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Van Jones Explains 9/11 Petition In One Of His First Post-White House Interviews (VIDEO)

Posted 02.24.2010 | Politics

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Van Jones, President Obama's former "Green Jobs Czar," spoke to Tavis Smiley in one of his first public interviews since his resignation last year. J...

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Tom Harkin Says Public Option Is Dead For Now

Salon | Laura Miller | Posted 02.24.2010 | Politics

Read More: House, Senate, White House, Public Option, Tom Harkin, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Health Insurance Industry, Obama, Health Care, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Iowa Democrat Tom Harkin, told Salon Wednesday night that a ...

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Has Rahm Emanuel Become a Liability for the White House?

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 02.25.2010 | Politics

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Lincoln Mitchell

It was understood that concerns about Emanuel's abrasive personality and general political outlook could be ignored if he helped Obama succeed in the White House. Emanuel, however, has not helped Obama succeed in the White House.

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Paul Broun Compares Obama To "Dead Man Walking Around With No Soul"

Media Matters Action Network | Posted 02.24.2010 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Balanced Budget, Paul Broun, Tax Laws, White House, Economic Policy, Barack Obama, Tax Revenue, Economy, Obama, Tax Codes, Fiscal Policy, Politics News

Speaking on the House floor last night, Rep. Broun (R-GA) labeled President Obama's economic agenda "voodoo economics." His reasoning: "you have to b...

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Is Our Government Really Broken?

Tony Blankley | Posted 02.24.2010 | Politics

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Tony Blankley

We had better hope our government isn't broken -- or we are likely to have more to worry about than 10 percent unemployment.

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Sam Stein

White House, Dems, Plan For Make-Or-Break Summit

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.23.2010 | Politics

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The White House is publicly treating Thursday's bipartisan health care summit as just another step in the process of passing comprehensive reform legi...

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Who Told Yoo To Do Those 'Bad Things'?

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 02.24.2010 | Politics

Read More: Dod, Office of Professional Responsibility, John Yoo, Justice Department, Nsc, Steven Bradbury, Office of Legal Counsel, Michael Chertoff, Jay Bybee, White House, Cia, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Torture Memos, Torture, Politics News
Daphne Eviatar

If White House officials were instructing the 'torture memo' authors to create legal justifications for a program those officials knew was likely illegal, then we have evidence of a high-level criminal conspiracy.

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Rahm's Rescue Mission: His Own Image

Politico | Posted 02.23.2010 | Politics

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Emanuel's main job is serving as President Barack Obama's not-so-mild-mannered point man on the renewed, possibly quixotic final push for health care ...

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Human Rights Defenders at the White House

Elisa Massimino | Posted 02.22.2010 | Home

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Elisa Massimino

Human Rights activists from more than 25 countries gathered in Washington last week for a meeting designed to mobilize greater support for those strug...

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A Conversation With Valerie Jarrett, Senior White House Advisor

Rahim Kanani | Posted 02.22.2010 | Politics

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Rahim Kanani

Logic dictates that the higher you rise, the higher it is find friends you can trust. As Barack Obama rose to the most coveted office in the US, Valerie Jarrett became evermore important.

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White House Health Care Reform Proposal

Ellen R. Shaffer | Posted 02.22.2010 | Politics

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Ellen R. Shaffer

The White House health care reform bill is a modest policy proposal based on the senate bill. It frames a bold political gamble that the summit on Thursday will cut through the rabble-rousing rancor.

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Sam Stein

Obama's Health Care Proposal Lays Blueprint For Democratic Action

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.22.2010 | Politics

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President Obama officially released his own health care reform proposal on Monday in a last-ditch effort to unite the Democratic Party around some sor...

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Milbank Shows Rahm Lots of Love

Steve Clemons | Posted 02.21.2010 | Media

Read More: Palace Intrigue, White House, Valerie Jarrett, Edward Luce, Steve Clemons, Richard Wolffe, John Chafee, Dana Milbank, Immigration, Rahm Emanuel, David Axelrod, Leslie Gelb, Robert Gibbs, Health Care, Gregory Craig, Jane Hamsher, Media News
Steve Clemons

Let's set aside for another post the fact that Milbank's column seems to channel Rahm directly. I wondered if there was a foundation in their relationship for this kind of adoration. Well, maybe.

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Michelle Obama's Roots: Proving Your Freedom (Over and Over Again)

Megan Smolenyak | Posted 02.26.2010 | Home

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Megan Smolenyak

Not long ago, I wrote about Michelle Obama's family in Henry County, Virginia and shared this document in which her Jumper ancestors indicated that th...

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Michelle Obama's Roots: "Colored Persons Cohabiting ... on 27th February, 1866"

Megan Smolenyak | Posted 02.23.2010 | Home

Read More: Virginia, White House, History, Michelle Obama, Blacks, Heritage, Slavery, Roots, Marian Robinson, Genealogy, Family History, African Americans, Home News
Megan Smolenyak

President Obama's election was no doubt historic, but in a sense, the presence of Michelle Obama in the White House is even more remarkable. She, dau...

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Socialist Books In White House Library Were Jackie Kennedy's, Not Michelle Obama's

The Washington Post | Stephen Lowman | Posted 02.19.2010 | Books

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In this era of blog wildfires, one fast-moving flame can be quenched before it scorches the facts: First Lady Michelle Obama did not stock the White H...

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Obama Writing His Own Health Bill To Bridge House-Senate Differences

New York Times | DAVID M. HERSZENHORN and ROBERT PEAR | Posted 02.18.2010 | Politics

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WASHINGTON -- President Obama will put forward comprehensive health care legislation intended to bridge differences between Senate and House Democrats...

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My 'Daniel Fast'

Jim Wallis | Posted 02.18.2010 | Politics

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Jim Wallis

I believe our nation is in deep trouble. Sometimes things get so bad that you really don't know what to say or do. When that happens, it's a good time to fast and pray.

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The Heisenberg Effect of Televising Political Negotiations

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.17.2010 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Because I wanted as wide an audience as possible, I wrote this article the way I did. Because I know in advance that I'm "being observed," I changed my presentation. The same is true in politics.

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Can Obama Lead Again?

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 02.17.2010 | Politics

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Lincoln Mitchell

Obama's loss of control over the political agenda threatens to make his presidency irrelevant.

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Thank you, Mrs. Robinson, for Settling in at the White House

Susan Stiffelman | Posted 02.17.2010 | Living

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Susan Stiffelman

It really does take a village to raise a child. We are, at heart, tribal creatures, meant to bring our kids up in the midst of aunties and poppas and neighboring kids who wander in and out of our "hut."

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Biden: 'Washington Right Now Is broken'

AP | Posted 02.17.2010 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden says "Washington right now is broken" and the country is in "deep trouble" unless it attacks ballooning fe...

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Bill Maher: 'Corporatist' Evan Bayh Is What's Wrong With Senate (VIDEO)

Posted 02.17.2010 | Politics

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Evan Bayh is not a centrist, he's a corporatist, according to Bill Maher. Maher appeared on "Anderson Cooper 360" Tuesday night to comment on the sta...

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Ryan Grim: Democrats In "Whatever Works" Mode Willing To Turn Against Obama In 2010 Election

Huff TV | Posted 02.15.2010 | Politics

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Huff TV

HuffPost's Senior Congressional Correspondent Ryan Grim appeared on MSNBC Monday to talk about Democratic candidates willing to turn against President...

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Boehner's Bipartisanship: Top GOP Leader Wants Health Care Bill Online, Then Pounces On White House For Posting It

OpenLeft | Chris Bowers | Posted 02.15.2010 | Politics

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On February 8th, Republican House leader John Boehner sent a letter to the White House, demanding that the White House post online any health care pro...

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