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11:52:56 PM New Year's resolution for Barack Obama: Stop blaming the Bush administration
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

At least President Bush understood this point. Under his leadership mistakes were certainly made, but he did not respond to the terrorist attacks on 9/11 by ... [more]

11:28:01 PM Obama administration plans a 2010 immigration reform battle … oh really?
StandardNet (blog)

by Doug Gibson - Dec 31st, 2009 This bit of news from the LA Times is interesting. read The Obama administration a full-court press on immigration reform in ... [more]

11:13:03 PM Disinfectants may increase resistance of bacterial bugs
Private MD

George Allen of the Oregon Health and Science told the news source, "The most immediate concern for hospitals would be [a bacteria's] resistance to a ... [more]

10:32:16 PM Obama summons intelligence chiefs to White House meeting
Reuters - NY,USA

KANEOHE, Hawaii (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has summoned the heads of US intelligence agencies for a meeting on Tuesday to discuss ways of preventing ... [more]

9:40:56 PM More than 25000 White House visitor records posted online for first time in
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

Examiner.com (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kenned Washington – For the first time in history, President Barack Obama has published the White House visitor records ... [more]

9:12:12 PM Obama multi-tasking will be put to test
OCRegister - Orange County,CA,USA

It would be five years after 9/11 that an immigration bill even came before the Senate. And then it was defeated two years in a row. ... [more]

9:07:28 PM Calls for Janet Napolitano's resignation political in nature
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

Many are now questioning former VP Dick Cheney's motives in his recent statements against President Obama rather than directly speaking out against the ... [more]

9:02:08 PM Decade's Top 10 political stories
Abortion politics: Biden never refused communion

Al Gore was right; Howard Dean was the best candidate; what you fail to mention, First Read, is that it was Ted Kennedy that gave us John Kerry! .... [more]

8:32:23 PM Navy: Check corrosion, electrical systems
NavyTimes.com - Springfield,VA,USA

Mel Martinez, a Republican, asked in a hearing about more service life-extension measures for the frigates, but Vice Adm. Barry McCullough, .... [more]

8:14:16 PM White House on preliminary assessment of Christmas Day incident
FOXNews

This morning, I spoke with John Brennan about preliminary assessments from the ongoing consultations I have ordered into the human and systemic failures ... [more]

7:45:26 PM Barbara Boxer Subsidizing Relatives with Campaign Contributions
RedState

Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) has diverted nearly half a million in contributions from her political action committee to her son's political consulting firm ... [more]

7:02:18 PM Emblem: Immigration reform must include economic justice
SDNN - San Diego,CA,USA

Opinion: If we are to solve the problem of illegal immigration, the federal government must find a way to ensure that Mexico deals with its economic .... [more]

6:59:41 PM Mother Nature Gets Some Credit for Estate Tax Hiatus
Wall Street Journal Blogs - New York,NY,USA

Then-Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R., Tenn.) had scheduled a vote to permanently repeal the estate tax for the first week in September, 2005. .... [more]

6:25:51 PM Nevada Gov. Gibbons' ex-wife called 'window dressing'
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

Granted, you could say that about many weeks of the Nevada Republican's troubled governorship – his approval rating has been stuck below 20% for some time ... [more]

6:23:58 PM Mediacom, Sinclair May Reach Short-Term Agreement
Wall Street Journal - USA

John Kerry (D., Mass.) asked Mediacom, which has about 1.3 million video subscribers, and Sinclair to continue to air programming even if they aren't able ... [more]

5:44:44 PM "Bring it on" Dick Cheney and Jim DeMint
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA

President Bush took six days before weighing in on the case of shoe bomber Richard Reid, and I was glad when he took his time to get the facts straight ... [more]

5:00:13 PM White House attacks Cheney over his accusations that administration is soft
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA

New York Daily News BY Catey Hill The Obama administration rebuked the former vice president over his comments that the White House was not forceful enough in its response to ... [more]

4:45:43 PM Attempts to Politicize Failed Airliner Attack
FOX News - USA

I don't think there was one — there were a bunch of them right after 9/11 under President Bush. There were the DC and Virginia snipers. ... [more]

4:38:11 PM Mediacom Communications Supports Senator Kerry's Call to Protect
Earthtimes.org - USA

Earthtimes (press release) .... (Nasdaq: MCCC) today released a copy of a letter written by its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Rocco B. Commisso, to US Senator John Kerry. ... [more]

4:27:49 PM 2009: The Things I Want to Forget (Part Two)
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA

Tom DeLay's rump-shaking cha-cha to "Wild Thing" on Dancing With the Stars. Mackenzie Phillips telling Oprah about her long-term sexual affair with her .... [more]

4:06:28 PM White House Grants Waiver For Brennan To Work On Flight 253 Review
TPMDC - USA

The White House announced and posted the waiver in a blog post last night, just before Brennan delivers the preliminary review to the president. ... [more]

3:48:19 PM Pilgrim's Pride Reaches Settlement to End Government Investigation (PPC)
FOXNews - USA

The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement began investigations at five Pilgrim's Pride plants, ultimately resulting in the arrest of 338 unauthorized ... [more]

3:46:20 PM Dems Raise Money Off Republican Health Care Repeal Threat
TPMDC - USA

John Kerry (D-MA), sent to a large list in the middle of last week. "And already, Newt Gingrich proclaimed, 'When we get a majority, we're repealing the ... [more]

3:07:30 PM Anti-terrorism agencies fail the country again
Mid Columbia Tri City Herald - Mid-Columbia,WA,USA

That's what President Bush said when he announced its creation. It worked to a large degree but not large enough, it appears. ... [more]

3:06:31 PM Obama and Bush partisans now argue about terrorist attack
Motors ...

Former Bush Vice President Dick Cheney and other Republicans have challenged Obama's national security bona fides in light of the attack. ... [more]

2:51:54 PM Keep Bowl Games on TV or Face FCC Arbitration, Kerry Warns Fox
BusinessWeek - USA

31 (Bloomberg) -- US Senator John Kerry threatened to intervene if News Corp.'s Fox network can't resolve its fee dispute with Time Warner Cable Inc. before ... [more]

2:18:30 PM The Day Ahead: December 31,2009
FOXNews

President Obama and his family continue their holiday stay in Hawaii. There are no public events on the schedule at this time. The President continues to ... [more]

1:06:22 PM South Africa's president, in New Year's message, urges country to unite
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

Los Angeles Times By AP JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's president says hosting the World Cup will make 2010 the country's most important year since apartheid ended in 1994 ... [more]

11:46:47 AM Gwinnett: Immigration Enforcement Working Well
WXIA-TV - NE Atlanta,GA,USA

Department says a program that allows specially trained sheriff's deputies to enforce federal immigration law is working well. The program began on Nov. ... [more]

11:45:23 AM Former Indonesian President Remembered as Advocate for Tolerance, Democracy
Voice of America

Political commentator Wimar Witoelar was President Wahid's chief presidential spokesman. He says Mr. Wahid established national values of tolerance and ... [more]

10:23:57 AM LocalHigh 5! Most Republican City Council members in 10 years
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA

A Democrat-turned-Republican-turned-independent, Bloomberg has had rocky relations with Council Republicans in his first two terms, especially over raising ... [more]

10:23:14 AM Debating the President's Hawaii Vacation: Should Obama be in Washington?
Politics Daily - Washington,DC,USA

I covered the White House for 15 years, and remember hearing this criticism leveled at George W. Bush -- and at Ronald Reagan. As we went round the horn, ... [more]

10:14:21 AM MediaCom, Sinclair Yet To Broker Retrans Deal
Mediapost.com - New York,NY,USA

Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) has called on the companies to resolve the dispute. One veteran cable attorney thinks the move to digital justifies FCC intervention. [more]

9:51:50 AM On Obama's watch
Charleston Post Courier

President Obama replaced the top intelligence professionals installed by President Bush on the grounds that they were tainted by what he considered the ... [more]

9:04:50 AM Health Legislation Misses the Mark
Human Events - Washington,DC,USA

Congress and the White House are guilty of false advertising. And the way they've run the show stoops to new lows. The White House began the grotesque ... [more]

9:01:20 AM 13 GOP officials challenge health deal | Philadelphia Inquirer | 12/31/2009
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA

House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D., SC) said the letter was a political ploy. "This threat stinks of partisan politics," he said in a statement. .... [more]

8:54:59 AM Going Round Again In 2010
The Daily Sound - Santa Barbara,CA,USA

.... ongoing recession, two wars, the Swine Flu pandemic, Wall Street bailouts, government scandals, the spectacle of Tom Delay dancing - the list goes on. ... [more]

8:24:56 AM The Political Landscape: Pols consider resolutions for 2010
Daily Pilot - Costa Mesa,CA,USA

Barbara Boxer in the mid-term election. In 2010, DeVore said he vows to “work hard to balance California's $21-billion budget deficit without new taxes ... [more]

8:22:49 AM Bush memorabilia waiting to go on display
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

Art objects include a mosaic of St. Peter's Square given to President Bush by Pope Benedict XVI and a gold replica of the Temple of Heaven from the Chinese ... [more]

8:04:49 AM A year of great change: The top stories of 2009
Tallahassee Democrat - Tallahassee,FL,USA

Mel Martinez and the May 2 announcement that Gov. Charlie Crist would run for the empty seat. Former Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio had already thrown ... [more]

7:56:13 AM School board attends TSBA Annual Convention Senator Frist Talks of SCORE ...
Brownsville States Graphic

Following him was former US Senator Bill Frist, who is chairman of the Tennessee State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE). ... [more]

7:35:39 AM Common ground seen in gulf between health bills
USA Today - McLean,VA,United States

"There are some real differences between these bills," said McClellan, a doctor and economist who ran Medicare in the Bush administration. ... [more]

7:11:13 AM Democrats and Immigration
The Weekly Standard - USA

The House's new immigration gambit looks more like a political tactic aimed at dividing Republicans--when the GOP is growing in political strength heading ... [more]

6:49:24 AM EU Mission to Tehran Draws U.S. Ire
Wall Street Journal - USA

It comes as Mr. Ahmadinejad's security forces have accelerated a crackdown on Iran's political opposition. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad prior at ... [more]

6:12:59 AM Decade's Top 10 most overhyped stories
Abortion politics: Biden never refused communion

"President Bush, Vice President Cheney, and other White House officials have consistently denied knowing about the 9/11 plot or receiving information that ... [more]

5:36:37 AM Former Google China president reveals details on Apple's tablet
Apple Insider - Pennsylvania,AL,USA

By Brian Garner The ex-president of Google China has revealed on his microblog supposed details on Apple's forthcoming tablet: 10.1-inch screen with webcam, ... [more]

5:21:54 AM Central Texas' top 10 stories of the decade
Austin American-Statesman - Austin,TX,USA

Former Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle's six-year probe of the Texas Association of Business and former US House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, ... [more]

5:18:18 AM Rep. Frank Wolf: Sending Gitmo Detainees Back To Yemen Or 'Somalia Land'
TPM LiveWire

TPM LiveWire (blog) Make sure you let President Bush know, OK? Well, yeah, detaining without charge and torturing innocent people *does* tend to piss them off. ... [more]

5:05:21 AM EU Mission to Tehran Draws US Ire
Wall Street Journal - USA

The White House last week said it would support a possible trip to Iran by former Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, chairman of the Senate .... [more]

4:49:39 AM Lancaster requires businesses to verify new hires' eligibility to work
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

Data from US Citizenship and Immigration Services show that at least 11000 California companies, including restaurants, hospitals and temporary-employment ... [more]

4:25:15 AM 'No bad blood' between Evans, Silva heading into UFC 108
USA Today - McLean,VA,United States

By Eric Jamison, AP UFC President Dana White isn't blind to the injuries and illnesses that have forced him to reshuffle his pay-per-view cards. ... [more]

4:19:58 AM US faces fiscal crisis with $12 trillion debt
USA Today - McLean,VA,United States

The focus is on the White House as President Obama prepares his State of the Union address and 2011 budget. Lawmakers and lobbyists seeking to cut the ... [more]

4:02:38 AM LUPE organizing effort to back immigration reform
Monitor - McAllen,TX,USA

SAN JUAN — Previous attempts to pass comprehensive immigration reform have collapsed under opposing demands from warring factions. But when an immigration ... [more]

3:54:20 AM Worst political decade in history?
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

Furthermore, a “war on terror” was declared and President Bush (with Congress' approval) enacted a strong foreign policy approach to rouge states. ... [more]

3:33:11 AM Reid denies TSA nominee push is a political power play, halts debate
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

In what opponents consider a display of political muscle flexing, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) announced he will force a vote on President ... [more]

3:31:49 AM White House official fires back at Cheney criticism of Obama, says former
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

Los Angeles Times HONOLULU (AP) — Using the White House's blog, a top aide to President Barack Obama on Wednesday dismissed former Vice President Dick Cheney's criticism ... [more]

3:10:45 AM The Gloves Come Off in a Bay Area Baseball Battle
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

... of time and a lot of money,” said Mr. Boxer, who added that his mother, Senator Barbara Boxer, a Democrat, had also urged the team to stay in Oakland. ... [more]

3:05:21 AM Online immigration checks mandated in Lancaster, debated in Kern County
KGET 17 - Bakersfield,CA,USA

The city of Lancaster is mandating all businesses use the E-Verify program to help determine whether new employees are legally able to work in the United ... [more]

3:01:33 AM He Simply Strolled Through a Security System Hole
Wall Street Journal - USA

We'll see if the media give her a pass on her initial reaction; recall how the media treated ex-President Bush for his, "Brownie, you're doing a heck of a ... [more]

2:40:07 AM Former Indonesian President Wahid dies
CNN International - Atlanta,GA,USA

A supporter of former Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid lights joss sticks during a vigil on Wednesday in Yogyakarta. ... [more]

1:54:47 AM John Kerry says if Fox signal goes off Time Warner Cable he'll ask FCC to
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

Los Angeles Times John Kerry (D-Mass.), the chairman of the powerful Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Communication, Technology and the Internet, again weighed in on the ... [more]

1:46:29 AM GOP attorney generals threaten suit over Nebraska health deal
USA Today - McLean,VA,United States

COLUMBIA, SC (AP) — Republican attorneys general in 13 states say congressional leaders must remove Nebraska's political deal from the federal health care ... [more]

1:23:54 AM White House garden variety on 'Iron Chef'
USA Today - McLean,VA,United States

"Basically we went to the White House," says celebrity chef Bobby Flay, and "rummaged through the garden." He and Cristeta Comerford, executive chef at the ... [more]

1:09:49 AM Women Senators Ask Army to Rescind Pregnancy Policy
BigNews.biz (press release) - Natick,MA,USA

Washington, DC – United States Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) called on Army ... [more]

12:39:30 AM News Corp.'s Chase Carey tells Sen. John Kerry he's not interested in ...
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

John Kerry (D-Mass), in response to a letter that Time Warner Cable chief executive Glenn Britt wrote Kerry saying that the cable company would be willing ... [more]

12:32:15 AM 13 Republican Attorney Generals Threaten Lawsuit Over Health Care
FOX News - USA

AP Republican attorneys general in 13 states say congressional leaders must remove Nebraska's political deal from the federal health care reform bill or ... [more]

12:28:46 AM White House Grants Ethics Waiver To John Brennan
Atlantic Online

President Obama's top counterterrorism adviser, John O. Brennan, will lead the White House review of intelligence community information practices and .... [more]



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