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Jon Stewart ridicules Obama for persecuting the press
Charlie Spiering
Updated: 5 hr ago
Last night on “The Daily Show,” Jon Stewart ridiculed President Obama for persecuting the press in the name of national security. “You see, they believe in the freedom of the press — just not freedom of speech for people who might talk to the press,” Stewart said, highlighting the...
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MSNBC hosts: Obama’s speech was historic and totally awesome
Charlie Spiering
Published: Fri, May 24, 2013
As expected, President Obama’s speech on foreign policy yesterday was a bit hit with the pundits on MSNBC. Watch the video above for their thoughts – see below for a sample of their praise: “Today was different. Today was president gave one of those speeches – an Obama speech. One of...
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Huffington Post: Time for Eric Holder to go
Charlie Spiering
Updated: 23 hr ago
“We have a message for Attorney General Holder over at http://huffingtonpost.com,” read a message from the Huffington Post political Twitter account earlier this evening. The home page is one big splash calling for Holder’s exit from the Obama administration suggesting that the news...
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Obama: Increase in domestic terrorism fueled by Internet
Charlie Spiering
Published: Thu, May 23, 2013
During his foreign policy speech this afternoon, President Obama warned that domestic terrorism would increase in the modern age of the Internet. “[T]his threat is not new,” Obama said. “But technology and the Internet increase its frequency and lethality.” Obama warned Americans...
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Obama promises to convene media group to address Justice Department spying
Charlie Spiering
Yesterday
President Obama indicated in his speech Thursday that he will review the Justice Department guidelines for spying on reporters and promised to “convene a group of media organizations” to hear their concerns. Obama indicated that the Justice Department’s spying on reporters was for the...
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Sen. Mike Lee: ‘The way Washington works stinks!’
Charlie Spiering
Yesterday
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, on Thursday objected to the Senate Democrats’ attempt to move the budget bill to conference without assurance that the debt limit increase will not be included in the final report. Lee took the opportunity to explain to critics from both parties why he was doing so.
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Shorter Anthony Weiner: I was lying to my wife, not to the public
Charlie Spiering
Yesterday
On WNYC radio this morning, host Brian Lehrer asked probably the most prevalent question to former Congressman Anthony Weiner about his Twitter scandal and its effect on his run for mayor. “For some people, the worst of it, and the most relevant part of it, was that you lied publicly when...
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Pelosi: IRS scandal is ‘wrong’ but ‘not illegal’
Charlie Spiering
Yesterday
During her press conference Thursday morning, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was asked by a reporter whether the Internal Revenue Service scandal would affect Democrats’ election prospects in 2014. “I’ve said before what they did is wrong. The Inspector General has said...


