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ome cooler heads at the U.N. who had been to Iraq looking for weapons of mass destruction and saw that there were none. A young state senator named Barack Obama, speaking before an anti-war rally in Chicago, said he didn't oppose all wars, just the "dumb" ones. They are joined by the small cadre of allies i

ly hidden ongoing expenses which, over time, add up to a large expense. Today's Congressional Republicans' strategy is to Nickel-and- Dime President Obama's policies to death with the ultimate goal of dismantling almost all of his accomplishments, as well as to eviscerate Medicare, Medicaid and Social

onal Republicans' strategy is to Nickel-and- Dime President Obama's policies to death with the ultimate goal of dis

hat there were none. A young state senator named Barack Obama, speaking before an anti-war rally in Chic

effects of austerity on weak economies. And this is still nothing like a boom. Krugman says that fiscal fearmongering is a major industry inside the Beltway, especially among those looking for excuses to do what they really want, namely dismantle Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. People whose care

h politicians and other public figures — such as President Obama, Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, and Pope

ts of the nuclear deal with Iran — from President Barack Obama on down — have marshaled a powerful attack

w, as if to hammer nail into coffin, comes Cheney — angrily questioning "the veracity of the president's claims" about the deal and labeling several Obama assertions "simply false." A lecture on veracity and falsehood from the man who asserted before the Iraq invasion that Saddam Hussein had reconstit

neoconservatives are never right. Inline image 1 EFTA00846373 Over the past few weeks, proponents of the nuclear deal with Iran — from President Barack Obama on down — have marshaled a powerful attack on some of the deal's most prominent opponents. Specifically, they've been pointing out an indisputable

nge was doomed from the start. EFTA00846375 Fourth, as befits a group of armchair ideologues whose primary goal has been winning power inside the Beltway, neoconservatives are often surprisingly ignorant about the actual conditions of the countries whose politics and society they want to transform. Ha

oment. A bigger Grand Canyon looms ahead, in about two months, as the government reaches its debt ceiling and can't borrow any more money. President Obama wants to lift that ceiling. The Republicans don't. And it appears we're heading for another "Thelma and Louise" ride to the edge. Remember — they w

k the other way. And so does the Beltway press — as demonstrated in that Town Hall debate last fall when CNN's Candy Crowley almost — almost — asked Barack Obama and Mitt Romney about global warming. CANDY CROWLEY on CNN: Climate change, I had that question, all you climate change people, we just, you know

its debt ceiling and can't borrow any more money. President Obama wants to lift that ceiling. The Republicans don'

when CNN's Candy Crowley almost — almost — asked Barack Obama and Mitt Romney about global warming. CAN

6 EFTA00598430 Yet as the clock ticks away and warnings mount, official Washington irresponsibly continues to look the other way. And so does the Beltway press — as demonstrated in that Town Hall debate last fall when CNN's Candy Crowley almost — almost — asked Barack Obama and Mitt Romney about glob

orman Ornstein is resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. In their book, It's Even Worse than It Looks, they predicted. "If President Obama gets reelected but faces either a continuing divided Congress or a Congress with Republicans in charge of both houses, there is little reason to ex

ths to get the Democrats helped his health care plan, or kept him from being impeached. BILL MOYERS: Yeah, I'm not impressed when people say, well, Barack Obama's not Lyndon Johnson. Lyndon Johnson is... NORMAN ORNSTEIN: Today he couldn't be Lyndon Johnson... BILL MOYERS: Couldn't be Lyndon Johnson. BILL MO

t's Even Worse than It Looks, they predicted. "If President Obama gets reelected but faces either a continuing div

r-partisanship. what Norm referred to earlier: If Barack Obama is for something, we have to be against it

rse than ever. Just ask Norman Ornstein and Thomas Mann. as I'm about to do. For decades, these two political scientists were on the go-to list for Beltway pundits and reporters seeking wisdom on the curious ways of governance. But then, almost exactly a year ago to this day. they published an op-ed pi

How fiscal austerity will push the United States towards nuclear arms and cyber-warfare Jan Kallberg & Adam Lowther Article 6. The Daily Beast Obama's Gotta Go Niall Ferguson Article I. The Washington Post Egypt's new lea r m Dennis Ross pt reality August 20 -- A new reality and an alternat

ast Obama's Gotta Go Niall Ferguson August 19, 2012 -- I was a good loser four years ago. "In the grand scheme of history," I wrote the day after Barack Obama's election as president, "four decades is not an especially long time. Yet in that brief period America has gone from the assassination of Martin Lut

grand scheme of history," I wrote the day after Barack Obama's election as president, "four decades is

t a positive spin on an unfolding catastrophe. The Journal has been all in on the "Arab Spring" fairy tale from the get-go, joining the bipartisan Beltway chorus in presenting the rise of Islamist totalitarianism as a spontaneous eruption of freedom fervor. Even so, it was jarring to find the paper bu

er line on Israeli settlements in the occupied territories that continue to eat into the land of a future Palestinian state. In an ideal world, the Obama administration would cut aid to Israel every time a settlement was expanded. Instead, Congress is currently waving the financial big stick in the

-to-back speeches on Mideast policy this spring, President Obama used his considerable powers of persuasion to ur

error attacks. The causal link between that event and our chosen enemy, Iraq, was, however, imperceptible to all but the most dedicated inside-the- Beltway intellectuals. Nineteen men had hijacked aeroplanes and flown them into the Pentagon and the World Trade Centre — 15 of them Saudi Arabians, none o

er line on Israeli settlements in the occupied territories that continue to eat into the land of a future Palestinian state. In an ideal world, the Obama administration would cut aid to Israel every time a settlement was expanded. Instead, Congress is currently waving the financial big stick in the

-to-back speeches on Mideast policy this spring, President Obama used his considerable powers of persuasion to ur

error attacks. The causal link between that event and our chosen enemy, Iraq, was, however, imperceptible to all but the most dedicated inside-the- Beltway intellectuals. Nineteen men had hijacked aeroplanes and flown them into the Pentagon and the World Trade Centre — 15 of them Saudi Arabians, none o

ident and the soon-to-be-old president at the White House, which took place just before they set off for the swearing-in ceremony, Trump believed the Obamas acted disdainfully—“very arrogant”’—toward him HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019916 and Melania. Instead of wearing a game face, going into the inaugural events,

es Baker; George H. W. Bush’s return of James Baker; Bill Clinton’s Leon Panetta, Erskine Bowles, and John Podesta; George W. Bush’s Andrew Card; and Barack Obama’s Rahm Emanuel and Bill Daley. Anyone studying the position would conclude that a stronger chief of staff is better than a weaker one, and a chief of s

in practice, this strategy merely favors governors over senators. Every serious candidate, no matter how much he or she disses Washington, relies on Beltway insiders for counsel and support. But with Trump, hardly a person in his innermost circle had ever worked in politics at the national level—his close

as celebrated its claimed successes, publicising the return of hundreds of economic fugitives, and issuing wanted lists of those still at large. The Obama administration complained about the activities of undercover agents in 2015. Wray said the operation's principal aim now was to suppress dissent am

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