Daughter of Illinois Sen. Durbin dies at 40 — chicagotribune.com Very sad news. My condolences to the Durbin family. What a terrible sorrow for them.
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Earlier today/late last night, the news broke that Obama’s Kenyan aunt is living in this country illegally, having overstayed her visa after her request for asylum was denied. Talking Points Memo ruminates on the timing (suspiciously close to the election) and the source (suspiciously originating on a Rupert Murdoch-owned publication, then getting echo-chambered). TPMMuckraker | Talking Points Memo | The Anatomy of a Smear On the record, of course, the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, a unit of the Department of Homeland Security, is telling reporters it can’t comment on any individual person’s immigration status. It would appear to be a…
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Daily Kos: Palin Pranked Listen to the hilarious call here. EPIC FAIL. Grandpa McCain isn’t going to be happy about this one. Their website must be getting slammed because it isn’t loading for some. Here is the YouTube [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/QbEwKcs-7Hc" width="425" height="344" wmode="transparent" /] (h/t NegSpin): Oh my God!! This is indeed EPIC… at first Palin is falling all over herself thanking him for taking a few minutes to call her, and he drops names of well-known Canadian entertainers, catching her out on not knowing the names of the real French and Canadian dignitaries they “replaced.” Throughout the conversation, Audette…
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A couple flew home to New York all the way from Bangalore in order to vote after their absentee ballots failed to arrive in time. They are both naturalized citizens. Some people really value their right to vote – and based on what I know of the fares from India to New York via Chicago, they probably paid full-coach, no discount. I hope they at least got a mileage upgrade, that Delhi-Chicago flight on American is pretty brutal according to some of my clients. Just changing planes as in-transit travelers is an ordeal. I admire this couple for their tenacity,…