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7:50 AM ET, November 28, 2012

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Z. Byron Wolf / ABCNEWS:
Naked Protesters Occupy John Boehner's House Office  —  (Image Credit: Susan Walshe / AP Photo)  —  Some protesters dropped trou to launch a protest at House Speaker John Boehner's office in the Longworth House Office building in Washington.  —  U.S. Capitol Police public information …
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Nude Protesters Arrested After Storming Speaker Boehner's Office  —  Seven naked protesters swarmed the office of Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) on Tuesday for some 20 minutes of loud chanting against cuts to AIDS funding.  —  Among their chants: “Boehner, Boehner, don't be a dick, budget cuts will make us sick.”
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Noah Rothman / Mediaite:
Naked Protesters Storm Speaker John Boehner's Office (UPDATED With Video)
Discussion: Politico, Gawker and msnbc.com
Ryan Lovelace / The College Fix:
Students Told to Disavow ‘American-ness, maleness, whiteness, heterosexuality’  —  A political science professor at Butler University asks students to disregard their “American-ness, maleness, whiteness, heterosexuality, middle-class status” when writing and speaking in the classroom …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Reasons to be encouraged about fiscal cliff's endgame  —  Now this is encouraging.  I'm told that representatives of major unions and progressive groups met privately this morning with senior Obama administration officials at the White House — and were pleased with what they heard.
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Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Chamber meets White House on ‘fiscal cliff,’ seeks easing of energy rules
Discussion: Politico and The Huffington Post
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Durbin Outlines Democratic Approach on Grand Bargain
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
My Secretary of State  —  President Obama is assembling his new national security team, with Senator John Kerry possibly heading for the Pentagon and U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice the perceived front-runner to become secretary of state.  Kerry is an excellent choice for defense.
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
McCain: ‘I would be hard-pressed’ to support Rice for secretary of State
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Bolling to exit Va. gov race  —  Virginia Lt. Gov Bill Bolling is expected to drop out of next year's gubernatorial race Wednesday morning, leaving Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli with a clear path to the GOP nomination next year, two Virginia Republicans tell POLITICO.
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
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Peter Hamby / CNN:
Bolling to drop bid for Virginia governorship  —  Washington (CNN) - Virginia Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling will drop his bid for the Virginia governorship, CNN has confirmed, a move that clears a path to the Republican nomination for his primary opponent Ken Cuccinelli.
Tyler Durden / ZeroHedge:
When Work Is Punished: The Tragedy Of America's Welfare State  —  Exactly two years ago, some of the more politically biased progressive media outlets (who are quite adept at creating and taking down their own strawmen arguments, if not quite as adept at using an abacus, let alone a calculator) …
Jonathan Allen / Politico:
Cole: Join with Obama on quick deal  —  Republican Rep. Tom Cole urged colleagues in a private session Tuesday to vote to extend the Bush tax rates for all but the highest earners before the end of the year — and to battle over the rest later.  —  The Oklahoma Republican said in an interview …
Guardian:
Letters: Redress is vital but not more press regulation  —  With the publication of the Leveson report on Thursday it is clear that the central issue will be whether the press should, for the first time, be subjected to statutory regulation or have the opportunity to put in place a new system of binding self-regulation.
Discussion: BBC, Spectator and New York Times
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Rowena Mason / Telegraph:
Leveson report: state regulation is ‘greatest threat to newspapers in 300 years’, say Conservative MPs
Discussion: BBC, Spectator and Guardian
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
A Struggling CNN Worldwide Is Said to Be Drawn to Jeffrey Zucker  —  In the days to come, when Time Warner appoints a new leader of CNN Worldwide for the first time in a decade, that person will face an identity crisis unlike any other in corporate America.  —  Though CNN over all is on track …
bigstory.ap.org:
OHIO SENATE PUTS END TO ‘HEARTBEAT’ ABORTION BILL  —  You are here  —  Home » Julie Carr » Ohio Senate puts end to ‘heartbeat’ abortion bill  —  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The leader of the Ohio Senate put a stop Tuesday to a bill that would have imposed the most stringent restriction on abortions in the nation.
Keith Laing / The Hill:
Obama quietly signs bill shielding airlines from carbon fees in Europe  —  President Obama has signed into law a bill that requires U.S. airlines be excluded from European carbon emissions fees.  —  Environmentalists had framed the bill as the first test of the president's commitment …
Discussion: The Caucus and Hot Air
Nathan Harden / The College Fix:
How much would you pay for 1 hour with Sandra Fluke?  —  EXCLUSIVE: Sandra Fluke, noted advocate for government-subsidized birth control, is auctioning off one hour of her time for an online “strategy session” at the site BiddingForGood.com.  —  According to the auction page …
Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
Who Will Be the Next Treasury Secretary?  This Guy!  —  President Obama walks with White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew in March on the South Lawn of the White House  —  I was considering doing a post with chin-stroking speculation about who the next Treasury secretary will be, but instead let me just tell you.
Discussion: Firedoglake and Robert Reich
Kay Bailey Hutchison:
KYL, HUTCHISON PROPOSE ACHIEVE ACT  —  ADDRESSES LEGAL STATUS OF UNDOCUMENTED YOUNG PEOPLE  —  HOME / PRESS OFFICE / PRESS RELEASES  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) and Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) have introduced legislation they believe will provide a basis …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Harry Reid puts his finger on the ‘nuclear option’ button  —  So here's today's update in the slow, inexorable march towards filibuster reform: Democrats took yet another step in the direction of changing the rules by a simple majority vote — i.e., exercising the dreaded “nuclear option.”
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Alan Simpson hopes Grover Norquist drowns in bathtub  —  Former Sen. Alan Simpson (R-Wy.), one of the co-chairmen of the president's debt commission, joked Tuesday that he would like to see anti-tax advocate Grover Norquist drown in a bathtub.  —  The comment was a play on Norquist's famous statement …
George Jahn / bigstory.ap.org:
AP EXCLUSIVE: GRAPH SUGGESTS IRAN WORKING ON BOMB  —  You are here  —  Home » Vienna » AP Exclusive: Graph suggests Iran working on bomb … VIENNA (AP) — Iranian scientists have run computer simulations for a nuclear weapon that would produce more than triple the explosive force …
Josh Mitchell / Wall Street Journal:
Federal Student Lending Swells  —  The federal lending program designed to make college education available to everyone is creating a pile of debt so large it is fanning worries that it has become too easy to borrow too much.  —  U.S. student-loan debt rose by $42 billion, or 4.6% …
Discussion: naked capitalism
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Blacks fret free-for-all for Jesse Jackson Jr. seat  —  Black leaders are growing increasingly worried that a white candidate might seize the seat of former Democratic Rep. Jesse Jackson in the upcoming Illinois special election.  —  With a host of black candidates announcing their intention …
Discussion: Power Line and Examiner
Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
Bob Dole, 89, hospitalized at Walter Reed  —  Updated 5:23 p.m. Eastern Time  —  Bob Dole, the 1996 Republican presidential nominee and longtime leader of Senate Republicans, has been hospitalized at Walter Reed Hospital, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced Tuesday.
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Ron Fournier to step down at National Journal  —  Ron Fournier will step down as editor-in-chief of National Journal, POLITICO has learned.  —  “Ron is going to move over to a role as editorial director of National Journal, where he will continue to oversee decisions and strategy …
Discussion: FishbowlDC
 
 
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Lizette Alvarez / New York Times:
For Latino Groups, Grass-Roots Efforts Paid Off in Higher Number of Voters
Richard Rubin / Bloomberg:
Geithner Keeps Withholding Freeze as Weapon to Curb Cliff
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
James Bond and the new sex appeal
Jake Sherman / Politico:
House committee chairs all men
Discussion: The Hill
newyorkfed.org:
Decrease in Overall Debt Balance Continues Despite Rise in Non-Real Estate Debt
Discussion: Economix and Weekly Standard
Richard Goldstein / New York Times:
Marvin Miller, Union Leader Who Changed Baseball, Dies at 95
Washington Monthly:
The Next Real Estate Boom
Discussion: CNN
 Earlier Items: 
Erik Eckholm / New York Times:
Gay ‘Conversion Therapy’ Faces Test in Courts
Discussion: Gothamist and New York Magazine
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Paul warns GOP ‘in danger of becoming a dinosaur’
Discussion: TheBlaze.com
Associated Press:
RADIO'S LAURA INGRAHAM OFF THE AIR
Discussion: Politico and Gretawire
Ed Vogel / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Miller calls for voter ID law in Nevada
Discussion: Election 2012
Peter Henderson / Reuters:
ACLU sues over policy barring women from ground combat
Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
Virginia Attorney General Suggests Obama Stole The Election
People's Daily Online:
North Korea's top leader named The Onion's Sexiest Man Alive for 2012
 

 
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Authentic Brands licenses Sports Illustrated's publishing rights to The Players' Tribune owner Minute Media for 10 years, with plans to keep the print edition

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Ofcom rules that five GB News programs presented by Conservative politicians have broken its due impartiality rules and puts the channel “on notice”

Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTuber MrBeast announces a deal with Prime Video for Beast Games, a reality-competition show with 1,000 contestants, promising the winner a $5M cash prize

 
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