Susan Rice replaces Tom Donilon as National Security advisor In a move sure to provoke congressional Republicans, President Obama is nominating embattled U.N. Ambassador Susan E. Rice Wednesday to serve as his national security adviser. The White House also confirmed that Mr. Obama is nominating former aide Samantha Power, who once referred to Hillary Rodham Clinton as a “monster” in the 2008 Democratic presidential primary, to succeed Ms. Rice as
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June 2, 2013
IRS agent indicates Washington DC, not “rogue agents”, directed TEA Party targeting … [Darleen Click]
WOW, like, we didn’t see this coming! Interviews with IRS employees have established that the Washington, D.C. headquarters of the Internal Revenue Service was engaged in targeting tea party groups and other conservative organizations for unfair levels of scrutiny when they applied for tax-exempt status. […] One of those interviewees said it was ‘impossible’ for a few IRS agents to have orchestrated such widespread partisan targeting on their own. ‘Did
June 2, 2013
“Journalists trawling for leaks should be willing to share the risks” [Darleen Click]
Is there nothing Obama supporters won’t say to excuse trampling on the First Amendment? Apparently not. The value to democracy of a courageous and unfettered press poking into back corners that agencies would rather keep hidden is incontrovertible. But I find myself wondering why journalists shouldn’t shoulder some responsibility for transgressions they often goad their sources to commit. […] National security staffers’ careers can be wrecked over how they handle
May 24, 2013
“Conservatives became targets in 2008” [Darleen Click]
In the continuing “faux scandal” of IRS targeting TEA Party, 9/12, Pro-Life and Pro-Israel groups in order to seal Obama’s 2012 re-election, let’s remember that Obama’s tactic of harassing opponents and their supporters has a long history. Let’s take a romp down memory lane and review the typical Obama campaign strategy. Obama became a U.S. senator only by virtue of David Axelrod’s former employer, the Chicago Tribune, ripping open the
May 19, 2013
Shorter White House Spokeshole: Shut-the-f***-up, peasants … [Darleen Click]
… how DARE you question Us! King Barry’s toady, Dan Pfeiffer is making the rounds of Sunday shows and is clearly demonstrating the abject contempt this administration has towards anyone who does less than lick the King’s ankles. “Republicans owe Susan Rice an apology” “the law around the IRS targeting of conservatives is irrelevant.“ “I can’t speak to the law here. The law is irrelevant. The activity was outrageous and
May 18, 2013
Friday Obama dump … “Me demand more taxes” [Darleen Click]
Fuck the rich productive! President Obama’s most recent budget request would reduce borrowing by $1.1 trillion over the next decade compared with current law — almost entirely through higher taxes on the rich, large estates and smokers, congressional budget analysts said Friday. In addition to raising nearly $1 trillion in new taxes, the president’s blueprint would also cut spending modestly, according to the analysis by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
May 18, 2013
IRS Scandal? Eh … just a distraction. Really. Move on, wingnuts [Darleen Click]
NYSlimes sets about to shove criminal IRS behavior down the memory hole The Washington Post has two front-page above-the-fold articles on the scandal, a news story and an in-depth look at the IRS in the wake of the controversy. There’s also a tough lead editorial expressing renewed outrage at the IRS’s conduct and demanding thorough reform. Yet after the first dramatic day of congressional hearings, the New York Times has
May 13, 2013
Even whores can be raped … [Darleen Click]
… but when it is by their own pimp one wonders how long the outrage will last. The U.S. Justice Department has seized without notice comprehensive phone records for reporters and editors at the Associated Press, prompting the news agency to protest Monday directly to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. “I am writing to object in the strongest possible terms to a massive and unprecedented intrusion by the Department of
April 5, 2013
Chump change [Darleen Click]
While the NYTimes puts up a headline that Obama is proposing “cuts” to his budget, what he really wants is yet more and higher taxes. Congressional Republicans have dug in against any new tax revenues after higher taxes for the affluent were approved at the start of the year. The administration’s hope is to create cracks in Republicans’ antitax resistance, especially in the Senate, as constituents complain about the across-the-board