London Guardian | Barack Obama has won passage of a tax bill through Congress that infuriated his liberal supporters, extending tax cuts for the wealthy.

Bloombger | Nigeria withdrew corruption charges against former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and companies including Halliburton Co. after the company agreed to pay a fine and repatriate funds, a spokesman for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said.

New York Times | Republican who will head the House committee that oversees domestic security is planning to open a Congressional inquiry into what he calls “the radicalization” of the Muslim community.

Washington Post | House lawmakers approved a bill Wednesday to end the “don’t ask, don’t tell” law, giving new momentum to an effort backed by President Obama

7NEWS Denver | Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin, an 18-year Army veteran from Greeley, disobeyed orders to report earlier this year to Fort Campbell in Kentucky to prepare for deployment, saying he believed the orders were illegal.

CNN | Holbrooke is the Obama administration’s special representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Washington Examiner | There was an extraordinary scene at the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize, the recipient of which was barred from attending by the Chinese government.

NaturalNews.com | Senate Bill 510 is now back in the hands of the U.S. Senate after the House hid an amendment in an appropriations bill and passed it.

Jake Tapper | The website and personal credit card information of former Gov. Sarah Palin were cyber-attacked today by Wikileaks supporters.

NY Daily News | Dick Cheney has been charged with bribery … in Nigeria.

The Hill | Sens. John Ensign (R-Nev.), Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Scott Brown (R-Mass.) introduced a bill Thursday aimed at stopping WikiLeaks by making it illegal to publish the names of military or intelligence community informants.

Washington Post | Secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton firmly shut the door on another bid for elected office Friday, saying her current job is “my last public position.”

Mother Jones | A WikiLeaks cable shows that when Spain considered a criminal case against ex-Bush officials, the Obama White House and Republicans got really bipartisan.

Reuters | Nigeria’s anti-corruption police said on Thursday they planned to file charges against Cheney in a $180 million bribery case involving a former unit of oil services firm Halliburton.

Technorati | The hopes of an entire generation of young people depend upon how Washington votes on a proposal to pass the Dream Act this week.

Time Magazine | Assange spoke about the latest tranche of documents from WikiLeak.

Washington Post | Obama will announce a two-year pay freeze for civilian federal workers Monday, according to administration sources.

Robert Wenzel | This Thanksgiving the only thing the TSA employees deserve from us is a kindly warning.

LA Times | She describes Barbara Bush as a ‘blueblood’ after the former first lady dismisses her during a Larry King interview. Laura Ingraham says she fears Republican ‘elites’ are trying to ‘knee-cap’ potential challengers.

CBS News | During his first 22 months in office, he has not granted any presidential pardons, though he has publicly pardoned four turkeys including two 45-pound gobblers this morning at a Rose Garden ceremony.

Joseph Lawler | Rep. Ron Paul has introduced the American Traveler Dignity Act.

David DeGraw | The Federal Reserve is a financial terrorism network.

Byron York | Did you know that the nation’s airports are not required to have Transportation Security Administration screeners checking passengers at security checkpoints?

CNBC | Deficit cutters struggling to make ends meet in Washington are eyeballing an unusual pot of potential revenue: back taxes owed to the government by federal employees themselves.

Reuters | The panel’s chairwoman, Democrat Zoe Lofgren, said there was “clear and convincing evidence” against Rangel, 80, from New York.

Wall Street Journal | Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has already launched a drive to eliminate $100 billion in what he calls “unnecessary costs” in the next five years.

Michael Scheuer | With mid-term voting over it is difficult to know exactly how many reliable voices and votes Tea Party issues will command in the Republican caucus beginning in January, 2011.

FT | Leaders gathering for a Group of 20 nations summit in South Korea this week will have to address persistent imbalances in global economic growth, Barack Obama said on Tuesday.

James Ostrowski | How can we find out, and find out quickly, whether the newly elected tea party senators and representatives are serious?

Jerry Mazza | Bottom line, all this mid-term election has accomplished is to change faces.

Guardian | The Tea Party movement last night wielded a huge impact on the American political process that will ensure its influence for years to come.

Bloomberg | Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke may have to renew his battle to preserve the central bank’s independence after Republican victories in yesterday’s congressional elections.

Washington’s Blog | But it is not only a matter of covering up fraud that has already happened. The government also created an environment which greatly encouraged fraud.

Gallup | The final USA Today/Gallup measure of Americans’ voting intentions for Congress shows Republicans continuing to hold a substantial lead over Democrats among likely voters.

Mail Online | An astonishing message likening the supporters of a Tea Party favourite to child molesters was left on the voicemail of a member of his team by TV reporters.

CNS News | U.S. Air Force officials wanted to keep Family Research Council President Tony Perkins from speaking at a National Prayer Luncheon in February because his organization is opposed to Obama administration issues.

Paul Bonneau | Since virtually all races for some position in government are between two statist or easily-corruptible candidates, and since you get no benefit from voting in such a race, we can eliminate from consideration almost all of these races.

Brad Blog | The North Carolina Republican Party has now filed suit against the State Board of Elections “alleging that touch-screen machines are thwarting efforts by voters to cast Republican ballots.”

Rasmussen Reports | Most Americans don’t have much use for either of the major political parties and think it would be better to dump the entire Congress on Election Day.

Las Vegas Sun | So says Cleta Mitchell, the same woman who tried to get Scott Ashjian, the Tea Party of Nevada candidate out of the race, in an astonishing fundraising letter.

Canada Free Press | Arizona and Colorado are reporting massive voter fraud perpetrated by the Marxist groups Mi Familia Vota and One Vote Arizona.

MPR News | The FBI’s files on Paul and Sheila Wellstone, many of which are being made public for the first time, shed new light on the extent of the relationship between the FBI and the political activist who would go on to become a U.S. senator from Minnesota.

EconomicPolicyJournal.com | …and pretty much acknowledges that it’s a confidence scam.

Fox News | Voter Joyce Ferrara said when they went to vote for Republican Sharron Angle, her Democratic opponent, Sen. Harry Reid’s name was already checked.

Washington Times | Obama’s nominee for deputy secretary of state has earned more than $8 million in salary and bonuses since January 2009 as an executive at a Wall Street bank that received a federal bailout.

CNSNews.com | The U.S. Treasury has needed to borrow money to pay Social Security benefits in 15 out of the last 25 months on record because the Social Security system was in deficit in those months.

Washington Post | The federal bailout for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could double in size during the next three years, according to projections from the companies’ federal regulator.

Saynsumthn’s Blog | Planned Parenthood was founded by a member of the American Eugenics Society who admitted that she gave Klan Speeches — her name is Margaret Sanger.

The Daily Bail | Foreclosure law is normally handled by states, so this feels like political posturing set to coincide with the end of the moratorium.

Nicholas Ballasy | Howard Dean said “there is a racist fringe” in the Tea Party movement which the “news media hypes up” and compared the movement to the supporters of his 2004 campaign for president.