Later this afternoon, Barack Obama's office will release its report on his staff's contacts with disgraced Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. Then they will all skip town.

Drudge's latest awesome snap poll: who is hotter, Russian strongman Vlad Putin or sculpted hope-monger Barack Obama? The murderous ex-KBG officer is winning! Love it leave it, guys!

'Tis the season of empty gestures! Inaugural pastor Rick Warren rewrote his website so it no longer says gays are poison to his congregation. In fact a whole long lecture about gays was deleted.

Looks like Melissa Etheridge has finally found some common ground with her archenemy, Elisabeth Hasselbeck: they both love Barack Obama's controversial invocation speaker, Pastor Rick Warren!

Earlier today we fawned over Barack Obama's newly cut physique. And it got us wondering what other shirtless pics of presidents exist.

Among the honorary co-chairs of Obama's inauguration? Wisconsin Rep Tammy Baldwin, one of the three openly gay members in Congress, and not the one who just called Obama's selection of Rick Warren a "mistake." [CBS]

Nothing says Christmas like two people screaming at each other. Gawker video guru Richard Blakeley compiled and ranked the ten very best of this contentious year.

Oooh, look at him! President-elect Barack Obama is on vacation in Hawaii right now and a stressful campaign and glorious victory seem to have done a body good. He's trimmer than he was in August!

Guess who is not happy with the Rick Warren invocation? Barney Frank, one of the country's three openly gay congresspeople.

Oh, hey, look, it's Barack Obama, being elitist and hating America, during a depression. Prepare to see this photo of the president-elect playing golf throughout the right-wing media, and probably everywhere.

According to Obama's office's report on Rahm Emanuel and his BFF ROD BLAGJEVICH, Rahm did nothing wrong, so leave him alone.

Media Matters offers an admirably comprehensive look at Fox News dog-man Sean Hannity's most wet-brained (but creative!) Obama smears of the entire campaign. Here are the five cleverest, RadicalTerroristBlackPowerCriminal:

So in light of the inevitable squeeze on cosmetic enhancement spending, how's everyone's favorite diminutive derm Patricia Wexler doing? Just fine, she tells Wowowow: Not only are her patients still coming in for treatments, they "feel it is critical to keep up appearances right now," although some are cheeky enough to ask for discounts, which, just so you know, will certainly not be granted. But, more importantly, Pat is thrilled about Obama's new presidency for the obvious reason: Democrats have more tasteful surgery!

Everyone is speculating wildly: The Post asks if Tom Cruise gave his wives cold sores; Hollywood reporters accuse their boss of naughty flights and Madonna thinks a new baby can maybe fix everything.

Yesterday, Barack Obama's inauguration committee announced its choice for invocation speaker: controversial Saddelback founder Rick Warren. Elisabeth Hasselbeck, no doubt expecting a bomb-laden address from William Ayers, couldn't have been more pleased.

Our supercool, smokin' President-elect has already inspired ironic T-shirts, lawsuits based on those T-shirts, and now a classic "this thing looks like that thing" post, all in one week!

People keep trying and utterly failing to draw some kind of significant tie between the president-elect and disgraced Illinoid Gov. Rod Blagojevich. But is anyone listening to Google Images? CONNECT THE DOTS.

Sad! Crazy-coiffed, fabulously scandalous Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich will not appoint anyone to fill Barack Obama's Senate seat, according to his fun-loving lawyer, Ed Genson. Why? Because Democrats are mean.

Rick Warren, the evangelical pastor who's made himself palatable to liberals grossed out by most idiot bible-thumpers, will give the invocation at Barack Obama's inauguration, proving that the President-elect is not the anti-christ, probably.

Invest in Caterpillar! Obama's gonna nominate his second Republican, and it's Illinois Rep. Ray LaHood for Transportation Secretary. Which is eh and kinda lame.