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tea time
June 2, 2010
Kentucky State Senate Calls Rand Paul Unamerican
Ouch.
By
Dan Amira
society bradlees
June 2, 2010
Sally Quinn ‘Burst Into Tears’ When Her Son’s Friends Got Into Harvard and He Didn’t
A ‘Vanity Fair’ report about the society doyenne contains some pretty scathing material.
By
Chris Rovzar
early and often
June 2, 2010
What Did We Learn From Alabama Yesterday?
The lessons from yesterday’s primaries.
By
Dan Amira
cleaning up
June 1, 2010
White House Announces Criminal Probe Into BP Over Spill
“If laws were broken, leading to death and destruction, my solemn pledge is, we will bring those responsible to justice.”
By
Chris Rovzar
secrets of the white house
May 28, 2010
Bill Clinton Tried to Seduce Joe Sestak for the White House
All they offered him was an unpaid advisory position, though.
By
Dan Amira
ballsy bloggers
May 28, 2010
Blogger Finally Proves That He and Nikki Haley … Talked on the Phone
This is unbearable.
By
Dan Amira
status cuomo
May 27, 2010
Andrew Cuomo Looks Forward to a Functioning New York
Can he really “reinvent government”?
By
Dan Amira
early and often
May 27, 2010
Richard Blumenthal Doing Just Fine
Voters don’t really care about the Vietnam stuff.
By
Dan Amira
tea time
May 27, 2010
Rand Paul
Not Libertarian Enough for Libertarian Party
Paul may face a challenge from someone who hates the government even more than he does.
By
Dan Amira
don’t ask don’t tell
May 27, 2010
Military Chiefs of Staff Object to Early ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Compromise
They’d rather wait until their much-touted study is completed in December.
By
Chris Rovzar
secrets of the white house
May 26, 2010
Republicans Not Satisfied With White House’s Non-Explanation on Sestak Claim
They want a special prosecutor. Of course they do!
By
Dan Amira
client 9
May 26, 2010
Don’t Be Surprised When Eliot Spitzer Returns to Politics
In his public statements, the former governor has clearly left door open.
By
Dan Amira
ballsy former congressmen with secret families
May 26, 2010
Vito Vetoes Candidacy
The disgraced ex-congressman won’t try for his former seat.
By
Dan Amira
breitbartleby the scrivener
May 26, 2010
Team Breitbart Marshals Response to O’Keefe Guilty Plea
Attack! Attack!
By
Chris Rovzar
don’t ask don’t tell
May 26, 2010
‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Maneuvering Gets More Frantic
There’s one day until the big vote!
By
Chris Rovzar
sowing the seeds of love
May 26, 2010
Activist James O’Keefe Pleads Guilty to Entering Senator’s Office Under False Pretenses
Does this mean he’s no longer grounded?
By
Chris Rovzar
early and often
May 26, 2010
Blogger Who Allegedly Slept With Female Candidate Releases the Texts
They’re not sexy, but they are interesting.
By
Dan Amira
early and often
May 26, 2010
Andrew Cuomo Chooses Rochester Mayor As Running Mate
Robert Duffy has spent most of his career as a police officer.
By
Dan Amira
the third terminator
May 25, 2010
Mayor Bloomberg Is Efficient With Employees
Another one of his aides does some work for Private Citizen Bloomberg.
By
Dan Amira
diplomacy
May 25, 2010
Tim Geithner Owns Chinese Schoolchildren on Basketball Court
In your face, China!
By
Jessica Pressler
early and awesome
May 25, 2010
GOP Tries to Stop Its Own Candidate From Ruining the Country
He’s maybe the worst candidate for Congress, ever.
By
Dan Amira
early and often
May 24, 2010
Myers Mermel Adds His Awesome Name to List of GOP Gubernatorial Hopefuls Who Won’t Win
Meanwhile, Andrew Cuomo is just destroying his rivals.
By
Dan Amira
early and awkward
May 24, 2010
Nikki Haley, Candidate for South Carolina Governor, Denies Affair With Blogger
Ha! A blogger!
By
Dan Amira
messa
May 24, 2010
Eric Massa’s Petraeus ‘Treason’ Theory
The general was allegedly conspiring with Dick Cheney to … run for president!
By
Chris Rovzar
early and often
May 24, 2010
Richard Blumenthal Is Sorry
The Democratic candidate for senator in Connecticut apologizes.
By
Dan Amira
early and awkward
May 24, 2010
What Joe Sestak and Rand Paul Have in Common
Both of them don’t want to talk about it!
By
Dan Amira
cleaning up
May 23, 2010
Obama Fanboys Rip Administration’s Oil Spill Response
Carville and Matthews aren’t pleased.
By
Adam K. Raymond
the supremes
May 22, 2010
Elena Kagan Doesn’t Get Aroused by 2 Live Crew
Just in case you were wondering.
By
Adam K. Raymond
wieners
May 22, 2010
Glenn Beck Is No Fan of Weiner
We’re talking about Representative Anthony Weiner, of course.
By
Adam K. Raymond
early and often
May 22, 2010
Andrew Cuomo Makes It Official: He’s Running for Governor
He plans to fix everything.
By
Adam K. Raymond
the supremes
May 22, 2010
What We’re Really Not Talking About When We Talk About Elena Kagan
It’s not whether she’s gay.
By
Jennifer Senior
tea time
May 21, 2010
Rand Paul Wishes That People Would Ignore His Support for Allowing Legalized Segregation
God, media, what’s your deal?
By
Dan Amira
early and awkward
May 21, 2010
Congressional Candidate Revels in His Ignorance of America
He thinks Puerto Rico is a separate country. So we can’t let it become a state!
By
Dan Amira
change?
May 21, 2010
So What’s in the Financial Regulation Bill?
And what still needs to be figured out?
By
Dan Amira
early and often
May 21, 2010
Cuomo to Try to ‘Pick Off’ Legislators, Choose Own Replacement
God, doesn’t he know that Democrats TALK?
By
Chris Rovzar
waiting for reform
May 20, 2010
Senate Officially Passes Financial Overhaul Bill
Still a few steps left before it goes to Obama.
By
Josh Duboff
early and often
May 20, 2010
One Banker Is Definitely Not Getting an Invite to the White House Anytime Soon
Guess who.
By
Jessica Pressler
gilli-brand management
May 20, 2010
City Hall Lawyer to Run Against Gillibrand
Gail Goode is fed up with reading that nobody is tough enough to take on the incumbent.
By
Chris Rovzar
waiting for reform
May 20, 2010
Financial Overhaul Bill Clears Senate Hurdle
Something got done in Washington!
By
Jessica Pressler
tea time
May 20, 2010
The Rand Paul Bubble Has Already Burst
The Senate candidate wouldn’t have outlawed segregation.
By
Dan Amira
ballsy former congressmen with secret families
May 20, 2010
Congressman With Second Family Given Second Chance
Vito Fossella is nominated for his old congressional seat.
By
Dan Amira
the supremes
May 19, 2010
Kagan Confirmation Hearings to Start on June 28
Start getting excited now.
By
Dan Amira
the supremes
May 19, 2010
Elena Kagan Will Be Confirmed by a 65–35 Vote
That’s our prediction, anyway.
By
Dan Amira
early and awkward
May 19, 2010
Richard Blumenthal’s ‘Good Friend’ Throws Him Under the Bus
A fellow Connecticut pol vents to the ‘Times.’
By
Dan Amira
early and awkward
May 19, 2010
Rand Paul Is a Bad Winner
He reportedly refused to take his vanquished opponent’s phone call last night.
By
Dan Amira
early and often
May 19, 2010
Pick Your Super Tuesday Narrative!
Tuesday’s vote is in the eye of the beholder.
By
Dan Amira
9 11
May 18, 2010
Administration Cuts Funding of Two 9/11 Health Studies
State reps have already sent off an angry letter.
By
Josh Duboff
early and often
May 18, 2010
Michelle Bachmann Stonewalls Reporter Who Fact-checks Her on Twitter
A tweet experiment failed.
By
Chris Rovzar
early and awful
May 18, 2010
Congressman Admits Affair, Yet Blames Washington for Resignation
Mark Souder, we hardly knew ye.
By
Dan Amira
early and often
May 18, 2010
It’s a Tough Primary Day for Establishment Candidates
Specifically, in Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Oregon.
By
Dan Amira
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