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Chachi Catches Heat for Throwing First Lady Shade
Scott Baio, who somehow has time in his busy schedule to tweet, has been the target of Twitter hate after a tweet concerning First Lady Michelle Obama. From Popeater The actor, a staunch Republican, tweeted an unflattering photo of Obama and asked, “WOW He wakes up to this every morning.” Before long, he was receiving…
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Telethon Won't Let Kanye Be Great!
In honor of Kanye and his blog style, The Buzz will write this post IN ALL CAPS. AFTER HIS MTV SHENANIGANS AND CONSIDERING THE LAST TIME HE WAS ON A TELELTHON, GEORGE CLOONEY AND MTV DECLINED TO ALLOW KANYE WEST TO BE GREAT AT THE TELETHON RAISING MONEY FOR HAITIAN RELIEF. FROM NEW YORK MAGAZINE…
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Check It Out: Playwright Hopes Quake Can Unite Island
Found this clip over on Urban Daily. Playwright David Wright, author of Platanos and Collard Greens, is hoping the tragedy in Haiti can unite the island’s Haitian and Dominican populations
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Hillary Clinton Stands Up For Internet Diplomacy
Addressing an international crowd at the Newseum in Washington, the United States’ shrine to a free press and an open society, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivered a landmark speech on internet freedoms and digital democracy. She announced a $15 billion committment to helping developing and developed nations around the world empower citizens—especially young people…
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Supreme Court Fights for Rich People's Rights!
For years, federal campaign spending limits prevented corporations from influencing elections. Those days are over. Today, the Supreme Court has rolled back campaign spending limits for corporations. Now, after years of persecution, corporations can spending freely to support or oppose candidates for President or Congress. From The AP: By a 5-4 vote, the court on…
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Read/ React: "How to Help Rebuild Haiti"
Over on Foreign Policy, five experts tackle the question of what needs to be done to rebuild Haiti. A snippet from each below: Paul Collier and Jean-Louis Warnholz – “Endow a Multibillion-Dollar Haiti Fund” In Haiti, neither relief nor reconstruction will be enough: Restoration should not be the goal. The earthquake is not the first…
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Prez Blames Economic Pain for Senate Loss
Why’d Scott Brown win? President Obama explained his theory Wednesday. From The Washington Post President Obama on Wednesday blamed the Democrats’ stunning loss of their filibuster-proof majority in the Senate on his administration’s failure to give voice to the economic frustrations of the middle class, a disconnect that White House aides vowed to quickly address…
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How Martha Coakley Saved Barack Obama
Any Massachusetts voter who pulled the lever for Sen. John McCain in 2008 and Republican Senator-elect Scott Brown in 2010 is on pretty firm ground. They didn’t want Obama then—and they don’t want him now. Voters who chose President Barack Obama but went for Brown in this week’s special election just canceled out their own…
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Is Consumer Protection the Public Option of Finance Reform?
The political world’s atwitter speculating about what the Democratic debacle in Massachusetts will mean for health insurance reform. But the rapidly diminishing fortunes of the Senate Democrats are already evident in a quieter, yet equally consequential policy debate: Whether—and how—Washington will ensure that Joe the Consumer gets a fair shake from the big banks. The…