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The Violent, Bitter GOP Fringe, Free Republic, and Arlen Specter

It is not news that there are violent whack jobs on the fringe of the Republican Party. The last Presidential campaign gave us plenty of evidence, and we don’t really need Alexandra Pelosi’s film to tell us not only that there are extremist whack jobs out there on the Republican fringe, ...

All Spin Zone [ Feed - Focus - Exclude ] by Steven Reynolds at 9:05 AM

Scanner Colleen's Encounters of the Presidential Kind

My fellow Americans, I have only had one Presidential-themed encounter personally, but I'm going to share my mom's anecdote and my dad's half-one as well. It's a Kanes' Brushes With Presidential Fame Extravaganza. Picture it: Central Jersey, nineteen eighty something. My m...

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Nerve Scanner [ Feed - Focus - Exclude ] by Colleen Kane at 10:00 AM

Hours Into His Presidency, Obama Chafes at the Bubble

Barack Obama used to be a walker, breaking from his work for 15 minutes each afternoon to stroll outside and clear his head. But that was then. On the first day of his life as the 44th president of the United States, Obama needed to travel three blocks from his temporary home to a church service.......

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Wash Post Nation [ Feed - Focus - Exclude ] by Eli Saslow and Michael A. Fletcher at 12:00 AM

A Historic Inauguration Draws Throngs To the Mall

Barack Hussein Obama took the oath of office as the nation's first African American president yesterday, summoning a vast crowd and a watching nation to the task of reviving a country in crisis....

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Wash Post Politics [ Feed - Focus - Exclude ] by Michael D. Shear and Anne E. Kornblut at 12:00 AM

A Historic Inauguration Draws Throngs To the Mall

Barack Hussein Obama took the oath of office as the nation's first African American president yesterday, summoning a vast crowd and a watching nation to the task of reviving a country in crisis....

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Wash Post Nation [ Feed - Focus - Exclude ] by Michael D. Shear and Anne E. Kornblut at 12:00 AM

Assassin Wannabe: â€œ. . . itâ€™s not because Iâ€™m racist. . .â€�

A guy was arrested the other day for plotting on the internet to assassinate Barack Obama. No, the guy was probably not a serious threat, but I praise the Secret Service for their no tolerance policy concerning threats to Mr. Obama. Hey, and it’s good to get some of these nutcases off the stre...

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All Spin Zone [ Feed - Focus - Exclude ] by Steven Reynolds at 1:23 PM

Second-String Inaugural Balls Bring Out the B-Listers

Our first inaugural ball! Wooooo, get the camera ready! Where's BeyoncÃƒÂ©? Where's Tom Hanks? Where's Oprah? Not at these parties....

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Wash Post Education [ Feed - Focus - Exclude ] by Monica Hesse and Dan Zak at 12:00 AM

Inauguration 2009: Operation Celtic Renegade Is In Effect

Right now Iâ€™m going to say Iâ€™d rather get up late, walk to my TV or go to a watch party, and enjoy the ceremony. To me it looks like a hassle to even try and get into town. Those were the words I wrote in my last post, as I decided at the time I wouldn’t try to go on the mall. However some...

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Washington D.C. Metblogs [ Feed - Focus - Exclude ] by Patrick at 3:25 PM

Bush Awards Medals of Freedom to John Howard, Tony Blair and Alvaro Uribe

America's most inconvenient houseguest received the Presidential Medal of Freedom yesterday in a White House ceremony....