Jason Linkins

LobbyBlog

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.09.2009 | Business


I'm blogging about the world of lobbying and its effect on, well, just about everything our government does. Email me thoughts and tips at linkins@huf...

Sam Stein

Was The CIA Hiding Cheney's "Executive Assassination Ring"?

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics


The revelation from seven Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee that they were misled about a critical CIA program has sparked a debate that t...

Arthur Delaney

Down, Not Out: Unemployed And Happier Than Ever

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 07.09.2009 | Business


Dixie Redfearn of Nevada City, Calif. wrote the Huffington Post to say her 30-year journalism career ended when she lost her job more than four months...

Jason Linkins

Rep. John Fleming Asks His Colleagues To 'Put Their Money Where Their Mouth Is' On Health Care

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics


Louisiana Rep. John Fleming (R) has put up a guest post at TownHall, in which he professes to be "amazed at the number of bureaucrats in this House wh...

Sam Stein

Wyden Urges Dems To Keep Trying For Bipartisan Approach To Health Care

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics


One of the key Democratic senators whose vote remains up for grabs when it comes to health care reform urged his colleagues to continue to push for a ...

Jason Linkins

Sean Hannity's Pattern Of Selective Editing Documented (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.09.2009 | Media


Seems like only yesterday I was talking about the way Sean Hannity cooks up some news, for his teevee show. It goes a little something like this: 1...

Arthur Delaney

Most Payday Borrowers Take On More Loans In A Hurry: Study

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 07.09.2009 | Business


Payday loans are touted as a useful financial product for middle-class households that just need a little help making ends meet in the short term. But...

Jason Linkins

Washington Post Uses The Word 'Torture' On Front Page

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.09.2009 | Media


I received something of a shock whilst riding into the office on the subway this morning: There, on the front page of the Washington Post, above the f...

Sam Stein

"Pullin' a Palin" Now In The Urban Dictionary

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics


Sarah Palin continues to be a dynamic cultural figure as much as a political one. The Alaska Governor, who announced her impending resignation from of...

Sam Stein

Panetta Acknowledged CIA Misled On Interrogation Policy: Dem Lawmakers

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.08.2009 | Politics


CIA Director Leon Panetta told lawmakers in a recent briefing that the intelligence agency he heads misled Congress on "significant actions" for a "nu...

Sam Stein

Bill Clinton: Obama Will Succeed Where I Failed On Health Care

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.08.2009 | Politics


President Bill Clinton, who during his administration spearheaded the last effort to overhaul the health care system, predicted on Wednesday that Pres...

Jason Linkins

Consumer Watchdog Takes On Google As Lawmakers Mull Data Privacy Regulation

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.08.2009 | Business


Consumer Watchdog -- which, as the name implies is a consumer watchdog organization -- is raising alarms over privacy concerns that have been brought ...

Fox News Host: Americans "Keep Marrying Other Species" (VIDEO)

Posted 07.08.2009 | Media


OH NOES! What happened on Fox and Friends today, people? According to Gawker, the bright and shiny lights have once again dazzled Fox & Friends host ...

Jason Linkins

Sean Hannity Caught Selectively Editing Obama Speeches, Again (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.08.2009 | Media


Whenever President Barack Obama goes abroad, cameras follow him, and record the things he says to people. Just as often, it seems, Fox's Sean Hannity...

Jason Linkins

Rep. Patrick Murphy, Iraq Vet, Takes Charge of DADT Fight

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.08.2009 | Politics


So, look back at the presidential campaign when President Barack Obama promised to do away with the "Don't Ask Don't Tell" regulation, which forces ev...

Jason Linkins

Marion Barry Threw Girlfriend Out Of Hotel Room For Refusing Oral Sex

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.08.2009 | Politics


Sweet sassy molassey! Mike DeBonis of the Washington City Paper has WON THE AFTERNOON with this epic slice of awesomeness, in which he reveals many l...

Sam Stein

House Finance Committee Members Took $62.9 Million From Industry Interests

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.08.2009 | Politics


Members of the House Financial Services Committee, which is playing a critical role in restructuring the nation's reeling financial, banking and housi...

Jason Linkins

Investigators Smuggled Bomb Parts Into Ten Federal Buildings

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.08.2009 | Politics


Sarabeth at 1115.org draws attention to this downright scary story from CNN, detailing how investigators, sent to test security protocols at all sorts...

Sam Stein

Senators Buck Obama, Urge Progressives To Keep Targeting Dems On Health Care

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.08.2009 | Politics


Two Senators said on Tuesday that they disagreed with President Obama's backchannel complaints that progressive advocacy groups ought to stop targetin...

Jason Linkins

George Allen To Pen Treatise On "The Triumph Of Character"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.08.2009 | Politics


Via Wonkette comes the news that former Virginia senator and mutterer of racist exotica George Allen is going to be writing a book, and that book is g...

Jason Linkins

Thomas Frank On WaPo Salons: 'A Moment Of Rare, Piquant Hypocrisy'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.08.2009 | Media


Over at the Wall Street Journal, Thomas Frank has weighed in on the way the Washington Post attempted to launch a massive "Hey, Lobbyists, Let's All G...

Sam Stein

DNC Fights Boehner Over Stimulus Falsehood (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.08.2009 | Politics


The Democratic National Committee is taking the aggressive step of going after Republican politicians, accusing them of posturing and hypocrisy, when ...

Arthur Delaney

Sen. Johnny Isakson's Shady Dinner With Lobbyists: Crashing The Party

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 07.08.2009 | Politics


Just for fun, the Huffington Post decided Tuesday night to crash a dinner party for Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.). It was one of many fundraisers happen...

Sam Stein

Franken Signs On As EFCA Co-Sponsor

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.07.2009 | Politics


Hours after he was seated, Sen. Al Franken, D-MN, let it be known that he would be sign on as a co-sponsor to the Employee Free Choice Act, the labor-...

Jason Linkins

Is The Recession Over Now That Gonzo Has A Job (No.) (And The Rest Of Your Scritti Politti)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.07.2009 | Media


What a frabjous day for former Bush Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, who have finally surmounted what seemed to be his most insurmountable object --...