Exclusive: Confidential Administration Document Details Plan To Sell Obamacare Through Social Media
An internal handout focuses on young Americans — and on people who “distrust government.”
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37 Photos Of Presidents Bro-ing Out
From Truman to Obama, so much bro.
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Your Treasury Secretary’s Signature No Longer Looks Like A Cupcake
Much better.
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Michele Bachmann Would Like To Know If The NSA Targets The President’s Political Enemies
“No, ma’am.”
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Officials: NSA Spying Foiled 50 Terror Plots
They include plots on the New York Stock Exchange and the New York City subway system.
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Washington Isn’t Sure What To Make Of Iran’s Election
Is the Iranian presidency suddenly important, or less important than ever?
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Senator Endorses “Ready For Hillary” Super PAC
An old Clinton foe is the first member of Congress to support the early Hillary effort. “We can all agree today that there is nobody better equipped to be our next President than Hillary Clinton,” says Claire McCaskill.
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The White House Says It’s Winning The Gun Control Debate
Months after Obama’s gun control push went down in flames, opponents and supporters of the effort agree that it reframed the conversation. Vice President Joe Biden will give a speech Tuesday celebrating the White House’s efforts.
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Sex Therapy Experts: Anthony Weiner Not Cured
The Gabbard Center, where Weiner checked in for three days, provides psychiatric evaluations, not treatment. “No one gets treatment in three days,” Weiss says.
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10 Photos Of Obama And Vladimir Putin Looking Sad
So very, very sad.
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E.W. Jackson: I Stand By Everything I Said About Gays And Planned Parenthood
“The truth is the truth.”
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Bill Clinton’s White Thighs Will Not Make You Miss The ’90s At All
You can’t look away!
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President Obama Defends NSA Spying
It’s “transparent,” the president tells Charlie Rose in an interview. Here’s a portion of that transcript, from PBS.
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The 42 Best Photos Ever Taken Of White House Pets
Lyndon Johnson singing with his dog. Epic.
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Obama: “I Should Have Been An Artist, But I Got Sidetracked”
President Obama tells some Northern Irish primary school children his darkest secret.
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FDR Had The Greatest Childhood Ever
I want.
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14 Things We Learned From The Q&A With Edward Snowden
The source of the Guardian’s NSA leaks emerged Monday to take a few questions from journalists and readers. He loves his country, hates Dick Cheney, and has seen those pictures of his girlfriend.
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Sierra Club Stands By Odd Kazakhstan Blog Post
Successful Kazakh PR work?
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Edward Snowden Is Not A Fan Of Spying On Foreign Citizens, Either
The NSA leaker says the government can read people’s emails, and that’s wrong no matter which country they live in.
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Miss Alabama Loves The NSA
Miss Alabama Mary Margaret McCord, who finished second in the Miss USA pageant, said she would “rather someone track my phone messages and feel safe wherever I go than feel like they’re encroaching on my privacy.”
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Same-Sex Couples, A Widow, And A Nation Wait On The Supreme Court
Many outcomes are possible in the challenges to California’s Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act that are due to be decided by the justices in the coming weeks. A complex path got the cases — and the country — to a moment of waiting.
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The Last 14 Presidents With Their Children
Happy Father’s Day!
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Video: Congressman Claims He Was Told Government Could Listen To Phone Calls Without A Warrant
Democratic New York Rep. Jerrold Nadler claims he was told in a closed-door briefing that the NSA could listen to a specific phone call, and get a call’s “contents” without a warrant, based solely on an analyst’s decision. FBI Director Robert Mueller said that wasn’t true. Nadler said he asked the same question at the closed-door briefing where he received the different answer. Update Rep. Nadler in a statement to BuzzFeed says: “I am pleased that the administration has reiterated that, as I have always believed, the NSA cannot listen to the content of Americans’ phone calls without a specific warrant.” Update 2 The DNI responds in a statement to claims the NSA can listen to phone calls without a warrant.
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Sarah Palin On Syria: "Let Allah Sort It Out"
Speaking at the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s Road to Majority Conference in Washington, D.C., Sunday, Palin criticized the Obama administration supplying Syrian rebels with weapons.
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53 Senators Skipped A Classified Briefing On NSA Snooping
Most Senators opted for a long weekend instead of sticking around for a briefing on government surveillance that was held two-and-a-half hours after their final vote Thursday.
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Phyllis Schlafly: Obama Administration Trying To "Ban All Public Attention To Religion"
The longtime conservative activist and anti-feminist was speaking at the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s conference in Washington D.C. Friday.
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Faith And Freedom Coalition Speaker Tells Republicans: "Don’t Pander To Hispanics"
“I thought it was deplorable that Senator Kaine decided to deliver an entire speech on the Senate floor last week in Spanish,” said Carlos Curbelo, a speaker at the Faith and Freedom Coalition conference Friday and a Miami-Dade County School Board member.
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Terry McAuliffe Wrote Of Intimate Moment With Yasser Arafat With A Kiss And Leg Rubs
“Finally it was time to go and as we stood up to shake hands Arafat laid a big ole wet kiss right on my lips.”
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Edward Snowden Brings Harmony To Washington
It’s no surprise that most Republicans and Democrats are speaking from the same script on NSA. Because they’re all responsible.
