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Jon Stewart To President Obama: ‘It’s Like You’ve Given Up’

1:44PM Defamer US Edition | One day after lambasting Congress for letting partisan interests get in the way of solving the debate over raising the nation’s debt ceiling, Jon Stewart opened tonight’s Daily Show with an equally critical take on President Obama’s address to the nation yesterday. Video of the segment, during which Stewart took particular issue with Obama’s suggestion that the American people take matters into their own hands to solve the crisis, is above. More »
People

Photo Surfaces Of Republican Congresswoman Getting Her Breast Licked

11:14AM Business Insider | Here is what Washington D.C. will look like all the time once the Facebook generation gets there. A four-year-old photo has emerged showing Republican Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack in a sexy pose with a female campaign donor licking her breast. More »
People

Senate Repeals ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’

7:48AM jeff neumann | The Senate today repealed the US military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy of barring openly gay servicemembers by a vote of 65 to 31, ending years of discrimination within the armed forces. President Obama only needs to sign it. [TPM] More »
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The Tiger Woods Sponsorship Dance Card: Who’s In, Who’s Out

9:15AM Foster Kamer | Not that it was hard to see this coming, but The Business That Is Tiger Woods is starting to lose a grip on its multinational corporate backers. In fact, one of them has gone down! Can you guess who? More »