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6:45 PM ET, December 2, 2014

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The Hill:
How the White House torpedoed Harry Reid's tax deal  —  The White House worked closely with liberal House Democrats last week to torpedo a tax deal that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-­Nev.) was negotiating with Republicans.  —  The unusual move to kill a Reid­-backed proposal …
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Politico:
Republicans ready to vote  —  Leaders think they can keep the government open.  —  The House will vote this week on a symbolic immigration bill and then take up a two-part government funding bill next week — a package Republican leaders believe will prevent a government shutdown.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Republicans Back to Raising Taxes on the Poor  —  Because of immigration.  It all makes sense, kind of.  —  Shares … Conservative anger at President Obama's immigration-relief plan was bound to burble up in the form of some kind of demand for revenge.
New York Times:
House G.O.P. May Cast Symbolic Vote on Immigration  —  WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Tuesday emerged from a closed-door meeting determined to avoid a government shutdown.  —  The lawmakers began coalescing around a plan that would allow a symbolic vote to show their frustration …
Charlie Cook / National Journal:
Democrats Paved the Way for Their Own Decline  —  They have subordinated their traditional focus on helping working-class Americans move up the economic ladder in favor of other priorities.  —  Much has been said about the long-term demographic challenges facing the Republican Party.
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
U.S. Partisanship Shifts to GOP After Midterms  —  Story Highlights  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — Since the Republican Party's strong showing on Election Day last month, Americans' political allegiances have shifted toward the GOP.  Prior to the elections, 43% of Americans identified as Democrats …
Discussion: Politico
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Obama's dangerous legacy for Democrats
Discussion: alicublog and Washington Monthly
Jeffrey Sparshott / Wall Street Journal:
McConnell ‘Perplexed’ by Obama's Reaction to Midterm ‘Butt Kicking’  —  Video: McConnell on His Relationship With Obama  —  Sen. Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) on Tuesday said President Barack Obama has lurched to the left since suffering a “butt-kicking” during November's midterm elections …
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Damian Paletta / Wall Street Journal:
Paul Ryan to Pursue Business Tax Overhaul in 2015
Discussion: OnPolitics
Judith Shulevitz / The New Republic:
Rolling Stone Never Gave the Villains of Its Gang Rape Story a Chance to Defend Themselves  —  When scholars of the Historical Jesus try to figure out whether certain stories or sayings reported in the Gospels are authentic—a complicated concept in this context, but never mind …
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
No Story For Old Men  —  In “No Country For Old Men”, Tommy Lee Jones told a parable meant to encourage a potential witness to cooperate.  His success led to this exchange:  —  Carla Jean Moss: Sheriff, was that a true story about Charlie Walser?  —  Ed Tom Bell: Who's Charlie Walser?  Oh!
CNN:
Meet the likely next Defense Secretary  —  Washington (CNN) — Ashton Carter, the former second-in-command at the Pentagon appears to be the top choice to replace outgoing Secretary Chuck Hagel.  —  Barring any last minute complications, Ash Carter will be President Barack Obama's choice …
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Kristina Wong / The Hill:
Hagel ouster highlights power shift
Discussion: ABC News
David Ingold / Bloomberg Politics:
Five Reasons You Don't Want to Be the Next Secretary of Defense
Discussion: ABC News, Hot Air and Washington Post
New York Times:
Obama Settles on Ashton Carter as Defense Secretary, Officials Say
Eliott C. McLaughlin / CNN:
Police investigating if Michael Brown's stepfather intended to incite riot  —  (CNN) — Authorities are formally investigating whether Michael Brown's stepfather intended to incite a riot last week when he urged a crowd in Ferguson, Missouri, to “Burn this bitch down” after the grand jury's decision …
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Joe Scarborough / Politico:
Truth trumps hype in Ferguson
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
The Cycle of Republican Radicalization  —  Yesterday, the Washington Post reported on a Quinnipiac poll from a week ago showing a striking change in public opinion on immigration.  The question was whether undocumented immigrants should be deported or should be able to get on a path to citizenship.
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Sara Fischer / CNN:
Poll: Romney, Clinton top 2016 field
Paul Blumenthal / The Huffington Post:
Mitch McConnell Rider Could Roll Back Campaign Finance Laws  —  WASHINGTON — Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is trying to use a massive appropriations bill to loosen campaign finance rules.  —  The Republican leader's office is attempting to attach a policy rider to the omnibus bill …
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Shane Goldmacher / National Journal:
Inside Rand Paul's Plan to Run for Senate and President at the Same Time
Sam Youngman / Lexington Herald-Leader:
Citing ‘unfinished business,’ Rand Paul will announce re-election effort Tuesday
Discussion: Washington Post, OnPolitics and CNN
Christopher Hooton / The Independent:
A long list of sex acts just got banned in UK porn  —  Pornography produced in the UK was quietly censored today through an amendment to the 2003 Communications Act, and the measures appear to take aim at female pleasure.  —  The Audiovisual Media Services Regulations 2014 requires that video-on-demand …
Arlette Saenz / ABC News:
Soap Opera Producer Is Now an Ambassador and John McCain Isn't Happy … The Senate confirmed a producer of the soap opera “The Bold and The Beautiful” today to serve as ambassador to Hungary, and Sen. John McCain is not happy about it.  —  Prior to the vote, McCain, R-Ariz. …
Discussion: The Hill and Hot Air
ArkLatexHomepage.com:
Hooks ISD Board Member in trouble over racial Facebook post  —  It's a very un-Christmas like Facebook post.  —  An image of a Klu Klux Klan member standing with hands folded.  The words, “I'm dreaming of a white Christmas” emblazoned on the image.  —  What may be even more disturbing …
David Brooks / New York Times:
Class Prejudice Resurgent  —  One of the features of all the Ferguson discussion over the past few months is how tinny the comparisons to the civil-rights era have sounded.  People have tried to link Ferguson to Selma and Jim Crow, but something is off.  —  That's, in part, because we've moved from simplicity to ambiguity.
Ed Krayewski / Hit & Run:
Four Members of Congress Put Their Hands Up in Solidarity With Ferguson Protesters, None Voted to Limit Police Militarization  —  Michael Brown was shot and killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, in August.  Protests over the shooting yielded a militarized response from police.
Discussion: Politico and The Gateway Pundit
The Huffington Post:
Here's Why 9/11 Conspiracy Theories Still Thrive In America  —  WASHINGTON — It was a sunny and clear Tuesday morning in Knoxville, Tennessee.  Sitting in the kitchen of my girlfriend's apartment, I was eating a bowl of cereal — Honey Nut Cheerios, I still remember …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Glenn Beck loses bid to dismiss Saudi's libel suit  —  A federal judge has rejected a bid by conservative commentator Glenn Beck to toss out a libel lawsuit filed by a Saudi student Beck repeatedly accused of funding the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.  —  In a ruling Tuesday …
Discussion: Right Wing Watch and Mediaite
 
 
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