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July 25, 2010
7/25/10 CNN, Dean endorses a Gingrich candidacy
July 24, 2010
7/24/10 Olmos, WSWS, Most oil industry lobbyists in US worked for government
July 22, 2010
7/22/10 Rall, Dandelion Salad, Protofascism Comes to America: The Rise of the Tea Party
July 14, 2010
7/14/10 Thompson, WP, As NAACP aims to stay in national debate, charge of tea party racism draws fire
July 10, 2010
7/10/10 Joling, AP, 1.8M Acres of Alaska Drilling Leases Go Up for Bid
July 9, 2010
7/08/10 Corn, MoJo, Liz Cheney's Coalition of the Unwilling
July 7, 2010
7/07/10 Ott, Huffington Post, The Big Lie: BP, Governments Downplay Public Health Risk From Oil and Dispersants
July 5, 2010
7/05/10 Kaufman, NYT, Agency Agreed That Spill Risk to Wildlife Was 'Low'
7/05/10 Rothschild, Progressive, Republicans Incite Class Warfare--Within the Middle Class
7/05/10 Smith, WP, BP has Steady Sales at Defense Department Despite U.S. Scrutiny
7/05/10 Garofolo, Think Progress, BP Used Oil Industry Tax Break to Write Off Its Rent for Deepwater Rig
July 1, 2010
7/01/10 Lichtblau, NYT, Lobbyist Says It's Not About Influence
June 30, 2010
6/30/10 Feingold, Feingold: 'Standing Up to the Unholy Alliance Between Washington and Wall Street'
June 25, 2010
6/25/10 Chavkin, ProPublica, As Jindal Criticized Federal Bureaucracy, Louisiana Guard Troops Sat Idle
6/25/10 Hall, McClatchy, How financial bill aims to prevent another meltdown
6/25/10 Hall, McClatchy, Big banks escape toughest limits in new regulation bill
June 24, 2010
6/24/10 Stein, WP, CIA hires Xe, formerly Blackwater, to guard facilities in Afghanistan, elsewhere
June 22, 2010
6/22/10 BBC, Oil industry attacks US deep water drilling ban
June 21, 2010
6/21/10 Eggen, WP, BP, Transocean tap a well of Washington lobbyists and consultants
June 20, 2010
6/20/10 Hedges, DandelionSalad, American Crusaders: The rise of Christian nationalism in Post-9/11 America (2008)
June 18, 2010
6/18/10 Janis, Raw Story, ACORN Leader says critics Mounted 'McCarthy-Era War Against the Poor' After Report Clears Organization of Wrongdoing
June 17, 2010
6/17/10 Blake & Kane, WP, GOP leaders forced Rep. Barton to retract apology to BP
June 15, 2010
6/15/10 Roscoe & Baltimore, Reuters, BP faces grilling in Congress
June 14, 2010
6/14/10 Zaid Jilani, Alternet, Rand Paul on Mountaintop Removal Mining: No One Will Miss "a Hill or Two Here and There"
June 13, 2010
6/13/10 Estep, Kentucky.com, Republicans coming together for Paul
June 8, 2010
6/08/10 Public Record, Cheney's Push Of Deregulators Led To BP Disaster
June 7, 2010
6/07/10 Illis, Charges of Whitewashing Cloud Mine Safety Investigations
6/07/10 Brennan, WSWS, Behind the Gulf oil crisis: Big Oil extends its political influence
June 2, 2010
6/02/10 Wang, ProPublica, Under Cheney's Influence, Wyoming's Oil Ties Flooded MMS
6/02/10 Carter, AlterNet, Rating Agencies, Warren Buffett and Corruption
June 1, 2010
6/01/10 Knutson & Wang, A Mystery: When Did Gov't Exempt Gulf Drilling from Detailed Enviro Reviews?
May 27, 2010
5/27/10 Johnson, Baseline Scenario, So Damn Little Money
May 26, 2010
5/26/10 Johnson, Baseline Scenario, The Last Hold Out: Senator Blanche Lincoln Against 13 Bankers
May 25, 2010
5/25/10 Eilperin, WP, U.S. oil drilling regulator ignored experts' red flags on environmental risks
5/25/10 Geiger & Hamburger, LAT, Oil companies have a rich history of U.S. subsidies
May 24, 2010
5/24/10 Farrell, FT, US Justice Department ends AIG probe
May 23, 2010
5/23/10 Dash & Schwartz, NYT, As Reform Takes Shape, Some Relief on Wall St. (Size and power left intact)
May 20, 2010
5/20/10 Nagourney & Hulse, NYT, Tea Party Pick Causes Uproar on Civil Rights
5/20/10 Rothschild, Progressive, Beware Rand Paul and Sarah Palin
May 19, 2010
5/19/10 Sheppard, MoJo, Why Is the EPA Letting BP Use Dirty Dispersants?
5/19/10 Bybee, ITT, Regulate or Capitulate
May 18, 2010
5/18/10 McClatchy, BP withholds oil spill facts -- and government lets it
May 17, 2010
5/17/10 Knutson, ProPublica, Despite Legislation, Misleading RNC 'Census' Mailers Continue
May 16, 2010
5/15/10 DeGraw, PublicRecord, The Financial Oligarchy Reigns: Democracy's Death Spiral From Greece to the United States
May 13, 2010
5/13/10 Eilperin, WP, White House, BP unprepared for relationship in wake of oil spill
May 11, 2010
5/11/10 Wang, ProPublica, After Spill, More Gulf Drilling Plans Got Environmental Exemptions
May 10, 2010
5/10/10 Kishore, WSWS, Obama administration blocked efforts to stop BP oil drilling before explosion
5/10/10 Kroll, MoJo, BP: From Oil Spilling to Financial Reform Killing
May 8, 2010
5/08/10 Eley, WSWS, The BP oil spill and American capitalism
5/08/10 Taylor, McClatchy, Since Spill, Feds Have Given 27 Waivers to Oil Companies in Gulf
5/08/10 Sirota, ITT, The Motto of Mad Men
May 7, 2010
5/07/10 Wang, ProPublica, Offshore Drilling Regulators Had Concerns, but Let Industry Self-Police
5/07/10 Kroll, MoJo, Why Didn't Obama Back Busting Up Big Banks?
May 6, 2010
5/06/10 Wang, ProPublica, Gulf Oil Spill FAQ: What Happened, What May Have Caused it, and Who's Responsible
May 5, 2010
5/05/10 Ananda,IntelDaily, GM Biofuels: Another Planned Disaster
5/05/10 Lovley, Politico, Obama Biggest Recipient of BP Cash
May 4, 2010
5/04/10 Wang, ProPublica, Oil Companies Pay a Pittance in Penalties to Offshore Drilling Regulator
May 1, 2010
5/01/10 Mason, Reuters, Obama calls for limits on corporate campaign money
5/01/10 Burdreau & Mohr, AP, Document: BP didn't plan for major oil spill
April 28, 2010
4/28/10 Lindorff, PublicRecord, The Stupidity of Obama's Drill-Drill-Drill Offshore Oil Policy
4/28/10 Lichtblau & Dash, NYT, Goldman and Its Lobbyists Spurned in Finance Fight
April 23, 2010
4/23/10 Schwarta, NYT, 'Liberal' Reputation Precedes Ninth Circuit Court
April 19, 2010
4/19/10 Rucker, Wp, North Carolina Democrats' votes against health care push labor to form party
April 14, 2010
4/14/10 Pilkington, Guardian, Sarah Palin contract demands 'Lear 60 jet' and 'bendable straws'
April 9, 2010
4/09/10 Wang, ProPublica, Fannie Execs Blame Failure on Company's 'Impossible' Dual Purpose
4/09/10 Eisinger & Bernstein, ProPublica, The Magnetar Trade: How One Hedge Fund Helped Keep the Bubble Going
4/09/10 Grimm & Delaney, Huffington, Power Struggle: Inside The Battle For The Soul Of The Democratic Party
March 31, 2010
3/31/10 Scheer, Nation, Sarah Palin, Neocon Messiah
March 29, 2010
3/29/10 Ward, MoJo, Welcome to Glennbeckistan
March 28, 2010
3/28/10 Clinton, Progressive, The White Party
3/28/10 Pear, NYT, Coverage Now for Sick Children? Check Fine Print
March 27, 2010
3/27/10 Sirota, ITT, The Difference Between Liberalism and Progressivism
March 26, 2010
3/26/10 Rothschild, Progressive, This Is What Neofascism Looks Like
March 25, 2010
3/25/10 PublicRecord, Rep. Barney Frank Condemns GOP Complicity In Tea Party Insanity
March 22, 2010
3/22/10 Collins, IntelDaily, Chris Dodd's wife and derivatives trading - "all in the family"
3/22/10 CNN, ACORN plans to shut down
March 21, 2010
3/21/10 Hodai, ITT, Secrets of the Tea Party
March 20, 2010
3/20/10 Cho, WP, Key appointees at Treasury used as pawns in unrelated legislative battles
March 18, 2010
3/18/10 Harris, NYT, Tobacco Rule Proposed in '95 to Go Into Effect
3/18/10 Thomma, McClatchy, Insurance-rate regulation dropped from latest health bill
3/18/10 Corn, MoJo, Why Won't Obama Get Tough on JPMorgan?
March 16, 2010
3/16/10 Worthington, PublicRecord, Republican Witch-Hunters Embrace Dictatorship
March 11, 2010
3/11/10 Stein, Huffington, Sanders: Obama Has Tragically Lost the Youth, Antagonized Unions
3/11/10 Mears, CNN, Chief justice chides State of the Union as 'political pep rally'
March 10, 2010
3/10/10 Lee, MoJo, How Corporations Hide Election Spending
March 7, 2010
3/07/10 Smith, WP, Thin wall separates lobbyist contributions and earmarks
March 6, 2010
3/06/10 CNN, Official: Armenian genocide resolution unlikely to get full House vote
March 5, 2010
3/05/10 Vogel & Smith, Politico, Republican National Committee official behind 'fear' pitch under fire for fees
March 3, 2010
3/03/10 Kroll, MoJo, Chris Dodd's Wall Street Sellout
February 28, 2010
2/28/10 Bowers, OpenLeft, National Crisis Electoral Flowchart
February 23, 2010
2/23/10 Sirota, OpenLeft, The Stunningly Persistent & Fact-Free Propaganda of Tom Friedman
February 22, 2010
2/22/10 Lichtblau, NYT, Lawmakers' Ties to Toyota Questioned at Start of Inquiries
2/22/10 Englehardt, MoJo, The Afghan Mask Slips
February 19, 2010
2/19/10 Bailey & Gorman, Reuters, Government was told of Toyota claims in 2004: insurer
February 16, 2010
2/16/10 Mason, Reuters, Obama ups nuclear investment for climate fight
February 15, 2010
2/15/10 Macalister, Guardian, Oil Giants Demand Open Market for World's Dirtiest Fuel
2/15/10 Godoy, IPS, Nuclear Does Not Make Economic Sense Say Studies
February 9, 2010
2/09/10 Roberts, NYT, Congress and Country: Behold the Differences
2/09/10 Demer, ADN, Alaska debates ethics rules raised during Palin's tenure
February 8, 2010
2/80/10 Chang, SacBee, GOP rivals in governor's race target welfare costs
2/08/10 Bowers, OpenLeft, Actual Senate supermajority requirements: 72 Democrats, 54 Republicans
February 7, 2010
2/07/10 Adams, Guardian, Sarah Palin: queen tea party
February 4, 2010
2/04/10 Jacobson, Raw Story, How Corporations Secretly Move Millions to Fund Political Ads
February 1, 2010
2/01/10 Baumann, MoJo, Alan Grayson's Filibluster
January 23, 2010
1/23/10 Urbina, NYT, 24 States' Laws Open to Attack After Campaign Finance Ruling
1/23/10 Sirota, ITT, Democratic Corporatism Brings Reagan Back from the Grave
January 22, 2010
1/22/10 Theimer, AP, CEOs to Hill: Quit calling us for campaign cash
January 19, 2010
1/19/10 Hulse, NYT, Boehner Hires 'Contract' Architect to Promote G.O.P. Platform
January 8, 2010
1/08/10 Kirkpatrick, NYT, Courts Roll Back Limits on Spending in Election Law
January 6, 2010
1/06/10 CNN, Sen. Dodd to retire, sources tell CNN
January 5, 2010
1/05/10 Kaiser Foundation, Clinton Foundation Releases Donor List
January 1, 2010
1/01/10 Garofalo, Think Progress, Wall Street Ready to Claim Billions in Tax Breaks on Bonus Payments
December 30, 2009
12/30/09 Baker, NYT, Cheney Attacks; White House Hits Back
December 29, 2009
12/29/09 Roth, TPM, Majority Of Tea Party Group's Spending Went To GOP Firm That Created It
12/29/09 Andrews, ProPublica, TSA's Top Post Sits Vacant Because of Sen. DeMint's Union Beef
December 27, 2009
12/27/09 Sallah & Barry, McClatchy, Feds probing many ties of banker Allen Stanford and U.S. Congress
12/27/09 McClatchy, Who got money from Stanford?
December 23, 2009
12/23/09 Fuss, CBS News, How Filibusters Are Strangling the Senate
December 20, 2009
12/20/09 Pear, NYT, Deep in Health Bill, Very Specific Beneficiaries
December 14, 2009
12/14/09 Beckel, OpenSecrets, Campaign Cash From Wall Street Favored Representatives Who Opposed Finance Reform Bill
December 13, 2009
12/13/09 Rosenberg, OpenLeft, ACORN independent review says problems are opposite of what conservatives allege
12/13/09 CNN, Houston elects first openly gay mayor
December 10, 2009
12/10/09 Roth, TPM, Former Bailout Czar Signs On With Firm That Helped Run Bailout
12/10/09 Bowers, OpenLeft, Insurance companies owe 44 Senators who would filibuster public option $91,363,636 each
December 6, 2009
12/06/09 Holland, AlterNet, Defense Contractor Makes Up Wild Islamic Terrorism Fantasy; Right-Wingers Act Like it's 9/11 All Over Again
December 5, 2009
12/05/09 Piepert, WP, Aide: Baucus nominated girlfriend for US attorney
December 1, 2009
12/01/09 MSNBC, Will Cheney Really Run for President? - Chris Hedges video
November 26, 2009
11/26/09 Sirota, ITT, Colbert Conservatism
November 20, 2009
11/20/09 Vogle, Politico, Tea Partyers Turn on Each Other
11/20/09 Sirota, Open Left, How Proud Know-Nothingism Created the American Idiocracy and Intelligentsia against intelligence
November 18, 2009
11/18/09 van der Westhuizen,, AlterNet, U.S. Christian Right Activists Pushing Death Penalty for Homosexuals in Poor African State
11/18/09 Benen, AlterNet, Yet More Mind-Bending Racism From the Right-Wing Media
11/18/09 Mercimer, MoJo, The Tea Party's Favorite Doctors
November 13, 2009
11/13/09 Woodward, AP, FACT CHECK: Palin's book goes rogue on some facts
11/13/09 Pilkington, Guardian, McCain aides kept me bottled up, says Sarah Palin in new book
November 11, 2009
11/11/09 Seliger, ITT, Jews on J Street
11/11/09 Flanders, Nation, Unequal Power, Unequal Access
November 2, 2009
11/02/09 Kiel, ProPublica, Taxpayers Lose $2.3 Billion with CIT Bankruptcy
November 1, 2009
11/01/09 Brown, Herald Scotland, Chomsky: Far-Right Threat Is No Joke
11/01/09 Nichols, Nation, "Tea Party Activists Are the New GOP"
October 28, 2009
10/28/09 Kiel, ProPublica, Car Dealers Protected From New Consumer Protection Agency
October 25, 2009
10/25/09 Mufson & Eilperin, WP, Senate's climate bill a bit more ambitious
October 23, 2009
10/23/09 BBC, A tale of small numbers
October 22, 2009
10/22/09 Nasirpour, HuffingtonPost, Derivatives Bill Amended To Let Big Banks Keep Some Contracts Secret
October 20, 2009
10/20/09 Sorokin, NYT, The Race to Save Lehman Brothers
10/20/09 Pilkington. Guardian, US gives Shell green light for offshore oil drilling in the Arctic
October 16, 2009
10/16/09 Scahill, Rebelreports, Cindy McCain Bankrolled Conference That Called for Ban on Mercenaries
October 11, 2009
10/11/09 Ireland, ITT, The Barney Frank Story
October 2, 2009
10/02/09 DiNovella, Progressive, Senate Finance Committee Votes to Restore Abstinence-Only Education
10/02/09 Baumann, MoJo, Chris Dodd's Extreme Makeover
October 1, 2009
10/01/09 Scahill, RebelReports, Bizarro World: Karl Rove Blasts Obama for 'Outsourcing Afghanistan'
September 30, 2009
9/30/09 Kroll, MoJo, Meet the Taxpayers' $3 Trillion Watchdog
September 29, 2009
9/29/09 Taibbi, True Slant, An Inside Look at How Goldman Lobbies the Senate
9/29/09 lewison, DailyKos, GOP Congressman Calls Obama an "Enemy of Humanity"
September 27, 2009
9/27/09 Herzenhorn, NYT, Premiums, Penalties and Political Costs
9/27/09 CNN, Bill Clinton: 'Vast right-wing conspiracy' as 'virulent' as ever
9/27/09 BBC, Nestle milk link to Grace Mugabe
September 23, 2009
9/23/09 Kwak, Baseline Scenario, Bank of America $4 Billion, Taxpayers $425 Million
September 21, 2009
9/21/09 Stein, Huffington Post, Authors of Iraq War Push Obama on Afghanistan
9/21/09 Giroux, TruthOut, The Politics of Lying and the Culture of Deceit in Obama's America: The Rule of Damaged Politics
9/21/09 Schulman, MoJo, Will Senate Grill Obama's CFTC Nominee About His Lobbying Past?
September 19, 2009
9/19/09 Huffstutter & Linthicum, LAT, ACORN scaling back or shutting down in many cities
9/19/09 Wilber & Eggen, WP, Federal Appeals Court Voids Campaign Finance Reform Rules
September 18, 2009
9/18/09 Bernstein, Irving Kristol dies at 89; godfather of neoconservatism
September 17, 2009
9/17/09 CREW, The 15 Most Corrupt Members of Congress
9/17/09 Montgomery, Star Telegram, Some local leaders along border question Perry's deployment of 'Ranger Recon' teams
September 16, 2009
9/16/09 Simon, LAT, House ethics panel investigates Rep. Maxine Waters
September 15, 2009
9/15/09 Kane, WP, 'You Lie!' Shout Brings Vote on Sanction
September 14, 2009
9/14/09 Kurtz, WP, Unamplified, Beck's Voice Still Carries
9/14/09 Alessi, Kentucky.com, Lexington police charge Nunn with ex-fiancee's slaying
September 13, 2009
9/13/09 Rosen, McClatchy, Defiant Rep. Wilson: I won't apologize again
September 12, 2009
9/12/09 Morgenson, NYT, But Who Is Watching Regulators?
9/12/09 Sirota, ITT, We've Seen This Trigger Before
9/12/09 Evans, BBC, Nevada's battle of the presidents
September 11, 2009
9/11/09 Sirota, OpenLeft, EXCLUSIVE: UnitedHealth Lobbyist Announces Pelosi Fundraiser As She Begins Backing Off Pub Option
September 8, 2009
9/08/09 Harkinson, MoJo, What's Really Behind the Van Jones Attack
September 6, 2009
9/06/09 Scahill, RebelReports, Rep. Mike Pence, Who Led Witch Hunt Against Van Jones, Took $1000s From Extremist Erik Prince
September 5, 2009
9/05/09 Holland, AlterNet, 'American Casino': How Our Nation's Financial Sector Became a Massive and Unregulated Gambling Operation
9/05/09 Rosenberg, OpenLeft, Racism by Another Name
September 4, 2009
9/04/09 Nicholas & Perkins, LAT, Democrats consider setting 'trigger' for government healthcare
September 2, 2009
9/02/09 Scahill, RebelReports, Why Doesn't Hillary Clinton Fire Blackwater?
9/02/09 Klas, Miami Herald, Campaign to drill off Florida's coast has cash, confidence
9/02/09 Liberto, CNN, Is Health Care the Next 'Bonusgate'?
9/02/09 BBC, Online politics reserved for rich
August 30, 2009
8/30/09 LeBlanc, AP, Fortune helped fuel Kennedy family legacy, agenda
8/30/09 Gellaty, Aiken Standard, Out of ammo: Shortage has many worried
August 27, 2009
8/27/09 Johnson, WP, Sources Say Richardson Probe Winding Down, Unlikely to Lead to Charges
8/27/09 BBC, Kennedy death leaves no clear heir
August 26, 2009
8/26/09 Kiel, ProPublica, Subprime Companies Line Up for Gov't Mortgage Plan
8/26/09 Singel, Wired, Hollywood, Big Software and Coal Miners Pros at Timely Political Donations
8/26/09 Scheer, Nation, Remembering the Real Deal - Kennedy
8/26/09 Lightman, McClatchy, Ted Kennedy, last of the legendary brothers, dies
8/26/09 Williams, Nation, Reverse Nazism and the War on Universal Healthcare
August 21, 2009
8/21/09 Hattersley, Guardian, Rehabilitate the state
August 20, 2009
8/20/09 Schouten, USA Today, Following the Money from Defense Lobby
8/20/09 Bacon, WP, Ailing Kennedy Asks for Speedy Replacement Process
August 19, 2009
8/19/09 LeFleur, ProPublica, One Foreign Actor We Didn't Expect To Discover
August 18, 2009
8/18/09 Narayanswamy et al, ProPublica, Adding it up: The Top Players in Foreign Agent Lobbying
8/18/09 Berman, Nation, Baucus & Grassley Hijack Obama's Agenda
August 17, 2009
8/17/09 Lillis, Wa. Independent, GOP Embraces Medicare to Kill Health Care Reform
August 16, 2009
8/16/09 Nichols, Nation, If Obama Discards Public Option, What's Left of Reform?
8/16/09 AP, Sebelius: Public insurance option not essential
August 15, 2009
8/15/09 Sirota, ITT, Healthcare's 13 Tyrants
August 14, 2009
8/14/09 Talev, McClatchy, Who's behind the attacks on a health care overhaul?
August 13, 2009
8/13/09 Leopold, PublicRecord, Palin Backed End-of-Life Counseling As Alaska Governor
August 11, 2009
8/11/09 Clark, Guardian, 'Evil and Orwellian' - America's Right Turns Its Fire on NHS
8/11/09 Dorschner, Miami Herald, Fear, uncertainty haunt elderly as healthcare critics speak out
8/11/09 Santore, Media Matters, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Lou Dobbs Enflame Scary Right-Wing Rage
August 10, 2009
8/10/09 Fram, AP, Top insurance lobbyist: August key in health drive
8/10/09 Stan, AlterNet, Inside Story on Town Hall Riots: Right-Wing Shock Troops Do Corporate America's Dirty Work
August 7, 2009
8/07/09 Reuters, House Democrat received Countrywide loans: report
August 6, 2009
8/06/09 Keck, CNN, Ron Paul's son following in father's footsteps
8/06/09 Murray & Montgomery, WP, Senators Closer To Health Package
August 5, 2009
8/05/09 Appelbaum, WP, Bank Balances Shift With Rule Changes
8/05/09 Lux, OpenLeft, The Birthers and the Insurance Industry: the Latest in a Long Line of Conservative Coalitions
August 2, 2009
8/02/09 Connolly, WP, Obama Trims Sails On Health Reform
August 1, 2009
8/01/09 Smith, Toronto Star, Big Money Fuels Health Care Battle
8/01/09 Winship, TruthOut, Pay to Play Is Washington's Sport of Kings
8/01/09 Sirota, ITT, Healthcare Tyranny
8/01/09 Sirota, ITT, Healthcare Tyranny
July 31, 2009
7/31/09 Eggen, WP, Blue Dogs Receive More Health Industry Backing Than Other Democrats
7/31/09 Nichols, Nation, Key Committee Backs Better-Than-Expected Health Plan
July 30, 2009
7/30/09 AP, Senate Passes Energy Bill That Kills Yucca Facility
7/30/09 Leonnig, WP, Earmarks of Committee Members Probing Murtha Questioned
7/30/09 Rachel Maddow Show, Right-Wing Racism Reaches New Heights
7/30/09 Hayes, Nation, Democrats Go to Bat for Big Pharma
July 29, 2009
7/29/09 Holland, AlterNet, How Corporate Media, Sellouts in Congress and Industry Bigs Have Hijacked the Health Care Debate
7/29/09 Deep Journal, Monsanto lobyists to be placed in charge of food safety
July 28, 2009
7/28/09 Prins, MoJo, How You Finance Goldman Sachs' Profits
7/28/09 Lightman & Douglas, McClatchy, Democrats may drop public option from health bill
July 27, 2009
7/27/09 Swanson, PublicRecord, The Healthcare Option the Media Doesn't Want to Talk About
7/27/09 repub from 3/6/07 Berman, Nation, K Street's Favorite Democrat- Baucus
7/27/09 Hernandez, NYT, As Special Interests Aid Dodd, He Distances Himself
7/27/09 Clark, McClatchy, Senators push to bring oil drilling closer to Florida's coast
7/27/09 Moyers & Winship, AlterNet, Dangerous Alliance of Health Industry and Right-Wingers Will Stop at Nothing to Derail Progressive Reforms
July 24, 2009
7/24/09 Nation, Republicans Cling to Racism Strategy
July 23, 2009
7/23/09 Kiel, ProPublica, ,a href="http://www.propublica.org/ion/bailout/item/wall-street-on-pace-to-pay-far-above-2008-levels#11675">Wall Street on Pace to Pay Far Above 2008 Levels
July 22, 2009
7/22/09 Nichols, LAT, White House declines to disclose visits by health industry executives
7/22/09 Collins, IntelDaily, Wall Street Welfare Queen Average Bonuses $1.0 Million Per Employee
July 21, 2009
7/21/09 Eggen, WP, Industry Cash Flowed To Drafters of Reform
7/21/09 Reuters, Obama says healthcare bills need more work
7/21/09 Feehery, CNN, Commentary: Obama enters 'The Matrix'
July 20, 2009
7/20/09 Sullivan, PNHP, Bait and Switch: How the "Public Option" Was Sold
7/20/09 Tankersley, LAT, House climate bill was flooded with last-minute changes
July 17, 2009
7/17/09 Stobbe, AP, Legal immunity set for swine flu vaccine makers
7/17/09 Acosta, CNN, Real battle over health care reform about to begin
July 16, 2009
7/16/09 Grim, HuffingtonPost, Leaked: More Than Fifty House Progressives Privately Commit to Oppose Weak Health Care Bill ... CPC's Whip Count on Public Option
July 11, 2009
7/11/09 Wilson, AlterNet, Ensign's 'C Street House' Owned By Group Touting Plans For Christian World Control
July 10, 2009
7/10/09 Dash, NYT, A.I.G. Seeks U.S. Support for Bonuses
July 9, 2009
7/09/09 NPR, Treasury Seeks 'Plan C'
July 8, 2009
7/08/09 Lustgarten, ProPublica, Energy Industry Sways Congress With Misleading Data ... Chart: Where States Fall on Oil and Gas Regulation
7/08/09 Vanden Heuval, Nation, Real Health, Real Reform
July 6, 2009
7/06/09 Stulman, FPIF, Time to Clamp Down on Vulture Funds
July 5, 2009
7/05/09 Barker, Idaho Statesman, Rep. Walt Minnick's climate change vote may cost him
July 3, 2009
7/03/09 Kindley & Layton, WP, Purity of Federal 'Organic' Label Is Questioned
July 2, 2009
7/02/09 Chart, OpenLeft, Hamstringing Environmental Protection for Coal
July 1, 2009
7/01/09 Ridgeway, MoJo, Congress's $1.2 Million a Day Drug Habit--and Pharma's Phony "Gift" to Health Care Reform
7/01/09 AP, Rep. Henry Waxman hospitalized in Los Angeles
7/01/09 Barnes, WP, Term Saw High Court Move to The Right
June 30, 2009
6/30/09 Barnes, WP, Justices to Review Campaign Finance Law Constraints
June 29, 2009
6/29/09 Gerth & Dennis, ProPublica, How a Loophole Benefits GE in Bank Rescue
June 27, 2009
6/27/09 Savage, NYT, Nixon: Holding Forth on Clout and How to Use It
June 26, 2009
6/26/09 Roig-Franzia, WP, The Political Enclave That Dare Not Speak Its Name
6/26/09 Woodward, Boston Globe, Saudi, Libyan leaders top gift-givers to US
June 25, 2009
6/25/09 Scahill, RebelReports, Paramilitary Thug With Long History With Top U.S. Democrats Arrested for 'War Crimes'
6/25/09 Baseline Scenario, Conventional Wisdom About Credit Default Swaps
June 24, 2009
6/24/09 Cillizza, NYT, Sanford: From Bad to Worse
6/24/09 CNN, Health care battle intensifies for Obama, Congress
June 22, 2009
6/22/09 Dloughy, SF Chron., Critics Fault Climate-Change Legislation
6/22/09 Reuters, Goldman Sachs on pace for record bonuses: report
6/22/09 EDIE, Government comes under fire on clean coal
June 18, 2009
6/18/09 Miller, ProPublica, AIG, KBR and CNA Face New Questions About Insurance for Injured Civilian Contractors
6/18/09 Kiel, ProPublica, Ratings Agencies Largely Escape Regulatory Overhaul
June 17, 2009
6/17/09 Dixon, Black Agenda Report, Teachers File Racial Discrimination Suit Against Obama Administration's School "Turnaround" Plan
6/17/09 Clark, Guardian, Obama launches overhaul of US financial regulation
June 16, 2009
6/16/09 BBC, US senator admits having affair
6/16/09 Zeese, Truthout, Congress to Transfer Hundreds of Billions in Tax Dollars to the Insurance Industry
6/16/09 Renner, TruthOut, Bank Plan Leaves Out Prosecution and Compensation
6/16/09 Goldenberg, Guardian, Obama targets US public with call for climate action
June 15, 2009
6/15/09 Prins, MoJo, The Big Bank Bailout Payback Bamboozle
June 14, 2009
6/14/09 Reuters, CIA chief believes Cheney almost wants US attacked
June 13, 2009
6/30/09 Kane, WP, Lawmakers Reveal Health-Care Investments
6/13/09 Harwood, NYT, Republicans Rethinking the Reagan Mystique
June 12, 2009
6/12/09 Weise, ProPublica, Bailout Player BlackRock Becomes Biggest Money Manager
6/12/09 Stiglitz, Guardian, America's socialism for the rich
June 10, 2009
6/10/09 Scahill, RebelReports, Blackwater Still Working in Iraq for the International Republican Institute, According to New Lawsuit
6/10/09 Goldenberg, Guardian, US Green Agenda Delivered Blow as Ban on Drilling off Florida Overturned
6/10/09 Cho et al, WP, Goals Shift For Reform Of Financial Regulation
June 9, 2009
6/09/09 Wayne, Congressional Quarterly, House Democrats Unveil Health Care Overhaul
June 8, 2009
6/08/09 Pear, NYT, Health Care Spending Disparities Stir a Fight
June 7, 2009
6/07/09 Girion, LAT, Private insurance companies push for 'individual mandate'
June 2, 2009
6/02/09 Hamburger & Wallsten, Chicago Trib , Controversial Coal Mining Method Gets Obama's OK
May 29, 2009
5/29/09 Reed, AlterNet, Seasteading: Libertarians Set to Launch a (Wet) Dream of 'Freedom' in International Waters
May 28, 2009
5/28/09 Moberg, ITT, Battling Over Employee Free Choice
May 26, 2009
5/26/09 Lustgarten, ProPublica, Natural Gas Politics
5/26/09 Pierce, ProPublica, Murtha's Middlemen and Telemarketing's Tricks of the Trade
May 25, 2009
5/25/09 Edmonds, Two Sides of the Same Coin: Heads-Heads
May 21, 2009
5/21/09 Bowers, OPenLeft, Real Differences Erode, Abstract Conceptualization of Differences Increase
5/21/09 Drutman, Miller-McCune, How the Poorest Americans Dropped Out of Politics
May 20, 2009
5/20/09 Salzman, IntelDaily, Four More Years: The Obamavore's Dilemma
5/20/09 WIllis, Wa. Independent, EPA Mining Decisions Favor Coal Industry
May 19, 2009
5/19/09 BBC, Bill Clinton to be UN Haiti envoy
May 18, 2009
5/18/09 Kuhnhenn, AP, Geithner: No plans to cap executive pay
May 16, 2009
5/16/09 O'Harrow, WP, The Machinery Behind Health-Care Reform
May 15, 2009
5/15/09 Sirota, ITT, Healthcare's Enigma-In-Chief
May 12, 2009
5/12/09 Leonnig, WP, Nephew Mentioned Rep. Murtha in Dealings as Contractor
May 5, 2009
5/05/09 Goldenberg, Guardian, US climate change denier James Inhofe joins Al Gore in fight against soot
May 3, 2009
5/03/09 Locke, Charlotte News Observer, Feds are looking at Edwards' campaign
May 1, 2009
5/01/09 Boyer, ProPublica, ChangeTracker Update: Big Changes to WhiteHouse.gov on Obama's 100th Day
5/01/09 Barakat, AP, Feds drop charges against pro-Israel lobbyists
April 16, 2009
4/16/09 Stein & Schulman, MoJo, Chris Dodd's Personal Bailout
March 31, 2009
3/31/09 Hayes, Nation, The Senate is Broken
March 27, 2009
3/27/09 Fram, AP, The Influence Game: Obama limits stimulus lobbying
March 21, 2009
3/21/09 Rosenberg, OpenLeft, Embedded In Wall Street
March 20, 2009
3/20/09 Brush, The Hill, Frank Asks Fannie, Freddie to Halt Bonuses
3/20/09 CNN, Dodd defends actions as an AIG exec returns $6 million bonus
March 19, 2009
3/19/09 Hamburger & Hook, LAT, In AIG flap, it's not just about bonuses anymore
3/19/09 CNN, Dodd: Administration pushed for language protecting bonuses
March 18, 2009
3/18/09 Walberg, IntelDaily, Pride and Prejudice
March 13, 2009
3/13/09 Bash & Walsh, Congresswoman defends advocacy for minority banks
March 12, 2009
3/12/09 Lipton & Rutenberg, NYT, Congresswoman With Ties to Bank Helped Seek Funds
February 28, 2009
2/28/09 Schneider, CNN, GOP presidential movie: '2012: The sequel'
January 30, 2009
1/30/09 Palast, TruthOut, Obama Is a Two-Faced Liar. Aw-RIGHT!
January 22, 2009
1/22/09 CNN, Mayor investigated for affair with teen
January 10, 2009
1/10/09 Cornwall, Reuters, Few Speak Out for Palestinians in US Congress
January 5, 2009
1/05/09 Press TV, Ron Paul: Israel had US OK for war on Gaza