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Ed Schultz Takes On Jonathan Alter Over Health Bill, Public Option (VIDEO)

Posted 12.08.2009 | Media


The Ed Show's Ed Schultz took on President Obama Tuesday for not showing support for the public option. Schultz pointed to an email sent out by Organi...

WH Releases Open Government Directive: Transparency (Plus) Engagement (Equals) More Democracy

Peter M. Shane | Posted 12.08.2009 | Media


Peter M. Shane

If transparency is truly to promote accountability, then the public needs journalists to help discover, gather, compare, contextualize, and share the new information becoming available.

91 White House Breaches: Salahis Crashing Far From A First, Says Secret Service Report

Posted 12.08.2009 | Politics


Though there has been plenty of attention on Tareq and Michaele Salahi showing up to the White House State Dinner without being invited, a report from...

Did The White House Crashers Follow The Rules Of Wedding Crashers?

Av Sinensky | Posted 12.08.2009 | Entertainment


Av Sinensky

While others are questioning whether the Sahalis committed any federal crimes, I'm more concerned with a different code: the rules of Wedding Crashers.

Robert Gibbs vs. April Ryan: The Groan Heard 'Round the Briefing Room

Bryan Monroe | Posted 12.07.2009 | Media


Bryan Monroe

Ryan was trying to get at whether the high-profile White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers was working the event for the state dinner or there as an invited guest, or both.

White House Jobs Summit: Digging Out of Unemployment Cycles

Meizhu Lui | Posted 12.07.2009 | Politics


Meizhu Lui

We can get the economy to work and work for all of us, by putting the American people to work. We're shovel ready!

US Applauds Iraq Plans For Parliamentary Elections

AP | Posted 12.07.2009 | World


WASHINGTON — The White House is applauding Iraqi lawmakers' vote Sunday to hold parliament elections early next year, a step that the U.S. hopes...

Veterans Advocates Worried About Care For Troops Wounded In Afghan Surge

McClatchy | David Goldstein | Posted 12.07.2009 | World


WASHINGTON -- As the Obama administration ramps up the war in Afghanistan, veterans advocates say the government must develop a better plan to handle ...

Secret Service Counts 91 Breaches Since Carter Administration

washingtonpost.com | Spencer S. Hsu | Posted 12.07.2009 | Politics


Long before a pair of gate-crashers penetrated a White House state dinner, the Secret Service had detailed for its internal use a lengthy list of secu...

Ryan Grim

Nelson Ready To Bust Pharma Deal: 'They Need 60 Votes, Don't They?'

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 12.06.2009 | Politics


Sen. Bill Nelson, a Florida Democrat, said on Sunday that if leadership doesn't work with him on his amendment that would break the White House deal w...

Ryan Grim

Pharma Deal To Be Tested On Senate Floor

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 12.05.2009 | Politics


Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has promised to allow a vote on re-importing prescription drugs from Canada as an amendment to the health c...

Without an Inclusive Job Policy, There Will Be No Recovery

Victor Corral | Posted 12.04.2009 | Politics


Victor Corral

If we want to ensure a real and sustainable economic recovery, we must pass inclusive, comprehensive immigration reform that legalizes immigrants in the US.

Obama's Afghan War Strategy Roll-Out: Behind-The-Scenes Pictures

Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics


Most of President Obama's day on Tuesday was devoted to rolling out his Afghanistan war policy -- first to members of Congress and world leaders, late...

Addressing Race at the White House Jobs Summit

Cynthia Gordy | Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics


Cynthia Gordy

Young black men between the ages of 16 and 24 who are facing joblessness at 34.5 percent. It didn't strike me that the issue ranks particularly high on the White House radar.

White House CEO Visit List: See Which Execs Dined With Obama

politico.com | EAMON JAVERS | | Posted 12.03.2009 | Business


The White House has made a quiet but extensive effort to reach out to corporate executives in a series of dinners and lunches at the White House with ...

Sanctuary in Harmony: How Music is Saving Lives in LA

Lucia Brawley | Posted 12.03.2009 | Home


Lucia Brawley

REPRINTED FROM THE COMMUNITY MARKETING BLOG-OFF, first published December 2, 2009. Please click on that site and comment there to help me win the cont...

Ed Schultz Spars With Sen. Barbara Boxer Over Senate Health Care Bill

Posted 12.03.2009 | Media


The Ed Show's Ed Schultz let it all out Wednesday evening and expressed the frustration that many progressives feel about attempts by Democrats to wat...

Desiree Rogers, White House Social Secretary, Will Not Testify About Gatecrashing Salahis

AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — White House party crashers Tareq and Michaele Salahi declined an invitation to testify to Congress about their caper at President B...

White House: July 2011 Afghanistan Withdrawal 'Locked In'

CBS News | Posted 12.02.2009 | World


After the briefing, Gibbs went to the president for clarification. Gibbs then called me to his office to relate what the president said. The president...

If I Had Crashed the White House Party, I Would Be in Guantanamo by Now

Sam Sedaei | Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics


Sam Sedaei

Many of us were frustrated by the Patriot Act and the way in which it led to profiling and discrimination against minorities during the Bush administration. President Bush is gone, but his legacy lives on.

In the Name of Rosa Parks: Arrest of 81-Year-Old on Fast, Mourning Mountaintop Removal

Jeff Biggers | Posted 12.03.2009 | Green


Jeff Biggers

On the anniversary of Rosa Parks' historic act of civil disobedience, an 81-year-old veteran and anti-mountaintop removal activist was arrested by law enforcement authorities.

Sam Stein

White House: Personnel Will Remain In Afghanistan Long After 2011 Drawdown

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics


Senior White House officials said Tuesday night that while President Obama intends to start drawing down U.S. forces in Afghanistan starting in July 2...

Emails To Michaele Salahi, Tareq Salahi From Michelle S. Jones Contradict White House Party Crashers

Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics


Emails sent between Tareq and Michaele Salahi and Pentagon official Michelle S. Jones show that the couple was never granted approval to attend last w...

Obama 'Christmas' Party Season: 28 Events, 50,000 Guests

Politics Daily | Posted 12.01.2009 | Style


The Obama White House kicks off a giant holiday social season this week, I've learned: 28 parties and open houses planned for December, with more than...

"The World Is Full of Crashing Bores": A Party Playlist for Tareq and Michaele Salahi

David Wild | Posted 12.01.2009 | Entertainment


David Wild

Here's a playlist for America's latest fun couple to be used at the very next party they crash together.