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Because life is short, I try generally to avoid irrelevant joke candidacies (particularly ones whose views have a slightly sinister tinge) in this space, but it seems worth noting that the semi-coherent Jimmy McMillan of "The Rent is Too Damn High Party" fame is attempting to take his black-gloved act national. He announced his campaign […]

Moments ago, in a vote of 250 to 175 the House voted to approve a stand-alone measure to repeal the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy, paving the way for Senate action in the coming weeks. Fifteen Republicans voted for repeal, 10 more than had supported May’s vote for the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). This […]

Whatever it takes, eh, Dingy Harry? The big buzz in Washington this afternoon is over Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s warning to colleagues that they’ll be working right up until Christmas — and perhaps beyond. Word is that he’ll try to keep the Senate in session until the very last seconds before the new Congress […]

Companies doing business with Broward County got letters this week warning them: Please do not give gifts this holiday season to county staff or their family members. The letter has the subject line “Broward County’s ‘Code of Ethics — No Gift Policy” and is dated Dec. 6. It alerts recipients that the County Commissioner “recently […]

(CNN) – “Death Panels” could be back, Sarah Palin says. But this time they are not the creation of the Obama administration. No, these are the handiwork of the bipartisan debt commission, Palin says. In an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, the former Alaska governor takes aim at several of the controversial commission’s recommendations, […]

Students at Michigan State University’s James Madison College got a stern warning in their email boxes Friday warning them potential career prospects with the federal government could be jeopardized if they linked to or discussed Wikileaks content on their social media accounts, the State News reports. Officials for the college argue that linking to, or […]

White House economic adviser Larry Summers told ABC News that a failure to pass the tax cut compromise President Obama negotiated “would significantly increase the risk” of a double-dip recession. Said Summer: “If this process were to break down and a bill were not passed, downward revisions would commence.” Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire

On Monday's edition of The View, Condi Rice appeared as a guest co-host, and Joy Behar began by asking: "I have a question for you. I'm invited to the White House Christmas party this Friday. I'm very excited. I've never been before. [Applause] And I was wondering if you could tell me what I'm supposed […]