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

Kate Sheppard | Posted 07.02.2008 | Green

Read More: Epa, White House, George W Bush, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Carbon Emissions, Reducing Emissions, Green News
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."

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

Huffington Post | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq, Iraq War, War in Iraq, Iraqi Benchmarks, White House, Iraqi Government, Political Progress in Iraq, Politics News

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

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White House Tried To Silence EPA On Car Emissions

Washington Post | Juliet Eilperin | Posted 06.25.2008 | Green

Read More: White House Environment, Car Emissions, Environmental Protection Agency, Epa Car Emissions, Tail Pipe Emissions, White House, Epa, Environment, White House Silenced Epa, Green News

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

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White House Paid Journalists To Go On Middle East Propaganda Network

ProPublica | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: White House, White House Journalists, Al Hurra, White House Media, Middle East Media, Alhurra, Politics News

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

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White House Refuses To Release Documents On Air-Quality Policy

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

Read More: Epa, Air-Quality Policy, White House, Environmental Protection Agency, Executive Privaledge, Bush Executive Privilege, Politics News

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

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By Any Means Necessary

Jonathan Leigh Solomon | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, White House, Al Gore, 3 a.M., Swiftboating, Chicago, November, John Corzine, Contributors, Bush, Willie Horton, 2008, Richard Nixon, Reverend Wright, Pat Buchanan, Joseph Welch, Florida, John McCain, Karl Rove, Joe Mccarthy, Michael Bloomberg, Texas, 2000, Presidency, Machiavelli, Boss Tweed, Decency, Lee Atwater, Ross Perot, Campaign Funds, Skullduggery, Moralist, Realpolitik, $270 Million, Lyndon Johnson, Steve Forbes, Bring Us Together," Howard Beale, Barack Obama, John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, "Landslide Lyndon, Hypocrite, Politics News
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.

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

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Education, Iraq, White House, President Bush, Iava, Afghanistan, 21st Century GI Bill, Veterans, Politics News
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.

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

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: John Kerry, White House, Barack Obama, Mike Dukakis, Mike Huckabee, Negative Campaigning, Gop, Democrats, Presidency, Swift Boat, John McCain, 527 Independent Expenditure Committees, Politics News
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.

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

America Blog | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: White House, Texas Gop Convention, Barack Obama, Texas Republicans, 2008 Elections, Gop Pin Obama White House, John McCain, Republicans, Politics News

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

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

Amy Swift | Posted 06.16.2008 | Living

Read More: White House, Gym, Lifestyle, Pregnant, Living News
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 ...

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Missing White House Email Records Can Remain Secret, Judge Rules

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: White House, White House Emails, George Bush, White House Computers, Federal Judge White House Emails, Bush Emails, Politics News

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...

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

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 06.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Racial Pride, White House, Barack Obama, Blacks, Racial Typecasting, Racial Stereotypes, Race, African-Americans, Presidency, Racial Profiling, Politics News
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.

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

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: White House, House Republican, Campaign Committee, Ron Paul, Mark Pryor, Tim Russert, Delahunt, Al Franken, Bob Barr, Campaign, Swiftboat, Bill Nelson, Virginia, Embezzling, New Mexico, 2008, John Kerry, Dennis Kucinich, Midotw, Smears, Audit, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Electoral College, Larry Hunter, Gas, Impeach, Libertarian, Massachusetts, 08, Democrats, Barack Obama, Election, 08 Election, Elections, Oil Men, Constitutional Amendment, Mddotw, Arkansas, Obstructionist, Hillary Clinton, Senate, Popular Vote, Embezzlement, Gop, Mudslinging, Impeachment, Cheney, Dianne Feinstein, Democratic, Waxman, Swift Boat, Bush, Republican, Unemployment, Smear, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Obstructionism, 2008 Campaign, Wes Clark, Taxes, John McCain, Zombies, Rotting Corpse, Gas Tax, Windfall Profits, 2008 Elections, 2008 Election, Scandal, Oil Companies, Meet the Press, 08 Campaign, Tax, 2008 Presidential Race, Oil, Mtp, Politics News
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.

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The End of the Conservative Era

Allan Lichtman | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: White House, John McCain, 2008 Race for the White House, Republican Party, Downfall of the Republican Party, Republicans, Politics News
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.

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What The White House Needs Is Just A Splash Of Aloha

Stacie Krajchir | Posted 06.09.2008 | Living

Read More: Hawaii, White House, Family, Politics, Flip-Flop, Los Angeles, Barack Obama, San Francisco, Living News
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.

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How McCain Can Win the White House

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 06.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: White House, Latino Voters, Barack Obama, Presidential Race, Economy, Ronald Reagan, George Bush Sr., Gop, Iraq, George Bush, John McCain, War on Terrorism, Politics News
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.

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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

Read More: John Hagee, Mcclellan Hagee Audio, White House, Mcclellan Audio, White House John Hagee, Scott Mcclellan, Hagee Influence, George Bush, Politics News

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...

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Black Voters are Obama's Catch 22

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 06.03.2008 | Home

Read More: John Kerry, Oprah Winfrey, White House, Barack Obama, Black Votes, South Carolina Primary, Howard Dean, George Bush, Al Gore, James Clyburn, Democratic Presidential Primary, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Home News
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...

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Evening At The White House Press Secretary Improv

Steve Young | Posted 06.02.2008 | Media

Read More: George Bush, Scott Mcclellan, White House, Improv, White House Press Secretary, White House Press Briefings, Media News
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.

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Friday Talking Points [34] -- General Election Preview

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Assassinate, GI Bill, White House, Puerto Rico, Pinko, Scott Mcclellan, Swift Boat, Communist, Francine Torge, Kennedy, Iraq, Campaign, Swiftboat, Red, Jim Webb, South Dakota, Propagandist, Bush, Senator, Montana, Surge, 2008, Press Secretary, House Un-American Activities Committee, Midotw, Education Benefits, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Assassination, 2008 Campaign, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Pre-Surge, John McCain, Primary, Commie, War, Damien LaVera, Propaganda, Rfk, 2008 Elections, Propagandist in Chief, 08, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Election, Robert F. Kennedy, 08 Election, Elections, 08 Campaign, Support the Troops, Martin Luther King, Mddotw, Third Term, HUAAC, Electoral Map, 2008 Presidential Race, Phil Singer, Lbj, Hillary Clinton, Veto, Lyndon Johnson, Mosul, Senate, Politics News
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...

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McClellan: Our Minister of Misinformation

Jamal Dajani | Posted 05.30.2008 | Media

Read More: George Bush, White House, War on Iraq, Saddam Hussein, Wmd, Scott Mcclellan, What Happened, Deception, Muhammad Sai'd Al Sahhaf, Middle East, Baghdad Bob, Media News
Jamal Dajani

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

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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

Read More: David Gregory, Nbc, White House, Dan Bartlett, Wmd, Iraq, NBC News, Brian Williams, Media News
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.

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

Beverly Davis | Posted 05.29.2008 | Home

Read More: Bill Clinton, Abc, White House, Gop, John McCain, Karl Rove, The New Yorker, Matt Lauer, Scott Mcclellan, Ari Fleischer, Nbc, Dan Bartlett, Cbs, Seymour Hersh, Barack Obama, Brian Williams, Bush, Mcclellan, What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and What's Wrong With Washington, Katie Couric, Iraq War, Today Show, Hillary Clinton, Kael Kransy, Kqed, Charles Gibson, Press White House Iraq, Press White House, Mcclellan Press, Media Iraq, Home News
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.

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The Latest Circle of Hell

R.O. Blechman | Posted 05.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: White House, Bush, Scott Mcclellan, Scott McClellan Book, Condoleezza Rice, Politics News
R.O. Blechman

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Scott McClellan's Bush Book

Robert Schlesinger | Posted 05.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: White House, Bush, Scott Mcclellan, Scott McClellan Book, Politics News
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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