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6:45 AM ET, December 6, 2011

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Brian Beutler / tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM SLIDESHOW: Meet The 2012 GOPers — Newt Gingrich  —  Pelosi knows more about Gingrich than perhaps any other major national political figure.  She was a senior Democrat when Gingrich was House Speaker, served on the ethics committee that investigated Gingrich for tax cheating …
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John Parkinson / ABCNEWS:
Pelosi Not Sitting on Trove of Gingrich Secrets  —  House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi now says she is not sitting on a trove of opposition research on former House Speaker-turned-GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich.  —  In an interview conducted Friday and published Monday …
Discussion: HotAirPundit
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Newt Gingrich defends Donald Trump from Ron Paul  —  After a nearly hour-long meeting at Trump Tower, Donald Trump and Newt Gingrich emerged for a joint press conference, where the former House Speaker defended The Donald from slams from Ron Paul that him moderating a debate would create a “circus” atmosphere.
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Pelosi: I'll reveal information on Gingrich ‘when the time is right’
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:   Newt Gingrich: Nancy Pelosi comments on ethics are ‘early Christmas gift’
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Republicans See Gingrich, Romney as “Acceptable” Nominees  —  All other candidates seen as unacceptable by half or more of Republicans  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Newt Gingrich (62%) and Mitt Romney (54%) are the only two candidates Republicans say would be acceptable presidential nominees from their party …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Newt up in Iowa  —  Newt Gingrich has taken the lead in PPP's newest poll of Iowa Republican caucus voters with 27% to 18% for Ron Paul, 16% for Mitt Romney, 13% for Michele Bachmann, 9% for Rick Perry, 6% for Rick Santorum, 4% for Jon Huntsman, and 1% for Gary Johnson.
Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
GOP Is Now a Three-Man Race: Romney vs. Gingrich vs. Gingrich  —  Now that Herman Cain has “suspended his campaign” (I've decided to honor him by suspending my reading of anything further about his candidacy/book tour), the race is down to three people: Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, and Newt Gingrich.
Mark Hosenball / Reuters:
Romney staff spent nearly $100,000 to hide records  —  (Reuters) - Mitt Romney spent nearly $100,000 in state funds to replace computers in his office at the end of his term as governor of Massachusetts in 2007 as part of an unprecedented effort to keep his records secret, Reuters has learned.
Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Romney Comes Out In Favor Of Payroll Tax Holiday Extension, After Dismissing It As A ‘Band-Aid’  —  GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney came out today in support of extending the payroll tax holiday, which congressional Republicans are currently blocking.
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CBS News:
NASA finding feeds talk of a new Earth  —  Artist's conception illustrates Kepler-22b (NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech)  —  NASA has found a new planet outside Earth's solar system that is eerily similar to Earth in important aspects.  —  Scientists say the temperature on the surface of the planet is about a comfy 72 degrees (22 Celsius).
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BBC:
Kepler 22-b: Earth-like planet confirmed
Discussion: Firedoglake, Truthdig and Gawker
Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
Fox News Business: The Muppets Are ‘Brainwashing’ Young People To Hate The Oil Industry  —  Life's a happy song, but not when Fox Business is singing along.  The network is upset that the new Muppets movie, The Muppets, features an oil tycoon as a villain, with various contributors complaining …
Discussion: The Reaction and Harry's Place
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Jordan Zakarin / The Huffington Post:
The Muppets Are Communist, Fox Business Network Says
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Reichle v. Howards  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether Secret Service agents protecting Vice President Dick Cheney may be sued for violating the free speech rights of a member of the public who made critical remarks about the Bush administration's war policies.
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Michael B. Mukasey / Wall Street Journal:
The ObamaCare Recusal Nonsense
Con Coughlin / Telegraph:
Iran's Revolutionary Guards prepare for war  —  Iran's Revolutionary Guards have been put on a war footing amid increasing signs that the West is taking direct action to cripple Iran's nuclear programme.  —  An order from Gen Mohammed Ali Jaafari, the commander of the guards …
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John T. Bennett / The Hill:
Rep. Kucinich: Downed drone plane ‘a step’ toward war with Iran
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Joe Weisenthal / Business Insider:
CHART OF THE DAY: Something Has Really Shifted In Europe This Time  —  It's tempting and easy to just say that whatever European leaders are cooking up right now is bound to fail, like every other past attempt at ending the crisis.  —  But here's a noteworthy market fact: Italian yields are collapsing today.
The Playlist / Indiewire Blogs, Film News and Reviews:
Exclusive: ‘Dragon Tattoo’ Producer Scott Rudin Replies To David Denby's Upcoming New Yorker Review Embargo Break  —  “They reviewed what?”  —  If you follow movie insider baseball news you may have heard the embargo on Sony's “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo” is about to break tomorrow …
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David Denby / New Yorker:
DOUBLE DARE … - BOOKS - MOVIES - ART - MUSIC …
Discussion: Guardian, Washington Post and Gawker
oecd.org:
Society: Governments must tackle record gap between rich and poor, says OECD  —  The gap between rich and poor in OECD countries has reached its highest level for over over 30 years, and governments must act quickly to tackle inequality, according to a new OECD report.
Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Issa expands Fast and Furious probe to include alleged money laundering  —  Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) has requested a briefing with the Justice Department over a news report that U.S. law enforcement officials helped Mexican drug cartels launder millions of dollars into the country.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Ali Gharib / ThinkProgress:
Study: Funding Progressive Domestic Priorities Creates At Least 50 Percent More Jobs Than Military Spending  —  Facing deep spending cuts, the Department of Defense, including Secretary Leon Panetta, and military-industrial trade associations have complained that tightening the U.S. security budget will cause greater unemployment.
Discussion: CEPR and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
 
 
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Wcbsmark / CBS New York:
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