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“Does anyone really need to guess? It’s payback. Come on. Cuomo talks a lot about corruption, but when his buddies vote his way, he’s more than willing to give them a high-paying job in the administration. That’s all this is. Give me a break.” – Hate group leader Brian Brown, in his 15th consecutive case of the sadz. This time …

I came across this schematic version of the NYC subway map last night. Its creator spoke to Gothamist last month: “Personally, I think that every large network should always issue two maps, a good geographical map and a good diagram so that people can choose which they prefer. Paris and Berlin offer both, London only a diagram, New York only …

Two days ago the decidedly not slim Barber called the First Lady “Moochelle.” Looks like he got some blowback from his own people.

“Major General John Nichols, the commanding general of Texas Military Forces, made it clear that the state’s marriage law came first. If Guardsmen want to take advantage of the Pentagon’s directive, Nichols said they’d have to enroll at a federal installation. In a letter to local service members, he stood his ground on the Texas Constitution, which only recognizes man-woman …

Tell us about your summer. Any big travel? Burning Man?

UDPATE: The Weiner campaign has released a longer video of today’s confrontation in which the Orthodox Jewish man heckling him can be heard slamming Weiner for being “married to an Arab.” UPDATE NOTE: The video below, which was picked up by numerous sites, was posted by blogger Jacob Kornbluh and it is not known if he edited out the “married …

The Washington Post has created an interactive graph which notes the known positions of Congress members on a possible US strike on Syria. So far only two Senate Democrats have said that they oppose US intervention: Sen. Chris Murphy (CT) and Sen. Tom Udall (NM). Perhaps the most notable House Democrat to oppose intervention so far is Rep. Alan Grayson …

Well, that seems encouraging. Rouhani was elected in May by a landslide vote that some foreign observers characterized as a rejection of the Iranian conservatism epitomized by Ahmadinejad.

Just in via press release from the White House: In the Obama administration’s latest step to ensure equal treatment for same-sex married couples following the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down a key section of the Defense of Marriage Act, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced Wednesday that President Obama has directed the Executive Branch to take steps allowing for …