gatewaypundit.firstthings — -By Warner Todd Huston New Media mogul Andrew Breitbart faces a lawsuit from former USDA employee Shirley Sherrod over his posting of video of the woman in a seemingly racist outburst at an NAACP meeting. Sherrod made the announcement at the San Diego convention of the National Association of Black Journalists on...
voices.washingtonpost — My interviews with Alan Blinder and Mark Zandi focused, probably to the great boredom of my readers, on the nature of the model they used to estimate the effects of different stimulus and financial policies. I did that because this question of models is an important one: If you believe...
msnbc.msn — Ousted USDA employee Shirley Sherrod said Thursday that she will sue a conservative blogger who posted an edited video that appeared to show her making racially offensive remarks.
thinkprogress — Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) appeared on Bill Bennett’s radio show yesterday to discuss his “inarguable” accomplishments, as Bennett put it. Specifically, Perry touted his states health care system, saying that it is indeed the “best” in the country: BENNETT: Thirty seconds on the doctors. You’ve got the best health care...
politicalwire — Nevada gubernatorial candidate Brian Sandoval (R) "did indeed say that his children don't look Hispanic" when asked by a Spanish-language television station "whether he was worried about his kids being profiled if they were in Arizona," Jon Ralston reports. Sandoval twice denied making the comments but they "are on videotape, I...
huffingtonpost — NEW YORK — President Barack Obama said Thursday that the racial firestorm that led to the ouster of a black Agriculture Department official was a "phony controversy" generated by the media. He said his administration overreacted by forcing her out. In an interview on ABC's daytime talk show "The View," Obama...
michellemalkin — Last week, Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans demanded a hearing on the New Black Panther Party shenanigans of the Obama Department of (Social) Justice. Sen. Pat Leahy has replied. Cliff Notes’ version: Blame Bush. Hide behind Abigail Thernstrom. Wait for Eric Holder’s next spin cycle. Read the response right here: 7-29-10 PJL to...
huffingtonpost — ...months before any midterm votes are cast, John Boehner of Ohio is putting his own face on the GOP's drive to take back the House by quietly launching a "Boehner for Speaker" committee that aims to boost the party's lagging fundraising, in part by introducing him as a "regular guy"...
politicalwire — Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) "has reportedly cut a deal to admit to ethical wrongdoing and avoid a potentially humiliating public trial," WCBS-TV reports. Harlem friends of Rangel say they have been told that the details could be unveiled when the House Ethics Committee meets Thursday afternoon.
voices.washingtonpost — (This item has been updated.) By Paul Kane Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) is headed for a legacy-defining moment Thursday, in which the 40-year veteran will either admit to a string of ethical misdeeds or force the preliminary phase of a historic trial on those charges. With a 1 p.m. Thursday...
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truth-out — Democrats in Congress are fighting to undo, or at least mitigate, the potential damage wrought by the Supreme Court in its Citizens United decision, an example of right-wing judicial activism that has the potential to put the final nail in the coffin of American self-governance and turn over our elections...
dailykos — Someone in the White House is going to have to have a serious sit-down with deficit peacocks Conrad and Lieberman, who are still pushing extending the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy. Luckily, the White House isn't listening. Yesterday Christina Romer, chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, blogged...
voices.washingtonpost — Senator Patrick Leahy is shooting down a request by GOP Senators for public hearings into the Black Panther voter intimidation case, a move that will anger conservatives who were hoping for a public airing of the issue to prove the Obama administration is riddled with anti-white discrimination. In a sharply-worded...
huffingtonpost — SAN DIEGO — Ousted Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod says she will sue a conservative blogger who posted an edited video of her making racially tinged remarks last week. Sherrod made the announcement Thursday in San Diego at the National Association of Black Journalists annual convention. ...
cbsnews — GOP Rep. Blames Dems for Likely Failure of Bill to Aid 9/11 Responders But GOP Leadership Advises Members to Reject Bill
washingtonindependent — A late addition to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) energy and oil spill response bill has galvanized Republicans against the proposal. Reid, in an effort to throw a bone to environmentalists, added to the legislation part of a bill proposed by Sens. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.)...
cbsnews — Jury Meeting for First Full Day in Corruption Case; Identities Are Protected by Court Order and Internet Use Banned
voices.washingtonpost — Alan Blinder is co-director of Princeton's Center for Economic Policy Studies and formerly served as vice chairman of the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors. We spoke on Wednesday about the paper (pdf) he co-authored with Mark Zandi attempting to comprehensively estimate the economic effects of the financial interventions and stimulus...
huffingtonpost — WASHINGTON — The former superintendent of Arlington National Cemetery says he accepts "full responsibility" for the mix-up of graves at the famous military burial ground. John Metzler ran the cemetery for 19 years before he was forced out because of the scandal. He told a Senate committee on Thursday that it...
blogs.abcnews — President Obama used the 'reaction and overreaction' to the 'bogus controversy' around Shirley Sherrod as an example that the nation’s 'still got work to do when it comes to promoting the values, the fairness and equality.'
truth-out — The number of serious on-the-job accidents this year have yet again made very clear the urgent need for expanded and tightened government safety regulation. The toll on workers has been high, as President Cecil Roberts of the United Mine Workers union told the House Education and Labor Committee in mid-July.read...
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo — Former Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ), who is challenging Sen. John McCain in the August 24 primary, has explained another reason to repeal birthright citizenship for all people born in the United States: That "birth tourism" is resulting in people around the world timing their pregnancies so that births coincide with...
huffingtonpost — By Alison Parker, US program director at Human Rights Watch (Washington, DC) - A ruling by a US district court in Arizona on July 28, 2010, will temporarily block enforcement of the most problematic provisions of Arizona's recent law targeting immigrants, Human Rights Watch said today. Under the temporary order issued by...
