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Obama Sings Onstage At The Apollo
While Republicans debated in South Carolina Thursday, Barack Obama attended fundraisers in Manhattan and sang Al Green's "Let's Stay Together" to an enthusiastic Apollo Theater crowd.
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The Atlantic's Politics Reporter Complains CNN Won't Let Her Into Tonight's Debate
The Atlantic's Molly Ball says she is being excluded from Thursday's CNN Debate. Marginal Republican candidates Buddy Roemer and Gary Johnson, who have struggled to get on stage at the debates, immediately express sympathy.
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The Web Marks SOPA/PIPA Protest Day
For posterity, a look at how some famous websites are participating in the January 18th protest, or not.
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Michelle Obama's Birthday Restaurant Has Occupy-Themed Burger Menu
The Obamas are celebrating Michelle's birthday with friends at BLT Steak in Washington, DC this evening. The restaurant recently introduced "The 99%" burger (american cheese, wonder bread) and "The 1%" burger (foie gras, kobe beef and gold leaf).
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What The Men Who Would Be President Are Really Thinking
As interpreted by us.
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The Back Cover Of The Midnight In Paris DVD Is A Crime Against English
A pet peeve: "This is a romantic comedy set in Paris about a family that goes there because of business, and two young people who are engaged to be married in the fall, have experiences there that change their lives. It's about a young man's great love for a city, Paris, and the illusion people have that a life different from theirs would be much better."
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Huffington Post Twitter Feed Got Hacked
The widely followed Twitter account @HuffingtonPost has been posting homophobic and strange messages Sunday afternoon. One tweet attributes the hacking to the "New York Post."
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The 18 Best Responses To Romney's Dog-On-The-Roof Incident
Give a dog a bone! Mitt Romney notoriously strapped his Irish Setter, Seamus, to the roof of his car for a 12-hour drive to the family cottage in Canada. The Internet tends to remember stuff like that.
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The New Birthers Ask: Are Newt And Mitt Half-Black?
A veteran of the Obama Birther movement claims Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney have black fathers. "Nobody on the planet names their children Leroy except black people, just like nobody on the planet names their sons Hector except Hispanic people." Yes, these people are insane.
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Why Are None Of The Republican Candidates Quitting?
Take a hint! Mitt Romney has won both the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary, but only Michele Bachmann has dropped out. Here's why the rest of them might be hanging on...
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Newt Gingrich, His Wife & A Gigantic Fake Elephant
Straight from Newt's official YouTube channel: A surreal moment on Fox & Friends last October.
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ESPN Panders To Law Nerds
The BCS Championship headline on the main college football page is a sop to law geeks everywhere. As for the rest of you, look it up!
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GOP Dirty Trickster: "In Our Party, We Like Corporate Greed."
In a panel discussion on New York's local news channel NY1, veteran GOP controversialist Roger Stone, Jr. tries out a new defense of Mitt Romney's affection for firing people. Thanks Roger!
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Mitt Romney Pulls A Rick James
Mitt Romney's inexplicable fibbing at yesterday's debate recalls the greatest entertainer of our time.
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Politics ≠ Beanbag
In the past week, both Mitt Romney and John McCain have felt the need to explain this to Newt Gingrich.
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Dogs In Camelot
Via the National Archives, the young Kennedy family with a passel of hounds.
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Eight Is Enough
Early Wednesday morning, Mitt Romney was declared the winner of the Iowa caucuses by eight votes. That's right, eight.
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O Face
As the votes come in, Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney and Ron Paul all have 23% in the Iowa caucuses tonight. Wonder what the Obamas are thinking...
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Murdoch Twittergate: A Theory
How did a fake twitter account get verified for Wendi Deng? And why is Rupert Murdoch's account so sketchy? A speculative theory.
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2 Campaign Posters David Axelrod Won't Be Able To Resist
A little free advice for the reelect. The images are from the White House's photostream on Flickr; the captions are fictional, including everything in quotation marks, and are certainly not endorsed by the Obama campaign (or anyone).
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