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9:55 PM ET, November 15, 2011

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J. David Goodman / City Room:
Updates on the Clearing of Zuccotti Park  —  Overnight, hundreds of New York City police officers cleared Zuccotti Park of the Occupy Wall Street protesters and arrested dozens of people, forcing the two-month-old protest that had spawned a movement into a new and uncertain phase.
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New York Times:
Police Clear Zuccotti Park of Protesters  —  Hundreds of New York City police officers cleared Zuccotti Park of the Occupy Wall Street protesters early Tuesday, arresting dozens of people there after warning them that the nearly two-month-old camp would be “cleared and restored” …
NY Daily News:
Judge Lucy Billings, who signed Occupy Wall Street order, is an ACLU veteran  —  Hearing on the order to be held Tuesday with different judge  —  When the cops raided Zuccotti Park, lawyers for Occupy Wall Street immediately woke up a judge with a civil liberties background and asked for help.
James Downie / Washington Post:
Bloomberg's disgraceful eviction of Occupy Wall Street  —  Early Wednesday morning, New York police raided and evicted the Occupy Wall Street encampment in Zucotti Park in southern Manhattan.  The behavior of the NYPD and the mayor's office, in ordering this brazen action while blocking …
Gregg Levine / capitoilette:
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan Admits Cities Coordinated Crackdown on Occupy Movement  —  Oakland Mayor Jean Quan (photo: Ella Baker Center)  —  Embattled Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, speaking in an interview with the BBC (excerpted on The Takeaway radio program-audio of Quan starts at the 5:30 mark) …
Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Did Bloomberg do Occupy Wall Street a favor?
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic Online:
Occupy Wall Street's Eviction Was a Lucky Break—Now What?
Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
Getting Kicked Out Of Zuccotti Park Is Probably Good For Occupy Wall Street
CBS News:
Judge rules against NYC Occupy encampment
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Bloomberg served with temporary restraining order requiring reopening of Zuccotti Park …
Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
Reporters Say Police Denied Access to Protest Site
Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
The Democrats' peculiar negotiating strategy  —  Over the past year, Republicans have learned something important about negotiating budget deals with Democrats: If you don't like their offer, just wait a couple of months.  —  The first budget showdown came in the lame-duck Congress …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
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Ramesh Ponnuru / Bloomberg:
Republicans Lose Way by Misreading Bush History: Ramesh Ponnuru
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Supercommittee members face rising pressure from all sides
Discussion: FrumForum
Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Herman Cain offered Henry Kissinger secretary of state post  —  The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has posted a new set of Herman Cain videos online, including one in which the Republican presidential candidate says he offered Henry Kissinger a place in his administration, but was politely rebuffed by the former secretary of state.
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The Right Scoop:
Rush defends Herman Cain over collective bargaining and Libya
Discussion: Hot Air
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Herman Cain's Libya stumble: How much damage did he do?
Discussion: Associated Press, ABCNEWS and CNN
A.Killough / CNN:
Cain: I'm against ‘collective hijacking’
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog
Simon Lazarus / Slate:
The Medicaid Ambush  —  The Supreme Court's unexpected and astounding reasons for wanting to hear a challenge to Obamacare.  —  The Supreme Court's ruling on the Affordable Care Act could contain a few surprises.  —  The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a challenge to the Affordable Care Act …
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ABCNEWS:
C-Span Asks Supreme Court To Televise Health Care Arguments
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
John McCormick / Bloomberg:
Republican Candidates in Four-Way Dead Heat  —  Herman Cain, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich are in a dead heat as the top choices for Iowans likely to attend the Jan. 3 Republican presidential caucuses.  —  A Bloomberg News poll shows Cain at 20 percent, Paul at 19 percent …
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Jonathan Easley / Ballot Box:
Iowa scientists urge candidates to accept climate change
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Solyndra: Energy Dept. pushed firm to keep layoffs quiet until after midterms  —  The Obama administration urged officers of the struggling solar company Solyndra to postpone announcing planned layoffs until after the November 2010 midterm elections, newly released e-mails show.
John McWhorter / The New Republic:
Words, Mere Words: Newt Gingrich Speaks Well.  But Is He Smart?  —  If Newt Gingrich's career in public service proves anything, it is that he will never be caught saying “Oops.”  Gingrich is currently rising to frontrunner status in the Republican presidential primary largely because he's willing …
Discussion: Democracy in America
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David Brody / The Brody File:   Newt Gingrich to Brody File: Republican politicians 'don't rely enough on actually knowing things'
Emily Goodin / The Hill:
Giffords' husband scolds Boehner for not visiting wounded lawmaker  —  In a new book, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords's (D-Ariz.) husband scolds House Speaker John Boehner for failing to visit his wounded wife while she was recovering from injuries sustained in a shooting.
Discussion: CNN, The Political Carnival and Gawker
Seth McLaughlin / Washington Times:
Perry calls for a part-time Congress, term-limited judges  —  Blasting the congressional “creatures of Washington” for being overpaid and detached from the struggles of the people outside the Beltway, Texas Gov. and GOP presidential hopeful Rick Perry vowed Tuesday to eliminate federal agencies …
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Jamelle Bouie / American Prospect:
What Is the Quickest Way to Make Congress More Corrupt?
David Brooks / New York Times:
Let's All Feel Superior  —  First came the atrocity, then came the vanity.  The atrocity is what Jerry Sandusky has been accused of doing at Penn State.  The vanity is the outraged reaction of a zillion commentators over the past week, whose indignation is based on the assumption …
Felix Salmon:
Krugman vs Summers: The debate  —  I'm glad I found myself in Toronto this evening, because tonight's Munk Debate was illuminating and enjoyable.  The motion was that “North America faces a Japan-style era of high unemployment and slow growth”; Paul Krugman was arguing for it, while Larry Summers was arguing against.
Discussion: Paul Krugman and The Daily Dish
Howard Kurtz / The Daily Beast:
Allies Accuse James O'Keefe of ‘Hit Job’ in Undercover NPR Sting  —  The two men who pulled off James O'Keefe's NPR sting are now criticizing the conservative activist for what one calls a ‘hit job.’ They tell Howard Kurtz exclusively why they feel exploited.  —  The fake Muslim donor had played his role perfectly.
Clea Benson / Bloomberg:
Gingrich Said Paid by Freddie Mac to Win Allies  —  Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said during a Nov. 9 debate that he earned a $300,000 fee to advise Freddie Mac as a “historian” who warned that the mortgage company's business model was “insane.”
Allentown Morning Call / Morning Call:
McQueary on alleged rape: ‘I did stop it,’ did have discussions with police  —  2011 file photo of Penn State Nittany Lions wide receiver coach Mike McQueary.  McQueary is seen here during Penn State action against the Temple Owls at Lincoln Financial Field.  (HOWARD SMITH / US PRESSWIRE / November 15, 2011)
Mark Fazlollah / Philly.com:
Judge wins election despite money and ethics troubles  —  Newly elected Common Pleas Court Judge Thomas M. Nocella credits U.S. Rep. Bob Brady - Philadelphia's Democratic Party boss - for intervening with ward leaders to put him on the ticket.  —  “He is the one in control,” said Nocella …
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
 
 
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Rick Ellis / Examiner:
‘Occupy’ crackdowns coordinated with federal law enforcement officials
Discussion: Wonkette and Hullabaloo
City of London:
City of London Corporation Planning & Highways committee decides to re-commence legal process …
Discussion: New York Times and Guardian
Kim Murphy / Los Angeles Times:
Keystone pipeline builder proposes changing Nebraska route
Discussion: Political Mojo
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Postal Service Ends Fiscal Year 2011 with $5.1 Billion Loss
Discussion: The Politico and Business Insider
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