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  • Up Close and Personal at the State of the Union

    Clayton Armstrong’s seat at tonight’s State of the Union won’t be too shabby. While most of us will have to check it out on TV, he’ll have a slightly closer view: next to the First Lady. From the Washington Post Clayton Armstrong, a freshman at the University of Arizona, received the mind-boggling phone call as…

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  • Read/React: "If You Rebuild It, They Will Come"

    The Buzz originally caught wind of this from Kriss over on Insanity Report. Ex-NBA player cum writer Paul Shirley had some thoughts on the Haitian relief effort that he shared on Flip Collective. Said thoughts are in their entirety below: I do not know if what I’m about to write makes me a monster. I…

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  • Read/React: "Breitbart Pays O'Keefe's Salary"

    In the wake of James O’Keefe’s bungled wiretapping attempt on the office of Sen. Mary Landrieu, Andrew Breibart, conservative blogger extraordinaire, has claimed he has no connection to the scheme. Adam Serwer of The American Prospect takes exception with that claim Following the arrest of conservative activist James O’Keefe and three others allegedly attempting to…

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  • Like Watergate, But Dumber

    Once upon a time, there was an undercover pimp named James O’Keefe who attempted to bring ACORN down in a sting. His undercover video prompted Congress to cut ACORN’s funding, although it was later determined by an independent panel that the organization wasn’t party to systematic malfeasance. Why do we bring up O’Keefe? Because he…

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  • Blog Noir: Spending Freeze = "The Worst Idea Ever (That Didn't Come from John McCain)"

    President Obama has a plan to freeze non-discretionary spending for the next three years and Jamelle of PostBourgie thinks that’s just about the worst idea ever. I don’t understand this at all. If there’s any portion of the federal budget that’s amenable to freezing, it’s defense spending, which eats up the vast majority of discretionary…

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  • Quick Hits: Tracking Obama's Promises

    In advance of the President’s State of the Union, The Washington Post has selected a few of the promises Obama made during the campaign and checks up on their status two years later. What are your expectations for tomorrow night’s address? Party line or a strong stance?

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  • Who *Doesn't* Get a Maybach for Their Sixteenth Birthday?

    Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs saw fit to drop 350 large on his son’s sixteenth birthday. That’s not the price of the party; that’s the price tag on the Maybach Mercedes-Benz, which came with its own driver since the son in question cannot drive. Some, like Zerlina over at Urban Politico are less-than-thrilled I’m so glad Diddy…

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  • Check It Out: "Don't Sell Out, America"

    Don’t Sell Out, America! from Jordan Peele

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  • TWiB: "Whites-Only B-Ball? Unlimited Corporate Spending? Hmmm…"

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  • Read/React: "Democrats, Get Down to Business"

    Harold Ford Jr. wrote an op/ed for The New York Times in the wake of Scott Brown’s victory in Massachusetts. SCOTT BROWN’S victory last week in the Massachusetts Senate race, following the Republican gubernatorial triumphs in New Jersey and Virginia, marked the third time in three months that the Democratic Party has lost the support…

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