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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.

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.

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 [...]

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.

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.

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 [...]