While the AP spent tonight reporting on the passing of the Patriot Act as a major victory for Republicans, the Washington Post was busy getting an article ready for tomorrow’s print edition. That article talks about a House GOP effort to block the Dubai ports deal: Efforts by the White House to hold off legislation […]
President Bush said Tuesday that democracies only reach their potential when women are allowed to fully participate in society, singling out Iran, North Korea and Myanmar as nations that are suppressing women’s basic rights. “America will help women stand up for their freedom, no matter where they live,” Bush said at a White House celebration […]
So I wake up this morning and here on the local news. Bush has sunk to a 37% approval rating in one of the reddest states in the union – Indiana. From the Indianapolis Star Indiana voted twice to elect George W. Bush to the White House, but an Indianapolis Star poll indicates more than […]
From Reuters: The secretive U.S. government foreign investment review process that approved an Arab company’s deal to assume management of terminals at six U.S. ports is “deeply flawed” and should be revamped, a leading lawmaker said on Sunday. Senate Homeland Security Chairman Susan Collins, a Maine Republican, said she and the panel’s top Democrat, Sen. […]
When Bush signed the torture ban into law in December he used his “executive privilege” to make sure that a he could pick and choose where it applies. It seems like he wasted no time either: Bush administration lawyers, fighting a claim of torture by a Guantanamo Bay detainee, yesterday argued that the new law […]
Think Progress has all the details. With Dubai and this there is no doubt our White House does not give a damn about national security.
WOW! The White House cited failures by the Homeland Security Department and other agencies in planning, communications and leadership in a report on Hurricane Katrina Thursday and proposed a broad reworking of how the government would respond to the next catastrophe. The 228-page report by White House homeland security adviser Frances Fragos Townsend urges changes […]
Now Bush didn’t know about the port deal? President Bush was unaware of the pending sale of shipping operations at six major U.S. seaports to a state-owned business in the United Arab Emirates until the deal already had been approved by his administration, the White House said Wednesday. Defending the deal anew, the administration also […]
Newsweek has obtained new e-mails that Michael Brown turned over to Congress regarding Katrina. These emails show a White House in “Chaos” following the storm: Brown, now trying to restore his image, gave Congress a set of e-mails sent as the catastrophe unfolded. The e-mails, obtained by NEWSWEEK, provide the latestâ€â€Âthough still incompleteâ€â€Âpicture of senior […]
Ah now we know why Cheney decided to do his interview yesterday with Brit Hume: President Bush’s top political aide, Karl Rove, pushed Vice President Dick Cheney to speak publicly about shooting a fellow hunter, sources tell CBS News. Rove worried the vice president’s silence on the issue was becoming a political problem, CBS News […]