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10:30 PM ET, December 18, 2011

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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Payroll Tax Cut Blocked by House Republicans  —  WASHINGTON — The House Republican leader on Sunday flatly rejected a short-term, bipartisan Senate measure to extend a payroll tax break and unemployment insurance, setting the stage for a bitter year-end Congressional collision and the potential loss …
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Associated Press:
House GOP demands new payroll tax cut bill  —  WASHINGTON - Top House Republicans said Sunday they oppose a bipartisan, Senate-approved bill that extends a payroll tax cut and jobless benefits for just two months and said congressional bargainers need to write a new version lasting a longer time.
Discussion: The Mahablog
Russell Berman / The Hill:
Speaker Boehner opposes Senate's two-month payroll tax cut extension
Discussion: The Politico
Lucy Madison / CBS News:
Gingrich: Gov't branches should rule 2 out of 3  —  PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO  —  Newt Gingrich on Sunday reiterated his argument that there is something “profoundly wrong” with the United States' judicial system, and argued that the balance of power in American government should come down to “two out of three” branches of the government.
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Quote of the Day  —  At this week's debate for Republican presidential candidates, Newt Gingrich emphasized one of his favorite subjects: his disgust for the federal judiciary.  The disgraced former House Speaker warned of “an uprising” against the courts, adding that he's …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Political Mojo
Alexander Bolton / Ballot Box:
Gingrich: Congress can send Capitol Police to arrest rogue judges  —  GOP presidential frontrunner Newt Gingrich said Congress has the power to dispatch the Capitol Police or U.S. Marshals to apprehend a federal judge who renders a decision lawmakers broadly oppose.
New York Times:
Vaclav Havel, 1936-2011: Vaclav Havel, Former Czech President, Dies at 75  —  Vaclav Havel, the Czech writer and dissident whose eloquent dissections of Communist rule helped to destroy it in revolutions that brought down the Berlin Wall and swept Mr. Havel himself into power, died on Sunday.
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J.Y. Smith / Washington Post:
Vaclav Havel, dissident playwright and former Czech president, dies
Ted Mann / The Atlantic Wire:
Vaclav Havel is Dead
Michael Winfrey / Reuters:
Vaclav Havel, leader of “Velvet Revolution,” dies
Nick Gillespie / Hit & Run:
Vaclav Havel, RIP
Michael Zennie / Daily Mail:
Vivid new Battle of the Bulge photos offer never-before-seen look at the war-weary soldiers braving the frigid weather as they fight off Nazi Germany's last major offensive of World War II  —  Breathtaking new photographs, including several vivid full-color images, offer a never-before-seen look …
BBC:
N Korean leader Kim Jong-il dies  —  North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has died at the age of 69, state-run television has announced.  —  His death was announced in an emotional statement read out on national television.  —  The announcer, wearing black, said he had died on Saturday of physical and mental over-work.
Discussion: Bloomberg
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
Minnesota Republican Resigns Post Over Allegation of ‘Inappropriate’ Relationship  —  This news was a shock to me, involving allegations — and we must stress that these are only allegations at this point — against a female politician whom I have actually met: … (Via TPM and Memorandum.)
Discussion: Don Surber and Daily Pundit
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Doug Grow / MinnPost:
Latest Amy Koch developments complicate GOP plans across the board
Discussion: The Blotter and Firedoglake
New York Times:
Last Convoy of American Troops Leaves Iraq, Marking an End to the War  —  BAGHDAD — The last convoy of American troops to leave Iraq drove into Kuwait on Sunday morning, marking the end of the nearly nine-year war.  —  The convoy's departure, which included about 110 vehicles and 500 soldiers …
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Reuters:
Last U.S. troops leave Iraq, ending war
Inderdeep Bains / Daily Mail:
The brave women of the Middle East: Female protesters brutally beaten with metal poles as vicious soldiers drag girls through streets by their hair in day of shame  —  After being viciously beaten by a 10-strong mob of Egyptian male soldiers, this woman lies helplessly on the ground as her shirt …
Teresa Watanabe / Los Angeles Times:
L.A. schools' healthful lunch menu panned by students  —  For many students, Los Angeles Unified's introduction of healthful lunches — part of a campaign against obesity, diabetes and other problems — has been a flop.  The district says the menu will be revised.
J. Freedom du Lac / Washington Post:
In Iraq, the last to fall: David Hickman, the 4,474th U.S. service member killed  —  GREENSBORO, N.C. — To find Army Spec.  David Emanuel Hickman on the morning after his unit returned to Fort Bragg from Iraq, you had to drive 100 miles north, to his home town.
Star-Ledger Guest / NJ Voices Guest blog:
Discrimination against same-sex marriages cannot be tolerated in our society as a matter of law  —  By Robert Menendez  —  Since my vote in favor of the Defense of Marriage Act 15 years ago, like tens of millions of Americans, I have reflected deeply and frequently about this issue.
Discussion: Towleroad News #gay
 
 
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
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Associated Press:
Islamists win 70 percent of the vote in second round of Egypt elections
Reid J. Epstein / The Politico:
Mitt Romney has tame return to Sunday roster
Discussion: CNN
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