulet Mohamed Without Counsel at DC Airport (With Video)
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Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Rahm Emanuel has huge lead in Chicago mayor race
Discussion: CNN, Ballot Box and The Awl
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
It Sounds So Much Better Read Out Loud
Discussion: Althouse
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
China Goes to Nixon
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