The Daily Beast: Chas Freeman, Obama's pick to head the National Intelligence Council, has withdrawn from contention for the job. The leader of the campaign against Freeman was Steven Rosen, a former director of AIPAC awaiting trial on espionage charges, who has a long history of attacking and undermining anybody he deems hostile to Israel. 

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Taylor Marsh: Anti- middle class market games by Citigroup

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Shakesville: Number of the Day