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  • Bloggingheads: Dayo Olopade and Dave Weigel

    Bloggingheads.tv catches up with Dayo and Dave post-Super Bowl.

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  • Quick Hits: Michael Steele's Confused

    From the mouth of Steele: “I don’t see stories about the internal operations of the DNC that I see about this operation. Why? Is it because Michael Steele is the chairman, or is it because a black man is chairman?” Uh, after consulting our records…we’re gonna take the former.

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  • Quick Hits: Republicans Only Publicly Hate Stimulus

    Some in the GOP get caught talking out both sides of their mouth by The Washington Times with regards to the job stimulus bill. DailyKos does a nice job of outlining the skullduggery And here’s even more quotes uncovered by the Washington Times in private letters written by Republican lawmakers seeking stimulus funds from the…

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  • Read/React: "Religious Practices on Trial in AZ"

    Found this article via one of our Twitter faves @matttbastard. Johnny Flynn of Religion Dispatches discusses the problem with outside experts in cultural matters. Below is an excerpt New Age guru and erstwhile sweat lodge expert James Arthur Ray was arrested and booked on three charges of manslaughter on February 3, 2010 in Prescott, Arizona.…

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  • So About the Devil, Pat…

    You can’t make this stuff up. Pat Robertson  allegedly lobbied on behalf of Liberia’s Charles Taylor in exchange for a gold mining contract. Taylor is currently standing trial for human rights violations. Robertson made widely publicized public statements in support of Charles Taylor in 2003. However, Chris Roslan, a spokesman for Robertson, denied to ABC…

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  • Toyota Recalls Hybrids Worldwide

    Toyotas aren’t stopping like they should and they need a bit of rehab before they hit the streets again. From The Washington Post Toyota President Akio Toyoda used extraordinary language at a press conference here to apologize for quality and safety issues that have led to the recall of more than 7 million vehicles in…

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  • DADT Disproportionately Affects Black Women

    Saw this piece on DADT over on Race Wire This story has made headline news across the world. But what we haven’t heard is, who’s really being affected by this? From The Task Force study, Black same-sex households in the United States: A report from the 2000 Census: “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” has been used…

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  • This Week in Blackness: 13 Black Truths

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  • Jackson's Doctor Charged with Involuntary Manslaughter

    Dr. Conrad Murray has been charged in Michael Jackson’s death. From CNN Murray is expected turn himself in at a courthouse near Los Angeles International Airport at 1:30 p.m. (4:30 p.m. ET). Los Angeles County prosecutors have said criminal charges related to Jackson’s death last summer would be filed Monday. Prosecutors have not said who…

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  • Meet the 'Faces of America': Mario Batali

    The Root’s editor-in-chief, Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., is launching a new PBS show that builds on the success of his African-American Lives, a series that traced the ancestry of famous black Americans. His new series, Faces of America, uses the same potent combination of traditional genealogical research and advanced DNA techniques to explore the…

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