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Secretary of State John Kerry took to the official State Department Twitter account Saturday to wish Ben Affleck and his film Argo good luck at Sunday’s Academy Awards. Good luck @benaffleck and #Argo at the Oscars. Nice seeing @statedept &

The Washington Post would like you to know that poor defenseless aminals are very, very sad that Congress will soon cut $85 billion in federal spending. That figure may be less than one percent of the $16 trillion still-growing national

You know the story: frog carries scorpion across river. Frog tells scorpion, “Don’t sting me or we both drown.” Scorpion stings frog. Frog asks scorpion why. Scorpion says, “It’s my nature.” Senator Marco Rubio sits down with Ben Smith of

Quentin Tarantino’s “Django Unchained” is not only a great film but the greatest display of liberalism in movie theaters this past year. To those whose blood is boiling or eyes are rolling, I don’t use that word to refer to

Andrew Kaczynski of BuzzFeed reacted as any normal, non-partisan journalist would when news broke of Hillary Clinton’s hospitalization; in keeping with tradition at BuzzFeed Politics, he scoured the archives of the Internet to score political points against conservative media.  Kaczynski

New York City Michael Bloomberg warned city residents not to feel unsafe after a suspected murder at a subway station, claiming one sensational event does not negate the downward trend of homicide in the region. “It’s a very tragic case,

In the Sufjan Stevens song “John Wayne Gacy, Jr,” the singer punctuates a retelling of the infamous killer’s deeds with the line: “On my best behavior, I am really just like him.” As a Christian, Stevens’ lyric is a poignant

The media and public have passionately debated whether George Zimmerman, the man who shot and killed Florida youth Trayvon Martin in February of this year, could justifiably claim self-defense. Progressive media outlets attempted to downplay the wounds Zimmerman sustained in

A State Department spokesperson has announced that singer-songwriter, entrepeneur, and all-around embodiment of sprezzatura Andrew W.K. will not represent the United States as a cultural ambassador to Bahrain. Spokesperson Noel Clay said the planned trip was “a mistake and not

Andrew Fetterly Wilkes-Krier is one accomplished dude: international rock icon, music producer, club owner, motivational speaker, and television host — and soon, he’ll be known as a world statesman. Known by his fans as Andrew W.K., Wilkes-Krier is known for

UPDATE 4: The SOE has closed down for the night with the hand count of the 304 found ballots unfinished. Hawkes relays that everyone on site except for SOE staff and law enforcement have been forced out of the building,

The entertainment world displayed a deeper hue of purple during the 2012 campaign between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney than it did during 2008’s presidential contest. Though the concept of “celebrity” is looser than ever — Obama’s “endorsement” from reality

Multiple sources have cited the Associated Press calling the race for Minnesota’s 6th congressional district in favor of incumbent Republican Michele Bachmann. The vote tally for Bachmann and Democratic challenger Jim Graves remained too close to call through Tuesday night.

Rocker Bruce Springsteen will stump for President Obama in western Pennsylvania Friday afternoon, less than one week after Republican VP candidate Paul Ryan campaigned in the region. Springsteen is scheduled for a concert Friday evening at Consol Energy Park in

The overall number of Pennsylvania voters has decreased by three percent since 2008, according to state data, and the slump is hitting registered Democrats harder than Republicans. Democrat voter registration is down 5.1%, with 229,396 fewer voters, and Republicans are

Barack Obama gained one last chance to present his second-term domestic agenda directly to a mass audience in Monday night’s debate, and he blew it. Even though the debate and all of moderator Bob Schieffer’s questions revolved around foreign affairs,

Assuming an increase from 2008’s D+5 turnout to D+8, Public Policy Polling has Barack Obama leading Mitt Romney by one point in Ohio’s presidential race, 49/48. Party ID breakdown among Ohio voters in 2008 was 37.5% Democrat, 32.5% Republican, and

Public Policy Polling announced Saturday afternoon that presidential candidate Mitt Romney has seen a 30-point upward swing in his favorability ratings in the state of Ohio since February. The numbers were juxtaposed in a succinct Twitter update: In Februrary Mitt

In the previous presidential debates that have touched on foreign policy, Barack Obama and Joe Biden have touted their administration’s approach to the war in Afghanistan as a success, with little protest from Republican challengers Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan. 

News agency CNN reported on September 20th that the White House characterized the September 11th attack in Benghazi, Libya as terrorism “for the first time.” This report, published over a week after the attack, contradicts the assertion by Barack Obama

Barack Obama will appear on Comedy Central’s “Daily Show” with Jon Stewart Thursday, October 18th — his second interview while President of the United States. The incumbent Democrat has sat in Stewart’s interview chair four times before, going back to