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Having run out of stories about rich white young Democrats doing whatever they do up there, the NYT “Sunday Styles” team slummed down to the Potomac Polo Club to cover the antics of rich white young Republicans. MORE »

Republican insiders say Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is starting to look like an excellent candidate for the GOP in 2008. But it’s not just because he’s a big-spending fascist. Turns out Putin is also a fan of rape and murder! (And inappropriate oral contact with young boys … never forget!) MORE »

A couple of mysterious 911 calls to Las Vegas police — all apparently made from the bathroom of a Starbucks on Paradise Road by a terrified drunk gal — have suddenly derailed Congressman Jim Gibbons and his campaign to be Nevada’s next governor.

The story is changing so quick we can’t even get a timeline in order, so let’s just randomly toss together some of the filthier details, after the jump.

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David Dickerson, a longshot (as in no chance whatsoever) candidate for Senate in Maryland, has set the bar for 2006 campaign implosions. The rugged “citizen candidate” has been brought up on rape charges after he “allegedly ordered a mail order bride from Latvia and repeatedly assaulted her.” MORE »