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John Boehner: Scandals Expose Obama Administration's 'Arrogance Of Power'

2013-05-23T00:33:50Z

As more details emerge on the Obama administration's surveillance of the Associated Press and Fox News, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) is among t...

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William Bradley: "Going Bulworth ": The First Time, and Now

2013-05-23T00:10:18Z

Where will Obama be if his administration's conventional methods are not up to the task of cutting through controversies that are engendered, at least in part, by reliance on conventional methods? That's when things could get very interesting.

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Obama To Reiterate Guantanamo Closure Pledge

2013-05-22T20:31:46Z

(Adds context) WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will lay out the rationale for U.S. drone strikes in a speech on ...

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Chris Weigant: Immigration Reform Clears First Hurdle

2013-05-22T19:26:41Z

The politics of immigration reform are already messy, and they're just going to get messier. The hurdles are going to get a lot higher, and a lot harder to clear. Whether they can be cleared or not may depend on the final tally the bill gets in the Senate floor vote.

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson: GOP Mute on Apple and Other Corporations Corporate Welfare Grab

2013-05-22T18:48:56Z

The GOP has transformed the stereotype of who is a government leech into the perennial political attack point that the government is too big, wasteful and intrusive. And that those who appear to benefit most from government should pay the most for it.

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Ami Fields-Meyer: His Own Standard: Why We on the Left Must Hold Obama Accountable

2013-05-22T18:42:06Z

The Obama of national security is accountable, responsible, and when necessary, culpable. But when last week told a tale of two scandals that air of accountability emptied out of the Obama administration.

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IRS Disaster Has Piece That Makes No Sense

2013-05-22T18:34:22Z

One puzzling response to the IRS mess, common among pundits, is demanding firings, of anyone, anywhere, now, yesterday – Obama should just make head...

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D. R. Tucker: A Plan of Action

2013-05-22T17:36:44Z

I could not have imagined on Nov. 19, 1998, that within ten years, an African American would be elected president, and my ideological allies would respond with a rhetorical and political assault that made my own attacks on Judge Tauro look polite by comparison.

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Adam Kirk Edgerton: The Dream Deferred

2013-05-22T17:28:24Z

Tens of millions of Americans turned out to vote for a New New Deal in 2008. We turned out to vote against the nefarious budget-slashing of Mitt Romney in 2012. And what did we get?

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Nancy Northup: An Open Letter to President Obama

2013-05-22T17:06:01Z

There is perhaps no other fundamental right that is under more ferocious attack than the right of reproductive choice -- and we need you to help us fight back now.

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Senators Are Unusually Warm To Anthony Foxx

2013-05-22T17:00:16Z

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's nominee for transportation secretary – Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx – received a friendly rece...

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Roderick Carey: What I Soaked Up From the President's Speech to Morehouse Grads: Reflections on a Transformative Black Male Agenda

2013-05-22T16:52:45Z

If you see a black man smiling wider or poking out his chest more than usual this week, you can probably assume that his excitement was caused, at least in part, by the rousing address given by President Barack Obama at the Morehouse College commencement.

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D.A. Barber: Can NRA Tactics Sell Keystone and "Energy Independence?"

2013-05-22T16:03:48Z

If you've noticed the rhetoric about the Keystone pipeline heating up lately, it's because the folks at the American Petroleum Institute are getting nervous. Fighting a four-year PR battle against the reality of climate change isn't easy, so API brought in the big guns.

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Harry Boyte: Reinventing Citizenship

2013-05-22T16:00:23Z

It will take civic change in many settings -- not simply in government -- to reinvent citizenship.

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Ramzi Kassem: What Obama Should Not Say on Thursday

2013-05-22T15:01:25Z

In his years in office, Obama has retreated from the moral argument against Guantánamo. If he is serious about closing the prison and not repeating the errors of the past, then he should reclaim that moral high ground.

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Alan Singer: Common Core: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

2013-05-22T14:42:33Z

Common Core standard needs to be separated from the push by publishers to sell for material, the high-stakes testing of children, and from the evaluation of teachers.

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William K. Barth: The Problem With Partition: Human Rights Provides an Alternative to Israel and the Palestinians

2013-05-22T14:36:02Z

Since Israelis and Palestinians live interspersed they are already compelled to cooperate on areas of mutual responsibility such as border security, migration, right-of-return, dual-citizenship, public services, trade and employment.

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Obama Teeters At A Beltway Tipping Point

2013-05-22T14:24:36Z

WASHINGTON -- If things work out the way President Barack Obama and his aides hope, a majority of Americans will continue to stick with him through hi...

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Is Obama Cursed?

2013-05-22T13:07:31Z

President Barack Obama's second-term agenda hit a road block this month when a series of scandals within the administration stacked up, one after anot...

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Jonathan Spalter: Can Pritzker Help Close the Deal on Spectrum?

2013-05-22T13:04:58Z

President Obama has rightly received widespread accolades for nominating Penny Pritzker to be the next U.S. Commerce Secretary. A seasoned entreprene...

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Biden Picks On O

2013-05-22T12:00:09Z

Vice President Joe Biden teased President Barack Obama on Tuesday for his reliance on a teleprompter.

Speaking at a Jewish American Heritage Month ...

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Obama Picks Advance Despite GOP Opposition

2013-05-22T11:51:46Z

WASHINGTON — A Senate panel has endorsed President Barack Obama's slate of five nominees to sit on the National Labor Relations Board. Two of th...

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Palin Slams 'Liar' Obama

2013-05-22T10:18:29Z

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) slammed President Barack Obama in a Wednesday op-ed, calling him "either a liar or a hugely incompetent CEO."

Pa...

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Amitai Etzioni: Obama's Brief

2013-05-22T09:51:31Z

The president is either moping or muttering defensively about the abuses by the IRS and the tragedy of Benghazi. As I see it, if he wakes up tomorrow and is willing to speak up, there are a few things he could fairly state. First, any suggestion that "the IRS" went after the Tea Party are bogus.

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GOP Divisions Could Spell Trouble

2013-05-22T07:41:35Z

WASHINGTON -- A string of unrelated events is highlighting divisions among Republicans just when they'd like to show a united front and take full adva...

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