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Lindsey Graham's 'please don't primary me' tour continues… he threatens to place hold on Obama nominees over, you guessed it, Benghazi

SNL's Cold Open Savages Republicans For Their Excessive Praise Of Israel At Chuck Hagel Hearings

Sen. John McCain: Sequestration that GOP voted for would be devastating; McCain may be OK with some more revues; no filibuster for Hagel; chides GOP on immigration, etc.

Democratic Congressman Destroys GOP Hypocrisy On Looming Budget Cuts

Rep. Tom Cotton: We Can't Keep Raising Taxes to Pay for Obama's 'Welfare Spending'

Bill Maher: Trump so mad at me he could barely stop 'flinging his feces'

Rush Limbaugh: Gay Marriage Is Like Marrying Your Dog

Senator Geraldo? It Could Happen - But Wait Five Minutes...

The White House / SOTU Preview

Obama weighing executive actions on housing, gays and other issues

Obama to refocus on economy in State of the Union

Obama to Renew Drive for Cuts in Nuclear Arms

Sidebar: Rand Paul to deliver 'tea party response' to State of the Union

House Dems To Bring Victims Of Gun Violence To State Of The Union

Sidebar: Where Does Your Legislator Stand On Background Checks?

Obama Headed to Chicago to Address Gun Violence

Sidebar: Cheney Takes On Obama's 'Second-Rate' Nominees

The Sequester

House Sequester "Deal": Gop Insists On No Revenue Increases

What Is The Sequester? The Sequester Explained

Former Senator (and Current Lobbyist For Goldman Sachs) Judd Gregg (R-NH) Says GOP Should Allow Sequester To Happen

How The Sequester's Budget Cuts Will Devastate Already-Battered Programs

White House Details Cuts That Will Need To Be Made, If Republicans Allow Sequester To Go Through

Defense Department Backers Join Forces With Education, Health And Domestic Sector To Stop Sequester

Poll: Only 28% Of Registered Republicans Even Know What The Sequester Is

The GOP

Lindsey's Graham's crusade against fellow Republican Chuck Hagel may seem inexplicable, but it's about defending himself from a 2014 primary challenge

GOP threatens walkout on Chuck Hagel vote

Dave Weigel: Chuck Hagel's Boring Weekend

Paul Krugman: The Ignorance Caucus

Keith Ablow, Fox News Contributor, Will Not Run For Senate

Ron Paul sics the dreaded UN on RonPaul.com domain owners

Confederacy 2.0

Man claiming to be a KKK leader calls for mass rally in Tennessee

Confederate Flag Mistakenly Raised Over Mississippi Supreme Court Building

Stormy New Normal

Union of Concerned Scientists: It's Cold and My Car is Buried in Snow. Is Global Warming Really Happening?

Blizzard whips the Midwest; the Northeast continues to dig out

Tornado causes significant damage in Hattiesburg, Miss.

Pope Out

Pope Benedict XVI Says He Will Resign

Cardinal Mahony used cemetery money to pay sex abuse settlement

Jobs & The Economy

6 jobs with most equal pay for men and women

Miss a Traffic Ticket, Go to Jail? The Return of Debtor Prison

The Fugitive

$1 Million Reward Being Offered For Chris Dorner

Are Spy Drones Being Used to Find Fugitive Former LAPD Officer Christopher Dorner?

Conflicting Testimony Gives Clue To Why Dorner Was Fired

Meanwhile…

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Iran ready for nuclear talks with US

Protester hurls shoes at Paul Bremer, former US envoy to Iraq

Navy Seal Who Killed Bin Laden Loses His Health Insurance

Amish ringleader, Samuel Mullet Sr., in beard-cutting attacks sentenced to 15 years prison

List of winners at the 55th annual Grammy Awards

The Seven Weirdest Moments From This Year's Grammys