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Week of February 8, 2010 * Vol. 16, No. 22

New Christmas Album: Barackin' Around the Christmas Tree


Live from NY!
The Capitol Steps return to New York City. One night only on Feb. 19! The Capitol Steps also perform weekly in Washington, DC and travel around the country. Read more...


HuffPo Review
The Capitol Steps are reviewed and previewed at the Huffington Post.


Sporting News
Mark McGwire now admits steroid use! He used to say they were telling Lirty Dies about the bort of spaceball.


Tweet, tweet!
The Capitol Steps are now on Twitter. Twitter Follow us as we add commentary as well as concert performances, etc.


Oslo's Favorite!
Our album Obama Mia!, tops the charts in Norway. Stimulate the economy and order now on CD -- or download from iTunes, Amazon, or Rhapsody.


VNews Reviews
The Valley News reviews our recent live appearance in Lebanon, New Hampshire.


Ring in 2010!
Listen to Tiger Woods, Mark Sanford, Sarah Palin, Joe Biden, and the entire 111th Congress as we present year-end awards on our New Year's Eve Radio Special. If you missed it on air, download it here.

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Press Here
The Washington Post reviews our live show. Commentator George Will reflects on the end an era captured by the Capitol Steps.


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We put the MOCK in Democracy!


THE SNOW now covering Washington isn't evidence against global warming. It's actually part of Energy Secretary Steven Chu's clever shovel-ready plan to paint the world white in order to reduce carbon emissions and reflect sunlight back into space. Where is Al Gore when we need him?

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Temperatures We've Heard are High NEW
[ Angels We Have Heard on High ]

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From the album Barackin' Around the Christmas Tree.


Week of February 1

TIGER WOODS' withdrawal from golf is creating a recession for the pro tour, but the guy just wants a little privacy after his small driving accident.

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Fly of the Tiger NEW
[ Eye of the Tiger ]

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Week of January 25

CORPORATIONS win big in the Supreme Court as a 5-4 majority strikes down law and precedent regulating corporate participation in elections and expands corporate rights. The majority ruled that since corporations are people, their free speech rights can't be limited by Congress. By that reasoning, it's not a stretch to see them demanding voting rights, too, once they've got their naming rights all locked up.

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This Land's Not Your Land
[ This Land is Your Land ]

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From the album Four More Years in the Bush Leagues (2005) .


Week of January 18

THE WHOLE Palin clan is getting more exposure. Sarah is now a contributor on Fox. Bristol is setting up her own public relations firm. Todd Palin is getting ready to finally settle old scores. And Levi Johnston has been hanging out.

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In the Nude NEW
[ In the Mood ]

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Week of January 11

A YEAR AGO, the hottest tickets in town were invitations to the inaugural. By the end of his first year in office, though, just about anyone who wanted to see Obama at the White House could come and crash.

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Party Crashers NEW
[ It's My Party ]

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Week of January 4

THE PAST YEAR was quite a year for politics and poking fun at politicians. Before diving into 2010 and the sordid scandals ahead, what could be better than a retrospective year-end wrap up of 2009? Let's try that again...

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Lirty Dies: 2009 Rear End Yap UpNEW
[ Read and hear more Lirty Dies. ]

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Week of December 28

FAILED terrorist Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab didn't manage to take down Northwest Flight 253, but he will no doubt be remembered for making air travel even more miserable for the rest of us. Recall that after shoe-bomber Richard Reid tried — and failed — to destroy a plane in 2001 using the same kind of explosives, we all had to take off our shoes at airport security. Abdulmutallab, who must have dropped out of the same terrorist school as Reid, allegedly had his bomb materials sewn into his underwear.

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Shoe-Bomb
[ Sh-Boom ]

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From the album When Bush Comes to Shove (2002) .


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