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Jan 20
2009

The Bush Administration’s Final Terror Threat

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Here we go: HOMELAND SECURITY ISSUES STATEMENT ON POTENTIAL OBAMA THREAT — 1030 AM ET — Statement from a Department of Homeland Security spokesman: “The FBI, the Department of Homeland Security (including the USSS) and the intelligence community are coordinating with other law enforcement authorities to investigate and analyze recently received information about a potential […]

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Jan 19
2009

Skipping The Festivities

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The next couple of days will be nothing but festivities for most, but for some it will be work. I’m not talking about right wingers who fear the end of days by the swearing in of Barack Obama as our 44th President, but I am talking about actual members of Obama’s new administration: {[}]lt;blockquote> Vans […]

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Jan 9
2009
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Obama To Speak With Hamas – Wingnuts Revolt!

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The Guardian is reporting that the Obama team has signaled they may open some low-level diplomacy with Hamas: The incoming Obama administration is prepared to abandon George Bush’s ­doctrine of isolating Hamas by establishing a channel to the Islamist organisation, sources close to the transition team say. The move to open contacts with Hamas, which […]

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Dec 24
2008

Priorities

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Oh my – so Obama was interviewed by prosecutors last week about the Blago scandal. We found out yesterday in the released report from the transition team. Since the report showed no improper contact, the idiots on the right have to make up some new scandal. Perhaps Hugh Hewitt can be charged with this crusade: […]

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Nov 26
2008
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Healthcare Discussion On The Rise

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Change is awesome! The Obama transition team has launched a section on change.gov dedicated to healthcare reform. There are already close to 1,200 comments on it. Imagine a government letting people voice their opinion? I thought that was America’s principal, but wasn’t so sure after the last eight years. Well it looks like it may […]

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Nov 21
2008
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Breach!

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This is the problem living in the information super age, where so much is only a click away: Records from a cell phone used by President-elect Obama were improperly breached, apparently by employees of the cell phone company, his transition team said Thursday. Spokesman Robert Gibbs said the team was notified Wednesday by Verizon Wireless […]

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Nov 18
2008
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BREAKING: Holder As Attorney General? (Updated)

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(updated and bumped) Newsweek is reporting that D.C. power attorney Eric Holder is being tapped for Attorney General. (Update 1) NBC news is now reporting that Holder has accepted the position. Once confirmation comes out from the transition team, I will put him in the Cabinet 44 section. (Update 2) Via The Washington Independent, here […]

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Nov 18
2008
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Tweety Puts His Foot In His Mouth Again

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Chris Matthews just can’t help himself when it comes to some good old Hillary bashing: An avowed Clinton lover who was sitting next to Matthews reports: “He was in business class wearing a red baseball hat that said Penn on the back, and the fat [bleep] fell asleep on the train and snored with his […]

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Nov 16
2008

Net Neutrality Back In The Spot Light

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Yesterday I posted that Obama had appointed some strong proponents of Net Neutrality to his transition team to oversee the FCC. Now we find out that another Democrat is working to bring actual Net Neutrality into law: A lawmaker is bringing the issue of net neutrality back into the spotlight. Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) plans […]

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Nov 15
2008
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Will Obama Finally Bring Net Neutrality?

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Yesterday the Obama campaigned named two big advocates of net neutrality to his transition team. The best part is that they are heading up the review of the FCC: Susan Crawford, a professor at the University of Michigan Law School, and Kevin Werbach, a former FCC staffer, organizer of the annual tech conference Supernova, and […]

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