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No Shirt, Sherlock!

© Walt Handelsman

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Obama Cleans up Hairy Problem in Iraq

Stephen Colbert reports from Iraq. The good part starts around 2:10. Also watch Colbert declare victory in Iraq. And if you want to see Colbert’s new do, see this clip.

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Crossed Signals

© Joel Pett

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Managing the Transition

Obama does deadpan, only giving it away at the very end.

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The Hope of Audacity

© August Pollak

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Relatively Minor Readjustments In Certain Favorable Policy Areas

Whether you agree with them or not, you gotta love The Onion: In a slight shift from his campaign trail promise, President Obama announced Monday that his administration’s message of “Change” has been modified to the somewhat more restrained slogan “Relatively Minor Readjustments in Certain Favorable Policy Areas.” “Today, Americans face a great many challenges, […]

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The Irony of Healing

© Ted Rall

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Unhealthy Debate

The health insurance companies have been making lots of noise recently, pretending to support health care reform, but at the same time they have been plotting to double-cross the push for reform. While publicly supporting reform, they have been practicing dirty politics at its worst: lobbying Congress to block the public health insurance option, and […]

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Health Care Swamp

© David Horsey

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Policy Derivatives

© Tom Toles

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Obama Joke

Not so very long ago we were all told that a black man would be President when pigs fly. Who knew?! On the 100th day of Barack Obama’s Presidency… Swine Flu!

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The Politics of Star Trek

I went to see the new Star Trek movie today (and really enjoyed it!). When I came home, I discovered a rash of websites that talk about Star Trek and politics. Most obviously, there are the articles that declare that President Obama is Mr. Spock — both exotic half-breeds with their trademark calm and logical […]

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Rush Limbaugh does not count as a troubled asset

Barack Obama at the White House Correspondents Dinner: Part 2:

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Bug Box Torture

© Jeff Danziger

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Truth in Washington

© Walt Handelsman

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