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From Politico.com White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers is stepping down, a White House aide tells POLITICO. Rogers, a Chicago friend of the Obamas, drew fire for her handling of the state dinner party-crashers in November. I’m waiting to see if any of the security folks get canned.

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From Politico.com The House has canceled all votes for the week due to the latest snowstorm. I new some good would come from all this snow.

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From Politico.com: The FBI has arrested four men — including conservative anti-ACORN filmmaker James O’Keefe — for attempting to interfere with the phone system in Sen. Mary Landrieu’s (D-La.) New Orleans office. Didn’t you idiots learn anything from the Nixon debacle? What makes you think you could get away with [...]

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From Politico.com: President Barack Obama plans to announce a three-year freeze on discretionary, “non-security” spending in the lead-up to Wednesday’s State of the Union address, Hill Democratic sources familiar with the plan tell POLITICO. I wonder what things will wind up under the “security” category.

Posted in: 2010
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From Politico.com: The Supreme Court has handed down a decision that eases limits on corporate political spending, an action that could have a major impact on the 2010 midterm elections and President Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign. We have the best politicians money can buy. So much for reform.

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For most of the last 100 years in Travis County we had a sheriff elected from the Democratic party. Then in 1992 a curious thing happened. A constable ran on a dodgy platform that consisted of little more than the idea that the office of sheriff had always been held [...]

Posted in: 2010
Posted in: 2010