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The EPA Documents The White House Doesn't Want You To See

Kate Sheppard | Posted 07.02.2008 | Green


Kate Sheppard

EPA officials concluded that the benefits of new, tougher standards "far outweigh their costs." If gas prices stay around $3.50 a gallon, "the net benefit to society could be in excess of $2 trillion."

Redefining Success In Iraq: White House Report Claims 'Satisfactory' Progress On 15 Benchmarks

Huffington Post | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics


The Associated Press has obtained a new White House report assessing progress in Iraq. The White House assessment claims 'satisfactory' progress on 15...

White House Tried To Silence EPA On Car Emissions

Washington Post | Juliet Eilperin | Posted 06.25.2008 | Green


White House officials last December sought to stop the Environmental Protection Agency from submitting a proposed rule that would limit greenhouse-gas...

White House Paid Journalists To Go On Middle East Propaganda Network

ProPublica | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics


Alhurra, the U.S. government-funded Arabic news channel, paid former Bush and Clinton administration officials, lobbyists and high-profile Washington ...

White House Refuses To Release Documents On Air-Quality Policy

Washington Post | Spencer S. Hsu and Carrie Johnson | Posted 06.21.2008 | Politics


The Bush administration yesterday invoked executive privilege and refused to turn over key documents sought by a House investigative committee, escala...

By Any Means Necessary

Jonathan Leigh Solomon | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics


Jonathan Leigh Solomon

Barack Obama has gone back on his word, Barack Obama is a hypocrite ... I couldn't be happier. Truth is, if what's necessary to win in November is some outright cheating, I'd be all for that, too.

Major Victory for Vets: Bush Withdraws Veto Threat Over New GI Bill

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics


Paul Rieckhoff

The Bush administration withdrew their long-held objections to a new GI Bill that would fully fund the cost of a public college education for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans.

Huckabee's Admonition Not to Demonize Obama Will Fall on Deaf Ears

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics


Earl Ofari Hutchinson

When things really heat up in the fall, the 527 committees will have a storehouse of privately funneled dollars to slam Obama on any and every big and petty issue they choose.

Texas GOP Pin Asks: "If Obama Is President, Will We Still Call It The White House?"

America Blog | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics


Expect the Republican party to do absolutely nothing about the racists in its own midst. The national Republican party in Washington has contacts all ...

Ladies Who Launch: It's Not The Gym, It's The Locker Room

Amy Swift | Posted 06.16.2008 | Living


Amy Swift

One of the tenant philosophies within the nomenclature of Ladies Who Launch is "do something nice for yourself as a discipline, not an option." So it ...

Missing White House Email Records Can Remain Secret, Judge Rules

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — A federal judge ruled Monday that a White House office that has records about millions of possibly missing e-mails does not have to...

The Silly Debate Over Whether Obama is Black or Mixed-Race

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 06.14.2008 | Politics


Earl Ofari Hutchinson

This debate continues to rage -- and the debate is even sillier when one considers that science has long since debunked the notion of a pure racial type.

Friday Talking Points [35] -- Tim Russert Memorial Edition

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.13.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Nobody seriously annoyed me this week, but I will launch a pre-emptive finger-wagging, to anyone on the left who can't resist the urge to be disrespectful of Tim Russert's memory right now.

The End of the Conservative Era

Allan Lichtman | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics


Allan Lichtman

Conservatives cannot reconcile their historic opposition to social engineering with their backing for one of the most ambitious social engineering ventures in US history: the reconstruction of Iraq.

What The White House Needs Is Just A Splash Of Aloha

Stacie Krajchir | Posted 06.09.2008 | Living


Stacie Krajchir

It looks like the White House has a real shot at getting some Aloha after all. Maybe Obama will bring some simplicity, integrity and laidback-ness to the people, so we can all chill out already.

How McCain Can Win the White House

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 06.07.2008 | Politics


Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The terrorism issue is still a McCain election trump card, but it's not enough. He must duck the economic mess Bush made by spinning the standard GOP line that his plan is pro-growth.

McClellan On Hagee's Influence in Bush White House: He "Could Quickly Get Someone On The Phone" (AUDIO)

Think Progress | Posted 06.04.2008 | Politics


In an interview on NPR's Fresh Air on Monday, host Terri Gross asked former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan if controversial pastor John H...

Black Voters are Obama's Catch 22

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 06.03.2008 | Home


Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The Democrat who squirmed the longest on the hot seat during the Democratic presidential primary slog was not named Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama...

Evening At The White House Press Secretary Improv

Steve Young | Posted 06.02.2008 | Media


Steve Young

Anyone who says that truth is funnier that fiction, probably has never seen a good comic or isn't familiar with what it takes to be a side-splitting White House press secretary.

Friday Talking Points [34] -- General Election Preview

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

As the primary election season sinks slowly in the West (South Dakota and Montana, to be exact), we turn our eyes (finally!) to the general election c...

McClellan: Our Minister of Misinformation

Jamal Dajani | Posted 05.30.2008 | Media


Jamal Dajani

Scott McClellan reminds me of Saddam Hussein's Minister of Information, Muhammad Sai'd Al Sahhaf... kind of.

What's the Difference Between Dan Bartlett, Brian Williams and David Gregory? A Lot Less Than You Think

David Fiderer | Posted 05.30.2008 | Media


David Fiderer

Anyone who read the newspapers with an ounce of common sense knew that the case for WMD was a sham. It's time for NBC and other major networks to come clean.

McClellan's Inconvenient Truths: Media And GOP Flacks Pile-On

Beverly Davis | Posted 05.29.2008 | Home


Beverly Davis

As we are reminded again this week: you don't get in trouble in D.C. for lying, covering up and stonewalling, but you catch hell for telling the truth-- even if it's the least-surprising truth ever.

The Latest Circle of Hell

R.O. Blechman | Posted 05.29.2008 | Politics


R.O. Blechman

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Scott McClellan's Bush Book

Robert Schlesinger | Posted 05.28.2008 | Politics


Robert Schlesinger

Where do loyalties lie? Is a White House staffer bound by loyalty to his boss and colleagues or to the public? Does loyalty mean keeping quiet when y...


 

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