AfterDowningStreet: The Bush administration is embedding their foot soldiers inside the government in order to sabotage any Obama initiatives while at the same time terminating federal employees who they assume would be supportive of the new administration.

Obsidian Wings: Rumors of Appointments

Nieman Watchdog: AARP, which purports to be the seniors' friend, has a lot of explaining to do to Iowa's Senator Charles Grassley

The Pump Handle: What hospitals are up against

Strange Maps: From pickin' cotton to pickin' presidents 

Some folks at the University of Tennessee would be grateful if C&L readers would weigh in on this

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