1. Freedom’s Watch is shutting down…

The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports today that Freedom’s Watch, the right-wing advocacy group founded by Ari Fleischer and funded by Sheldon Adelson, “is pretty much kaput.” Freedom’s Watch spokesman Ed Patru “confirmed that much of the staff was on its way out,” but refused to say if the group would continue in the future

2. Is George Bush off the wagon? Or was he ever really on it?…

Watertiger notices that the Preznit had himself a drinky-poo at this weekend’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation gathering in Lima. Libby Spencer at The Reaction observes that this isn’t the first time in recent months that Bush has appeared have been drinking.

3. NRA Propaganda At Nation’s Largest Gun Show: Obama Is An ‘Enemy Of Your Gun Rights’…

Since Barack Obama’s election, the National Rifle Association (NRA) and other pro-gun groups have been warning that the new president will take away their second amendment rights. This multi-million dollar campaign is already having effects. Not only is the NRA trying to profit off this fear-mongering by increasing its membership, many gun sellers are holding “Obama Sales.”

4. Chavez passes Venezuela election test…

Candidates from Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s party won a majority of the seats Sunday in local elections that were seen as a test of Chavez’s influence.

5. Uncivil..

I really, really hate the whole proposition system in California - but I’m even more disgusted that it allowed civil rights to be put to a vote. The entire point of rights is to protect those in a minority status.

6. WTF?!!!…

The U.S. government is prepared to lend more than $7.4 trillion on behalf of American taxpayers, or half the value of everything produced in the nation last year, to rescue the financial system since the credit markets seized up 15 months ago.

7. Citigroup received massive $300 billion last night from government…

The U.S. government has agreed to guarantee over $300 billion of Citigroup’s troubled assets — loans and securities backed by residential and commercial real estate and other such assets — with conditions attached. These conditions are being hammered out.