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  • Can Biden Murder Trump and Get Away With it?

    Monday, March 11, 2024
    Rumors are spreading that the U.S. Supreme Court will vote 5-4 to rule that a U.S. president cannot be prosecuted for anything he does while he is president. Some Democrats are suggesting that Joe Biden bring a gun to his first debate with Donald Trump. If he shoots Trump, he would be immune, but if Trump shoots Biden he would be prosecuted because he is not a sitting president.   read more
  • Pete Seeger at the Obama Celebration…After All These Years

    Monday, January 19, 2009
    Like billions of people around the world, I was prepared for the emotional moment in which the United States, after 220 years, inaugurated its first African-American president. But there was one powerful event two days before that caught me by sur...   read more
  • Vice President of the United States: Joe Biden

    Monday, January 19, 2009
    Joe Biden is a prime example of perseverance. Having endured personal tragedy, survived a near-death episode, and overcome more than a few political mistakes, Biden’s four-decade career as a US senator has now brought him to the White House as vic...   read more
  • Innocent Afghani Released from Guantánamo…after Almost 6 Years

    Monday, January 19, 2009
    Despite previous assurances that the only prisoners left at Guantánamo were hardcore terrorists, the Bush administration, in its last three months, released 24 of the 269 Guantánamo detainees. One, a 29-year-old Afghani named Haji Bismullah, was f...   read more
  • Worst of the Worst of Bush Appointees

    Monday, January 19, 2009
    In honor of the conclusion of the Bush 43 presidency, ThinkProgress.org compiled their list of the 43 worst Bush appointees. The usual suspects dominate the top of the list: Dick Cheney (#1), Karl Rove (#2). Alberto Gonzalez (#3), Donald Rumsfeld ...   read more
  • Good-Riddance Party for Labor Secretary Chao

    Monday, January 19, 2009
    The vast majority of Americans who go to work at the Department of Labor do so because they want to protect the rights and safety of workers. So it was a bitter blow for Labor Department employees to have to spend eight years taking orders from El...   read more
  • Freddie, Fanny Borrowers Must Waive Right to Sue

    Sunday, January 18, 2009
    The federal programs Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac own or guarantee 58% of all single family home loans in the United States. In November the government announced that the two institutions would be used to modify loans for hundreds of thousands of bo...   read more
  • Office of Legal Counsel: Who is Dawn Johnsen?

    Sunday, January 18, 2009
    Dawn E. Johnsen is an outspoken critic of the Bush administration’s use of the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC)—a key part of the Department of Justice that she once led on an interim basis during the Clinton presidency and has been asked to lead aga...   read more
  • Bailout Recipients Use Overseas Tax Havens to Avoid U.S. Taxes

    Saturday, January 17, 2009
    Sen. Carl Levin (D-Michigan), the head of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, estimates that the U.S. government loses $100 billion a year in lost taxes because 83 of the nation’s largest 100 corporations maintain subsidiaries in ...   read more
  • Supreme Court Hears Gold Mine Request to Kill All Fish in Lake

    Saturday, January 17, 2009
    The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on January 12 in a case in which a gold mining company, Coeur Alaska, wants the right to dump mining wastewater into Lower Slate Lake, near Juneau, killing all the fish and other aquatic life. Coeur was repre...   read more
  • Surveillance Cameras Don’t Reduce Violent Crime

    Saturday, January 17, 2009
    A recent study of surveillance cameras in San Francisco found that cameras in public places led to a significant decrease in pickpocketing, purse snatchings, and theft from automobiles and buildings. However, the cameras appear to have little noti...   read more
  • Getting Serious about an NCAA Football Playoff

    Saturday, January 17, 2009
    In times of economic difficulty, many people find solace in entertainment. In the sports world, Barack Obama stirred interest with his explicit support for creating a playoff system for college football’s Division I. He told “60 Minutes,” I’m goin...   read more
  • Solicitor General: Who is Elena Kagan?

    Saturday, January 17, 2009
    Elena Kagan, the first woman to serve as solicitor general, brings with her a reputation for defending civil liberties while also asserting the power of the presidency. Her nomination stirred mild controversy because the solicitor general represen...   read more
  • Commodity Futures Trading Commission: Who is Gary Gensler?

    Friday, January 16, 2009
    Gary Gensler, Barack Obama’s choice to chair the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, is a longtime player on Wall Street and in Democratic circles in Maryland and Washington, DC, who has donated substantially to his party. The Commodity Futures ...   read more
  • Federal Employees Ready for Change

    Friday, January 16, 2009
    Every two years the U.S. Office of Personnel Management conducts a Federal Human Capital Survey, in which it asks federal employees their opinion regarding dozens of work-related matters. The vast majority of federal employees are satisfied with t...   read more
  • Secret Court Approves Interception of Citizen Emails

    Friday, January 16, 2009
    This week, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review, in a rare public disclosure, released a censored version of a decision it secretly handed down last August. The court ruled that the government may intercept international calls and...   read more
  • Bailed-Out Banks Donate to Obama Inauguration

    Friday, January 16, 2009
    Where is the bailout money going? One place is to pay for Barack Obama’s inauguration. Reporting for the Huffington Post, Marcus Beram points out that bailout recipient Citibank has contributed at least $113,000 to the inauguration fund, Goldman S...   read more
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