The news yesterday that Timothy Geithner may have helped cover up AIG’s financial problems is sparking a House investigation: A House committee is planning to grill Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner about his role in the massive bailout of failed insurer American International Group Inc. The House Oversight Committee is responding to news that key details […]
When Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs split with the right, it sent shockwaves through the blogosphere. Now it looks like some of those wingnuts are actually going to the extreme: In Johnson’s mind, he has not really changed but merely shifted his focus. Where once he was preoccupied with national security, staking out a […]
Yesterday Michael Steele took to the airwaves and told fellow Republicans who criticize him to “shut up”. Now the backlash starts coming out from Steele’s comments: Republican National Committee Chairman Michael S. Steele, under fire this week for a string of controversial statements he has made while promoting his new book, has so angered the […]
This has got me absolutely speechless: Mr. 9/11 himself, the man who was the mayor of the town that took the biggest hit on 9/11, is now denying it ever happened? “What [Obama] should be doing is following the right things Bush did. One of the right things he did was treat this as a […]
The self proclaimed “America’s toughest sheriff” is in some trouble: Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is now the target of a federal grand jury probe, according to the Maricopa county manager. Manager David Smith tells 12 News he has been called as a witness in the investigation, as well as Deputy County Manager Sandi Wilson. […]
This is a really, really, REALLY bad idea: To the dismay of safety advocates already worried about driver distraction, automakers and high-tech companies have found a new place to put sophisticated Internet-connected computers: the front seat. Technology giants like Intel and Google are turning their attention from the desktop to the dashboard, hoping to bring […]
The Gipper’s grandson had a little run in with the law: Former President Reagan’s grandson is in jail this morning after police arrested him at his parents’ house in Van Nuys, Los Angeles Police Department officials said. Cameron Reagan, 31, was arrested on suspicion of resisting arrest, a misdemeanor, and is being held in lieu […]
When I say President Obama is becoming more like Bush I am generally referring to things like these flip-flops we are seeing all to often. The latest one involves the “cadillac plan” tax on health care: President Barack Obama signaled to House Democratic leaders Wednesday that they’ll have to drop their opposition to taxing high-end […]
The party of family values: NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) – A onetime top attorney to former President George W. Bush is accused of trying to kill his wife at their Connecticut home by beating her with a flashlight and choking her. Fifty-seven-year-old John Michael Farren is charged with strangulation and attempted murder. He was ordered […]
By the time the House and Senate get back in session and get their differences hammered out, we might not have 60 votes for the bill to pass: Playing it cautious, the Cook Political Report moves the U.S. Senate special election in Massachusetts from the Solid Democratic column to the Lean Democratic column. “At this […]