For a President to sit down this early and talk about making mistakes is probably a record, but Obama promised to be transparent and this is yet another example of that. I urge you to watch the whole thing. My hope is that the Senate Dems can strip as much of that controversial 1% out [...]
Most the following video is about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan, but the big idea here is that along with the passage of the stimulus plan comes a new website (just a landing page so far) that will keep track of where and how tax dollars are being spent. Obviously this is an unprecedented [...]
Also, the words “we don’t torture” will finally be true. From NY Times: The orders, which are the first steps in undoing detention policies of former President George W. Bush, rewrite American rules for the detention of terrorism suspects. They require an immediate review of the 245 detainees still held at the naval base in [...]
They said they would, and so here are the Qs and the As. From Change.gov: Q: “Will you lift the ban on Stem Cell research in your first 100 days in office?” James_M, Nashville, TN A: President-elect Obama is a strong supporter of Federal funding for responsible stem cell research and he has pledged to [...]
This is Lagan from ANP, We sat down with James Risen, the New York Times national security corespondent who broke the domestic wiretapping stories, to talk about the dilemmas Obama faces with the unparalleled executive power he will inherit. Dick Cheney recently said that Obama would appreciate all of the power they are handing over, [...]
It wasn’t just talk. He promised and he’s delivering… Transition chairman John Podesta wrote a memo to the transition staff outlining the initiative, dubbed the “Seat at the Table†policy. Any documents produced from meetings between the transition team and outside organizations will be posted on www.change.gov. The idea is for Americans to offer comments [...]
Watch this… Then drop your ideas here. Isn’t it refreshing to have a 21st century President?
One very smart thing Obama’s team is doing is documenting what is going on behind the scenes so if the American public wants to find out more, they can. First, take a look at this piece about the environment and energy team… Note how they’re talking about how their policies will help create jobs, but [...]
More about his decision… I know at least one of my fellow bloggers here at Donklephant strongly disagrees, and while I understand and appreciate the views of those who think this FISA legislation is still a gross violation of our civil liberties, the previous incarnation of this bill earlier this year (without tougher restrictions on [...]
Saying one thing and doing another has been the hallmark of this administration, but the ring is particularly hollow when it comes to Bush’s nonsensical “appeasement” talk. Take our handling of the Sudan situation for example… Sometime in the next few weeks, a special envoy of President Bush plans to meet with Sudanese President Omar [...]
I’m not usually a big advocacy guy, but this is an important piece of legislation and I’m writing about it today in hopes that it gets wide bi-partisan support across the blogosphere. Recently, the FEC created rules that protect bloggers from campaign finance laws, but they don’t constitute any binding law that extends that protection [...]
The award winning documentarian trains his patented eye on the events that happened at Abu Ghraib prison in a film coming out on April 25. From watching the following clips, as well as Frontline’s searing Bush’s War, a pretty clear picture emerges and makes it incredibly difficult for the Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld to put [...]
And two minutes later he does! This is pretty funny. Hillary spokesperson Phil Singer blasted out an email at 11:23 insisting that Obama release his tax returns for back years, Exactly two minutes later, at 11:25, Obama spokesperson Tommy Vietor emailed out word that Obama had posted his tax returns for 2000-2006 on his campaign [...]
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