Tuesday Open Thread

WSJ: Behind the Christmas Eve taxpayer massacre at Fannie and Freddie

ABC: IRS to Start Regulating Paid Tax Preparers

Baltimore Sun: Democrats may side-step conference committee on ObamaCare

Hot Air: Mayo Clinic dropping Medicare patients

WSJ: Iran Plans Large-Scale War Games

WaPo: U.S. broadens criteria for investigating foreigners on terrorism watch lists

Sloan D. Gibson: Mission Essential For Those In Uniform

Don Surber: The 2009 Carnegie Medal heroes