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Senate Advances Trump Court Pick Who Fought Marriage Equality For YearsMay 21, 2019 at 5:15 PM Nielson was also one of the guys behind George W. Bush’s torture memos. He’s about to be a lifetime federal judge.Tags: News, George W Bush, Nielson, Senate Advances Trump Court 47 people like this. Like America is ready for a gay presidentMay 21, 2019 at 10:30 AM I was at a political fundraiser in 2007, in the company of several deep-pocketed longtime donors. President George W. Bush was near the end of his second term and much of the conversation wasn't about the anemic economy, the wars we were engaged in or the policies of the people vying to take his place.Tags: News, America, Stories, George W Bush 32 people like this. Like We Need A Strong, Focused And Reformed National Rifle AssociationMay 20, 2019 at 10:08 PM Following up his bomb on the NRA BoD, Lt. Col. West updates us and fills in the gaps.
As a Battalion Commander in the 4th Infantry Division, 2d Battalion, 20th Field Artillery, I told my soldiers, before we deployed to Iraq, that the most expendable person in the unit was me. No single individual is more important than the unit they are called upon to serve.
America needs the National Rifle Association in these troublesome times. But our Constitutional Republic needs the NRA focused on its core ...Tags: Congress, California, Senate, Massachusetts, Iraq, America, Barack Obama, Cnn, Military, Hillary Clinton, United States, Ronald Reagan, House, Bill Clinton, Mitt Romney, Gun Control 6 people like this. Like America is ready for a gay presidentMay 20, 2019 at 9:09 PM I was at a political fundraiser in 2007, in the company of several deep-pocketed longtime donors. President George W. Bush was near the end of his second term and much of the conversation wasn't about the anemic economy, the wars we were engaged in or the policies of the people vying to take his place.Tags: News, America, Stories, George W Bush 43 people like this. Like Opinion: Democrats, America is ready for a gay presidentMay 20, 2019 at 9:09 PM I was at a political fundraiser in 2007, in the company of several deep-pocketed longtime donors. President George W. Bush was near the end of his second term and much of the conversation wasn't about the anemic economy, the wars we were engaged in or the policies of the people vying to take his place.Tags: News, America, Stories, George W Bush 25 people like this. Like The Trump administration is still dealing with the fallout of George W. Bush's charge to depose Saddam HusseinMay 19, 2019 at 1:01 AM "The President has made his position eminently clear, and in the next weeks and months, we shall see what we shall see," said John Bolton.Tags: News, Stories, George W Bush, Saddam Hussein, Trump 13 people like this. Like Defeating A Real Nuclear ThreatMay 18, 2019 at 12:13 PM  Tags: Isis, Guns, Washington, Iraq, Israel, US, America, Iran, Syria, Afghanistan, Vienna, United States, Ian Fleming, Republican Party, Assad, George W Bush 91 people like this. Like 'The Big Bang Theory' goes out with a … well, you knowMay 17, 2019 at 5:55 PM TV’s top-rated comedy closed up shop Thursday night in front of a predictably super-sized audience, as “The Big Bang Theory” ended its 12-season run on CBS with an average draw of 18.5 million viewers.
The final chapter in Chuck Lorre’s landmark comedy series was its most-watched episode in five years. Along with the sheer reach of the finale, the one-hour broadcast also put up some enviable demo numbers, averaging 5.9 million adults 25-54, good for a 4.9 rating among CBS’s target audience, a...Tags: Facebook, Nbc, Abc, Advertising, Humira, Cbs, Pfizer, Abbvie, Nielsen, George W Bush, Universal Pictures, Ray Romano, Chuck Lorre, Google phones 37 people like this. Like United States: Email's Nine Lives - Fenwick & West LLPMay 16, 2019 at 6:24 AM The original impetus was this AP article in which I had been quoted about missing White House emails during George W. Bush's administration.Tags: News, White House, United States, George W Bush, Fenwick, West LLP 2 people like this. Like Lee Greenwood Performs At 107th Annual First Lady’s Luncheon Honoring Mrs. TrumpMay 16, 2019 at 6:00 PM  Tags: Amazon, Guns, Congress, Kathie Lee Gifford, Washington, Senate, Israel, Indiana, United States, Commerce, Agriculture, Nashville, District Of Columbia, Smith, Cma, George W Bush 93 people like this. Like Nancy Pelosi Is Right: Trump’s Criminal Contempt of Congress Is a Constitutional CrisisMay 16, 2019 at 4:50 AM  Tags: England, News, Supreme Court, Obama, Congress, Eric Holder, White House, Bette Davis, United States, Ford, Washington Dc, House, House Of Representatives, Arizona, Davis, Nancy Pelosi 79 people like this. Like Former national economic council director tells House Republicans an analysis rated Trump a '10-out-of-10 narcissist'May 15, 2019 at 8:10 PM Larry Lindsey, the national economic council director under former President George W. Bush, delivered a presentation on US-China trade talks to senior House Republicans on Tuesday and said that as part of his analysis of the talks he enlisted the services of two psychiatrists to analyze President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, according to two sources.Tags: Cnn, Xi Jinping, House, Donald Trump, George W Bush, Trump, US China, Larry Lindsey 4 people like this. Like Ex-Bush official tells House GOP an analysis rated Trump a '10-out-of-10 narcissist'May 15, 2019 at 8:10 PM Larry Lindsey, the national economic council director under former President George W. Bush, delivered a presentation on US-China trade talks to senior House Republicans on Tuesday and said that as part of his analysis of the talks he enlisted the services of two psychiatrists to analyze President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, according to two sources.Tags: News, Xi Jinping, House, Stories, Donald Trump, George W Bush, Trump, Bush, House Gop, US China, Larry Lindsey 1 people like this. Like John Roberts has voted for restrictions on abortion. Will he overturn Roe v. Wade?May 15, 2019 at 6:14 PM The 64-year-old appointee of George W. Bush has never endorsed abortion rights or ever voted to invalidate a tough regulation.Tags: Cnn, George W Bush, John Roberts 26 people like this. Like John Bolton, Far Worse Than You RealizeMay 15, 2019 at 1:50 PM  Tags: Europe, News, Senate, Iraq, Defense, US, Iran, Gop, Un, Cia, Bolton, George W Bush, Trump, Bush, Josh Marshall, John Bolton 117 people like this. Like Surplus and Deficit: Resources of Legitimation in the “Crisis of Democracy”May 15, 2019 at 9:32 AM For the symposium on Sanford Levinson and Jack M. Balkin, Democracy and Dysfunction (University of Chicago Press, 2019). Jedediah Britton-Purdy [*] This long post sketches two thoughts prompted by time with the wide-ranging, provocative, and fecund letters that make up Democracy and Dysfunction. The first thought is that U.S. politics exhibits a surplus of claims to political authority--the right to rule. I suggest that this surplus is both a worse thing than many constitutional commentators...Tags: Supreme Court, Congress, Senate, White House, Court, Elizabeth Warren, US, America, Barack Obama, Reagan, Gop, United States, Yale, Citizens United, House Of Representatives, Warren 4 people like this. Like Trump's attempts to rally allies against Iran falls flat with UK official who says there's no threatMay 15, 2019 at 6:33 AM  Tags: Europe, UK, News, Washington, Saudi Arabia, Islamic State, Iraq, Defense, US, European Union, Iran, Syria, United States, New York Times, Middle East, United Arab Emirates 74 people like this. Like Trump administration planning Iran military response that echoes Iraq invasionMay 14, 2019 at 4:28 AM  Tags: News, Washington, Iraq, US, Iran, Syria, Afghanistan, United States, New York Times, Middle East, Bolton, Tehran, Donald Trump, George W Bush, Trump, State 67 people like this. Like US and Russia to discuss fate of Venezuela amid reports Putin will not prop up MaduroMay 14, 2019 at 3:00 AM  Tags: News, Putin, Vladimir Putin, White House, Russia, US, Ukraine, Moscow, Angola, Venezuela, State Department, Fidel Castro, Donald Trump, Sochi, Nicolás Maduro, George W Bush 62 people like this. Like US Government Rings Up Another Whistleblower On Espionage Charges (techdirt)May 13, 2019 at 8:19 PM Because our government enjoys punishing people far more than it enjoys accountability, the DOJ is prosecuting another whistleblower. A former language analyst for the Air Force and NSA has been charged with espionage for leaking documents detailing the government's drone assassination program to The Intercept. 31-year-old David Hale is the whistleblower at the center of the DOJ's latest prosecution. This now puts the Trump Administration at the top of the list for most journalist sources prose...Tags: News, Snowden, Nsa, US, Fbi, United States, Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald, Somalia, Air Force, Yemen, Doj, Citizenfour, George W Bush, Justice Department, Trump 19 people like this. Like Jenna Welch, Laura Bush’s Mother, Dies at 99May 13, 2019 at 3:36 PM Her $8,000 loss in the Enron scandal was cited by George W. Bush in distancing himself from campaign contributors in the energy industry.Tags: News, George W Bush, Enron, Jenna Welch Laura Bush 23 people like this. Like The United States Constitution is Not DysfunctionalMay 13, 2019 at 3:33 PM For the symposium on Sanford Levinson and Jack M. Balkin, Democracy and Dysfunction (University of Chicago Press, 2019).Steven G. Calabresi May 12, 2019 Providence, Rhode Island Dear Jack and Sandy: Thank you enormously for inviting me to comment on your new book. While I believe the U.S. constitutional system is badly in need of some reforms, I think the U.S. Constitution, as amended, is the best such document in any of the G-20 constitutional democracies today, and I think you bo...Tags: South Korea, Hong Kong, Europe, Japan, Tibet, Supreme Court, Putin, Obama, Congress, Indonesia, Australia, Montana, North Korea, Mexico, France, Scotland 6 people like this. Like Losing income tax privacy is a real danger: Ron PaulMay 13, 2019 at 12:43 PM Last week the New York Times published some of President Trump’s 1980s and 1990s tax return information.
The information detailed President Trump’s financial difficulties during that time. While you would not know it from reading some media reports, this is old news. In fact, President Trump openly discussed his financial difficulties on his popular reality television show.
What should be of great concern is the possibility that the person who leaked the returns — who the paper says has legal ac...Tags: New York, Supreme Court, Obama, Congress, California, Washington Post, Opinion, China, Iraq, Alabama, Sport, Soccer, New York Times, House Of Representatives, Edward Snowden, Ron Paul 3 people like this. Like Trump to meet Hungary's nationalist prime minister Viktor Orbán– liveMay 13, 2019 at 10:02 AM Viktor Orbán was snubbed by the Obama administration, which accused him of weakening democracy and is known for his anti-migration rhetoricSign up to the US briefing and get a new perspective 2.56pm BST So what’s so special about that Orbán meeting? Well for one thing it fits into a pattern of Trump cosying up to authoritarian leaders – see Vladimir Putin, Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro and Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Salman, to name but three.Orbán, the far-right Hungarian prime minister, has been...Tags: Vladimir Putin, Obama, Saudi Arabia, China, US, Barack Obama, World news, Joe Biden, US news, Hungary, US politics, Brazil, Donald Trump, George W Bush, Trump, Mohammed bin Salman 28 people like this. Like Define A Brand Strategy To Build Your Business ValueMay 13, 2019 at 11:30 AM  Tags: Startups, France, George W Bush, Collins, Branding, Business Advice, Thinking Aloud, Branding Strategy, Jason Stoffer, Lindsay Pedersen, Great Jim Collins, Starbucks Clorox Zulily T Mobile 145 people like this. Like Are All the World’s Problems Ours?May 10, 2019 at 11:19 AM  Tags: South Korea, Europe, Guns, Congress, Washington, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, La, China, Iraq, Russia, Iran, Ukraine, Afghanistan, Canada, United States 104 people like this. Like Trump to nominate ex-Boeing executive Shanahan for top Pentagon postMay 9, 2019 at 7:18 PM By ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA C. BALDOR
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday said he will nominate Patrick Shanahan to be his second secretary of defense, putting an end to months of speculation about the former Boeing executive’s standing in the administration.
Shanahan has been leading the Pentagon as acting secretary since Jan. 1, a highly unusual arrangement for arguably the most sensitive Cabinet position. He took over after Jim Mattis resigned.
“Acting Secretary Shanahan has proven...Tags: News, Congress, Washington, North Korea, Senate, White House, China, Russia, Uncategorized, Department Of Defense, Sport, Iran, Syria, Marine, Soccer, Military 33 people like this. Like The ‘Picture File’?May 9, 2019 at 2:10 PM  Tags: News, Obama, Washington, White House, US, Barack Obama, Fbi, Washington Dc, Manhattan, Houston, Donald Trump, George W Bush, Justice Department, James Comey, Trump, David Kurtz 120 people like this. Like Co-founder of Facebook calls for breakup of FacebookMay 9, 2019 at 12:09 PM Chris Hughes co-founded Facebook with Mark Zukerberg, and describes Zuckerberg in warm terms as a friend, but in a long op-ed for the New York Times, Hughes calls for the breakup of Facebook and identifies Zuckerberg's shortsighted prioritization of "clicks" instead of "security and civility" for the platform's toxicity, blaming the company's unusual share structure (which gives Zuckerberg an absolute veto over all matters of company policy despite holding a minority of its shares) for a situat...Tags: Facebook, Post, Happy Mutants, News, Instagram, Microsoft, Congress, Reagan, Antitrust, Ibm, George W Bush, Chris Hughes, Justice Department, Ftc, Zuckerberg, Mark Zukerberg 30 people like this. Like Valerie Plame Launches Congressional Bid In New MexicoMay 9, 2019 at 12:10 PM  Tags: News, Iraq, House, New Mexico, Cia, Dc, George W Bush, Trump, Caitlin Macneal, Lewis, Libby, 2020 Elections, Valerie Plame, Plame, JOSEPH WILSON, The Land of Enchantment Plame 139 people like this. Like |
