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Another poll has the Republican up over the Democrat by 6 in the race to fill Anthony Weiner’s former seat. As upsets go, to invoke V.P. Joe Biden, this would be a big f***ing deal. Stay tuned. A newly released

Today, the Obama Administration is expected to finally get around to sending their latest “jobs plan” to Congress. The speech outlining the plan was delivered Thursday. These things take time.

Alert readers have reported that their flight, United Airlines 3681, from St. Louis to Washington Dulles had to make an emergency return to the gate as it prepared for take-off. According to local officials, it was found that two men

Infamy.

From Reuters: The Treasury is weighing a proposal to eliminate some, but not all, of the taxes on overseas profits of U.S.-based companies, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing two people familiar with the deliberations. Eliminating the taxes

From the Associated Press: Take a breather, Iowa and New Hampshire. Florida is about to get into the Republican presidential race big time, starting with a televised debate Monday in Tampa and ending with an early primary in 2012 that

From the Associated Press: Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe is struggling to keep his money-losing organization afloat as more and more people are ditching mail in favor of the Internet, causing the lucrative first-class mail flow to plummet. Donahoe has a

Today, two years ago, BigGovernment was launched. What a wild, strange trip its been. Cannot possibly thank you all enough. Much more to come this year. Cheers.

From the Associated Press: Union activists aren’t backing off demands to work at a new Washington state grain terminal after hundreds of Longshore workers stormed the facility, overwhelmed guards and dumped grain. U.S. District Judge Ronald Leighton issued a preliminary

Michael Barone in The Examiner: Barack Obama looked and sounded angry in his speech to the joint session of Congress. He bitterly assailed one straw man after another and made reference to a grab bag of proposals which would cost

Yeah, it isn’t working.

For the past several weeks, as the economic situation has deteriorated, the Obama Administration has shouted that they “get it,” they would have a plan, finally. Obama had two years with complete Democrat control of government and didn’t do anything

Okay, this is probably what you most want to talk about tonight. The NFL season kicks off Green Bay v. New Orleans. (If you want to talk about “The Speech”, it’s right below this post.)

Tonight, after weeks of teasing, President Obama is set to announce his plan to turn around the economy. Yes, he had two years with a Democrat Congress to do it…but he apparently really means it this time. Of course, he

From Politico: Just hours before President Barack Obama addresses a joint session of Congress on his jobs plan, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) is demanding the nation’s first African-American president prove he cares as much about unemployed blacks as he does

From the Associated Press: A federal appeals court in Virginia dismissed two lawsuits Thursday that had challenged the constitutionality of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul. The three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in both

From NBC Bay Area News: FBI agents armed with search warrants descended this morning on bankrupt solar company Solynrda this morning. The investigation comes after a request by the Department of Energy’s inspector general, FBI spokesman Peter Lee told NBC

From the Associated Press: Hundreds of Longshoremen stormed the Port of Longview early Thursday, overpowered and held security guards, damaged railroad cars, and dumped grain that is the center of a labor dispute, said Longview Police Chief Jim Duscha. Six

The Obama Presidency by the numbers. (Hint: It ain’t pretty.) Here’s a link to more than enough debate coverage, rather than pick winners and losers here, read some of what’s being said and discuss in comments of you’d like. If

From the Associated Press: Stocks edged lower in early trading Thursday after the government reported that claims for unemployment rose last week, a sign that layoffs are increasing. First-time applications for unemployment benefits rose last week to 414,000. Economists had

Jimmy the Lesser is keeping up the family legacy:

Tonight, 8 candidates for the GOP nomination will gather at the Reagan Library for the NBC/Politico debate. While there have been other debates and forums, this has the feel of the first “official” one, possibly because it falls right after

From the Associated Press: First, do no harm. Economists say the most important part of the jobs plan President Barack Obama will unveil Thursday night is the renewal of two measures already in place–a cut in Social Security taxes and

From The Gonzales Cannon: Firefighting-trained volunteers from around the state converged on Bastrop and Smithville Tuesday to lend a hand to the beleaguered local firefighters battling the Bastrop County Complex Fire — only to be sent away as federal officials

The U.S. has fallen to fifth in global competitiveness. Heck of a job, Barry, heck of a job. Too bad you still have one at this point. Your job creation numbers have all but disappeared. Now, the White House wants