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Willie Geist's Week In Review: Scare Force One, Swine Flu, 100 Days & More (VIDEO)
"It's time once again to oversimplify a very busy week and put it into an easy-to-digest list of top five stories," "Morning Joe" co-host Willie...
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"Daily Show" On Coverage Of Obama: Fox News Stocking Up On Holy Water And Garlic (VIDEO)
Jon Stewart looked at the coverage of Obama's 100th day speech last night, showing Sean Hannity's terrifying opening montage and saying "apparently Fox is stocking...
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Stephen Colbert, Jonathan Alter Discuss Obama's "First Fourteen Mondays" (VIDEO)
Stephen Colbert suitably lampooned the media's obsession with the First 100 Days by examining the Obama administration through the lens of the "First 14 Mondays,"...
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Obama says waterboarding was torture
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Wednesday night that waterboarding authorized by former President George W. Bush was torture and that the information it gained...
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Wednesday's Late Night Round-Up: Obama's First 100 Days, Specter's Switch, And Coulter's Gender (VIDEO)
Poor David Letterman, he had a tough time last night with some sudden laryngitis (that eventually forced him to trade rolls with the cue card...
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HuffPosters Look Ahead To Obama's Next 100 Days
After spending Wednesday analyzing and grading about President Obama's first 100 days in office, it's time to look ahead. Today is the first day of...
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House Passes Budget With No GOP Votes
WASHINGTON — Democrats in Congress capped President Barack Obama's 100th day in office by advancing a $3.4 trillion federal budget for next year _ a...
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Obama's First 100 Days: A Global Response
Today marks President Barack Obama's 100th day in office, a time when the American people (and pundits) evaluate the president's actions thus far and analyze...
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Obama 100 Days Press Conference: FULL TRANSCRIPT
The full transcript of Obama's third press conference on April 29, 2009: OBAMA: Please, be seated. Before we begin tonight, I just want to provide...
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Obama's 100 Days Press Conference: Full Video
President Obama held his third primetime news conference to mark the 100th day of his term. Here is full video of the press conference: Visit...
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Here Comes Clinton: Foreign Policy Set To Move Center Stage: Newsweek
Thanks to the global financial crisis, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has enjoyed something of a grace period over these first 100 days of the...
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Obama Remarks: Primetime Press Conference (ADVANCE EXCERPTS)
***WATCH OBAMA LIVE AT 8 PM EST*** In his primetime press conference Wednesday night (the third of his term), President Obama will echo what he...
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Rahm Emanuel On Obama's First 100 Days (VIDEO)
Rahm Emanuel appears on ABC's "World News With Charlie Gibson" Wednesday night to discuss President Obama's first 100 days. "Did he essentially run for one...
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Tuesday's Late Night Round-Up: Swine Flu, Arlen Specter, And More! (VIDEO)
Epidemics were the big draw last night for the late shows. David Letterman said that he was thankful for our tight border with Mexico considering...
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The First 100 Days Of Obama Jokes (VIDEO)
When President Obama took office media outlets and comedians alike wondered whether political comedy was dead. George W. Bush was bad for America in many...
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Tamar Abrams: President Obama: Taking Him at His Words
As an English major and a person who's traveled extensively, I am delighted to hear President Obama honor the English language instead of butchering it.
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Steven Weber: The Niche Party
Like all the methods and policies they have espoused for years, the GOP is officially clueless.
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Huffington Post: Obama's First 100 Days Report Card: HuffPost Bloggers Give Their Grades
HuffPost bloggers give Obama their marks on foreign policy, national security, climate change, technology policy, GLBT issues, labor, political strategy, and much, much more.
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Laura Carlsen: Mexico's Swine Flu and the Globalization of Disease
A misplaced priority on profits over human health in the context of a globalized world led to this epidemic and the looming possibility that it will now become the world's latest pandemic.
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Johann Hari: Our Hunger for Cheap Meat Has Created Swine Flu
We always knew that factory farms were a scar on humanity's conscience -- but now we know they are a scar on our health.
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Frances Beinecke: First 100 Days a Good Dress Rehearsal: Now We Need the Main Act
I have traveled to Washington many times since President Obama took office, and each time I go, I am struck by the action-oriented and economics-driven tone he has set for clean energy and global warming policy.
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Bill Scher: At The 100 Day Mark, Climate Is Losing
As it is ridiculous for pundits to chastise President Obama for "doing too much" when there is much to do, we progressives must also be able to walk and chew gum simultaneously.
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Michael Wolff: 101 Obama Nights: Are They Real?
Everywhere there is the obvious, almost pained, inability to criticize Obama on his first hundred days. Here's the reasonable question to ask of a person who is universally loved: Is he a fake?
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Cenk Uygur: Condi Rice Pulls A Nixon: When the President Does It, That Means It is Not Illegal
This is why I say these people don't understand the whole concept behind America. In our system of government, the president is not supposed to be above the law.
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Jeremy Scahill: New UN Report Shows the US Combo of Torture and Impunity Thrives in Iraqi Prisons
Iraqi authorities widely use torture to interrogate prisoners and extract confessions without fear of consequence. Sadly, the US doesn't have the credibility to confront these crimes.
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The Progress Report: Obama's 100 Days Of Progress
by Faiz Shakir, Amanda Terkel, Satyam Khanna, Matt Corley, Benjamin Armbruster, Ali Frick, and Ryan Powers To receive The Progress Report in your email inbox...
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Bradley Whitford: Waterboard Dick!!!
Waterboarding works. American lives are at stake. And Dick Cheney has the all the information we need. What's a patriot to do?
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Joe Peyronnin: 100 Days: Dream Big Dreams
The White House remains in full campaign mode every minute. It has been clear from the earliest days of his campaign that Barack Obama is all about focus and discipline.
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John McQuaid: 100 News Cycles Later
Obama's ambitions depend on his ability to nudge the news cycle away from the cable network- and Drudge-driven obsession with transient panics and cultural outrages. He's been partially successful so far.
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Carl Jeffers: As Specter Moves to the Left, So Does the Supreme Court
Having a 60-vote filibuster-proof Senate for the president changes the dynamic entirely for Obama's Supreme Court nominee selections, and it changes it in his favor.
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Bob Cesca: 100 Days of Competence Versus Crazy
I'm reasonably certain that historians will peg the legacy of the president's first 100 days based partly upon this contrast between the crazy and the calm.
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Sen. Robert Byrd: Our Obligation to Investigate
Spain and the United Kingdom have already initiated investigations of Bush administration officials over torture -- to continue to ignore the mounting evidence of clear wrongdoing is a national humiliation.
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Derek Flood: Is Pakistan Becoming Afghanistan? A Lament
A realist, international approach with real leadership is required if Pakistan is to be saved and Afghanistan is not to be lost.
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Dr. Jon LaPook: Physicians And The H1N1 Flu
Many of us -- patients and physicians alike -- have been thinking about the influenza virus for about a week. Public health officials like the teams at the CDC that I visited yesterday have been thinking about it for years.
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Brandon Friedman: Torture Advocates will Set the Military Back for Generations
Once upon a time, our adversaries knew they could hoist the white flag and expect to be treated humanely, making them more likely to give up sooner. It kept American soldiers out of countless bloody fights.
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Andy Borowitz: Obama Quits While Ahead
In a move that stunned both political allies and foes alike, President Barack Obama resigned today after serving 100 days in office, telling the White House press corps, "It's all downhill from here."
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Allison Kilkenny: The Law is Not a Fringe Issue
A truth commission would use the law as a compass, and its only goal would be to restore order in America. As Barbara Herbert wrote, "We need a chance for secular redemption and healing."
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Jacob Heilbrunn: State of Play: Obama's 100 Day Press Conference
Obama's mastered the art of calming the jangled nerves of his countrymen. Now his economic policies need to restore them fully.
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Teresa Puente: Swine Flu Stirs Hate
Networks need to put the actual numbers into perspective -- swine flu vs. regular flu. So far you're more likely to die from the regular flu.
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Stuart Whatley: Grand Theft Automaker
Nobody expects the administration to right the world economy in a day, but what it can do is make sure each who is owed gets his fair share of the pie.
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