Representative-elect Mike McMahon is requesting a spot on the Transportation Committee; Eric Massa wants the Armed Services Committee and Agriculture Committee. [RT]
Mark Weprin is going to run for his brother's Council seat. [Liz]
A Kennedy-for-Senate Facebook page does well. A Kennedy-for-Senate online petition does not. [Politico]
Inauguration pastor Rick Warren took the anti-gay stuff off his web site. [Americablog]
Sign of the times: shoplifting arrests are way up. [NYT]
New York is losing a congressional district, while Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Nevada, and Utah, and Texas will gain them. [WSJ]
Mike Tomasky thought that Times story about a possible resurgence of right-wing talk radio was wrong. [Guardian]