8 hours ago in Arts & Entertainment - On Monday, flanked by Secret Service, Michelle Obama accompanied daughters Malia and Sasha to their first day of school at Chelsea Clinton's alma mater, Sidwell Friends. The Obamas arrived in D.C. more than two weeks ahead of the inauguration so ...

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12 hours ago in News & Current Events - This is it! January 5, 2009: the beginning of the Obama presidency. He is on TV fixing the economy, making tough decisions, being presidential, and the inauguration is just a formality now. Even... ...

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13 hours ago in News & Current Events - Oh no! Another Clintonite will ruin Barack Obama's change forever! Clinton Chief-of-Staff Leon Panetta will be your new CIA director. Panetta advised Obama on various transition hiring decisions, so... ...

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13 hours ago in News & Current Events - Whats going on with Twitter? First Fox News gets hacked, then Britney Spears. Is no one safe from this epidemic? Well, yes, in fact — everyone who doesn't click on crazy emails that claim to... ...

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14 hours ago in News & Current Events - newVideoPlayer("/sketchy_conf_Richardon.flv", 506, 423,"");Bill Richardson was going to be our new commerce secretary, but now he's not going to be that thing, because of some ongoing investigation... ...

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1 days ago in News & Current Events - "David Axelrod, a senior adviser, and Robert Gibbs, the press secretary, were plainly excited at being aboard one of the presidential planes for the first time... [Obama] ordered a cheeseburger,... ...

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1 days ago in News & Current Events - Hey, Washington! The Obamas are coming to town, and their daughters, Malia and Sasha, start school tomorrow at Sidwell Friends, Chelsea Clinton's alma mater. Why Sidwell? For the privacy. Yeah, good... ...

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1 days ago in News & Current Events - Barack Obama's pick as Commerce Secretary, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, has withdrawn his name after a new political scandal erupted in his home state. CDR Financial Products, a firm which... ...

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2 days ago in News & Current Events - Barack Obama's YouTube presidency is off to a silky-smooth start in his first weekly video address of 2009. But whats this he's saying about "American recovery and reinvestment? What it really... ...

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3 days ago in News & Current Events - "A spokeswoman for Obama said the president-elect would probably not attend any of the Leather Weekend events." That is a real sentence from a real news story. Apparently, during the weekend... ...

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4 days ago in News & Current Events - This guy named "Chip" who is friends with Mike Huckabee mailed a CD to some friends with a terrible song called "Barack the Magic Negro" on it, and now he will lead the Republican party. The song is... ...

tags: politics, barack obama, chip saltsman, mike huckabee, music, racism, republicans

4 days ago in News & Current Events - Since President Bush said he couldn't stay at the White House's secure guest residence  per tradition, Barack Obama will this weekend move into a secure Washington DC hotel. The Secret... ...

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4 days ago in News & Current Events - With more and more Americans out on the street, one black Chicago family, forced to move to Washington DC but denied entrance to their temporary shelter, found a place to stay this cold January. The... ...

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4 days ago in News & Current Events - Here is your year-end recap of "The Year in Politics," as half-remembered by a tired drunk, on New Year's Eve. We didn't make it a "list" or give it an "angle." Hero of the Year In October, a young... ...

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5 days ago in News & Current Events - Here is your year-end recap of "The Year in Politics," as half-remembered by a tired drunk, on New Year's Eve. We didn't make it a "list" or give it an "angle." Hero of the Year In October, a young McCain volunteer named Ashley Todd told police in ...

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5 days ago in Arts & Entertainment - We hope this happens! A source close to Jennifer Hudson has said that the Oscar winner may perform the Star Spangled Banner at Barack Obama's inauguration on January 20th. It would be her first public performance/appearance since the horrific ...

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5 days ago in News & Current Events - With more and more Americans out on the street, one black Chicago family, forced to move to Washington DC but denied entrance to their temporary shelter, found a place to stay this cold January. The Bushes wouldn't let the Obamas stay at the Blair ...

tags: housing crisis, barack obama, the obamas, washington dc

5 days ago in Technology & Software - We’ve previously speculated about how President-elect Obama will use his massive social media influence to garner support for his initiatives once in The White House. And during the transition, the politician has already demonstrated some of ...

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5 days ago in Arts & Entertainment - Disgraced Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich has sent a big "eff you" to U.S. Senate Democratic leadership and named political consultant Roland Burris as Barack Obama's Senate replacement. Though controversial, naming a replacement is still well ...

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5 days ago in News & Current Events - Since President Bush said he couldn't stay at the White House's secure guest residence  per tradition, Barack Obama will this weekend move into a secure Washington DC hotel. The Secret Service seems nervous. After all, the ...

tags: that s elitist, barack obama, feuds, housing, white house, wtf