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Sotomayor Hearings Toolbox: Here’s a live stream on C-SPAN with multiple cameras angles for interactive fun. The Wonk Room, SCOTUSblog, The Huffington Post’s Doug Kendall, and The Caucus are liveblogging Sotomayor’s hearings this week. Keep an eye on TWI’s Daphne More…
California Budget Proposal Endangers Stimulus Funds for Education
Trapped in a deepening fiscal quagmire, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) has proposed a budgetary shift that could jeopardize federal stimulus funding for education, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
Although $10 billion in stimulus funds for education has been granted to the state, those funds come with More…
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E.J. Dionne wonders if Pope Benedict XVI is more liberal than Obama.
Pharmaceutical companies are using your dollars to lobby Congress.
Calling released Gitmo detainees “recidivists” may be misleading.
Bill Clinton, now a “grandfatherly figure,” speaks to liberal youth.
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Blago Aide Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud
You may have thought that you had heard the last of him after his appearance on “The View,” but it looks like Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is back in the news. Today, his former chief of staff, John Harris, pleaded guilty to one count of wire More…
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Is the administration getting its money’s worth from the health care industry?
Palin’s popularity remains unscathed by her recent resignation (at least among Republicans).
Military commissions may be impossible to reform.
Reid tells Baucus to quit dilly-dallying on health care negotiations.
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Alleged Torture Photos Slated for Destruction
In another black mark on the Obama administration’s promised transparency, former Guantanamo detainee Binyam Mohamed has launched an urgent legal fight to prevent photos he claims prove he was tortured from being destroyed. Mohamed, who was seized in Pakistan in 2002 and More…
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Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) looks forward to a public option, but Rahm Emanuel offers a new compromise.
The Washington Post is not the only one hosting salons, and while some are avoiding responsibility, others are unapologetic.
The early days of More…
U.S. and Russia Remain Silent on ABM System
President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev released numerous joint statements outlining the outcomes of today’s talks but fell conspicuously silent on the controversial anti-missile system proposed by the U.S. to be deployed in Europe, which Russia considers a threat to its security. Remarks concerning the proposed ABM More…
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The health care lobby is hiring former government officials and aides to join the fight.
Fred Hiatt of The Washington Post criticizes Obama’s spend first, ask questions later approach, and TAPPED criticizes him.
The New Republic loses patience with Obama on DADT.
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Congress hits exotic locales on the taxpayer’s dime.
Comedian, yes, but Franken’s no clown.
Senators who orchestrated TARP hold another title vis-a-vis the banks they bailed out: shareholders.
Unfiltered Facebook comments capture America’s sentiments on health care.
Unsellable McMansions are now open for your viewing More…
