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Yesterday we did a little blogging about Labor Secretary Elaine Chao — a.k.a. Mrs. Mitch McConnell (address her that way, she loves it). We asked you for a little scuttlebutt about Secretary Chao. And then the floodgates opened.

After the jump, your catty comments and unverified gossip about our beloved Secretary of Labor.

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* W — rejected for a coffee date and targeted by a nuclear warhead, all in a single blog entry. [Wizbang]
* Anxiously planning your next industry monopoly? Watch out for our Congress who won’t… really… stop you. [Bopnews]
* Here’s 100 bucks for you and your Ford Escort-driving fetus. [AMERICAblog]
* Add Spanish-speaking Orangutans to the growing list of “Mammals With Better Healthcare Options Than Most Americans.” [Right Wing News]
* String a few subjects and verbs together and dangle them in front of an Ivy League kid. [HuffPo]

Last month we reported that Donna Shalala, the former Secretary of Health and Human Services and current President of the University of Miami, is living the high-life — while university janitors are trying to unionize and win a living wage. The story was picked up in the Washington Post and the Miami Herald, among other places. Now we bring you this brief update. MORE »

Many people didn’t like former Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers, who today announced his resignation as president of Harvard. Feminists were infuriated by his controversial comments suggesting that inherent gender differences may explain why fewer women than men have succeeded in math and science. Faculty members were incensed over how he handled the departure of a popular dean, William Kirby. MORE »