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Politico’s Dylan Byers neatly sums up the reaction, or lack thereof, to the news that Fox News chief Roger Ailes used a Fox contributor to pitch a presidential run to David Petraeus in 2011: No one seemed to believe that Ailes had breached media ethics.

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On last night’s edition of  Cam & Company  on National Rifle Association News, host Cam Edwards and guest Jim Geraghty of the National Review Online baselessly attacked the methodology of a  bipartisan poll  that showed voters in Virginia, Colorado, and North Carolina trusted President Obama more on gun policy than Mitt Romney.

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Welcome to The Morning Pride, ThinkProgress LGBT’s daily round-up of the latest in LGBT policy, politics, and some culture too! Here’s what we’re reading this morning, but please let us know what stories you’re following as well. Follow us all day on Twitter at @ TPEquality .

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Oklahoma Judge Mike Norman has an unusual approach to sentencing — just don’t worry about the First Amendment : Oklahoma Judge Mike Norman believes an alternative to incarceration is requiring people to attend church for a mandatory stretch of time.

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The  NY Times isn’t the only major publication going apocalypti c on climate change. New Scientist has a new dedicated issue that makes the Times’ stories seem down-right Pollyannish

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As is annual tradition, President Obama used his constitutionally granted pardon power the day before Thanksgiving to save one lucky turkey . But thus far, the turkey is the only recipient of a presidential pardon in 2012. Although the Constitution confers on the president the power to “grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States,” a recent ProPublica report found that he had exercised that power more rarely than any president in modern history

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At least 37 states will fall under single-party control come January, with one party holding the governor’s office and majorities in both legislative chambers, the New York Times reports, “raising the prospect that bold partisan agendas — on both ends of the political spectrum — will flourish over the next couple of years.” As a result of November’s election, 24 states will be completely controlled by Republicans, while at least 13 states will be Democratic. Power will be divided evenly in just 12 capitals — the fewest since 1952. Democrats won more of “the roughly 6,000 state legislative seats that were up for grabs,” adding “more than 150 legislative seats.” The New York Times offers this graphic of party control in the states since 1938:

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Rush Limbaugh attacked workers planning on striking this holiday season, claiming they’re “never happy” and saying that he has “always been opposed to compromise with them.” But the workers have valid concerns, including complaints of retaliation over requests for fair pay and affordable health care.

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Fox News tried to undermine President Obama’s tax plan by pushing six debunked tax myths in advance of negotiations on how to avoid a series of automatic tax increases and spending cuts. In reality, Obama’s proposal to let tax cuts for wealthy Americans expire will grow the economy and is supported by a majority of Americans. Will Obama’s Tax Plan Send The Economy “Off A Cliff?

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Three Fox hosts have allowed Congressman Allen West (R-FL) to repeat his unsubstantiated allegations that election official wrongdoing led to his failing bid to retain his seat. The Fox hosts not only failed to push back on West’s legally unfounded position, but neglected to report that these complaints are about Florida election system problems that have been ignored or exacerbated by the state GOP

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