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Is Democracy In Trouble?
E. J. DionneWASHINGTON — We know American politics are dysfunctional. But after a week of scandal obsession during which the nation’s capital and the media virtually ignored the problems most voters care about — jobs, incomes, growth, opportunity, education — it’s worth asking if there is something especially flawed about our democracy.
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Evangelical Groups Claim IRS Practicing ‘Viewpoint Discrimination’
Sarah PosnerEven before the ink was dry on the Treasury Department Inspector General’s report on the IRS, Franklin Graham, son of evangelical icon Billy Graham, wrote a letter to President Obama, demanding that the president “take some immediate action to reassure Americans we are not in a new chapter of America’s history—repressive government rule.
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Benghazi Interview: Pickering Dissects Congressional Follies, Media Coverage, And ‘Cover-Up’ Charges
Joe ConasonNo doubt the degraded quality of congressional oversight astonishes Thomas Pickering, the distinguished American diplomat who oversaw the State Department’s Benghazi review board — although he tries not to say so too directly.
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Evangelical Groups Claim IRS Practicing ‘Viewpoint Discrimination’
Even before the ink was dry on the Treasury Department Inspector General’s report on the IRS, Franklin Graham, son of evangelical icon Billy Graham, wrote a letter to President Obama, demanding that the president “take some immediate action to reassure Americans we are not in a new chapter of America’s history—repressive government rule.
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Benghazi Interview: Pickering Dissects Congressional Follies, Media Coverage, And ‘Cover-Up’ Charges
No doubt the degraded quality of congressional oversight astonishes Thomas Pickering, the distinguished American diplomat who oversaw the State Department’s Benghazi review board — although he tries not to say so too directly.
Read more...WATCH: Karl Rove Equates His Dark-Money ‘Social Welfare’ PAC With The NAACP
That well-known bastion of integrity, Karl Rove, braved the searing inquisition of Fox News Sunday this weekend to explain that his Crossroads GPS dark-money group is a legitimate tax-exempt 501(c)4 organization that promotes social welfare. Just like the NAACP.
Read more...Virginia GOP Nominates Candidate For Lt. Governor Who Says ‘The Idea That Barack Obama Is a Christian Is Laughable’
Republicans in Virginia have responded to President Obama winning their state twice by nominating a trio of the nation’s most extreme right-wingers for statewide office. Joining their nominee for governor, state attorney general Ken Cuccinelli, is state senator Mark Obenshain, nominee for attorney general, and E.W. Jackson, nominee for lieutenant governor.
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LOL Of The Week: Reince Tells Republicans Not To ‘Cry Wolf’ As Obama’s Approval Rises
In Aesop’s fable, “Boy Who Cried Wolf,” the boy gets a few free cries before all his credibility is gone and his flock becomes wolf snacks.
Read more...Right-Wing Radio Host Wants To Shoot Hillary Clinton, Watch Her Die
When you’re so unhinged that even RightWingWatch considers you too crazy to cover, perhaps you should think about getting professional help. But that’s the thing about conservatives in this country… there’s no such thing as “too crazy” anymore.
Read more...Obama: ‘The Middle Class Will Always Be My Number One Focus’
President Barack Obama promoted his economic agenda during a Friday afternoon speech in Baltimore, Maryland, on the latest stop of his “Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour.”
Obama, whose second term has been dominated by gun and immigration reform efforts, has recently begun to re-emphasize the economic priorities that he laid out in his State of the Union address.
Weekend Reader: The Price Of Justice: A True Story Of Greed And Corruption
This week, Weekend Reader brings you an excerpt from The Price Of Justice: A True Story Of Greed And Corruption, by Laurence Leamer. A real-life drama, The Price Of Justice details a court case in West Virginia in which Don Blankenship, CEO of Massey Energy, one of the top coal-producing companies in the U.S.
Read more...Washington Circus Steals The Spotlight From Where It Belongs
Can President Barack Obama put out the brush fires that are sucking the air out of his second-term agenda? Can he stop the spread of mini-scandals that are consuming Washington?
No, he cannot. The president could (unconstitutionally) shutter every Internal Revenue Service office and fire every staffer, from top-ranking executives to lowly administrative aides, and it would hardly matter.
The Media Have Decided Barack Obama Is Richard Nixon
If you’ve been watching TV news recently, you’ve probably heard someone try to compare President Obama to Richard Nixon.
“I find the comparison — that whoever is making the analysis is challenged in their understanding of history.
Outgoing IRS Chief Blames Underfunding For ‘Foolish’ Mistakes
Testifying in front of the House Ways and Means Committee, acting IRS commissioner Steve Miller apologized for his agency Friday.
“I want to apologize on behalf of the Internal Revenue Service for the mistakes that we made and the poor service that we provided,” Miller said. “The affected organizations and the American public deserve better.
