"Senator Reverend" Ruben Diaz, Sr., the sole Democratic Senator to vote against the Marriage Equality Act, has just announced that he's supporting Republican Bob Turner in tomorrow's special election in NY-9, which will fill the seat vacated by Anthony Weiner. 
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Gee, we wonder . . . what issue could possibly have been behind his rather enthusiastic endorsement?
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Forget everything you know about the Government of Canada. (We'll wait.) Forgotten? Good, because CBC News reports that the Government of Canada has been officially renamed "The Harper Government" by Prime Minister/re-branding expert Stephen Harper. All official communiqué have been ordered to use the new title because, well, Stephen Harper loves him some Stephen Harper.
"You gotta admit it's catchy!"
Election Day! It's the opportunity for We, The People to have our voices heard, as we vote for people who likely have nothing but contempt for us and self-interest at heart, who aren't even the best people for the job, because anyone with a functioning brain knows the Good Money and the Good Power will never not be in the private sector. That said, we've got a few tips as you head to the election booth today. Democracy, now! 
Have you heard enough about this rally that happened in D.C. this weekend? Maybe. We've already told you what it was like and what the best signs looked like. But what about what it looked like from TV, far away from the uncontested idealism and cheer? Village Voice film editor Allison Benedikt reports from a different elevation: down-to-earth and grounded in reality. Allison? 
The latest release from war whistle-blowers WikiLeaks -- over 390,000 classified documents about the Iraq War -- "constituted the most comprehensive and detailed account of any war ever to have entered the public record," according to the group's founder, Julian Assange, who is profiled today in the New York Times. But in addition to the content of the documents, which are still being parsed and likely will for years to come (one initial headline-worthy number: 15,000 additional civilian deaths) is a blooming personal drama centered around Assange, whose "own comrades are abandoning him for what they see as erratic and imperious behavior, and a nearly delusional grandeur unmatched by an awareness that the digital secrets he reveals can have a price in flesh and blood." Ouch.
Washington, D.C.'s got a mayoral election coming up. As such, there's no better time for the Washington City Paper's Alan Suderman to run a terrific profile on the incumbent, Adrian Fenty, entitled "Adrian Fenty is a Jerk." Quite the thesis! How so?
Via WCP/Darrow Montgomery.
Can't the president catch a goddamn break these days? All the man wanted to do was enjoy a burger, maybe a hot dog with some extra salt, on this sunny holiday weekend, but some thuggish types from the Nation of Islam had to engage in a sort of "stand-off" outside. On the opposing end? None other than another thuggish group: the White House press corps. Predictably, the Secret Service got involved, but no punches were thrown. Someone did have to pee eventually, though. More on that later.
It all started because someone stepped on Louis Farrakhan's lawn. And it gets more bizarre from there.
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