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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader John Boehner

House tax cut vote: Too little, late and useless

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks during the change of command ceremony in Baghdad September 1, 2010. Biden, in Iraq to mark the end of U.S. combat operations there, said on Wednesday he believed Iraqis were close to forming a goverment. REUTERS/Jim Watson/Pool (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY) (Â© Pool New / Reuters)

In this Nov. 29, 2010 photo, a row of GM vehicles are displayed at a GM dealership in Redwood City, Calif. Sales of General Motors cars and trucks rose 11 percent last month, a sign that the auto industry's slow recovery is gaining traction.(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma) (Paul Sakuma)

Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Sen. John McCain

McCain embarrasses self on "don't ask, don't tell"

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Gov. Ed Rendell displays a signed executive order at Penn Treaty Park in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010. The order is to prevent any further leasing of state forest land for Marcellus Shale drilling. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) (Matt Rourke)

FILE - In This file photo taken Sunday Dec. 18, 2005, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon smiles as he talks to journalists prior to the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem. Sharon's former aide said on Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010, that the comatose ex-Israeli premier will be moved to his ranch in Israel's south. Sharon, one of Israel's most popular and controversial figures, has been in the long-term care unit of Tel Hashomer Hospital outside Tel Aviv since suffering a series of strokes in 2006. (AP Photo/ Emilio Morenatti, File) (AP)

Mitt Romney and Jay Leno

Joe Lieberman

How Joe Lieberman is just like a Chinese dictator

Glenn Greenwald

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Wednesday link dump

Richard Lugar

4 ways that Dick Lugar can fight off the Tea Party

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FILE - In this June 16, 2010 file photo, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Congress returns with embattled Democrats torn between trying to show they have the answers to economic recovery and fearing the further wrath of voters over new government programs. It appears the fears will win out. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File) (AP)

"Don't ask, don't tell" vote not happening soon

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Julian Assange

Erskine Bowles, Sen. Alan Simpson and Joe Scarborough

Can civility save the debt panel report?

Former Alaska Governor and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin speaks during a campaign rally for U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) at Dobson High School in Mesa, Arizona March 27, 2010. McCain who is seeking a fifth term as U.S. Senator received Palin's endorsement yesterday and will challenge JD Hayworth during the Republican primary in August 2010. REUTERS/Joshua Lott (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) (Â© Joshua Lott / Reuters)

House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, center, accompanied by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., left, and House Minority Whip Eric Cantor of Va. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010, after their meeting with President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg) (Harry Hamburg)

The party that says no does it again

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Anderson Cooper interviewing Texas State Rep. Leo Berman

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad listens to a question during his press conference in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Nov. 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) (AP)

Reports of Iran-N. Korea cooperation may be flawed

Founder of the WikiLeaks website, Julian Assange, speaks during a press conference in London, Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010. WikiLeaks revealed on Saturday previously secret files on the Iraq war, which in the biggest leak of secret information in U.S. history suggest that far more Iraqis died than previously acknowledged during the years of sectarian bloodletting and criminal violence unleashed by the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.(AP Photo/Lennart Preiss) (Associated Press)

Glenn Greenwald

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Tuesday link dump

Julian Assange

Joe Scarborough and Michael Bloomberg

Scarborough, Bloomberg, Lieberman celebrate selves

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