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See that flag? It is the state flag of Wisconsin. On the top there is the name of the state, "Wisconsin," and on the bottom is the year that Wisconsin was admitted to the union. More »
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In the next decade, President Obama wants to raise America's college graduation rate to 60%. Currently, just over 40% of Americans aged 25-34 have college degrees. That means a lot of new college students will have to be added to the system, and soon. In fact, there is no hope of this being achieved. More »
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Justin Bieber and President Obama descend simultaneously on Manhattan tonight, for the second time in six moths. Coincidence… or conspiracy? Seriously: Has anyone ever seen Justin Bieber and Obama in the same room together? More »
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Here's a note an Occupy Wall Street protester handed President Obama in New Hampshire today—it's apparently a transcript of what protesters shouted during the middle of his speech. Obama should consider a manicure if he's gonna be reading more tiny notes in front of cameras. More »
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Hey guys, the Secret Service just wanted to know how a bullet wound up being fired through a White House window. No biggie! The bulletproof glass made sure the bullet didn't go inside the White House, but all the same, they'd really like to know how it got there. More »
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The Wall Street Journal reports that Bill Daley, the man hired 10 months ago to turn the S.S. Obama around following the disastrous 2010 elections, is "shifting core responsibilities." Translation: He's being sidelined into a comfy "ambassadorial" position where he can't muck things up further for the beleaguered administration. More »
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At precisely 2 p.m. ET on Wednesday, November 9th, FEMA will conduct the first ever test of a Presidential Emergency Alert System — a nationwide public warning system that, according to the FCC, "requires broadcasters, cable television systems, wireless cable systems, satellite digital audio radio service providers, and direct broadcast satellite providers to provide the communications capability to the President to address the American public during a national emergency." Yikes. The original test was planned to run over three minutes — much longer than the ear-piercing localized tests you're already used to — but the test has been reduced to 30 seconds after many jittery people made a stink. Why? More »
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As certified by his physician, President Obama is "tobacco-free," just like an herbal cigarette. He weighs a healthy 181 pounds, is physically active, eats healthy, and "on occasion drinks alcohol in moderation," which makes him a very bad Muslim. More »
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A federal government crackdown has issued shutdown notices to 16 California marijuana dispensaries — part of a larger effort by the Obama administration to curb the fast-spreading weed trade, which now makes finding some indica easier than a Venti latte. More »
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Today, President Obama was asked today what he thought of Gossip Girl star Penn Badgley (oh, and thousands of others) marching against corporate greed and economic inequality at the Occupy Wall Street protests. He thinks they are "expressing their frustrations." More »
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On tonight's Daily Show, Jon Stewart broke down yesterday's GOP debate and the media's post-showdown coverage. Many pundits predicted Rick Perry's campaign would suffer after he called Social Security a ponzi scheme. But it didn't, and Stewart explained why: "All due respect to both Romney and the citizens of Talking Headsylvania, but you're up against something you're too smart to understand." At least "President Perry" is alliterative. More »
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An alarm brought firefighters to Blue Heron Farm — the $50,000-a-week, 28.5 acre property on Martha's Vineyard where the Obamas have spent their summer vacations since 2009 — early Tuesday morning. More »
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A photo posted to the official White House Flickr stream contained within it — as identified by the eagle eyes of Politico's Josh Gerstein — a single morsel of Nicorette chewing gum sitting on the Oval Office desk. The past weeks of debt ceiling tsuris would have broken far stronger men, however, so we should perhaps give thanks that the strongest thing the president's been craving lately is a Marlboro Red. [White House Flickr via Vulture] More »
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After a marathon Congressional dick-measuring contest the likes of which Washington has rarely seen, President Obama has announced that a budget deal has at last been reached. It would both cut $1 trillion in government spending over the next decade, as well as raise the borrowing limit, aka the "debt ceiling," in time to avoid a dreaded default and all of its apocalyptic implications. The proposal goes to both sides' caucuses tomorrow morning for a vote before Tuesday's deadline. I just love a happy ending! Unless, of course, it doesn't get voted through — in which case, maybe there was more to that old coot Harold Camping's rescheduled doomsday prognosis than we were willing to admit. [NYT, President's speech via AP] More »
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"People this pathetically insane should not be allowed to drive," writes the Reddit user who took this photo (outside a DMV in Salem, Ore.), but that's just another big-government liberal trying to tell us all what to do. Because, first of all, what's pathetic about covering your ancient camper with extended political screeds? And second of all, what's insane about thinking that Obama is Satan, and also gay? Now, there is a lot to digest here, so take your time, but it's probably best to check out the full-sized photo, which contains appropriately apocalyptic clouds. We're off to find a Bible so we can look up the verse "You will know queer Obama by his fruits." (Is it in Numbers?) [Reddit via Wonkette] More »
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Today was Obama's big Twitter debut. He sent his first tweet during a "Twitter Townhall" at the White House, and through the power of social media, he connected with everyday Americans like John Boehner and Times Columnist Nick Kristoff. More »
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Mark Halperin, the always-wrong journopundit who serves as a frequent MSNBC talking head, was on Morning Joe this morning—where, naturally, he was whining about how mean the president was to the simpering DC press corps during his press conference yesterday. "Are we on the seven second delay? I wanted to characterize how I thought the president behaved," said Halperin, setting up what you knew would be one whopper of a funny joke. More »
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Abortion bans! Mouse hemophilia! Diabetes growth! Botox alternative! HIV testing! Undercover patients! Drug warnings! Weight loss! And having AIDS just got a little harder! It's your Monday Health Watch, where we watch your health—dangerously! More »
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Minutes before midnight, after a landslide House vote of 250-153, President Obama signed legislation backing a four-year extension on the controversial USA PATRIOT Act. (Did you know that's an acronym for Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism? Now you do.) Yay, habeas corpus denials, warrantless searches and carte blanche wiretapping! Four more years! Four more years! More »
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Let's get one thing straight right up front: wealthy white American male Republican and Fox Business Network TV personality Eric Bolling is not racist. Eric Bolling wants to make that perfectly clear. That said, he is kind of racist. More »
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All the world may want a peek at the Osama bin Laden execution photos, but sorry, sickies — you'll just have to settle for a second-hand account from Sen. James Inhofe and his Cryptkeeper-like attention to gruesome detail. But nowhere in the reams of analysis of the president's decision to withhold the pictures did the following, unlikely factor enter into the discussion: Obama was just trying to prevent someone from Photoshopping Princess Beatrice's stupid hat onto Bin Laden's dead head. More »
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On tonight's Chuck, a character heads to a shooting range holding his "favorite target" — a picture of Bin Laden with gun sights on his head and chest. Mere coincidence? Or was this assassination brought to you by Subway? [Deadline] More »
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Today, while struggling with the acceptable amount of happiness to feel over the death of Bin Laden, you may have stumbled across a strikingly apropos quote attributed to Martin Luther King, Jr. More »
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In your fine Friday media column: the White House press office bitches about petty things, Bloomberg View and Grantland reveal their rosters, the WSJ gets a new money editor, and the media's Royal Wedding conundrum is unsolvable. More »
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"It has layers" would be a great tag line for a new line of frozen baclava. But now it's the zombie chant of idiot internet detectives who believe they found proof that Obama's birth certificate is fake while goofing around on the computer at work. This shit's never gonna end. More »
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You know who's a real bastard? Bill Sammon, the Washington managing editor of Fox News. As the guy whose job it is to direct Fox News' political "coverage," we expect him to be a huge hypocrite about his own company, and to specifically direct his "news" anchors to use Republican talking points on various controversial issues. It kind of goes along with the job. More »
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Hillary Clinton's chief spokesman P.J. Crowley has resigned abruptly after a blogger quoted him candidly criticizing the "mistreatment" of alleged Wikileaks whistleblower Bradley Manning as "ridiculous and counterproductive and stupid." This evidently pissed off the White House because it let Jake Tapper ask Obama an embarrassing question about Manning at a press conference. Crowley is out amid "pressure from White House officials because of controversial comments he made last week about the Bradley Manning case," according to CNN. More »
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Michelle Obama claims that President Obama hasn't smoked a cigarette in "almost a year." That's frightening news. If he hasn't been smoking while dealing with this Egyptian crisis, then something's wrong with him. More »
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Bill O'Reilly interviewed Obama on Fox News a few minutes ago. The discussion ranged from football, to football, to football, to football. They even talked a little about football. No, actually, they talked about health care, too. More »
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Remember when Obama said a transition from Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's government had to begin "now"? Looks like he really meant now. The White House is reportedly talking to Cairo about a plan that would have Mubarak resign immediately. More »
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His helicopter snowed-in, Obama had to take a motorcade from the military base to the White House after Air Force One landed today. It took a whole hour! Meanwhile, Joe Biden was speeding along in a snowmobile, mowing down pedestrians. More »
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After the recent state dinner to celebrate U.S.-China relations, The Tonight Show cut a video of the head of state and "the red dragon himself" fighting crime together. I knew Barack had some nice moves... More »
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In a post-fight interview, UFC fighter Jacob Volkmann was asked who he wanted to fight next. "Obama," he said. "Someone's got to knock some sense into that idiot." The next week he was questioned by the Secret Service. More »
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On last night's Mythbusters, our beleaguered commander in chief visited to lay down a gauntlet for Jamie and Adam. Their task? Build a working version of Archimedes' solar ray to defeat terrorism... or teach kids about science or something. More »
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Our president has some anger management problems! This is a short clip from The Tonight Show that takes advantage of some good editing. Slapstick, still effective! More »
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President Obama apparently took an elbow to the face during his basketball game today and was left needing 12 stitches for his lip. Can't wait for this to be used as a clunky metaphor in Op-Ed pages across the country! More »
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First-year featured SNL cast member Jay Pharoah is best known for his impressions, if that hasn't been obvious to viewers already. Upon his arrival, many debated whether he would take the Obama impersonation mantle from Fred Armisen. Watch! Should he? More »
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Jamie Foxx got on Lopez Tonight to talk proposition 19. Not in a constructive way, no, but about his pot habits and how the president must smoke pot, because he's always so smooth. Pot makes you smooth, kids! Video inside: More »
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Besides the usual Reagan touting and jowl jiggling, Newt Gingrich was almost tolerable on this morning's GMA. Official Newt Opinion: Obama can, in fact, "pull a Clinton" and reemerge from midterm election mayhem. More »
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