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Come Again?

Mark Halperin, whose Photoshopping privileges should’ve been revoked ages ago, is running with the above doozy today. You see, Senator Landrieu’s first name is Mary, and since she hasn’t decided whether or not to allow the health care debate to proceed, ...

From GREG VEIS, The New Republic,  20 Nov 2009

Post Off: The Behind the Scenes Feud between the Washington Post and the New York Times Over Salon-Gate

Today's New York Times includes a "post-script" to the paper's Sept.12 piece that reported on the resignation of Charles Pelton, the former Washington Post executive at the center of the salon-gate controversy. In July, Politico broke news that the ...

From GREG VEIS, The New Republic,  17 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Marcus Brauchli,  New York Times Company,  Barack Obama,  George Frost,  Bill Keller

Misplayed

After calling an extraordinary special session, the Roberts Court is now debating whether to reverse decades of cases that allow the government to restrict the campaign spending of corporations. Defending the regulation of corporate speech, Elena Kagan, ...

From GREG VEIS, The New Republic,  10 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Hillary Rodham Clinton,  John McCain,  Louis Brandeis,  Anthony Kennedy

His Joint Session Tie

So I hate to go trivial off the bat here, but my first job was at GQ, so ... the first thing I notice tonight: that's the same damn tie he wore during January's State of the Union. A White House amulet? Who knows? (Who cares?) Read TNR's best ...

From GREG VEIS, The New Republic,  9 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama

Is Obama Over?

I really hope Obama brought some books with him to Martha's Vineyard, because reading the newspaper is going to ruin his vacation. Over at Politico, Mike Allen and Jim Vandehei have a piece arguing that Obama may have tried to do too much, too fast and, ...

From GREG VEIS, The New Republic,  24 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Paul Krugman,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party,  John McCain

Max Baucus Was for a Deadline Before He Was Against It

In a conference call, the three Democratic and three Republican members of the Senate Finance Committee agreed to redouble their efforts to craft a less costly alternative to the trillion-dollar initiatives so far put forward in Congress. ...

From GREG VEIS, The New Republic,  24 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Max Baucus,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Senate,  U.S. Congress,  White House

Abbas Milani's Speech in Support of the Bahais

This Tuesday, seven leaders of Iran's Bahai movement will go on trial on capital charges of espionage and threatening national security. They have been in prison for more than a year. The group's two lawyers have not only been refused the legally ...

From GREG VEIS, The New Republic,  15 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Shirin Ebadi,  Ross Mirkarimi

Moussavi's Challenges Ahead

For three days there has been a relative lull in large-scale unrest in Iran. But, why? Here are four reasons the opposition movement seems hamstrung at the moment: **There appears to be some protest fatigue. Moussavi's call for a strike today had ...

From GREG VEIS, The New Republic,  23 Jun 2009

BREAKING: Five More Days Of Assessment

To the Honorable Supreme Leader, His Greatness Ayatollah Khamenei, With gratitude, As you are aware, The Guardian Council, since the announcement of the Tenth Iranian Presidential Elections to this day, has been preoccupied with examining the ...

From GREG VEIS, The New Republic,  23 Jun 2009

More on Iran's 'Super Friday'

**Iranian TV, which is state-controlled, is calling for people to attend prayers to demonstrate their support for the regime. Ayatollah Khamenei will lead prayers in Tehran. In West Azerbaijan province, which Musavi feels was stolen from him during the ...

From GREG VEIS, The New Republic,  18 Jun 2009
Related Topics: BBC

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