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Roland Burris Has No Need for Your Elections

Roland Burris will not run for re-election to the Senate. Or, to be more accurate, Roland Burris will not run for election, period. America’s Senator™ has no need for the little people! (Chicago Sun-Times)
Republican sex machine Sen. John Ensign was so close to being out of the news forever, and then he had to go and get caught paying almost $100,000 to the family of the woman he slept with. Nothing says “family values” like a hundred grand in hush money. (Roll Call)
In an interview with Al Jazeera, Newt Gingrich said that the US should use “covert operations” to blow the crap out of Iran’s oil refineries, resulting in the overthrowing of Iran’s regime. Uh, Newt? I think they get Al Jazeera in Iran, so, ummm, so much for covert. (Al Jazeera)
Remember that time when AIG used federal bailout money to pay millions of dollars in bonuses to their executives and everyone hated them for it? They want to do it again. I doubt everyone will be super-happy about it this time, guys. (Washington Post)
The Philadelphia swim club that kicked a summer camp out of the pool because the kids were black is being investigated by the Pennsylvania Human Rights Commission. (Daily Kos)

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