White House Goes Back On Defense
“So nobody’s gonna ask me about Myanmar?” Carney asks reporters. Another rough press conference after the administration fails to change the story.
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Watch What Happens When Andy Cohen Raises Money For Democrats
Bravo’s Andy Cohen gets political. A big fan of the first lady, Cohen talks about hosting a Democratic LGBT fundraising event next week — and how he hopes to get married.
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Human Rights Advocates Warn Obama On Day Of Burmese President’s Visit
“We think it’s essential that this not be a ‘mission accomplished’ moment,” Jannuzi says.
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Ronald Reagan Made A Movie With James Dean This One Time
James Dean pulled a gun.
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7 Juicy Claims From A Romney Campaign Insider’s New Book
Former policy aide Gabriel Schoenfeld’s new book, A Bad Day on the Romney Campaign: An Insider’s Account, blames Romney’s staff for his defeat. Romney aides have dismissed the account, saying Schoenfeld was not as high up in the organization as he claims and that “he just has stuff he wants to get off his chest. Sigh. Welcome to ebooks.”
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The 10 Most Anti-Gay Statements From The Republican Nominee For Lt. Governor Of Virginia
The Virginia Republican Party picked conservative minister E.W. Jackson as their nominee for lieutenant governor Saturday night. Jackson will run alongside Ken Cuccinelli.
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Republican Virginia Lt. Governor Nominee: Obama Sees World "From A Muslim Perspective"
“Obama clearly has Muslim sensibilities. He sees the world and Israel from a Muslim perspective.
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Rep. Issa Aware Of IRS Investigation Since Last July
“We would be happy to provide a status update to the Subcommittee staff and provide a copy of our interim and final reports on the matter when they are issued.”
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French President Hollande Signs Marriage Equality Bill
Gay and lesbian couples in France will be able to marry beginning May 28. The new law also legalizes adoption for same-sex couples.
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Obama Group Braces For Progressive Backlash Over Keystone
Talking points released by the Obama grassroots arm caution members about demands from pipeline opponents. “OFA supports and respects the process as it is currently underway.”
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The 8 Best Edits To Wikipedia From A CIA IP Address
Three different Wikipedia IP addresses return as belonging to the CIA server. The CIA declined to comment.
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Republican Lawmakers Took IRS Union Campaign Cash
The NRCC is calling on Democratic members to give back the “tainted money.”
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The IRS Guy Is Having A Worse Day Than You
Ousted acting IRS commissioner Steven Miller had a pretty lousy day in front of the House Ways and Means Committee.
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Charlie Rangel Says It’s Wrong To Abuse The Tax System
The New York Democrat was censured in 2010 for ethics violations including tax evasion.
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Cory Booker Raked In $1.3 Million From Speeches Since 2008
The Newark mayor gave about 75% of his earnings to charity.
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Hillary Clinton To Keynote In Canada
The gig pays at least $250,000, says a source familiar with the conference.
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Keystone Pipeline Politics Follow Obama On Baltimore Jobs Tour
President to appear at Ellicott Dredge Enterprises the day after company head testifies in Congress on behalf of controversial oil pipeline. Update: White House refers Keystone questions to State.
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OFA Tells Keystone Activists They Won’t Play Ball
Despite cries from the left, Obama’s grassroots arm says they won’t get involved in the pipeline debate. “OFA is not going to change its mission,” says an official.
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10 Presidents With Umbrellas
The president had an umbrella today, but who else has?
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Michele Bachmann Is Back
Republican leaders hope to revive the tea party spirit. “Why aren’t you impeaching the president?”
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13 Biggest Bros Of Congress
Cool story, bro!
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Republican Massachusetts Senate Candidate Was Sued By Plumber For Unpaid Toilet Repairs
A small-claims case over a toilet. It was settled out of court.
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New Poll Shows Good News For Democrats In Massachusetts Senate Race
Democrats have put the tough Senate primary behind them, a new PPP poll finds. Ed Markey’s up seven over Gabriel Gomez, according to the poll sponsored by the League of Conservation Voters.
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Pentagon Recognizes Transgender Veteran, Advocates See A “Shift”
“By showing you can actually change your gender marker with the Department of Defense, it shows that the Department of Defense actually will do that, and if they do that then it’s another stop toward figuring out a way to have open service for trans people,” activist says.
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Weiner’s Old Consultants Work For A Rival
A slow start to the former congressman’s comeback attempt.
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What Media Matters Was Thinking
“People did not understand what we were trying to do,” Brock tells BuzzFeed after a talking points controversy. Media Matters plans to spin “Message Matters” off into a separate organization.
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Obama Tries To Tamp Down Three Controversies At Once
Damage control in D.C.
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Read The Benghazi Emails
White House releases Benghazi emails. Update: Official tells BuzzFeed the release vindicates the Obama administration.
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Louie Gohmert Gets Heated With Eric Holder: "He Has Challenged My Character"
Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert got into a heated discussion with Eric Holder today over a bunch issues, most notably the FBI’s interview with deceased Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev in 2011. He mentions asparagus at one point.
