Talking Points Memo
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Talking Points Memo (or TPM) is the name of a popular center-left political blog created and run by Josh Marshall. It debuted on November 12, 2000. It covers a wide range of topics including U.S. foreign policy, domestic politics (especially at the federal level) and domestic policy. More » (Source: Wikipedia)
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Newsweek And Oil Lobby Team Up To Host Climate Change Event With Lawmakers
Newsweek magazine is teaming up with an oil-industry lobbying group to host an event on climate-change and energy issues involving lawmakers, just as the Senate gets set to ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Is Harry Reid Working The Inside Game For A Public Option?
"Reid and/or his staff has been in practically hourly conversations with a whole set of progressive players re how best to make sure we position ourselves to get a strong ...Posted by Jo Bobenhouse Smith -
Mysterious Private Security Firm Gets Control Of Empty Jail In Small Montana Town
A shadowy private security company that has no known clients but claims to have helped foreign governments combat terrorism and will protect anything from cruise ships to ...via Dan Gillmor -
Rove Personally Pressed for Iglesias Firing
Karl Rove claimed recently that he and his staff acted merely as a conduit for passing on concerns about David Iglesias. But it's now clear that Rove's office pushed from 2005 ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
The Bureaucrat between 50 million Americans and Health Care
As one of the 50 million Americans presently without health insurance, I'm sitting here, fingers crossed, hoping I don't get sick. So far, I've been lucky. As I observe ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Why Obama is Taking on Corporate Tax Havens
It's unfair that some wealthy Americans are avoiding taxes altogether by parking their fortunes abroad. But, hey, these have been true for decades. So why take them on now, ...Posted by Julian Friedland -
Obama's First 100 Days, And The Polls
Obama's approval rating remains solid, but has fallen by about ten points as the honeymoon effect has worn off, while disapproval is up by about 15 points due to the loss of ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Murtha: If Loving Constituents Is Wrong ... I Don't Wanna Be Right!
Backing down isn't Rep. John Murtha's style. The cantankerous House power-broker is under fire for his ties to the PMA lobbying firm, which just shut down amid reports of an ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
The Rise And Fall Of AIG's Financial Products Unit
How and when did AIG Financial Products get started? Who ran it, and from where? How did it get into credit default swaps, and what exactly are they, anyway? And how did this ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
The Media's Role In The Financial Crisis
Our government's current operating principle seems to be bailing out people who were culpable in the financial meltdown. If so, journalists are surely entitled to billions of ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala
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D'oh: Palin Confuses Iraq and Iran in Hannity Interview
During her interview with Sean Hannity that aired last night, Sarah Palin made an interesting declaration: That we need to prevent a Iranian Prez Ahmadinejad's Nuclear ...Posted by Glenn LaBauve -
Newsweek And Oil Lobby Team Up To Host Climate Change Event With Lawmakers
Newsweek magazine is teaming up with an oil-industry lobbying group to host an event on climate-change and energy issues involving lawmakers, just as the Senate gets set to ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
Lieberman: Sure, I'd Filibuster A Health Care Reform Bill With A Public Option |
(Blog Post) Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) told reporters today that he would in fact filibuster any health care bill he doesn't agree with--and right now, he doesn't agree with the public ...Posted by Jo Bobenhouse Smith -
GOP Honors Tea Party Marchers -- And Inflates Their Numbers
(Blog Post) Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) and 75 other House Republicans have introduced a resolution "expressing gratitude and appreciation to the individuals and families who participated in ...Posted by Jo Bobenhouse Smith -
WH: We're Happy To Exclude Fox, But Didn't Yesterday
Adding to the Fox News v. White House feud today is a dust-up over an interview with pay czar Ken Feinberg. Feinberg did a pen and pad with reporters to brief them on cutting ...via Ana Marie Cox -
Why Did The DoD, And The White House, Oppose The Franken Rape Amendment?
On Oct. 6, the Senate passed an amendment that would guarantee rape victims employed by defense contractors a chance to take their case to court. The 30 Republicans who voted ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
The Audacity of Greed
(Blog Post) How Private Health Insurers Just Blew Their CoverPosted by David Agnew -
Grijalva: Vast Majority of House Progressives Not Prepared to 'Surrender' on Public Option
"The vast majority of CPC is not prepared to wave a white flag on public option," Grijalva told Greg Sargent. "A trigger would be a surrender." As Greg notes, a vast ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Lanny Davis Now Lobbying In Support Of Honduran Coup
And now the hardest working conservative Democrat in show business has a new gig: lobbying against the Honduran leader recently deposed in a military coup.via Markos Moulitsas -
Dem Congressional Candidate's Event Raided by San Diego Sheriffs
Now this is a truly bizarre story, about a Democratic Congressional candidate's fundraising event being raided by a whole squad from the San Diego Sheriff's Department - ...Posted by Patricia Blochowiak
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