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Oh dear lord, she’s arming the youth! None of us are safe! Empowered inner-city teens will be hurling cell phones and dropping science left and right!

(Actually, based on this guest list, we kind of want to attend — but seriously, Professor Griff and Chuck D, but where’s Flavor Flav?)

Full release after the jump.

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Since apologizing on the floor of the House for her scuffle with the Capitol Police, Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) has been keeping a low profile and staying out of trouble. MORE »

It must be a slow news day in Atlanta, as the Journal-Constitution is currently leading with another Cynthia McKinney “gaffe.” Skipping past the obnoxious non-sequiter lede, let’s see what all the fuss is about: MORE »

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution got the police report for the McKinney incident. MORE »

If dead rappers can shoot guns, surely they can give press conferences on behalf of embattled political figures. Paging Tupac — Cynthia McKinney needs you! MORE »

Hey, have we talked about Cynthia McKinney yet today? Lest you think we’re unduly obsessed with her, we’d like to point out that the Cornell Daily Sun has printed not one but four pieces bitching about her. MORE »

A quick check of the sitemeter states shows at least one reader out there is from Florida. So this post is directed only at him or her. MORE »

A well-placed fern adds a touch of nature to your giant, panel-dwarfing doric columns.

Busy week so far for Wonkette. Last night saw us at some sort of weird auditorium/ballroom thing attached to the EPA (no one knew what purpose the space served, except for hosting panel discussions in a fancier-than-usual setting) for The Week Opinion Awards (in Partnership with The Aspen Institute). It was a blast, of course, though we admit that we don’t remember the awards bit, or the round-table bit, or the speeches, as we were having way too much fun schmoozing and drinking. We’re sure the winners were very deserving, though. Despite our not winning.

And boy, what a star-studded occasion it was. Froomkin! Arianna Huffington! Sid Blumenthal! Froomkin! Our full (hazily-reconstructed, actually) report, complete with exclusive photos from Liz Gorman, Intrepid Girl Reporter, after the jump.

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It was a bad week for comments because Wonkette was totally broken for the first half of it (remember that? Oh, it was so long ago…). Still, tho — these were some of the good ones from the second half: MORE »

* Reliable Source: Rep. Cynthia McKinney’s “original” statement about her run-in with a Capitol Hill officer said, “It is… a shame that while I conduct the country’s business, I have to stop and call the police to tell them that I’ve changed my hairstyle so that I’m not harassed at work.” McKinney has also noted that white officers are more likely than black officers to ask for her identification: “Some things never change — that’s what Tupac said.”. . . Bush called Bo Derek in 2000 to say, “Bo, let me just say that you and Josh [Bolten] together are a perfect 15.”. . . ABC is shooting a pilot for a show about “young hottie D.C. bureaucrats.” [WP]
* Inside the Beltway: Mayor of Bay St. Louis, Miss. attends Correspondents’ Association Dinner wearing shorts to display solidarity with hurricane victims. . . Donna Brazile as Cheney walks by: “Should I duck?”. . . John McLaughlin orders milk at the Morton’s bar, but has fruit punch instead. [WT]

Some updates on Cynthia McKinneygate:

* Our friends on the Hill tell us that they have demanded that their bosses co-sponsor HR4968 (the “I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto Act”), but, unfortunately, it turns out that many Representatives don’t know who Tupac is. Once again, Democracy has failed us. (We still urge you to write your Congressman about it).
* According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “police have notified the federal prosecutor’s office in Washington that they will be seeking an arrest warrant after the investigation is complete next week.” Ohhhh shit.
* McKinney has cancelled today’s news conference.
* Out on bail, fresh outta jail, California dreamin’, Soon as Representative McKinney (D-GA) step on the scene she’s hearin’ hoochies screamin’

After the jump: IS CYNTHIA MCKINNEY’S COP-PUNCHING CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED? The results of an EXCLUSIVE WONKETTE INVESTIGATION

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Not only is this not the first time Representative McKinney has had a run-in with the law, but she’s even got video of previous encounters on her website. MORE »