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by Melvin A. GoodmanLast week, seven former directors of the Central Intelligence Agency, who made their own contributions to the CIA’s low esteem over the past 35 years, asked President Barack Obama to make sure there is no criminal investigati...
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Remember the days of Vince Foster murder conspiracies, endless Whitewater investigations, and witch hunts by special prosecutors? Well, in the wake of the Fox News ACORN videos and Glenn Beck's rants, the first calls for a special prosecutor have already...
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If you doubt what Americans think is important about the Obama administration, just check Google. According to Google Trends, the Obama-Kanye West-MTV-Taylor Swift episode is the ninth most important thing in the world going on today, reaching its peak a...
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Just when you thought the level of political discourse couldn't sink any lower comes the Tweet heard round the world from ABC TV's Terry Moran: "Pres. Obama just called Kanye West a 'jackass' for his outburst at VMAs when Taylor Swift won," he wrote. "Now...
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Whether it was 2 million(unlikely), or 60,000 people, however, many people showed up at the Tea Party in Washington on September 12, the actual sentiments of the protesters speak for themselves. ...
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The Answer: It depends what measurement you are using.According to a study produced by Health Affairs, the U.S. ranks fourteenth in the world in preventable deaths. Critics of America's health care system will take solace in the fact that the U.S. is fall...
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Afghanistan isn't the only focal point of neocon pressure President Obama is confronting. Perhaps even more important is Iran--and the Israel Lobby.Obama has given Iran until the end of September to respond to his offer of diplomatic engagement--and that ...
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If you thought the neocons were dead and buried, think again. This time, the ubiquitous interventionists are back in the form of a new group called Foreign Policy Initiative that sports many of the wonderful folks in the Project for a New American  Ce...
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If you thought the neocons were dead and buried, think again. This time, the ubiquitous interventionists are back in the form of a new group called Foreign Policy Initiative that sports many of the wonderful folks in the Project for a New American  Ce...
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Remarks of President Barack Obama – As Prepared for Delivery Address to a Joint Session of Congress on Health Care Madame Speaker, Vice President Biden, Members of Congress, and the American people: When I spoke here last winter, this nation was fa...
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From Greg Sargent's blog, theplumline, comes a primer on what to expect during President Obama's crucial address to a joint session of Congress tonight on health care reform.Some of the key talking points: --Obama wants to make clear that he has two overr...
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If you're wondering why K Street saw drafts of Baucus's health care legislation before the White House, the answer is quite simple: K Street wrote the bill.Literally.As Emptywheel points out, Baucus's Senior Counsel is a woman named Elizabeth Fowler, and,...
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No matter how powerful Obama's speech is tonight, there are a number of reasons health care reform may not play out as progressives hope-- and one of them is Blue Dog Democratic leader, Senator Max Baucus, the Montana senator who runs the Senate Finance C...
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"There are some core principles that I've already laid out previously.We're going to be providing a much more detailed plan. There are some principles that, if they are not embodied in the bill, I will not sign it."--Barack Obama on ABC's Good Morning Ame...
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With speculation rife that President Obama may either junk the public option as an alternative to private health care insurance, or, perhaps more likely, opt for  a"trigger" mechanism, one might ask why how health care reform got watered down.Let us c...
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“I am one of the millions of frustrated Americans who want to see Washington do more than it's doing right now. (Obama) needs to be more bold in his leadership. I'm not going to just sit by the curb and let these folks get away with a lack of perfo...
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Don't take for your Labor Day break without digesting some of the most depressing news of the season:This week the Obama Administration is releasing a memo showing strong public support of health care reform, but, as reported in Greg Sargent's blog, The P...
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Check out Max Blumenthal's new book, Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement That Shattered the Party. There's bound to be fun, fun, fun when Max takes on Ralph Reed, Joe the Plumber, and other figures on the Right...
