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My Electric Summer, When Washington Helped Resurrect the EV

Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 11.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Bush Administration, Electric Vehicles, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Menlo Park, Washington, Green News, Zero Motorcycles, Stimulus Plan, Ev, Santa Cruz, Tesla, Evs, Green News
Kirsten Dirksen

If this summer was the coming out party for the electric car, Washington was the host. They may seem unlikely bedfellows, but I'm convinced the EV companies have learned how to play politics.

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Bomb Appalachia (and Face the Music)

Michael Gould-Wartofsky | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Clearcutting, Coal, Center for Public Integrity, West Virginia, Campaign, Coal Industry, Climate, Grassroots, Coal River Mountain, Climate Change, Virginia, Coal Lobby, Mountaintop Removal, Unions, Environmentalism, JP Morgan Chase, American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, Wto, Mother Jones, Labor, Clean Energy, Congress, Green, Global Warming, Government, Mountains, Epa, Harlan County, Mines, Bush Administration, Blair Mountain, Tennessee, Climate Action Partnership, President Obama, Washington, Obama, Coal Czar, Bush, Environment, Environmental Protection Agency, Naacp, Appalachia, Workers, Climate Justice, Office of Surface Mining, Civil Disobedience, Kentucky, Henry Waxman, Forests, Department of the Interior, Dirty Coal, Green Jobs, Wall Street, Astroturfing, Coal Mining, Duke Energy, Green News, Mining, Water, Clean Coal, Osr, Appalachian Mountains, Activism, Protest, Massey Energy, Green News
Michael Gould-Wartofsky

Theirs is a coast-to-coast campaign to save Appalachia's mountains and streams -- and Appalachians' homes, jobs, and culture -- from the devastating coal mining practice known as mountaintop removal.

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George Soros: Why We Need Another Bretton Woods To Reinvent The Global Financial System

Project Syndicate | George Soros | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business

Read More: George Soros, Bush Administration, Economy, International Monetary Fund, Bretton Woods, United Nations, United Nations Security Council, Obama Administration, China, Business News

NEW YORK -- Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of communism, the world is facing another stark choice between two fundame...

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What Obama Is Up Against

Russ Baker | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Central Intelligence Agency, Henry Kissinger, Ronald Reagan, Military Industrial Complex, Harry Truman, President Obama, George W. Bush, Obama, Bob Woodward, Bush Administration Torture, Robert Gates, George H.W. Bush, Richard Nixon, National Security, Gerald Ford, Nancy Pelosi, Congressional Oversight, Fdr, Hamid Karzai, Bill Clinton, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Iraq War, Bush Administration, Dwight Eisenhower, Cia, Military Spending, Stanley McChrystal, Jimmy Carter, Prescott Bush, Allen Dulles, Lyndon Johnson, Iraq, Torture, Politics News
Russ Baker

We Americans harbor a quaint belief that a new president takes charge of a government that eagerly awaits his next command. But that's not how things work at the top, especially where "national security" is concerned.

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HuffPost Readers Judge Obama's Presidency: "Where Is The Temerity We Saw When He Campaigned?"

Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Transparency, Barack Obama Campaign, Bush Administration, Health Care Reform Bill, Obama Campaign, President Obama, #Oneyearlater, Obama One Year Later, Politics News

One year after Obama was elected we asked HuffPost readers to compare Obama the candidate to the Obama the President. Has he lived up to his promises...

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Congresswoman Barbara Lee Wants an Exit Strategy out of Afghanistan

Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Afghanistan, Democrat, War on Terror, Afghanistan, Pakistan, President Obama, Obama Administration, Congress, Taliban, Jim McGovern, Osama Bin Laden, Afghanistan War, Al Qaeda, Iraq War, Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Bush Administration, Congressman Jim McGovern, President Bush, Barbara Lee, Us Troops Afghanistan, Politics News
Kathleen Wells, J.D.

Congresswoman Barbara Lee gained international acclaim for being the only member in Congress who courageously voted against the authorization of the use of force following the September 11, 2001 attacks.

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Obama Should Go to Copenhagen

Alexia Parks | Posted 10.28.2009 | Impact

Read More: Bush Administration, Copenhagen 2009, United Nations, George W. Bush, President Obama, Climate Change, Obama, President Bush, Global Warming, Barack Obama, Impact News
Alexia Parks

If crisis offers an opportunity for rapid change, then Copenhagen is an opportunity that is ripe for Obama's global leadership.

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The Shape of Things to Come: War before Peace in the Mideast

Leon T. Hadar | Posted 10.28.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq War, Egypt, Palestinian Territories, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Bush Administration, Middle East, Larry David, Reality-Based Community, President Barack Obama, Realpolitik, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Moshe Dayan, Israel, Anwar Sadat, World News
Leon T. Hadar

The current status-quo in the Middle East must be disturbed before conditions are right for the next round of Middle East diplomacy.

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Cheney: A Tortured Soul

Lance Simmens | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Libby, Cheney, Valerie Plame, Warrantless Wiretapping, Bush Administration, National Security, Spiro Agnew, Wiretap, Guantanamo, Constitution, Vice President Cheney, Politics News
Lance Simmens

Mr. Vice-President, you and your President had eight full years to chart a direction for this nation. That direction was soundly rejected by the voters in the most recent national election.

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Bill Clinton: Bush Was Wrong To Let Lehman Fail

Los Angeles Times | Tom Petruno | Posted 10.08.2009 | Business

Read More: George Bush, Bill Clinton, Henry Paulson, Bush Administration, Lehman Brothers, Economy, Business News

Former President Bill Clinton says the Bush administration made a mistake allowing Lehman Bros. to fail -- and that the calamity that resulted from Le...

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STUDY: Bush Administration Added To Crisis By Preempting State Anti-Predatory Lending Laws

Posted 10.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Anti-Predatory Lending Laws, Mortgages, Bush Administration, Keiko Tsuyama, Predatory Lending, Housing Boom, Mortgage Crisis, Business News

A new report suggests that the the Bush administration's hard push to preempt state anti-predatory lending laws may have added fuel to the fire of the...

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No Good Times for Big Business -- They're Mad as Hell and Not Gonna Take It Anymore

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 10.01.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Norman Bobins, David Chavern, Monetary Policy, Bank Regulation, Federal Oversight, Fiscal Policy, Obama Administration, Bush Administration, William Doyle, Executive’s Club of Chicago, Government Oversight, Economy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, The Private Bank, Recession, Chicago Business, Best Buy, Brad Anderson, Economic Recovery, Potash Corp, Privatebancorp, Chicago News
Esther J. Cepeda

Big Business is not as interested in making big plans or big money with big ideas as they are in blaming Washington for all that ultimately ails you.

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Obama the Impotent

Steven Hill | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Europe, Financial Industry, Bush Administration, John-Bruton, United Nations, g20, European Union, Reform, Barack Obama, Global Warming, Senate, Politics News
Steven Hill

This week saw two showdowns between Europe and the US that have revealed further slippage in American global leadership. The very structure of the American political system is at the heart of these failures.

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The President in Chains

Gary Hart | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bush Administration, National Security, Gary Hart, Matters of Principle, Military, Central Intelligence Agency, Constitution, Gary Wills, Department of Defense, George W. Bush, Obama Administration, Air Force, National Security Council, Politics News
Gary Hart

The national security state has become a kind of powerful prison with the president as warden. He has authority over it, but he cannot escape it.

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Obama's Sunday Morning Message to the Fox Network and Chris Wallace: "Oh You Can Dance, Allright, Just Not at My Party"

Andy Ostroy | Posted 09.21.2009 | Media

Read More: So You Think You Can Dance, The O'Reilly Factor., Bush Administration, Chris Wallace, President Barack Obama, Fox Network, Health Care Reform, Obama Administration, Karl Rove George W. Bush, Bill O'Reilly, Fox News Sunday, Media News
Andy Ostroy

For Chris Wallace to imply that the Obama team is any tougher on the media than, say, the Bush administration, is an absolute joke.

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Defending Unpatriotic Racism

Robbie Gennet | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Msnbc, Hate, Bush, War, George W. Bush, Racist, President Obama, Obama, Democratic Party, Democrats, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Iraq War, Religion, Bush Administration, Patriotism, Joe Wilson, Jimmy Carter, Fox News, Racism, Glenn Beck, Hate Speech, President Bush, Health Care, Town Hall Meetings, Republican Party, African Americans, Republicans, Politics News
Robbie Gennet

They say the best offense is a good defense. Our only real defense against right wing insanity is to put them on the defense and keep them there.

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Gale Norton, Former Interior Secretary, Is Focus Of Corruption Probe

Los Angeles Times | Jim Tankersley and Josh Meyer | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gale Norton Probe, Gale Norton, Bush Administration, Justice Department, Royal Dutch Shell, Politics News

The Justice Department is investigating whether former Interior Secretary Gale A. Norton illegally used her position to benefit Royal Dutch Shell PLC,...

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Fixing No Child Left Behind: What Our Schools Really Need

Susan Kane | Posted 09.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: No Child Left Behind, Mom Congress, Obama No Child Left Behind, President Obama, Children, School Reform, Education, Parenting Magazine, Parenting, Standardized Testing, Schools, Parenting School Years, Obama School Reform, Parenting.com, Petition to Congress, Politics News, Bush Administration, Class Size, Nclb, Barack Obama Education Policy, Obama School Speech, Education Reform, No Child Left Behind Reauthorization, Politics News
Susan Kane

As millions of kids headed back to school this month, many parents, teachers, and administrators had a lot to think about. Things like, will there actually be enough seats in the ballooning classes?

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Is Bagram Obama's New Secret Prison?

Andy Worthington | Posted 09.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Geneva Conventions, Us Constitution, World, War on Terror, Afghanistan, Terrorism, President Obama, Authorization for Use of Military Force, Guantanamo, Boumediene v. Bush, Barack Obama, Judge John D. Bates, World News, Rendition, Habeas Corpus, Politics News, Bush Administration, U.S. Court of Appeals, Enemy Combatants, Bagram, CIA Rendition, Bagram Detainees, Cia, Combatant Status Review Tribunals, Breaking Politics News, New York Times, Bagram Habeas Corpus, Lt. Col. Stephen Abraham, Leon Panetta, Extraordinary Rendition, Politics News
Andy Worthington

The Obama administration is following Bush's lead by unilaterally rewriting the Geneva Conventions, presumably to allow it to continue exploiting prisoners of war for their supposed intelligence value.

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Kennedy Memoir Excerpt Blasts Bush Admin. For Iraq War

Talking Points Memo | Ben Frumin | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: 9/11, Iraq War, Bush Administration, Ted Kennedy Memoir, Al Qaeda, Dick Cheney, Politics News

We've obtained an exclusive excerpt from the late Sen. Ted Kennedy's autobiography "True Compass" -- which goes on sale today -- in which the Massachu...

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Ask an Average Conservative Blogger

Edward Murray | Posted 11.10.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Birthers, Liberal Media, Rush Limbaugh, Liberals, Bloggers, George W. Bush, 9/11, Obama, Conservative, Michelle Malkin, Obama Speech, Bush Administration, Tax Cuts, Evolution, Iraq, Health Care, 9/11 Truthers, Comedy News
Edward Murray

Average Conservative Blogger responds to readers' questions.

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No Escape From Guantanamo: The Latest Habeas Rulings

Andy Worthington | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, War on Terror, Ghaleb Al-Bihani, 9/11 Anniversary, President Obama, Judge James Robertson, 9/11, Guantanamo, Alla Ali Bin Ali Ahmed, Taliban, Judge Ellen Huvelle, World News, Dick Cheney, Habeas Corpus, Politics News, Kandahar, Mohammed Al-Adahi, Habeas Corpus Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Abdul Rahim Al-Ginco, The Guantanamo Files, Judge Gladys Kessler, Advocacy, Closing Guantanamo, World, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Pakistan, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo Task Force, Authorization for Use of Military Force, Salim Hamdan, Yemeni Detainees Guantanamo, US District Court, Kuwaiti Detainees Guantanamo, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, Bush Administration, Judge Richard Leon, Adham Mohammed Ali Awad, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, Tora Bora, Al-Farouq, Cuba, Guantanamo Files, Politics News
Andy Worthington

Rulings made by District Court judges in the habeas corpus appeals of prisoners held at Guantánamo seemed to confirm that the courts were uniquely placed to deliver justice to the prisoners.

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Eight Weeks of America's War, Not Eight Years of "Obama's War"

Jonathan Morgenstein | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Obama Afghanistan, Al-Qaeda, Afghanistan Surge, War in Afghanistan, Afghan War, President Obama, George W. Bush, 9/11, Admiral Mike Mullen, Obama, Taliban, Obama National Security, Obama's War, September 11, Obama's Vietnam, National Security, Bush Legacy, 9-11, President Bush, September 11th, Us Troops Afghanistan, Bush, Afghanistan, Sept. 11, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Al Qaeda, Bush Administration, Al Qaida, Admiral Mullen Joint Chiefs, Taliban Afghanistan, Surge in Afghanistan, Afghan Taliban, Politics News
Jonathan Morgenstein

The Obama administration is trying to salvage the situation in Afghanistan after the Bush Administration lost the war over eight years.

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The Bush Administration -- a Casablanca Ending (a Short Script)

Ben Berkon | Posted 11.09.2009 | Comedy

Read More: George Bush, Barak Obama, John McCain, Casablanca, Laura Bush, Bush Administration, Hillary Clinton, Script, Comedy, Dick Cheney, Comedy News
Ben Berkon

GEORGE:But ever since we separated at that state carnival last year, I said I would never leave you. DICK:And you never will. But I've got a job to do. Where I'm going you can't follow.

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Obama to Join the Republican Party?

Dave Astor | Posted 11.09.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Gop, Reagan Administration, Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, Satan, Change, Unemployment, Gay Rights, Bailout, Conservatives, Condoleezza Rice, Climate Change, Single Payer, Abraham Lincoln, Fatal Attraction, Polar Bears, Mount Rushmore, Health Care, Michael Steele, Michelle Obama, Elephants, Rush Limbaugh, Democrats, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Moderates, Bush Administration, Health Care Reform, Afghanistan, Bipartisanship, Republicans, Partisanship, Diversity, Republican National Convention, Comedy News
Dave Astor

Barack Obama has tried to make the GOP happy. He appointed Republicans to high posts, expanded the U.S. presence in Afghanistan and never pushed for a single-payer health plan

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