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Katie Halper: The Week in News

January 9, 2009

- Barack the Magic Negro “Joke” exposes the GOP’s true colors: Conservatives are not, never were, and never will be funny.

- Diane Feinstein prefers pro-torture CIA Drector, but will accept Panetta nomination — if you twist her arm… or waterboard Her.

- Topless Obama: Good news for fans of Obama (and his pecs). Obama says appearing shirtless “goes with this job.” Heeeeello!

- Bush calls his No Child Left Behind Plan a “liberation” [of children from education].

- Arrest of young men who attacked black and latino men and ran over white man they thought was black proves some racists are too dumb to understand how racism works.

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