U.S. Secret Service

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Rightbloggers Turn Benghazi Truthers, Spin Egypt, Libya Riots As Obama Treason

Last week, upon learning that an anti-Islamic film existed, extremists in several Arab cities rampaged, and in Benghazi killed four Americans, including the U.S. Ambassador. President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton denounced both the violence and the film, and Libyan authorities apprehended so ... More >>

Barack Obama's Coming To New York To Hobnob With Celebs (A.K.A. F**K Up Your Commute)

President Barack Obama will be in the Big Apple tonight to attend multiple fundraisers held by high-profile celebs -- and he'll be touching down at John F. Kennedy Airport just in time to fuck up your commute.As you probably know, whenever the president comes to town the Secret Service blocks traffi ... More >>

Obama's Comedy Routine; Apple Avoids Billions in Taxes; DSK Blames Sarkozy

Good morning! Start your Sunday off with some comedy, courtesy of your commander-in-chief. Last night was the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner, which gave President Obama an opportunity to poke fun at himself, Donald Trump, the Secret Service, and of course, his rival Mitt Romne ... More >>

Former Aide of John Edwards Says He Feared for His Life; Secret Service Agent Identified; Newark Terminal Shut Down Due to Baby

A former campaign aide to John Edwards testified yesterday that in a conversation with the former presidential candidate in 2008, he feared for his life. Andrew Young has spent nearly four days on the stand in the federal corruption trial detailing his part in helping Edwards keep mistress Rielle Hu ... More >>

Secret Service Sex Scandals "Could Be Prevented" With "Beautiful People" Travel Website (Escort Service)

Remember last week when more than a dozen Secret Service agents humiliated America by getting hookers at their hotel while on a trip to Columbia with the president? All that embarrassment could have been prevented by a website that matches "generous" people with "beautiful" people -- at least that's ... More >>

A Secret Service Scandal South of the Border

As President Obama touched down in Colombia for the Summit of Americas yesterday, where he and 33 other world leaders would meet to discuss the economies of the Western Hempishere, his Secret Service agents might have been elsewhere. Last night, the Washington Post received a tip from Rona ... More >>

Meet the Breitbrats: Carrying on the Work of Andrew Breitbart, Only Really, Really Badly

When Andrew Breitbart died at the absurdly young age of 43, rightbloggers were sad -- and also mad at liberals, whom some of them blamed for the rageaholic activist's death. After a period of mourning, they decided that the best tribute to their fallen leader would be to follow his example, i.e., ... More >>

Did a Man Pull a Gun on Barack Obama's Motorcade Today?

C.S. Muncy​A twentysomething guy in a blue hat was thought to have pulled a gun out of his backpack in front of the Church Street Station Post Office today in Manhattan as Barack Obama's motorcade went by. The man was immediately tackled by NYPD and Secret Service, who according to NJ.com yell ... More >>

Here's the Secret Service Audio From When President Ronald Reagan Was Shot

The Secret Service released an audio recording today of the minutes following the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan by John Hinckley Jr., who was famously trying to impress the young actress Jodie Foster. Hinckley failed to hit Reagan directly, but wounded press secretary James Brad ... More >>

Nancy Reagan's Secret Service Agent Shot Himself In The Hip

​One of Nancy Reagan's Secret Servicemen was hospitalized Friday after accidentally shooting himself in the hip. The AP reports that the agent, whose name was not released (because it's a secret, duh), was holstering his firearm at a gun range in Camarillo, California when it went off.

Joe Biden Promptly Excused from Jury Duty; Nation Breathes Sigh of Relief

​Did he use the old "my uncle's a cop" excuse? Or explain that he really didn't think he could be "impartial"? Whatever the reason (maybe because he's vice president, maybe because he's Joe Biden), the president's number two reported for jury duty this morning in Delaware but was dismissed by ... More >>

Dude Who Streaked for Obama Wins $1M For Doing So

Via Gawker.​The next time you're deciding whether or not it's worth it to streak at a rally the President of the United States of America is at -- thus exponentially increasing the liklihood of you both going to jail and getting your ass kicked by secret service agents -- ask yourself: Is this ... More >>

The Day 50 Cent Threatened Gawker.com, Michelle Obama, and His Own Grandmother on Twitter

Though 50 Cent has had his own verified account on Twitter for a while now, it's safe to say that yesterday was the rapper's official debut on the social media site. How do we know this? Because about 24 hours ago the robotic, self-promotional, ghost-written stream of updates occasionally posted t ... More >>

Morning Links: BP Moves to Phase 2 of Mud-Pouring; No Cake for Birthday Obama; Naomi Campbell Talks Blood Diamonds

​• BP has gotten the okay to begin the next phase of the "static kill" (a/k/a, pouring cement into the well part two), which is something that we never would have thought we'd be excited about 100-some days ago. Things change. Pumping operations are expected to start today. [BP] • Despite ... More >>

Louis Farrakhan and Friends Crash Obama's Memorial Day BBQ

​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 aa sort of "stand-off" outside. On the opposing end? None o ... More >>

Counterfeit Money Lesson: You Get It, You're Screwed

​The L.A. Times talks to a guy today who ended up with $800 in counterfeit bills after cashing a money order at the Post Office. He tried to spend one of the eight $100 bills he had, and almost got arrested, before insisting that he was on the receiving end of that transaction previously, and ... More >>

Clip Job: Melvin Belli Takes on the JFK Conspiracy Theorists

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesOctober 22, 1964, Vol. X, No. 1Lane & Audience TKO Middle-Aged LochinvarBy Stephanie HarringtonA middle-aged Lochinvar came out of the West on Monday night and walked right into an ambush. At their black-tie debate on whether Lee Harve ... More >>

Swine Flu PANIC Reaches White House!

One of Obama's aides has apparently come down with a SSF (suspected swine flu). After accompanying the President on his recent Mexican trip, the unnamed aide exhibited flu-like symptoms -- though he has recovered since -- and passed the illness on to his family members, who are being tested for the ... More >>

'Drunken Negro Face Cookies' Don't Pay

Well, if Ted Kefalnios of Lafayette French Pastry thought that his Obama-inspired 'Drunken Negro Face Cookies' were a good idea before, he surely has rethought things since we last wrote about him and the fallout from his racist cookies. Whether you think it's an outrage or a tempest in a teapot, yo ... More >>

Obama's Old NY Apartment Still Sucks

We used to live in Madonna's old building and one day a Brit TV crew came in and asked all the residents for their Ciccone memories. The younger tenants had nothing to say and the older ones tried to extort money. Times have changed. Today the Observer cleverly interviews a tenant of the apartment ... More >>

Obama "Renegade," Says Secret Service

Daily Flog: Obama revs up his fiat, plans to run over Bush policies on stem cells, oil

Daily Flog: Attention, Secret Service: Keep hope alive

Vantage Point: The Truth Won't Set You Free

A multi-perspective, mega-annoying assassination thriller

The Beach Party at the Threshold of Hell

Reprint: Team Bush Swamped by Crisis

Nation looks for leadership after attacks

'The Sentinel'

Save the Date

His Queens wedding plans in doubt, Tauqir Zafar Rizvi waits in immigrant detention

Conspiracy 101

The basics of alternative 9-11 theories

Open and Shut

Four years later, we still have ten big questions

Feeling Insecure

There's no defense for some of the government's defense plans, even for D.C.

Ivey Triumphs Over Tricks: A Monument to Nixon's Victims

Information Highway Robbery

The 9-11 Bogeyman

No real presidents were harmed in the making of this play

Boston: Anarchist Ambulance Corps at the Ready

"Free Speech Zone" looks dangerous to some

Jay-Z in a Bottle

Table 50, a kinder, gentler bottle-service club; KEXP invades New York

Did America Abandon Vietnam War P.O.W.'s? Part 2

A closer look at an ugly issue

Soy Unchained

Tails From Pornographic Oceans

Digital Bandits

Law of the Fist

New York Cops Vow to Crush Violent Protest at World Economic Forum

Archival and Departure

Maybe, in Our Hemmed-In World, One Step Back Could Mean Two Steps Forward

Forward, March!

Kensington Marchers Head Toward Tightly Guarded Convention Center

Big Blue Brother

How Cops Use State-of-the-Art Surveillance Against Demonstrators

Nation

Nation

Gangsta Rule

Keeping a Piece of the Action

Pavement Comes Alive