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Here’s where we stood as of yesterday:

* Regnery dismissed blogosphere pariah Ben Domenech before the Post was embarrassed into it because of, so they claimed, simple conflict of interest issues.
* Domenech — along with a couple others in positions to know — told us quite clearly that there wasn’t anything more to the story.
* But we also heard better, more interesting stuff.

What we’ve heard today, along with a little bit o’ reporting, is after the jump:

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Well, we do have friends with in vast right-wing conspiracy, it turns out. But they’re still unwilling to give us dirt, alas — they’re so loyal, why can’t they be like our “unnamed” Democratic friends who so readily trash themselves in print? Our off-the-record sources insist that the Regnery statement on Domenech was totally on-the-level no-funny-stuff, and, speaking very politely on-the-record is Ben Domenech himself, who sends this along: MORE »

So here’s the deal: Domenech is out at Regnery. And he has been since before the plagiarism thing dropped. The “official” reason being that blogging for the Post would “interfere” with his duties there. Which seems a bit suspect to us. Of course, Regnery is a tight-lipped bunch, so we can’t quite get anything beyond stray, unconfirmable rumors. If anyone knows something more concrete about Domenech’s dismissal, we would love to hear it. And you would remain, of course, completely confidential. MORE »

• The latest indignity to be visited upon disgraced blogger Ben Domenech: a put-down from the Washingtonienne. Jessica Cutler to Ben: “Eat it.” (Careful, Jessica — he might take you up on that.) [Jessica Cutler Online]
• It’s confirmed: Justice Scalia used an obscene gesture, but not that obscene gesture. [E&P]
• First we got Dick Cheney’s rider, followed by John Kerry’s. Now: Donald Rumsfeld’s? [The Satirical Political Report]

• The blogosphere has been dominated by Domenech’s demise. Our coverage is collected here (scroll down).
• Candid photographs of Katherine Harris: they’re as addictive as crack, and as dangerous too.
• Speak incoherently and carry a big pen: President is now the longest-sitting president since Jefferson not to exercise his veto.
• A fire breaks out in the CNN studio — probably arson by a jilted lover. As for the “suspicious package” at the White House, let’s blame it on the French.
• Embroiled in the latest “to blog or not to blog” pseudo-scandals: Washington Times opinion page editor Tony Blankley, and Newark mayoral candidate Cory Booker.
• Some of our subjects here at Wonkette can get so sensitive. Lighten up, guys!
• Supreme Court justices can get so childish. It’s all fun and games until someone breaks a gavel.
• Rummy slaps around MoDo: “If you believe everything you read in Maureen Dowd, you better get a life.” We don’t know whose side to take in this one.
• Career advice for radio talk show hosts: don’t call the Secretary of State a racial epithet. She may not be the next NFL commissioner, but she can still kick your ass.
• Dick Cheney’s diva-licious demands, revealed.
• Last week was your chance to buy a piece of history: Duke Cunningham’s loot hit the auction block.
• President Bush goes on a candor offensive, taking unscripted questions from town-hall audiences — and even Helen Thomas.
• Congressmen get to have all the fun: free booze, plus trips to Colorado and Scotland. What’s not to like?

Because nobody loves you when yr down and out, the Ben Domenech backlash continues — his buddies have turned on him like hipsters on indie bands who appear on The O.C. (with the exception of RedState, which continues to kinda sorta defend him — it’s worth noting that the pseudo-mea culpa-cum-evasive defense posted by “Augustine” doesn’t really make mention of the NRO piece which was really the nail in the coffin, while his latter apology reads a bit unnervingly like a MySpace Suicide note). MORE »

Well, that Ben Domenech thing was a fun ride while it lasted, wasn’t it? Now, in the wake of his resignation, the boys over at Fishbowl want to know what the Post’s next move should be. MORE »

Update: Yeah, Ben Domenech resigned. Right as we were publishing this post, the sunuvabitch. MORE »

The final entry in “Complaints From People We Made Fun of Yesterday Day” is courtesy Ben “Wolverine” Domenech, propietor of SCANDALOUS conservative blog Red America. He directed us to a clarification he posted below the original Livejournal post concering his being a loser in college:

Couple things, Ben: MORE »