June 15, 2013 – 6:57 am
That’s what super partisan Dana Milbank wants to know (Washington Post) Where have all the liberals gone? President Obama, who as a Democratic senator accused the Bush administration of violating civil liberties in the name of security, now vigorously defends his own administration’s collection of Americans’ phone records and Internet activities. Senate Democratic leader Harry […]
June 14, 2013 – 8:49 am
In other words, hold onto your wallets, as Obama speaks to people whom which he wants to provide open wallets (Bloomberg) With his administration under pressure from environmentalists to reject the Keystone XL pipeline project, President Barack Obama plans to unveil a package of separate actions next month focused on curbing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. […]
June 13, 2013 – 11:17 am
As Erika Johnsen notes “Never underestimate the sneakiness when you’re dealing with The Most Transparent Administration Evah” (Bloomberg) Buried in a little-noticed rule on microwave ovens is a change in the U.S. government’s accounting for carbon emissions that could have wide-ranging implications for everything from power plants to the Keystone XL pipeline. The increase of […]
June 12, 2013 – 8:51 am
Alternate headline: Man with massive “carbon footprint” and lots of money at stake says other man with largest “carbon footprint” in the world needs to Do Something about no statistically significant warming in 15+ years (Politico) Add Al Gore to the chorus of environmentalists who say it’s time for President Barack Obama to get serious […]
June 12, 2013 – 8:23 am
OK, OK, we know that this is a Republic, but it is a democratic Republic, part of the Democracy political model. And we do have to give them style points for going against Obama and other Democrats on this issue (NY Times) A new Washington Post-Pew Research Center poll found that a majority of Americans […]
June 9, 2013 – 8:13 am
As the UK Guardian continues to release information on the NSA programs (such as Boundless Informant), Obama and his team attempt to deflect attention away, including say “hey, they’re just modest encroachments on privacy, liberty, your 4th Amendment rights”. DNI James Clapper whined about the “rush to publish“. And then there was the notion that […]
June 8, 2013 – 11:07 am
This is horrible, horrible, terrible news, a massive scandal…um, wait (Guardian) Barack Obama has ordered his senior national security and intelligence officials to draw up a list of potential overseas targets for US cyber-attacks, a top secret presidential directive obtained by the Guardian reveals. The 18-page Presidential Policy Directive 20, issued in October last year […]
June 7, 2013 – 8:31 am
The Politico’s Josh Gerstein explains what that means The Obama administration has a familiar refrain on the surveillance of Americans’ telephone records: the president and his team are eager to have the debate. Eager, that is, only after others have brought the tactics to light and the administration has spent years employing them. On Guantanamo […]
June 6, 2013 – 10:36 am
Well, that’s not his stated goal, but it’s what it amounts too (News and Observer) President Barack Obama is expected to unveil a plan to connect nearly every U.S. classroom to high-speed Internet while he’s in Mooresville on Thursday. The plan would expand broadband and wireless access to 99 percent of the country’s schools over […]
June 6, 2013 – 7:11 am
Of course, that’s not the way most media outlets are terming it: we get headlines like U.S. Is Secretly Collecting Records of Verizon Calls, Report: NSA sought Verizon U.S. call records, and the original article, emanating from Glenn Greenwald (one of the only liberals willing to be critical of Obama) at the UK Guardian, NSA […]
