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Cash for Clunkers, Here and There

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Automakers, Economics, Economy, Cash for Clunkers, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Cars, Dianne Feinstein, Fuel Economy, Automobile, Transportation, Green News
Bill Chameides

A arrives in your driveway with several thousand tons of CO2 emissions embedded in it. So you'd better be sure that there is a big t differential between the mileage of your old car and new one.

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Ryan Grim

Feinstein: Senate Committee Has Completed Torture Investigation Into Two High Value Detainees

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dianne Feinstein, Senate Intelligence Committee, Torture, Politics News

The Senate intelligence committee's investigation into the treatment and interrogation of detainees is well underway, having already completed its loo...

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We Are Tearing Families Apart, When We Should Be Uniting Them

Steve Ralls | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Immigration Reform, Rachel Tiven, Barbara Boxer, Shirley Tan, People Magazine, Jay Mercado, Dianne Feinstein, Gay Couples, Immigration Equality, Politics News
Steve Ralls

Why is the United States government spending so much time - and so much taxpayer money - tearing this family apart? Simply put, because Shirley and Jay are a lesbian couple.

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Let's Trash the Guzzlers!

Jack Hidary | Posted 05.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Steve Israel, Hr 1550, Schumer, Hr 520, S 247, Dianne Feinstein, Cash for Clunkers, Inslee, Foreign Oil, Guzzlers, Oil, Oil Dependence, Green News
Jack Hidary

Obama came out with a plan yesterday to address the auto sector's woes. He called for an immediate program to get inefficient cars off the road and incent Americans to buy efficient cars.

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Feinstein May Oppose EFCA Despite Past Support

The Plum Line | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dianne Feinstein, Efca, Employee Free Choice Act, Feinstein Efca, Politics News

Uh oh -- this could potentially represent another big setback for supporters of the Employee Free Choice Act. Senator Dianne Feinstein, who co-sponsor...

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Feinstein Would Be Instant Front-Runner For California Governor: Poll

McClatchy | Posted 04.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: California Governor Feinstein, Feinstein, Diane Feinstein, Dianne Feinstein, California Governor's Race, California Governor, Politics News

Sen. Dianne Feinstein is the instant front-runner if she jumps into the Democratic primary field for governor....

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Ryan Grim

Red States Gobble Up Omnibus Earmarks

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mitch McConnell, Senate Republicans, Dianne Feinstein, Omnibus Spending Bill, Robert Byrd, Thad Cochran, Roger Wicker, Omnibus, Mary Landrieu, Omnibus Earmarks, Kit Bond, Senate GOP, Earmarks, Harry Reid, Richard Shelby, Senate Democrats, David Vitter, Politics News

If it's budget time, it's good to be a red state. And it's very good to be Mississippi. According to an analysis by the nonpartisan Taxpayers for Co...

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Feinstein Reveals Intel That May Embarrass Pakistan

Los Angeles Times | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Feinstein, Diane Feinstein, Pakistan, Pakistan Drone Attacks, Dianne Feinstein, Dennis Blair, Asif Ali Zardari, Dianne Feinstein Censure, Air Force Drones, Drones, Politics News

A senior U.S. lawmaker said Thursday that unmanned CIA Predator aircraft operating in Pakistan are flown from an air base in that country, a revelatio...

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Smooth Sailing For Panetta

William Bradley | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Geneva Convention, Cia, Pakistan, Dianne Feinstein, Iraq, Abu Ghraib, Iran, Barack Obama, Guantanamo Bay, George W. Bush, Central Asia, Dick Cheney, Russia, Afghanistan, A.Q. Khan, Leon Panetta, Politics News
William Bradley

Panetta has a more than full plate as the next CIA director. It's good he's going to be starting out without all the political distractions that many thought would derail him last month.

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Jerry Brown To Run For California Governor

Los Angeles Times | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Attorney General Jerry Brown, Gavin Newsom, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Antonio Villaraigosa, Diane Feinstein, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Jerry Brown, Dianne Feinstein, Gavin Newsome, Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown, Jerry Brown Governor, California Governor's Race, California Governor, Mayor Gavin Newsom, Politics News

It was 1974 when Jerry Brown ran for governor as a dashing 36-year-old reformer, the embodiment of change in Watergate's aftermath. "I was the new sp...

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'Cash for Clunkers' Finds its Congressional Sponsors

Washington Independent | Mike Lillis | Posted 02.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Gas, Alternative Energy, Fuel Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Dianne Feinstein, Charles Schumer, Susan Collins, Electric Cars, Environment, Oil, Fuel-Efficient Cars, Stimulus Plan, Green Stimulus, Green Cars, Green Policy, Cash for Clunkers, Green News

How's this for a stimulus plan? A trio of senators introduced legislation today allowing owners of gas-guzzlers to trade their vehicles in for thousa...

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CIA: The Panetta Pick and the Feinstein Factor

William Bradley | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Josh Brolin, Afghanistan, Dan White, President Obama, Guantanamo, Dianne Feinstein, Harvey Milk, Fisa, Surveillance, Pete Wilson, Taliban, George Moscone, Rendition, Abu Ghraib, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Sean Penn, George W. Bush, Stephen Kappes, Dick Cheney, Iraq, Leon Panetta, Torture, Central Intelligence Agency, Leon Panetta Obama, Obama Cabinet, Obama Appointees, Central Intelligence Agency Obama, Leon Panetta CIA, Cia Director, Obama Transition, Cia, Obama Appointments, Politics News
William Bradley

Feinstein's call for the appointment of a CIA director who can be linked to the practices Obama has made clear must end demonstrates how out of touch she is on intelligence.

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Has Anything Changed?

Julie Menin | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dianne Feinstein, Politics, Senate, Leon Panetta, John Kerry, Economy, President Obama, Politics News
Julie Menin

The economic stimulus bill cannot be everything to everyone or it will be so watered down as to be entirely ineffective. It is time for members of Congress to put aside themselves and look to the greater good.

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Friday Talking Points [60] -- Democratic Assertiveness Training

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

What a week! With Congress back in session, with the excitement of newly-elected members being sworn in (or barred at the door, as the case may be), ...

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Pay-To-Play: Inauguration Tickets, Only $12,500 Each!

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Cronyism, Burris, President Obama, Feinstein, Leon Panetta, Ceremony, Washington, Andy Rooney, Dianne Feinstein, Obama, Difi, Blagojevich, Presidential Inauguration Committee, Politics, Change, Halle Berry, Steven Spielberg, Inauguration, Pay to Play, pic2009, Inauguration Tickets, Inaugural, Swearing-In, 50000, Panetta, Roland Burris, Ticket, Barack Obama, Tom Hanks, Transparency, Chris Weigant, Change We Can Believe In, Tickets, Capitol, Obama's Inauguration, Pic, Politics News
Chris Weigant

This doesn't sound a whole lot like "change we can believe in." This sounds more like same-old-same-old cronyism and pay-to-play.

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Thrills! Laughs! It's the Barack Obama Variety Hour! Already?

Phil Bronstein | Posted 02.07.2009 | Media

Read More: Dianne Feinstein, Politics, Phil Bronstein, Bill Richardson, Barack Obama, Sanjay Gupta, Obama Jokes, Media News
Phil Bronstein

Remember all those analyses a few months ago wondering whether we'd ever be able to make fun of a president again in an Obama world? How fast the curtain goes up on the political stand-up stage.

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Feinstein Backs Panetta For CIA, Changing Tune

AP | ERICA WERNER and PAMELA HESS | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., the incoming chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said Wednesday she intends to support Pre...

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I Want To Play Poker With Harry Reid

Jane Hamsher | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Natural Disasters, Leon Panetta, Rahm Emanuel, Dianne Feinstein, Senate Races, Harry Reid, Roland Burris, Jesse White, Politics News
Jane Hamsher

A seventy-one year old dude who hasn't held office for 14 years, appointed by a crook, has taken the Senate Majority Leader to the cleaners.

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Feinstein: Seat Burris In Senate

AP | LAURIE KELLMAN and ERICA WERNER | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Roland Burris failed to capture President-elect Barack Obama's old Senate seat Tuesday in a wild piece of political theater, but th...

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The Bad Democrats Begin to Surface

Tom D'Antoni | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Cabinet, Jay Rockefeller, Obama's Cabinet, Dianne Feinstein, Obama Transition, Being Happy, Leon Panetta CIA, Blue Dog Democrats, Cia Director, Central Intelligence Agency, Leon Panetta, Leon Panetta Obama, Barack Obama, Cia, Obama Appointees, Obama Appointments, Central Intelligence Agency Obama, Politics News
Tom D'Antoni

The next time you find yourself getting pissed off at Obama, say these words out loud,"George Bush."

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CIA: Parsing The Panetta Pick

William Bradley | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wmd, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Cia, Afghanistan, Ronald Reagan, John Brennan, Dianne Feinstein, Iran, Ted Sorensen, Robert F. Kennedy, Allen Dulles, Tom Kuchel, Jimmy Carter, Intelligence, Jane Harman, Earl Warren, Barack Obama, John F. Kennedy, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Stephen Kappes, John Mccone, Bob Finch, Obama Transition, Max Rafferty, Iraq, Leon Panetta, Nancy Pelosi, Central Intelligence Agency, Leon Panetta Obama, Feinstein Panetta, Obama Cabinet, Obama Appointees, Central Intelligence Agency Obama, Leon Panetta CIA, Cia Director, Jay Rockefeller, Obama Appointments, Pat Buchanan, Jerry Brown, Politics News
William Bradley

To say Panetta is a Clinton retread is to ignore his actual background. He comes out of a tradition which is almost forgotten today, that of the liberal Republican.

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Regarding Panetta: Let's Not Forget About Gates

Kristen Breitweiser | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Transition, Department of Defense, Cia, National Security, Cia Director, Jay Rockefeller, Central Intelligence Agency, Dni, Leon Panetta, Dianne Feinstein, Director of National Intelligence, CIA Torture, Leon Panetta Obama, Barack Obama, Feinstein Panetta, Bush Administration Torture, Panetta Torture, Obama Cabinet, Dennis Blair, Obama Appointees, Obama Appointments, Central Intelligence Agency Obama, Torture, Leon Panetta CIA, Politics News
Kristen Breitweiser

Placing an inexperienced person like Leon Panetta at CIA for his clean hands and "managerial expertise" will cost lives on the day of the next domestic terrorist attack.

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Ryan Grim

Biden: Obama Made Mistake Not Consulting Feinstein

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics

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The Obama transition team made a mistake by not consulting with Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California before choosing Leon Panetta to head th...

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Sorry Dianne: Panetta's a Great Choice for CIA Director

Phil Trounstine | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama's Cabinet, Leon Panetta CIA, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Obama Transition, Cia, Cia Director, Jay Rockefeller, Central Intelligence Agency, Leon Panetta, Dianne Feinstein, Leon Panetta Obama, Barack Obama, Feinstein Panetta, Obama Cabinet, Obama Appointees, Obama Appointments, Central Intelligence Agency Obama, Cia Directors, Politics News
Phil Trounstine

Having frozen Panetta out of the California governor's race in 1998 by not deciding whether to run until he had no chance of lining up financial backing, now would be a good time to stand aside and let him rise to the occasion.

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Fuss Over Panetta Should Remind Hill Dems: It's Not About You

Art Brodsky | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dianne Feinstein, Cia, Leon Panetta, Barack Obama, President Obama, Obama Cabinet, Cia Director, Obama Transition, Central Intelligence Agency, Feinstein Panetta, Obama Appointees, Obama Appointments, Central Intelligence Agency Obama, Leon Panetta CIA, Politics News
Art Brodsky

Obama comes into office with a clear election mandate, and the last thing he needs is the public view of a bunch of squabbling Democrats (see: Burris, Roland) doing the GOP's work for it.

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