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Bush Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin is still considering a proposal to create a free, porn-free Internet, according to today's Wall Street Journal. Martin was Deputy General Counsel for the Bush-Cheney 2000 recount.

The president-elect chose former campaign rival Clinton as secretary of state, and said Gates would remain as defense secretary, making Bush's Pentagon chief his own as he seeks to wind down the U.S. role in Iraq.

Miami judge rules against Florida's ban on adoptions by gay people, finds 'no rational basis'

US elected officials scored abysmally on a test measuring their civic knowledge, with an average grade of just 44 percent, the group that organized the exam said.

New York Sen. Hillary Clinton has accepted an offer to become secretary of state. Obama tapped New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson for U.S. secretary of commerce, and New York Federal Reserve President Timothy Geithner has been asked to serve as Treasury secretary.

How clueless can Sarah Palin be? Come on! Beheading turkeys + news conference = bad idea.

U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey collapsed while delivering a speech on national security at a hotel in Washington on Thursday, CNN reported.

Speaking in Arabic, al-Zawahri uses the term "abeed al-beit," which literally translates as "house slaves." But al-Qaida supplied English subtitles of his speech that included the translation as "house negroes."

A South Texas grand jury has indicted Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on charges related to the alleged abuse of prisoners in Willacy County's federal detention centers.

And other obvious truths that shouldn’t need proving.

Hillary Clinton plans to accept the job of secretary of state offered by Barack Obama, who is reaching out to former rivals to build a broad coalition administration, the Guardian has learned.

11/15/08 Scott McClellan on C-SPAN Book TV

A South Carolina Roman Catholic priest advised his prishoners to refrain from communion if they vote for Obama!

Network runs correction on air after reporting an adviser to John McCain had identified himself as the source of an embarrassing story about Sarah Palin, information stemming from a hoax.

"I regret saying some things I shouldn't have said, like 'Dead or Alive' and 'Bring 'em on.' " Uh, how about the 1,000 other retarded comments you made?!

Joe Lieberman has launched deeply partisan attacks on President-elect Barack Obama, questioning his patriotism and fitness to lead. Lieberman should not be allowed remain chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee or any other committee within the Democratic caucus. That's why Lieberman Must Go!

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican congressman from Georgia said Monday he fears that President-elect Obama will establish a Gestapo-like security force to impose a Marxist or fascist dictatorship.

By: Ian Welsh Monday November 10, 2008 3:30 pm Apparently Bernanke, that wonderful bipartisan soul who is so competent and wonderful that everyone in the village thinks Obama should leave him in charge is refusing to identify who got almost 2 trillion dollars of Fed cash. Bloomberg News is suing to find out. Personal

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