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Three out of every four lobbyists who represent oil and gas companies previously worked in the federal government, a proportion that far exceeds the usual revolving-door standards on Capitol Hill, a Washington Post analysis shows. Read more: Mineral Management Serv, Revolving Door, Washington Post, Oil Lobby, Congress Revolving Door, Gulf Oil Spill, BP Gulf Oil [...] WASHINGTON — When President Obama announced a new strategy for Afghanistan in December, he argued that by background a deadline of next summer to start drawing down troops he would make a sense of urgency for the Afghan government to take the lead in the fight, while acknowledging the limits of America’s patience with the [...] The top-secret world the government made in response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, has become so large, so unwieldy and so secretive that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs, how many programs exist surrounded by it or exactly how many agencies do the same work. Read [...] Echoing the bigoted and right-wing contortions of the National Republican Entrust PAC and shamed Tea Party leader Mark Williams, Sarah Palin has sent the world of Twitter on fire this afternoon, with a run of Tweets about the proposed Islamic cultural center and mosque two blocks from the site of the World Trade Center She pulled [...] PHOENIX — Minutemen groups, a surge in Border Patrol agents, and a tough new immigration law aren’t sufficient for a reputed neo-Nazi who’s now leading a militia in the Arizona desert. Jason “J.T.” Ready is taking matters into his own hands, declaring war on “narco-terrorists” and keeping an eye out for illegal immigrants. So far, he [...] WASHINGTON — The federal estate tax would be revitalized, but at a reduced rate, under a plot being pushed by two senators, a Democrat and a Republican. Democrat Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas and Republican Jon Kyl of Arizona hope to attach the new estate tax to a small business lending bill pending in the Senate. Their [...] Political comedian-turned-Senate hopeful Randy Credico’s tidal wave rolled into Albany yesterday to aver a spot on the Democratic fundamental ballot. Randy Credico, activist and comedian, against all odds collected nearly double the amount of signatures necessary to get a slot on the fall fundamental ballot. Florida GOP Senate candidate Marco Rubio is out with a new web video laying out the argument that his recently unrestricted “12 simple thoughts to grow the economy and make jobs” are smart simply because MSNBC host Rachel Maddow disagrees with them. “How can you know the plot is right?” text reads in the video. “Rachel [...] SANTA FE, N.M. — Retired state hand Joyce Pankey cast her absentee ballot in New Mexico’s fundamental election last month thinking that she alone knew which of the candidates she favored. Incorrect. Read more: Voting, Voting Secrecy, Secret Voting, Ballot, Secret Ballot, Ballot Secrecy, Elections, Anonymous Elections, New Mexico, Florida, California, Politics News Share and Enjoy: HOLLAND, Mich. — Seeking to boost economic spirits, President Barack Obama on Thursday hailed the construction of another car-array plant as a symbol of a made-in-America rebound from reckless times. Said the president to workers: “You are leading the way in showing how manufacturing jobs are coming right back here to the United States of America.” Read [...] |
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