Huffington Post:
Critics of the Obama administration were delighted at the images from the president's recent trip to Asia. There was the deep bow before the emperor Akihito. There was the group photo with the head of the Burmese junta. There (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
By Louise RadnofskyWashington Wire loves presidential proclamations, in which the commander-in-chief “by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States” declares a given time for a (Read More)
memeorandum:
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:Obama Job Approval Down to 49% — President becomes fourth fastest to slip below the majority approval level — PRINCETON, NJ — The latest Gallup Daily tracking results show 49% of Americans appro (Read More)
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from Twitter:
Bishops Press Obama to Strike Provision on Abortion Funding: A coalition of Christian leaders -- including New York... http://bit.ly/2Z0iVN. (Read More)
Talking Points Memo:
John McCain just announced that we can succeed in Afghanistan in a mere 12 to 18 months, if only President Obama would get off his butt and send the 40,000 soldiers.
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Talking Points Memo:
Swift Boat PR firm is representing Gerald Walpin, the fired IG battling the Obama administration over his involuntary ouster.
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Drudge Report:
The new national poll from Public Policy Polling (D) has an astonishing number about paranoia among the GOP base: Republicans do not think President Obama actually won the 2008 election -- instead, ACORN stole it. (Read More)
Reuters:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate ethics committee on Friday admonished Roland Burris, saying he had been less than candid about his gubernatorial appointment to the Senate seat previously held by President Barack Obama. (Read More)
MSNBC:
THE WEEK AHEAD: Congress is back for another Saturday night health care vote, Obama's first state dinner, Palin's tour continues, plus a special peek inside the First Read Man Cave with a special goateed guest. Happy Thanksgi (Read More)
Pam's House Blend - Front Page:
(My laptop situation is currently 'up-in-the-air'; my apologies for any errors or incomplete listings. Please add any other vigils you know of in "comments"- thanks! ~Louise~)PLEASE NOTE- THE ONE IN PHILLY IS TONIGHT- all oth (Read More)
Financial Times:
Barack Obama faces the next big test of its push for healthcare reform this evening when the Senate meets to decide whether to proceed to a debate on its $848bn draft legislation. (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
Max BlumenthalProgressive Book Club/Media Matters for America reviewIn August 2008, when then-senator and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said the media had held her under a "sharper microscope" because she was a woman (Read More)
Drudge Report:
Influential US lawmakers on Thursday called for levying a new income tax to pay for the war in Afghanistan, warning its costs pose a mortal threat to efforts like a sweeping health care overhaul. "Regardless of whether one fa (Read More)
Crooks and Liars:
Your defense of Glenn Beck is touching on AOL, but it comes up very short and very sad. You claim that the big bad lefty meanie comedians are picking on Beck even when he is sick. Well, let's get something straight. Glenn Bec (Read More)
Huffington Post:
If you are sitting in class taking a test, and you've chosen to sit amongst your bone-headed, slacker friends, don't turn to them for help when you can't figure out of any of the answers. They may all tell you the same thing, (Read More)
The Daily Reckoning:
The expensive stimulus procedure intended to save the economy from its depths has hardly worked. Perhaps it seemed at first like a simple nip and tuck… the rising market has at least made things look a little better.However, (Read More)
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from Google Reader:
[Trigger warning.]Media Matters has noticed that prominent members of the conservative media sure love using "rape" as a metaphor (note the number of times it's used to accuse progressives of "raping" their fellow Americans): (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
The Obama administration's top climate adviser called for "comprehensive energy reform" and threw cold water on the idea of mandating reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions only for electric utilities. (Read More)
RealClearPolitics:
David Paul Kuhn, RealClearPoliticsBarack Obama has fallen below 50 percent in the Gallup Poll, an expected but no less significant historical marker.The public's view of this president ranks him in the lower third of mod (Read More)