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The Washington Post Wakes Up to Civil Liberties

By | 03.25.09 | 12:41 pm

Carrie Johnson in The Washington Post today picks up on a problem we’ve been writing about at TWI for months now: when it comes to information about crimes committed by the previous administration, President Obama isn’t following through on his big commitments to “open government.”

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Blaming Obama for the Dow

By | 03.03.09 | 2:34 pm

The Republican National Committee emails reporters President Obama’s comment that “the stock market is sort of like a tracking poll in politics” and that people should fret about it. The RNC writes:

Please note President Obama’s comments at today’s media avail that he is not spending much time “worrying about

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Just Another Homeless Wannabe

By | 02.12.09 | 9:42 am

CNN covers Henrietta Hughes — the newly homeless woman who told President Obama that she needed help at a town hall Tuesday in Fort Myers, Fla. — and it makes sense because it’s a compelling little human interest story. What makes less sense is this detour halfway through More…

A is not A

By | 01.27.09 | 7:02 am

A lesson: When Glenn Reynolds asks whether “Barack Obama’s popularity has already plunged 15 points,” he is linking facetiously to a post that makes no sense. In this case, one by Don Surber.

Citing a Gallup Poll, the London Sun reported President Obama is

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GetAfghanistanRight.com

By | 01.12.09 | 1:02 pm

Today a cohort of progressive bloggers unveils a new effort against the planned 20,000-troop increase of U.S. forces in Afghanistan. A website called GetAfghanistanRight, set up by bloggers at the Seminal and Brave New Films — and with the support of Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel More…

The Most Corrupt Presidency Ever!

By | 01.05.09 | 10:00 am

It’s still just the embryonic Barack Obama administration, of course, but the light-speed downfall of Bill Richardson, Obama’s nominee for Commerce Dept. secretary, has brought back a conservative meme that had faded after Obama escaped blame in Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s scandals.

I should be clear: This is a More…

Dean to Bloggers: ‘The Next State on My List is Texas’

By | 11.18.08 | 2:14 pm

Not-for-much-longer DNC Chairman Howard Dean just held a conference call with America’s bloggers — or, as Gov. Sarah Palin would have it, “kids in pajamas sitting in the basement of their parents’ homes.” Over the rumble of the washing machine, I asked him about the successes and failures of More…

We Don’t All Blog in Our Pajamas From Our Mothers’ Basements

By | 11.11.08 | 8:00 am

I watched Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s interview with Fox News’ Greta Van Susteren. It was mostly a recap of other recent Palin interviews in which she denied all the demeaning accusations against her made by anonymous McCain staffers.

However, I feel the need to set something straight.

Palin has twice More…