Thanks to everyone who sent me their very own Obamicon! Make your own at Obamicon.Me! The site has already turned more than 150,000 pictures into mini-Shep Fairey masterpieces. (Paste Magazine)

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President Barack Obama makes a call from the Oval Office on his first full day on the job. Callie Shell / Aurora for TIME From “Obama Promises New Destiny, Work Begins Today,” by Joe Klein for Time Magazine

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How good looking is his wife, folks? (Washington Post)

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Jay-Z: Ridiculous hat. Proud to be a part of history. Blogger and Snob reader Abdur-Rahman Muhammad had himself a pretty nice seat for the Inauguration. He’s posting his series of pictures (many of them featuring celebrities of the likes of Beyonce, Jay-Z, Diddy and Solange) on his blog. He’ll be adding photos to his site…

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A damaged street in Rafah. Hamas officials vowed to fight on, regardless of any Israeli cease-fire declaration. Photo: Ben Curtis/Associated PressWhile you were twisting the night away with the brand new president Israel decided to stop blowing up people, places and things on the Gaza Strip. Normally I would have written about the situation in…

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They showed up three-hours early for the Inauguration! (F)rom all reports, he was three hours early, and was a perfect gentleman to others in the area, making small talk and posing for pictures. (ohnotheydidnt) Do you think Denzel was excited? And he wore a suit to the ball, which is an achievement in itself considering

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Kanye West performed at the Inaugural Ball MTV threw for the Obamas. I have a lot of nice pictures of the Obamas from that particular ball because of my WireImage account. They looked great, as we already knew they would, but could someone tell me — what is going on here with Kanye? Is he…

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