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When Is a Czar Not a Czar?

By | 09.08.09 | 8:47 am

With an assist from Politico, which has completely bought into Glenn Beck’s campaign against “czars” — on Monday, the publication sketched out a “GOP czar revolt” that consisted of work by Michelle Malkin, a joke by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), and a comment from former House Speaker Newt Gingrich More…

Climate Change Skeptics Oust Jones With ‘Green Socialist’ Attacks

By | 09.06.09 | 4:36 pm

The descent of Van Jones from a powerful job in Barack Obama’s administration to career-sinking political controversy happened at a stunning pace. On Aug. 10, the White House’s ousted special adviser for green jobs appeared at the National Clean Energy Summit 2.0 in Las Vegas, More…

WorldNetDaily Does Victory Lap on Van Jones

By | 09.06.09 | 10:09 am

I reported on Friday that the earliest attacks on Van Jones came from WorldNetDaily. Today, the Website is taking full credit for Jones’ resignation.

President Barack Obama’s “Green Jobs Czar” Van Jones quit late last night after pressure mounted over his extremist history first exposed in WND

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Van Jones Resigns

By | 09.06.09 | 8:39 am

Van Jones, President Obama’s green jobs “czar” and best-selling author of “The Green Collar Economy,” announced his resignation late Saturday.

“On the eve of historic fights for health care and clean energy, opponents of reform have mounted a vicious smear campaign against me,” Jones, special adviser for

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California Gubernatorial Candidates Brawl Over Van Jones

By | 09.04.09 | 4:35 pm

California gubernatorial candidate Steve Poizner is not letting up on fellow Republican Meg Whitman after her partial walkback of her praise (from months before the current troubles began) of Van Jones.

“Meg Whitman’s praise for Van Jones came just months ago, yet she’s changing her story in an attempt More…

Glenn Beck’s Next Target: Cass Sunstein

By | 09.04.09 | 3:36 pm

As he makes a real impact in pushing conservative fringe attacks on Obama administration officials into the mainstream, Glenn Beck’s Twitter feed has become a must-read. In a message from last night, Beck told his followers to “FIND EVERYTHING YOU CAN ON CASS SUNSTEIN, MARK LLOYD AND CAROL BROWNER.” More…

And the First Republican Congressman to Call for Van Jones to Resign Is…

By | 09.04.09 | 2:27 pm

… Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.), the third-ranking Republican in the House, who has mastered the art of making full-bore partisan attacks in the measured tones of an oatmeal salesman. Via Major Garrett of Fox News:

Van Jones should resign and if he is unwilling to do so, the president

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How Well Did Meg Whitman Know Van Jones?

By | 09.04.09 | 12:28 pm

A May 2009 video of California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman praising Van Jones, which was posted by TWI yesterday, has inspired a parody video from the campaign of California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner. It touches all the bases, portraying Whitman as an out-of-touch elitist who hobnobs not More…

Rightbloggers 1, Van Jones 0

By | 09.04.09 | 10:19 am

My story about WorldNetDaily today makes the case that a “fringe” Website can actually have an impact on the mainstream political debate if, as WND does, it gives readers what they want while reporting every nugget of scandalous information that comes its way. That’s definitely what’s happening with Van More…

Far-Right Site Gains Influence in Obama Era

By | 09.04.09 | 6:00 am

On April 12, the conservative Website WorldNetDaily published an expose on newly appointed White House “green czar” Van Jones that labeled the environmental activists a “an admitted radical communist and black nationalist leader.”

Based on readily available online sources, including an More…