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Poor Scott Ashjian. All he wanted to do was challenge Harry Reid as the “Tea Party of Nevada” candidate. But the teabaggers disowned him — technically, claimed they never owned him in the first place — and now the Clark County district attorney’s office wants him to own up:

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Palin at the podium … a teabagger started booing when she said “taking back government and make it work for the people” … bunch of big guys attached him and carried him out.  Now a second guy has been thrown out … Palin pivots and attacks the “lamestream media” for claiming there’s right-wing violence.  This is a festival of idiocy. [MSNBC]

While cable-news audiences only saw Sarah Palin at John McCain’s campaign rally Friday, we intercepted the satellite feed to bring you these additional speakers.

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Your favorite foreign correspondent has taken time out of her busy wine-drinking schedule to report on a bunch of fuckery happening presently:

Italy

Berlusconi, class clown, made fun of the lefty governor of the Piemonte region: Read more »

The Colbert Report scores! No, wait — they’re on vacation this week. So hats off to the Onion for another outstanding — hold on, not them either.

Well, somebody gets credit, because a video as awesome as this couldn’t possibly be real:

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Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) has blocked passage of a crucial package of expiring provisions, including extended unemployment insurance benefits that are scheduled to run out on April 5. Coburn has balked at Democrats’ request for unanimous consent to pass the extensions, threatening a standoff similar to one that pitted Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) against the Democratic leadership last month. [The Hill]

Beware Obama’s Emergency Health Army! “According to Section 5210 of HR 3590, titled ‘Establishing a Ready Reserve Corps,’ the force must be ready for ‘involuntary calls to active duty during national emergencies and public health crises.'” [WND]