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Thursday link dump: The escape chute to terra firma

Something Glenn Beck isn't afraid of, Mike Allen's dreams, and Harold Ford as avatar

By Alex Pareene

Published August 12, 2010 10:30PM (EDT)

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  • Glenn Beck is not afraid of gay people.
  • Charlie Rangel wants you to know that he's available for your television program -- or your next house party or Bar Mitzvah!
  • Dan Abrams' Mediaite: Is their video use legally kosher? (No.)
  • Mike Allen revealed that political reporters like him literally fantasize about a deadlocked, 50-50 Senate.
  • Thomas Frank's last Wall Street Journal column is essential reading.
  • Justice Anthony Kennedy has referred Orly Taitz' request that sanctions against her be lifted to the rest of the Supreme Court.
  • Ninth Circuit Chief Judge Alex Kozinski attacks his fellow judges for their unthinking elitism.
  • David Sirota admirably trashes Harold Ford in a radio interview, calling him "an avatar of the most powerful people in the country."
  • How are the self-funded super-rich candidates doing? Not great.
  • Rand Paul does Fox News, ditches reporter from local Fox affiliate in whose studio he taped the national hit.

By Alex Pareene

Alex Pareene writes about politics for Salon and is the author of "The Rude Guide to Mitt." Email him at apareene@salon.com and follow him on Twitter @pareene

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Charlie Rangel D-n.y. Gay Marriage Glenn Beck Harold Ford Jr. Orly Taitz Rand Paul U.s. Senate

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