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(Flickr/Paul Schultz) TV host Rachel Maddow, who today gave the Obama administration props for pushing for a “don’t ask, don’t tell” repeal during the lame-duck session of Congress. “This is a sign that the president’s been doing a lot,” she said.

After months of waiting for the Pentagon to release its official study of the effects of overturning “don’t ask, don’t tell,” the report is finally out. To no one’s surprise — especially given that the results were leaked earlier this month — it found that allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military […]

Last weekend’s presidential election in Haiti has proved to be a political disaster for a nation still reeling from the devastation of this year’s earthquake, a cholera epidemic, and last year’s disputed Senate elections. Despite repeated calls by Rep. Maxine Waters, Sen. Richard Lugar, and countless editorial pages for elections to be postponed in order […]

(Flickr/New Media Days) Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks, which yesterday released thousands of classified U.S. diplomatic cables.

(Flickr/Guest Family) From all of us here at TAP, Happy Thanksgiving.

(MIC Gadet) A Steve Jobs action figure by MIC Gadget that’s sold out of its first run of 300. Is it the next Tickle-Me-Elmo?

(The Federal Reserve Bank of New York) A panel from an education comic book on the state of monetary policy by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

On this week’s podcast from The American Prospect: Monica Potts, Adam Serwer, and Jamelle Bouie discuss the TSA’s new full-body scanner and the controversy over Sarah Palin’s daughter calling someone a “faggot” on Facebook. Listen Now: To download the mp3 directly, click here. We’re on iTunes! Click “subscribe” to the right to get TAP’s Take […]

(Flickr/Talk Radio News) Lisa Murkowski, pictured behind Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, won the Alaska Senate election today, becoming the first Senate candidate in more than 50 years to win a write-in campaign. She beat Republican Tea Party candidate Joe Miller, who had inflicted an embarrassing defeat over her in the Republican primary.

(Courtesy of Chevrolet) The Chevrolet Volt — an electric car than can run on battery power for 40 miles until it goes into hybrid mode — was named the 2011 Motor Trend Car of the Year today. “Maybe a bit of flag waving is warranted,” judge Johnny Lieberman told the LA Times. “Toyota was the […]