Click to view

On Thursday afternoon, Thomas gave a clinic in fortitude to President Obama's spokesman, Robert Gibbs, during the briefing. "Has the president given up on the public option?" she inquired from her front-row-middle seat ( Read more... )

White House spokesman bashes Brit press for torture reports

“I don’t want to speak generally about some reports I’ve seen over the past few years in the British media,” he said. “And, in some ways I’m surprised it filtered down. Let’s just say if I wanted to read - if I wanted to read a write-up of how Manchester United fared in the Champion’s ( Read more... )

I swear to Jebus, if I hear one more fucking Republican whinge about "pork" in the stimulus package, I'm going to go on a five state killing spree.

At Shakesville.

Latest Cuts to Stimulus Package

Total Reductions: $80 billion ( Read more... )

Republicans Fiddling While America Burns

... It’s not just that they’ve [Democrats] got various ways to pass the bill to avoid a filibuster, or to force it and cause the Republicans to embarrass themselves. It’s that they can sell this to the people if they want. They’re too worried about selling it to the media, which will never work because it ( Read more... )

The "Partial-Birth" Abortion Ban

(Don't they just look smug?)


( Read more... )

Obama Chief of Staff Puts a Stop to Pending Bush Regulations

White House officials tell CNN Obama Chief Staff of Staff Rahm Emanuel sent a memo Tuesday to all agencies and departments of the federal government. The memo halts further consideration of pending regulations throughout the government until a legal and policy review can be conducted by ( Read more... )