Among those in the running to play the 26-year-old Clinton are Amanda Seyfried, who starred in Les Misérables, Zero Dark Thirty’s Jessica Chastain, Reese Witherspoon, and Scarlett Johansson, most recently seen playing Janet Leigh in Hitchcock. [Independent] IN THE category of thoroughly frivolous gossip stories, the Independent is reporting several actors in the running to [...]
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Media Storm: Gosnell, Harpootlian, Mike Huckabee and Benghazi
IT’S happening everywhere in the media, anywhere you choose to read lately. Gosnell, Harpootlian, Mike Huckabee and Benghazi, all leading to the second term curse that’s lapping at the White House lawn. The media digging down to find an alternative narrative to balance just how whacky those right wing Republicans have gotten since Sarah Palin [...]
Right on Cue, Republican Calls Obama Budget “Shocking Attack on Seniors”
“I’ll tell you when you’re going after seniors the way he’s already done on Obamacare, taken $700 billion out of Medicare to put into Obamacare and now coming back at seniors again, I think you’re crossing that line very quickly here in terms of denying access to seniors for health care in districts like mine [...]
Top Story — President Obama Happy to “Own” Chained CPI Cuts in his Budget
“Paul Ryan, in the worst budget ever presented in the history of the United States, did not mention Social Security, so of course [President Obama] owns it,” Sanders said as he left a rally outside the White House, where he and a handful of congressional Democrats, Social Security advocates, and labor leaders denounced Social Security [...]
Top Story — The Second Inauguration of President Barack Obama (and the Most Important Task) [Video - Full Remarks]
The speech, slated right after Obama takes an oath to “faithfully execute the office of the President of the United States” Monday on the Capitol’s west front, includes no new policy, aides say. Rather, the president plans to use the moment as it traditionally has been in most of the 56 previous inaugurations — to [...]
Top Story: Obama’s Winnings and the Unreasonable Liberal
“If you want to pull the party, the major party that is closest to the way you’re thinking to what you’re thinking, you must, you must show them that you’re capable of not voting for them. If you don’t show them you’re capable of not voting for them they don’t have to listen to you, [...]
DoD Inspector General Report on Interrogations Released After Truth-Out FOIA Request
A DECLASSIFIED DoD Inspector General’s report obtained by Truth-Out titled “Investigation of Allegations of the Use of Mind-Altering Drugs to Facilitate Interrogations of Detainees” reveals information for the first time about interrogations at Guantanamo. The impetus of the investigations and Truth-Out’s FOIA request was a
Pres. Obama to Campaign on Extending Bush Tax Cuts for Middle Class, Not ‘Wealthy’
With a torpid job market and a fragile economy threatening his re-election chances, President Obama is changing the subject to tax fairness, calling for a one-year extension of the Bush-era tax cuts for people making less than $250,000. Mr. Obama plans to make his announcement at the White House on Monday, senior administration officials said. [...]
Rielle Hunter Met Her Perfect Match with the Idiot Pretty Boy
I couldn’t imagine I was, given I was 43 and had never been pregnant. Johnny and I never used birth control, but I was always mindful of my cycle and I was certain that I had never been ovulating during any of my visits with Johnny. [...] I discovered (to my shock and surprise) that [...]
Bill Maher Goes Off
OTHERWISE KNOWN as the quote of the day. Now, if I were a Washington pundit, I’d launch into some boring speech about how both sides are equally to blame, and then I’d call it a day and we’d all meet at Katherine Graham’s house for cocktails. Which is weird because Katherine Graham is dead. But [...]
Snapshot Shows Romney Strong Against Obama
The poll showed that relatively few voters consider same-sex marriage their top issue amid continued economic uncertainty, and more than half said it would make no difference in their choice for president. But among those who said Mr. Obama’s position would influence their vote, more said they would be less likely to vote for him [...]
The Buffet Rule Disguised as ‘Romney Rule’ for Reelection
Of course it’s popular. From CBS: In asking the question, Gallup did not actually use the term “Buffett Rule.” Here’s how the question was asked: “Would you favor or oppose Congress passing a new law that would require households earning $1 million a year or more to pay a minimum of 30 percent of their [...]
The Hill: Women are the Real Game Changers, by Taylor Marsh
Originally published for The Hill HBO’s “Game Change,” adapted from the blockbuster book by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin, couldn’t have been better timed. It reminded everyone of the history made in 2008 and how the earth shook when the Hillary Effect pushed a woman on to the Republican presidential ticket for the first time [...]
Pres. Obama Already has Your Vote and He Knows It
This article was first published for U.S. News & World Report, under the title “Time for a Tea Party of the Left”. President Obama takes his base for granted on issues like the Bush tax cuts, Plan B, and the economy Here we are at the beginning of Pres. Obama’s reelection and what do we [...]
Komen Move to Defund Planned Parenthood Not a Surprise
Planned Parenthood confirms that Komen is the first, and only, organization to cut off funding since the Congress began debating the issue in earnest last winter. Komen said it could not continue to fund Planned Parenthood because it has adopted new guidelines that bar it from funding organizations under congressional investigation. The House oversight and [...]
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