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Did You Have an Off-the-Record Lunch With the President Today?
Because David Gergen, Jon Meacham, Howard Fineman, Mike Allen, Josh Marshall, David Brooks, and Gail Collins did! Also: Mara Liasson, who works for NPR and the Fox News Channel that Obama wants to destroy. More »#campaigns
DNC Failed to Tell Anyone How to Vote For Gay Marriage
This should surprise no one but Obama's campaign organization, which has swallowed the DNC, failed to do any organizing for the Maine gay marriage vote, though it did email Maine volunteers asking them to make calls for Jon Corzine. More »#breaking1 Confirmed Dead in Florida Mass Shooting, Shooter In Custody
With possibly 8 people shot and 2 dead (authorities confirm 1 dead and 5 shot), police have locked down downtown Orlando, Florida, looking for Jason Rodriguez, who shot up an office building earlier today. Update: Rodriguez has been apprehended. More »#dailyshowThe Coming War for Glenn Beck's Internal Organs
On last night's Daily Show, Jon Stewart performed a bravura 8-and-a-half minute monologue in the style of Glenn Beck on the subject of Glenn Beck's appendicitis.
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#recession
Conde Nast Cancels Christmas Lunch, Hires Crisis Flack
Si Newhouse (pictured, above) canceled Conde Nast's famous Christmas lunch for the second year in a row, and then—uh oh—then he hired a crisis management flack. Did Details dump toxic waste in Peru? More »#pagans
Pagan Wins Council Seat!
Hah, the Republican pagan won in Queens. Breaking! What does that say about the mood of the electorate, exactly? (That they dislike Asians, maybe?) More »#torture
Italian Court Holds Mock Trial For CIA
An Italian court has convicted 22 CIA operatives and one Air Force colonel of kidnapping. The CIA grabbed Egyptian imam Abu Omar in Milan and flew him to Egypt to be tortured. This is "illegal" under Italian "law." More »#winners
What Yesterday's Elections Actually Mean For Barack Obama
We told you about Mike, and about The Gays, but there were a couple other elections that news people are talking about today. These were, obviously, early referenda on Barack Obama, and he lost. More »#losersWhoops, Barack Obama Forgot to Care About the Gays Again
Congratulations to the National Organization For Marriage, a group dedicated to making sure a large segment of the population cannot get married, on their successful campaign to scare people in Maine. More »#winners
Mike Bloomberg Wins!
Brilliant executive, richest man in town, and beloved mayor-for-life Mike Bloomberg joins Ed Koch, Fiorello LaGuardia, and Robert Wagner (not the actor) in the third-termers massive failure lame duck mayor club! More »#foxnewsFox Getting Something Wrong Clip of the Weekend
NY-23 update: remember how the Republican dropped out because national movement conservatives smeared her as an abortion-loving socialist? Fox spent two days reporting that she then endorsed the Conservative Party candidate. That is the opposite of the truth. More »#politics
Paper: Obama Secretly Accomplishing Things
Did you know that while you have been bitching about stuff and giggling at that one lazy SNL sketch that Barack Obama has kinda quietly accomplished many good liberal things? The Wall Street Journal noticed! More »#elections
Your Off-Year Election Guide
The only race tomorrow that will have anything to do with national political trends is a tiny congressional district in upstate New York. But there are other races that everyone will talk about as if they mean something. More »#endorsementsGawker Endorsement: Don't Vote for Bloomberg
Tomorrow is Election Day! You will probably not vote, because there are no contested races for anything important in 90% of the nation. But if you are a New Yorker, we have one message: don't vote for Michael Bloomberg.
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#politics
Today In Fiscal Conservativism
Rural Democrats refused to have the House version of the public option reimburse providers with rates tied to Medicare, because Medicare underpays rural hospitals and doctors. Guess what they did for urban hospitals, though! More »#viduhohBill O'Reilly Dresses as Vampire, Argues with Whoopi Goldberg
What the hell was going on on The View today?! Bill O'Reilly was dressed as Count Floyd. Barbara Walters was possibly Lydia Deetz. O'Reilly argued with Whoopi about his book. Then O'Reilly got booed for dissing Rosie. But... why? More »#infinitesummer
Scandal: Bill Before Congress Is Long, Complicated
Did you hear the breaking news? Nancy Pelosi's socialist health care bill is almost as long as Infinite Jest! And that means it is bad. It is a bad bill, because good bills are short. More »#explainerWhat Is Joe Lieberman's Plan, Exactly?
You have heard, probably, about how Connecticut Senator Joe "Wallace Wimple" Lieberman inserted himself into the health care debate by announcing that he'd join a Republican filibuster against Harry Reid's bill. But no one has explained why!
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#columnists
Dowd: Just Let Girly Obama Be a Manly Man!
What do you do when you write a million columns unsubtly disparaging a man as feminine, and then it turns out that he talks sports and golfs exclusively with men? If you're Maureen Dowd, you just crank out another column. More »#literature
Sarah Palin Is Finally a Regular Jus'-Folks Millionaire
Sarah Palin received at least $1.25 million to write her chapter book, Goin' Rogue, Also: An American Tail. If that is it, it is much less than Tina Fey got, which is amusing. More »#liesMichael Moore Shamelessly Tells Exaggerated Anecdote On Late-Night Talk Show
Fat propagandist Michael Moore told Jimmy Kimmel that he consumed tequila with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez at 2 AM. Socialists are furious! More »#civilityArnold's Secret Message to Legislature: F—k You
This is a real-life, genuine letter from California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to the Sate Assembly, announcing his intention to veto a harmless bill that would've financed the Port of San Francisco. As you can see, it spells out "Fuck You."
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#humor
Jonah Goldberg's Funny Joke About Affordable Housing
The UN Human Rights Council has a special rapporteur investigating affordable housing conditions in New York, which is depressing, frankly, unless you are Jonah Goldberg, in which case it is hilarious. More »#sigh
Glenn Beck Warns of Imaginary Fox News Ban
This Glenn Beck tweet links to a blog that has misread a piece of obvious (and terrible) satire, penned by a right-wing talk radio producer. Just like he did last week. They don't even get the unfunny jokes they make themselves! More »#heroes
Senator Roland Burris: 'This is the Meat That Caused Us Political Scientists to Even Exist'
So. What is crazy accidental Illinois Senator Roland Burris up to, these days? Oh, just Senate stuff, you know. Talking about health care. Giving speeches. Asking utterly insane questions at pointless hearings about imaginary Czars. More »#gameshows
DeLay Continues World's Saddest Media Rehabilitation Campaign
Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay will appear on any low-rent TV show that will take him. On Dancing With The Stars he was at least given the dignity of competing as one of the "stars," but not on Millionaire. More »#congress
Here Is What Is Going On With Health Care
Everyone is acting like the Health Care negotiations have become crazy and impossible to figure out but that is a lie. Where we are at right now is quite simple. More »#campaigns
Newt Gingrich Still Running For President
A grown man who is currently reenacting the Battle of Trenton on Twitter thinks he could be president in 2012. More »
