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Roy Sekoff On Ground Zero ‘Mosque’ Uproar: The Key to Pissing People Off: Location Location, Location (VIDEO)

Plans to build a “mini-mosque” and Islamic community center near the site of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks have been received with praise and deep criticism.

Joy Behar invited HuffPost editor Roy Sekoff, author Pamela Geller, and Daisy Khan of the American Society for Muslim Advancement to weigh in on the project known as Cordoba House during a panel on “The Joy Behar Show” Wednesday.

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Sunday Roundup

Five years ago today, we launched The Huffington Post (click here to see our launch day home page). It’s been an unbelievable ride — thanks in large part to you, our oh-so-passionate HuffPost community! To mark the occasion, we are stocking our blog lineup with some of the most memorable blog posts of the last five years, including posts from Barack Obama, Larry David, Nora Ephron, Bill Maher, etc, etc. As for my posts, here is a sampling of the over 1,500 I’ve written since we launched. A toast: Here’s to an amazing five years, here’s to the even more amazing years to come… and here’s to my co-founder Kenny Lerer, and to Jonah Peretti, Roy Sekoff, and Colin Sterling who have been with us from Day One. Happy Anniversary, HuffPosters!

Here are the posts, check them out and vote for your favorite.

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Roy Sekoff: ‘Diversity’ Would Be Supreme Court Justice Who’s For The Powerless (VIDEO)

HuffPost editor Roy Sekoff appeared on “The Ed Show” Wednesday to talk about Obama’s next nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court.

“Too many times,” Sekoff argued, Senate confirmation hearings have hinged on “all Roe v. Wade, all the time.”

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Roy Sekoff: Michele Bachmann Saying Idiotic Things Is like A Law of Nature (VIDEO)

Huffington Post editor Roy Sekoff appeared on “The Ed Show” Wednesday to discuss recent comments from Rep. Michele Bachmann.

This past weekend, the Minnesota Republican told a crowd in Duluth, Minn. that there is no evidence that black lawmakers were harassed by tea party protesters as they marched to the House before the health care vote. Bachmann said there is no evidence that civil rights leader and South Carolina Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) was called “nigger.” And despite video of the incident, Bachmann denied a protester spat upon Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO).

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Roy Sekoff: Michele Bachmann Saying Idiotic Things Is like A Law of Nature (VIDEO)

Huffington Post editor Roy Sekoff appeared on “The Ed Show” Wednesday to discuss recent comments from Rep. Michele Bachmann.

This past weekend, the Minnesota Republican told a crowd in Duluth, Minn. that there is no evidence that black lawmakers were harassed by tea party protesters as they marched to the House before the health care vote. Bachmann said there is no evidence that civil rights leader and South Carolina Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) was called “nigger.” And despite video of the incident, Bachmann denied a protester spat upon Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO).

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Roy Sekoff: Dems Should Make Midterm Races Referendum On Palin, Tea Party (VIDEO)

Huffpost editor Roy Sekoff appeared on “The Joy Behar Show” Tuesday alongside CNN political reporter Candy Crowley to talk about the midterm elections and the tea party movement’s relationship with the Republican Party.

Behar pointed to Senator Scott Brown’s decision to skip a Boston tea party rally with Sarah Palin and asked why the recently elected senator would distance himself from the group.

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Roy Sekoff on Fox News: A Giant Can Of Gas Waiting For A Match (VIDEO)

Huffington Post editor Roy Sekoff appeared on “The Ed Show” Thursday evening to weigh in on recent threats of violence against elected officials and conservative media’s role in those threats.

Sekoff believes that by ratcheting up the violent rhetoric and imagery, Fox News risks inciting real violence. Fox is like “a giant can of gas waiting for a match,” Sekoff argued. “You go over to Fox and it’s like a Chinese water torture of fearmongering, with a drip, drip, drip, of nazism and race baiting… and all this kind of stuff. So, I think those kinds of things are seeping into the body politic.”

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Roy Sekoff: The Right Has Decided To Double Down On The Crazy (VIDEO)

HuffPost editor Roy Sekoff appeared on “The Ed Show” Wednesday evening to talk about the Republican Party’s political tactics.

Rather than learning from their defeat on health care reform and course-correcting, Sekoff argued that the GOP has doubled down on the crazy–and their divisive strategy. “I mean we saw from the very beginning, their playbook on health care has been two things. It’s been fear-mongering and untruths. And this attack on Representative Dingell is the perfect blend of both of these things. It’s this crazy fear-mongering that they want to take over your health care, they want to take over your government. It’s the socialism… they have not learned the lesson of their defeat and course corrected. Instead, they’re going all in.”

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Roy Sekoff Compares VP F-Bombs: Biden’s ‘A Lot Better’ Than Cheney’s (VIDEO)

Huffpost editor Roy Sekoff joined David Frum, a former Bush speechwriter, on “The Joy Behar Show” Tuesday to discuss consequences for Democrats and Republicans in the wake of health care reform’s passage.

Sekoff began by telling Joy that Vice President Joe Biden’s use of the word “fuck” Tuesday was “a lot better” than former Vice President Dick Cheney’s use of the word. In 2004 in the Senate, Cheney swore at Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.).

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Roy Sekoff Compares VP F-Bombs: Biden’s ‘A Lot Better’ Than Cheney’s

Huffpost editor Roy Sekoff joined David Frum, a former Bush speechwriter, on “The Joy Behar Show” Tuesday to discuss consequences for Democrats and Republicans in the wake of health care reform’s passage.

Sekoff began by telling Joy that Vice President Joe Biden’s use of the word “fuck” Tuesday was “a lot better” than former Vice President Dick Cheney’s use of the word. In 2004 in the Senate, Cheney swore at Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.).

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