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Blanche Lincoln Lectures Blanche Lincoln on a Senator’s Duties

Leading up to tonight’s vote on the motion to proceed with consideration of the Senate health reform bill, the Republican Senate leadership has been putting enormous pressure on Arkansas Senator Blanche Lincoln and others to vote “no” on the motion to ...

From SCARECROW, Firedoglake,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  U.S. Republican Party,  Blanche Lincoln,  U.S. Democratic Party

FDL Book Salon Welcomes Maggie Mahar, Money-Driven Medicine: The Real Reason Health Care Costs So Much

FDL’s Book Salon is honored to have Maggie Major, health fellow at The Century Foundation, business journalist, and author of . The book has been made into a film, produced by Alex Gibney (best known for Taxi to the Dark Side and Enron: The Smartest ...

From SCARECROW, Firedoglake,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Enron Corporation,  Wal-Mart,  U.S. Senate,  HCA Inc.,  U.S. Congress

Do the White House and Senate Still Stand by Their “Drug Deal” with PhRMA?

There has been enough information in the last two weeks on the outrageous practices of the major drug manufacturers to warrant extensive investigations by Congress, the Food and Drug Administration, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Justice ...

From SCARECROW, Firedoglake,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: White House,  U.S. Congress,  U.S. Senate,  Food and Drug Administration,  Federal Trade Commission

White House Again Uses NYT to Slam House Health Reform

As soon as the House passed its health care reform bill Saturday night, two things became predictable: (1) The President would praise Nancy Pelosi and the House for moving the effort further than ever before and (2) an "anonymous" senior White House ...

From SCARECROW, Firedoglake,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: White House,  Barack Obama,  Nancy Pelosi,  David Leonhardt,  Rahm Emanuel

David Brooks Courageously Embraces War Against Islam

Anyone who thought David Brooks is more enlightened than Rush Limbaugh, Fox News or Karl Rove should reconsider after Brooks accused the media of offering politically correct "therapy" to excuse the actions of Major Hasan at Ft. Hood while surpressing ...

From SCARECROW, Firedoglake,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: David Brooks,  Rush Limbaugh,  Karl Rove,  Jonah Goldberg

Lieberman Contradicts Himself, Lies About Deficits, Threatens to Kill Health Care

“… as a matter of conscience …” Presumes fact not in evidence as there is no indication that he actually has a conscience. Edit: and in the immortal words of Inigo Montoya: “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.” ...

From SCARECROW, Firedoglake,  8 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Michael Moore,  Chris Wallace

Jobless Rate Hits 26-Year High: Does Obama Have an Economic Team? Where’s Their Jobs Program?

this is a great topic for discussion and one i’ve been wrestling with as i try to get off the fence regarding the health insurance reform bill coming out of congress. for four reasons, one directly related to this post, i’ve come down on the side of ...

From SCARECROW, Firedoglake,  6 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama

Obama Administration “Disappointed” Italy Enforces Laws Against Kidnapping

If it’s any consolation the Italians let off some of them who were covered by diplomatic immunity. Still I find it curious that there seems to be a double standard here for progressives. When the CIA kidnaps and tortures people apparently that’s a ...

From SCARECROW, Firedoglake,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Democratic Party,  The Pentagon,  Central Intelligence Agency,  Bill Clinton

Klein on How Lieberman Went Bad: It’s All Jane’s Fault

Klein has shit for brains if he really believes what he wrote. Heh. Ezra said “short” and “Lieberman” in the same sentence. C’mon Ezra, you can say “ride”, too. The point isn’t that “liberal activists ran a primary challenge against Joe Lieberman,” ...

From SCARECROW, Firedoglake,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Joe Lieberman,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Ned Lamont,  U.S. Senate

CBS Lets Lieberman Lie About the CBO Analysis of Public Option Premiums

There appears to be no limit to the number of lies and misrepresentations the unprincipled opportunist Joe Lieberman will embrace so the media will think Joe is "relevant." CBS enabled Lieberman’s relevance by allowing him to lie repeatedly on Face ...

From SCARECROW, Firedoglake,  2 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Joe Lieberman,  Congressional Budget Office,  Bob Schieffer,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Barack Obama

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