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.
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If This Week Were An Episode Of "Scandal"
Washington could use a little Olivia Pope right about now.
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Eric Holder Just Doesn’t Know
The head of the DOJ is all like, “idk, man.”
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Congressional Press Questions Constitutionality Of Snooping
Congressional press galleries call on the Department of Justice to explain how the “unparalleled use of your investigative power is constitutionally consistent.”
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Republican Outreach Director Who Ditched GOP Was Recently Applying For Jobs At RNC
“In this case it may be a more an issue of employment rather than policy,” says Spicer.
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Eric Holder And Darrell Issa Battle It Out
Longstanding animosities bubble to the surface during tense oversight hearing.
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New Media Shield Law Might Not Have Protected AP
The White House confirms they asked Schumer to reintroduce the bill.
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How The Obama Administration Is Having The Worst Week Ever
LOL, Government.
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Attorney General Says He Didn’t Know About Press Snooping
Eric Holder told Congress that his Deputy Attorney General signed off on secret subpoenas for AP phone records.
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IRS Scandal Crushes Campaign Finance Reformer Dreams
There’s little chance the IRS will enforce campaign finance laws now, say some advocates. Ennui is setting in. But some see hope down the road.
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Top Romney Strategist: Hillary Clinton Will Lose A Democratic Primary
“If I was a Democratic hot-shot politician, I would primary her so fast,” says Stu Stevens. Hickenlooper 2016?
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Charles Koch Might Be An Elaborate Stephen Colbert Character
Has anyone ever seen these two in the same place at the same time?
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Meet The Beat-Mixing, Gangsta Rap-Loving Tea Party Congressman
Rep. Trey Radel wants his fellow Republicans to get outside the echo chamber — and gain an appreciation for N.W.A.
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Senate Republicans Not Yet Sweating DOJ Seizing Reporter Phone Records
“I don’t want to jump to judgment here, because many of us did call on the administration to investigate leaks,” said Sen. John Cornyn. Majority Leader Harry Reid calls the move “inexcusable.”
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Senator Jeanne Shaheen Pushes For Equal Benefits For Gay Service Members, Veterans
“The repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ was a monumental achievement for our military and for our country; however, it did not finish the entire job of ensuring that our gay and lesbian service members and their families are treated equally under the law,” the New Hampshire senator says.
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Excellent Charles Koch “Nigerian Prince” Facebook Scam
Good effort! Good try!!
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Joaquin Castro: Provisions For Gay Couples Could Kill Immigration Bill
“I wouldn’t say that possibility doesn’t exist,” says Castro. But calls on Republicans to support it.
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White House Scandals Could Help Immigration Bill’s Chances, Supporters Argue
“Sometimes with the spotlight constantly on it as an issue can make it tougher,” says Rep. Castro.
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Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton Signs Marriage Equality Bill Into Law
The law, allowing same-sex couples to marry, takes effect Aug. 1. Minnesota is the 12th state, plus DC, to recognize marriage equality, following on the heels of passage in Rhode Island and Delaware.
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DOJ To AP: Trust Us
DOJ officials stand by the decision to pull phone records for the nation’s largest wire service.
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White House: Scandals Haven’t Blown Us Off Course
Carney says Obama’s agenda is still on track despite a bad couple weeks.
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Donald Rumsfeld Calls Obama Administration Press Strategy "Risky"
“The truth is, we have to get this straight, and they’re gonna have to get it straight, and there are going to be hearings until they do.”
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Parent Company Calls KMOV Reporter’s IRS Allegations "Inappropriate"
Belo Corp. says what Larry Conners wrote “has nothing to do with our company or our television station. And we don’t condone that type of personal opinion being represented as a company or station opinion.”
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BuzzFeed Brews Special Edition: Immigration Summit
BuzzFeed Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith moderates two conversations on the politics of immigration.
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Chen Guangcheng: Chinese Government “In A State Of Madness”
The blind Chinese dissident who escaped to New York broadens his critique of the Chinese government in Oslo. His family is being persecuted, he says.
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Eric Holder Says He Recused Himself From Associated Press Investigation
To “avoid a potential appearance of a conflict of interest … I recused myself,” says the attorney general of the DOJ investigation into the Associated Press.
