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2:45 PM ET, November 30, 2011

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Jonathan Martin / Reuters:
Herman Cain's campaign a study in ineptitude  —  Herman Cain is in the midst of “reassessing” whether to continue his 2012 bid, but its legacy is already settled: His campaign will go down as one of the most hapless and bumbling operations in modern presidential politics …
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ABCNEWS:
Herman Cain Would Not Make a ‘Good President,’ Ginger White Says  —  Ginger White, who says she was involved in a 13 or 14 year “on and off” affair with Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain, today told me she does not think he is fit to be president.
Chip Somodevilla / ABCNEWS:
Herman Cain: ‘They Are Trying to Do Character Assassination On Me’
Discussion: The Caucus and Daily Kos
Jonathan Easley / Ballot Box:
Cain accuser says he's not fit to be president
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Here's to Potty-Mouthing, and the Real Lesson for All of Us  —  It is very clear that Emma Sullivan of Shawnee Mission East High School is a late-charging entrant for Person of the Year at the blog here.  If there was ever any doubt, it was erased when Ruth Marcus, an “opinion writer” …
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Eschaton
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Ruth Marcus reveals another journalistic value  —  The Post columnist demands an apology from a high school student for harshly criticizing her governor  —  Yesterday, The New York Times' Roger Cohen displayed a core value of American political journalism — love of government secrecy …
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Binyamin Appelbaum / New York Times:
Central Banks Take Joint Action to Ease Debt Crisis  —  WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve moved Wednesday with other major central banks to buttress financial markets by increasing the availability of dollars outside the United States, reflecting growing concern about the fallout of the European debt crisis.
Bloomberg:
Fed, Five Central Banks Cut Dollar Swap Rate
Naftali Bendavid / Wall Street Journal:
GOP Set to Back Payroll-Tax Cut  —  Republican leaders said Tuesday they would join Democrats in supporting an extension of the 2011 payroll-tax cut despite some reluctance within the GOP, virtually assuring that American wage-earners will continue to receive the benefit next year.
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Russell Berman / The Hill:
GOP leaders to rank and file: Don't blow our advantage on taxes
Discussion: The Politico
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
McConnell's Positive Words on Extending Payroll Tax Cut Ignores a Host of Issues
Ryan Young / WSB-TV:
Movers, deputies refuse to evict 103-year-old woman  —  ATLANTA, Ga. —  A 103-year-old woman and her 83-year-old daughter were just moments from being evicted from their home Tuesday, when sheriff's deputies and the moving company hired by the bank decided not to go through with the action.
Discussion: The Raw Story and Gawker
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Zaid Jilani / ThinkProgress:   Movers And Sheriff's Deputies Refuse Bank's Order To Evict 103-Year-Old Atlanta Woman
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
TRENDING: While defending himself, Perry steps in it again  —  (CNN) - Rick Perry sought to defend a recent gaffe in an interview Wednesday, but in the same appearance made another.  —  On Tuesday, the Republican presidential candidate incorrectly said the voting age in the U.S. is 21 instead …
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Amanda Gaines / WMAL 105.9 FM/AM 630:
LISTEN: GOP Rep. Allen West Calls Cain a ‘Distracter’ in Republican Race
Discussion: Washington Wire and Riptide 2.0
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Netanyahu Government Suggests Israelis Avoid Marrying American Jews  —  The Netanyahu government's Ministry of Immigrant Absorption is sponsoring advertisements in at least five American communities that warn Israeli expatriates that they will lose their identities if they don't return home.
TheAustralian:
A second Iranian nuclear facility has exploded, as diplomatic tensions rise between the West and Tehran  —  SHEERA FRENKEL - … AN IRANIAN nuclear facility has been hit by a huge explosion, the second such blast in a month, prompting speculation that Tehran's military and atomic sites are under attack.
New York Times:
Gingrich Gave Push to Clients, Not Just Ideas  —  Newt Gingrich is adamant that he is not a lobbyist, but rather a visionary who traffics in ideas, not influence.  But in the eight years since he started his health care consultancy, he has made millions of dollars while helping companies promote …
Mark Hemingway / Weekly Standard:
Obama Admin Seals Records of Murdered Border Patrol Agent Implicated in Fast and Furious  —  And to think that Attorney General Eric Holder is getting testy about congressional calls for his resignation.  After all, the Justice Department has nothing to hide, right?
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Neil Munro / The Daily Caller:
Holder lashes out at The Daily Caller while refusing to address growing calls for his resignation
Hunter Walker / PolitickerNY:
Mayor Bloomberg: ‘I Have My Own Army’  —  In a speech at MIT last night to discuss the packed sweepstakes to build a tech campus in New York City, Mayor Bloomberg said he prefers City Hall to the White House.  Almost immediately after Mayor Bloomberg dampened recent speculation he's eyeing a White House bid …
Joe Eskenazi / The Snitch:
Happy Meal Ban: McDonald's Outsmarts San Francisco  —  On Thursday, Dec. 1, the city's de facto ban of the Happy Meal commences.  San Francisco has accomplished what the Hamburglar could not.  Or has it?  —  In order to include a toy with a meal, restaurants must now comply with city-generated nutritional standards.
Philly.com:
Police clear Occupy encampment, dozens arrested  —  Police swarmed around City Hall and rousted Occupy Philadelphia protesters from their encampment overnight, more than two days after a deadline passed for them to leave.  —  The occupiers responded by roaming around Center City …
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Walter C. Jones / Florida Times Union:
Poll: Newt Gingrich soars in Florida  —  ATLANTA - Newt Gingrich is the current favorite in Florida's Jan. 31 Republican presidential primary, picking up supporters who fled Herman Cain to claim 41 percent in a poll conducted Tuesday night for the Florida Times-Union.
Mike Beaudet / MyFox Boston:
Teacher was a porn star  —  BOSTON (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) - Kevin Hogan is an English teacher and crew coach at a top-rated Massachusetts public high school, but he brings some unusual experience to the job: until recently, he was starring in pornographic movies.
 
 
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Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
Democrat: Attacks on labor board coming from ‘a right wing on steroids’
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Paul Bedard / US News:
Declassified Memo Hinted of 1941 Hawaii Attack
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Nears Milestone: Net Fuel Exporter
Shahien Nasiripour / Financial Times:
New York probes military foreclosures
Discussion: Firedoglake, Hullabaloo and msnbc.com
msnbc.com:
Foreclosure fraud whistleblower found dead
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Michele McPhee / WCVB-TV:
City Moving To Remove ‘Occupy Boston’ Protesters
Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Obama won't change automatic spending cuts
Discussion: Daily Kos
Washington Examiner:
FLOTUS dines at Co Co. Sala
 Earlier Items: 
Debbie Siegelbaum / The Hill:
Lawmakers propose end to congressional pensions
Kimberly Kindy / Washington Post:
Despite earmark ban, lawmakers try to give money to hundreds of pet projects
Robert Draper / New York Times:
Building a Better Mitt Romney-Bot
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
The Receding Democratic Majority?
Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
Gingrich, Romney Outstrip Paul in Popularity Within the GOP
Toddstarnes / Fox News:
Rhode Island Outraged Over “Holiday Tree”