That's Puzzling!: Headline Anagrams, December 30th

Once again, it's time to take some words and mix up all their letters and then put them back together again to create new words, but in a totally fun and hip way.

But first, here's a few from last week's challenge…

Mere doggedness tracks, mires a wanton tycoon. (Janice)

Genes secondary to commanding state workers. (Dharam)

Here's this week's headline…

Defiant Illinois Governor Names Pick for Obama Seat

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Here's our best attempt at something that almost makes sense…

Impressionable knave! Food, ale, transmogrification.

We all gotta do what we gotta do to get by in these troubling times.