Mike Connell, the man many say is responsible for the White House email scandal and perhaps the riggings of the 2000 and 2004 elections was killed in a plane crash Friday night when the single engine plane he was flying crashed in a residential neighborhood in Ohio. Connell also worked on John McCain’s campaign. Here’s [...]
After the defeat of a congressional bill to bailout GM and Chrysler and prevent their demise, the Bush administration is now considering a direct loan to automakers.
Today, aboard Air Force One with President Bush on his way to Texas, White House spokesperson Dana Perino made the following statements:
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House does not expect to complete on Wednesday night a final deal with Congress on bailing out the U.S. automakers, said White House spokeswoman Dana Perino.
Bush administration officials are trying to put the brakes on the Federal Communications Commission's plan to encourage a free, national wireless Internet plan, which the agency could approve next week. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez sent a letter to the agency's Republican chairman Wednesday afternoon expressing the administration's displeasure with the idea."The administration believes that
After a long day of haggling it was announced that the White House and leading Democrats reached a deal on an automaker bailout plan late Tuesday night.
The loans will be for $14 billion to go to GM and Chrysler and will require an auto czar to oversee the companies’ operations. If those companies are [...]
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‘There are times where I’ve fallen off the wagon,’ the president-elect said when asked in a broadcast interview whether he has kicked the habit.
‘I’ve done a terrific job, under the circumstances, of making myself much healthier,’ he said. ‘And I think that you will not see any violations of these rules in the White [...]
President Bush responds to a direct hit from Harper.
The White House opened the "Kick Bush in the Balls" program on Monday, December 1st as part of a federal fundraising effort. The program was designed to take advantage of Bush's uniquely high disapproval rating, and participants were offered the chance to kick President Bush in the balls for $25,000 each. Officials hoped to raise $50 million, bu
Tension with the White House was long part of the Fed chief’s job description, largely because the bank’s dual mandate (fighting inflation and promoting growth) was seen to be in conflict with itself. No president wants inflation, but most want high interest rates even less. Franklin D. Roosevelt wanted to finance World War II with cheap money, and Henry Morgenthau Jr., his Treasury secretary,
WASHINGTON: President-elect Barack Obama on Sunday announced several key members of his White House staff ahead of his January 20, 2009 inauguration. Obama in a statement announced that Pete Rouse will serve as senior adviser, while Mona Sutphen and Jim Messina will serve as deputy chief of staff.Read the rest of this entry »
News broke last night that Hilary Clinton was flying out to Chicago to talk to Obama about becoming the Secretary of State in his White House. Rumors have been flying for two weeks that John Kerry would have a place in the Obama presidency. Then there’s the hiring of Clinton’s former
Bob Cesca on Barack Obama and that White HouseThe Times, South Africa - Nov 12, 2008#63. Post some of Bob Cesca’s answers to my questions in Obama won and we won. Cesca is a featured blogger on The Huffington Post — a collection of great ...
Just read an interesting bit by Simon: A friend of mine joked that Obama, in keeping with the traditional fate of African-Americans, has been given one of the worst jobs in the world cleaning up this whole mess. You can't really envy the man can you? Truly true. A white man came and made a mess in the White House, and a black man is asked to clean up the mess. What a jest. Simon also wrote
Nov. 8: The last time there were children as young as the Obama girls in the White House was 1977, when Amy Carter moved in. As NBC’s Tom Costello reports, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. can be a challenging...
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The 47-year-old Democratic senator from Illinois took 52 per cent of the popular vote against 47 per cent for Republican rival John McCain.And he won in most of the knife-edge states, securing at least 349 electoral college votes to Mr McCain's 162. US President-elect Barack Obama will meet President George W. Bush at the White House tomorrow.He will meet Mr Bush to discuss the handover of power,
Democrat Barack Hussein Obama is now the President of United States. He succeeds George Bush, one of the most unpopular of US presidents, after defeating Republican John McCain.This black boy in the photograph on the right is now holding the most powerful post in the world. It was unthinkable until recently but it has happened.Riding over a wave of disenchantment with the Republicans due to the on
Well, it looks like Rahm Emanuel will be President-Elect Obama's White House Chief of Staff. I don't know a heck of a lot about Emanuel other than the fact that conservative Republicans don't particularly care for him even though he hold a pro-business record. I am really curious as to who President Obama wil select for other cabinet level positions. I secretly hope that Hillary Clinton winds up i
Reports now say Chinese hackers, possibly sponsored by the Chinese government, hacked into White House computers. E-mails and information was stolen before government officials were able to fix the problem.Earlier, reports said foreign entities also hacked into campaign computers of Barack Obama and John McCain. The Obama campaign suspected either the Russians or the Chinese.This marks a new era i
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US officials say Chinese hackers have raided White House email archives multiple times, according to a report.…
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Obama's Senate Communications Director and Senior Strategist for Communications and Message in Obama's Presidential campaign, Robert Gibbs will be named the next Press Secretary. Gibbs will be the voice of the Administration.The job has yet to be offered according to Politico.
This will certainly mute some criticism and suspicions about Obama's intentions towards Israel, but I am still suspicious. Clinton and James Baker got what became known in Israel as "the Jew Boys" (in a derogatory way) to do all of the dirty work of pressuring Israel to appease Arab interests. Let us not forget that it was Daniel Kurtzer, Denise Ross and Martin Indyk (all Jews) who did more damage
Breaking News Newsletter Breaking News November 6, 2008 05:22 White House chief of staff named Democratic officials say Barack Obama's fellow Chicagoan Rahm Emanuel has agreed to be White House chief of staff, after struggling over family and political co
I truly believe that Michelle Obama, simply by being herself, will forever change the image of Black women in this country. Too optimistic ?? Perhaps, but oh I have a feeling !!
An impatient White House prodded banks and other financial companies Tuesday to quit hoarding billions of dollars flowing into their vaults from Washington and start making more loans. Wall Street soared nearly 900 points on bargain-hunting and hopes of a hefty interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve.
This was recently posted on the web which photographed some dum dude riding a bike in Florida with a shirt that said "Nigger Please - It's A White House", and his license plates had "Sarah Palin and John McCain".E.G Radio, ExtravaGangsta Radio,
First we'll buy up distressed mortgages, and then...no, wait, maybe we should just inject some capital into the weaker banks. After all it's only $700 billion plus change. Still, some economists had originally suggested that injecting federal funds into the banking sector -- in effect partly nationalizing the financial system -- was the better way to go. From the New York Times:Two weeks after
The Blanc Give Hope Jean (pictured) is just one of the many great products in the Give Hope Collection at White House Black Market. To view the collection, just click on the link and search for “hope” in their search box.
Also in the collection is a very stylish key ring which coordinates perfectly with these jeans.
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Stocks were already sharply lower as the global credit crisis spread, with four bailouts in Europe and the takeover of Wachovia Corp. in the U.S. roiling securities, commodities and currencies markets and forcing major central banks to pump hundreds of billions of dollars more into the financial system.
The meltdown intensified as U.S. lawmakers voted on [...]
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I’ve been searching for a good lab for a while and turned to the action photography forum that I frequent for some advice. White House Custom Color came highly rated so I signed up.
Today I woke up to my test prints from WHCC, they require that you submit some prints to check color accuracy & [...]
The Bush administration revealed its new economic plan to reverse the downward trend of the United States economy, which it now projects that, barring any action and with the election of a Democrat as President and an increase in the number of Democratic Senate and Congressional seats, will be in recession in January, 2009.The plan, reminiscent of the successful plan following the attacks of 9/11,
I suspect that John McCain is no longer the driver of the straight-talk express. I say as much in light of two developments. One, in the last few weeks, the McCain campaign has been retooled with a number of former Bush campaign operatives…operatives who cut their teeth under the tutelage of Karl Rove.
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In a long-developing sting operation, several members and powerful friends of the Bush administration were arrested by Washington DC police today on public lewdness and other morals charges. Police apprehended them in a dark alley as they were taking turns lying on top of a latex life-sized female model.“In the dim light, they thought this was the United States economy,” explained Chairman Ben
On MSNBC's Hardball last night, host Chris Matthews asked former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan if he saw "FOX television as a tool" to get the White House's "message out" while he was in the Bush administration. "Certainly there were commentators and other, pundits at FOX News, that were useful to the White House," replied McClellan, adding that they wer
Since January, the U.S. civil liberties oversight board — meant to monitor the government's impact on American's privacy and civil liberties — has been shuttered with the expiration of the five members' terms. Unfortunately, the White House is now blocking the board's progress by refusing to accept the nomination of progressive civil liberties expert Morton Halperin:
Without any public
Reporters travelling with President Bush to Japan received an interesting press kit in which the Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi was described as a political "amateur" who is "hated by many".The "insulting" biography further depicted Berlusconi as "one of the most controversial leaders" of a country "known for governmental corruption and vice". It said Mr Berlusconi was "regarded by many as a politic
050119-N-1928O-081 Washington, D.C. (Jan. 19, 2005) - Fireworks explode over the White House on the eve of President Bush's inauguration at the Ellipse in Washington D.C. More than 5,000 men and women in uniform provide military ceremonial support to the presidential inauguration, a tradition dating back to George Washington's 1789 Presidential Inauguration. U.S. Navy photo by Journalist 2nd Class
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The White House in December refused to accept the Environmental Protection Agency's conclusion that greenhouse gases are pollutants that must be controlled, telling agency officials that an e-mail message containing the document would not be opened, senior E.P.A. officials said last week.
The document, which ended up in e-mail limbo, without
President George W. Bush delivers remarks to congratulate the 2007 WNBA Champions, the Phoenix Mercury, Monday, June 23, 2008, in the East Garden at the White House. White House photo by Chris Greenberg President Bush Welcomes 2007 WNBA Champion Phoenix Mercury to White House FULL STREAMING VIDEO East Garden 11:02 A.M. EDT. PODCAST OF THIS ARTICLETHE PRESIDENT: Thanks for coming. Please be seated.
A White House wedding reception for first daughter Jenna and new husband Henry Hager on Saturday night drew hundreds of friends and family, including President Bush, who took to the dance floor.
The United States Marine Band played a selection of standards and other “oldies-but-goodies,” one of the guests tells PEOPLE, for the Republican-heavy crowd of [...]
NEW YORK: A record-breaking 46 per cent of Americans have used the internet, email or cellphone text messaging to get news about the presidential campaign, share their views and mobilise others, according to a new poll. The PEW survey also suggests that presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama's backers have an edge in online political activities. The poll shows three online activities hav
NEW YORK: A record-breaking 46 per cent of Americans have used the internet, email or cellphone text messaging to get news about the presidential campaign, share their views and mobilise others, according to a new poll. The PEW survey also suggests that presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama's backers have an edge in online political activities. The poll shows three online activities hav
Hamilton Jordan, who served as the chief of staff for the Carter White House, has died from malignant mesothelioma at the age of 63. Jordan had struggled with several forms of cancer since 1985, including non-Hodgkins lymphoma, prostate cancer, and melanoma. He was treated for mesothelioma for the past two years, but as with [...]
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White House Unveils Plans to Address Trash in the OceanInitiative Boosts Project AWARE's Long-Standing International Cleanup Day Efforts Rancho Santa Margarita, CA – Project AWARE Foundation and partner environmental organizations applauded First Lady Laura Bush’s unveiling of a new initiative to address marine debris. The First Lady called for an increase in public/private partnerships for
Overdue Report Reveals Serious Health Consequences By Bill Blakemore ABC News - May 29, 2008 Original URL Today, the White House finally released an overdue report on the comprehensive impact of global warming on the United States. It is the first such report from the Bush administration since it took office more than seven years ago. A Los Angeles County Fire Department helicopter d
Briefing by Dana Perino FULL STREAMING VIDEO, running time 21:13 min, James S. Brady Press Briefing Room, Dana M. Perino Biography, 12:42 P.M. EDT. PODCAST OF THIS ARTICLEMS. PERINO: Okay, I've got two things for you -- I said I would have the radio address preview and tomorrow's commencement address. In this week's radio address the President will outline several important legislative matters p
As noted earlier on this site by Chris Edelson, Scott McClellan, Bush's former press secretary has come out with the first real critical book about the Bush Administration from a true Bush insider, and the result is a surprise in that it has emerged from an insular, paranoid, ultra-political White House. If the excerpts are accurate, the picture that emerges from McClellan's book, What Happened: I
Nic Shayko has a post on his blog worth reading. The two of us haven’t seen eye-to-eye much since McCain locked up the Republican Nomination, but we come really, really close to seeing eye-to-eye on this one. Here’s a brief excerpt.
Remember back to when Mitt Romney dropped out of the race at the [...]
We were first introduced with just how out of touch the Bush family is with the average American family when Bush 41, George Herbert Walker Bush, was asked how much it costs for a loaf of bread and a gallon of milk in 1992. He absolutely couldn’t answer the question. A few weeks later, when a young woman asked 41 a question about how the recession of that era affected him personally, he couldn
Briefing by Dana Perino and OMB Director Jim Nussle FULL STREAMING VIDEO, running time 18:10 min, James S. Brady Press Briefing Room, Dana M. Perino Biography, 12:42 P.M. EDT. PODCAST OF THIS ARTICLE and Press Briefing Slides (PDF, 318 KB, 3 pages)MS. PERINO: Hello. I have one announcement. First of all, we wish Deb Riechmann a happy birthday. (Applause.) So I guess I have two announcements.Tod
Leave Iran Problem To Next PresidentOr Let Israel Take Them OutThe White House on Tuesday flatly denied an Army Radio report that claimed US President George W. Bush intends to attack Iran before the end of his term. It said that while the military option had not been taken off the table, the administration preferred to resolve concerns about Iran's push for a nuclear weapon "through peaceful dipl
Press Briefing by Scott Stanzel FULL STREAMING VIDEO James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:40 P.M. EDT. PODCAST OF THIS ARTICLE 12:36 P.M. EDT Press Briefing Slides (PDF, 512 KB, 3 pages)MR. STANZEL: Good afternoon, everyone; let's go right to questions.Q Scott, when the President talked about the housing legislation, was he talking at all about the Shelby-Dodd proposed compromise, or just about
The Whitehouse has issued a statement about “strengthening ties” with Saudi Arabia including the expansion of “peaceful civil nuclear energy”.
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The Saudis bear a special responsibility for protecting key energy facilities of global importance and the world benefits from their abundant energy supplies. Our global economy depends greatly on Saudi Arabian energy
Former U.S. Rep. Bob Barr, once a Republican now a Libertarian, will run for the White House, he announced today. The former Georgia Congressman, who was instrumental in the impeachment of President Bill Clinton, is expected to hurt the candidacy of and take votes away from John McCain, R-Ariz. Here's the story on this announcement.
According to Mark Huffman, with ConsumerAffair.com, the White House has threatened to veto a bill which would help those who are being affected by the foreclosure crisis.
Mr Huffman states:
“The White House is threatening to veto a measure that would spend $300 billion to help distressed homeowners avoid foreclosure. The House passed the measure last week [...]
If we ever had a "decider" in the White House, apparently that doesn't extend to the best ways to address the housing bust or even to negotiate in good faith on a compromise bill. From the New York Times:Even as the housing foreclosure crisis deepens, legislation to rescue homeowners and their lenders appears to be in significant political jeopardy.The bill, which passed the House on Thursday, is
WASHINGTON: President Bush's second trip to the Mideast this year, designed in part to make progress toward a peace deal before the end of his presidency, will not see him hosting a joint session with the leaders of Israel and the Palestinian Authority, the White House said Wednesday."This did not seem the time for a big, high-level, three-way event," Stephen Hadley, Bush's national security adviser, told reporters. "It just doesn't feel right as the best way to advance the negotiation.""It's both symbolic and substantive," Hadley said of Bush's trip, which starts Tuesday.
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The United States said it was “concerned” about reports that China has sentenced 30 Tibetans to between three years and life imprisonment for their involvement in the recent unrest inside Tibet.
“We are concerned. We don’t think that anyone should break the law. But we also believe in freedom of expression and [...]
Jenny McCarthy looks all classy…
Jenny McCarthy - White House Correspondents Association Dinner in Washington
On the Red Carpet, White House Correspondents’ DinnerAttendees and guests walk down the Red Carpet at the 94th Annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Celebrities and political leaders include actress Pamela Anderson, singers the Jonas Brothers [...]
The Jonas Brothers got caught up in the excitement when they found out who their dinner companion would be at the White House Correspondents Association dinner over the weekend in Washington, DC. 'Access Hollywood' spoke with the sibling trio, as wel
Connie looks great at the after party dinner, maybe she’s running for office?
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Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz at The White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in Washington, April 26 - April 26 2008
Some more of the celebrities at the event here. I posted the happy couple separately
2008 White House Correspondents' Dinner, Washington Hilton Hotel (April 26, 2008) -FULL STREAMING VIDEO, President George W. Bush in his final appearance as President at the 94th annual White House Correspondents' Dinner. The President looked back at past correspondents' dinners. He finished by conducting the U.S. Marine Band in a medley of patriotic marches. Craig Ferguson the host of CBS' "Late Late Show." followed the Pesident. The Scottish-born Ferguson who became a U.S citizen in February, gave his perspective of the relationship between Government and the news media. Washington, DC. Running time is 42:12.RELATED:WHCA DINNER2006 White House Correspondents' Dinner - Stephen Colbert, Bush "Clone"Tags: President Bush and White House Correspondents' Dinner or Craig Ferguson
Jenny McCarthy, Lauren Conrad , Marcia Cross, Pamela Anderson - White House Correspondents Association dinner in Washington - April 26th 2008 (Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz posted separately here)
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The annual White House Press Correspondents Association Dinner is going on this weekend, and President Bush’s pad is about to get a lot cooler. Newly engaged Ashlee Simpson (whose new album came out this past Tuesday) and Pete Wentz were spotted walking hand-in-hand through the terminal at Dulles Airport yesterday looking...
For some odd reason, plastic surgery queen Heidi Montag was invited to the White House Correspondents gala. You would think she would be psyched about getting such a prestigious invitation, but sure enough her douchebag boyfriend Spencer Pratt went ahead and messed things up for her. MSNBC had invited Montag to be a guest at its table, "Then Spencer got involved as her manager," a source told Page Six. "He demanded first-class tickets for both him and Heidi - even though he wasn't invited."When MSNBC refused, Pratt canceled Montag's appearance, claiming "It wasn't 'A-listy' enough."Right, cause you and Heidi are sooooo A-List. Montag is slowly making her way up to the D-list but Spencer is definitely at the bottom of the Z-listers.A rep for MSNBC is now denying that Montag was ever invited
Press Briefing by Dana Perino FULL STREAMING VIDEO, running time 18:10 min, James S. Brady Press Briefing Room, Dana M. Perino Biography, 12:40 P.M. EDT. PODCAST OF THIS ARTICLEMS. PERINO: Hello, everyone. I don't have anything to start with, so we'll go straight to questions.Q Does the information that's being released today about North Korea and Syria help or hurt the administration's argument that North Korea is going to fully disclose its nuclear activities?MS. PERINO: As I said this morning, there are many things I'm not going to be able to comment on in today's briefing, which I know is very frustrating, not just for you but for me, too.Q I'm not talking about the information itself, but I'm talking about --MS. PERINO: But commenting on -- by answering that question I would be also
The Bush Administration does not agree with the housing package proposed by Democrats, arguing that it puts taxpayers at risk. From a CNNMoney story:A top housing official said Thursday that the Bush administration "strongly opposes" a Democratic housing rescue package, calling it a bailout that would expose taxpayers to excessive risk.Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Roy A. Bernardi also indicated that President Bush would veto a bill sending $15 billion to states for the purchase and rehabilitation of foreclosed properties.The comments, in separate letters to lawmakers, were the most forceful rejection yet by the Bush administration of Democrats' housing aid plans. And they were the clearest indication to date that the White House intends to put up a vigorous fight agai
Press Briefing by Dana Perino FULL STREAMING VIDEO, running time 11:23 min, James S. Brady Press Briefing Room, Dana M. Perino Biography, 12:45 P.M. EDT. PODCAST OF THIS ARTICLEMS. PERINO: Hello. Three announcements for you, and then I'll go to questions. Today, as you saw, with the concurrence of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Secretary Gates has recommended, and the President has approved and will nominate, General David Petraeus as the new Commander of Central Command. In addition, he will withdraw the nomination of Lieutenant General Ray Odierno to be the Army Vice Chief of Staff, and nominate him instead to return to Baghdad as the new Multi-National Force Iraq Commander, replacing General Petraeus. And finally, the President will also nominate Lieutenant General Peter Ch
It's been nearly a year since the Supreme Court decided Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., which held that the statute of limitations for a pay discrimination claim under Title VII begins to run when the pay-setting decision is made, and not when the employee learns of the discrimination. The Ledbetter decision set of a reactionary wave in Congress. Less than 2 months after Ledbetter, the House passed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007, which would amend Title VII, the ADEA, the ADA, and the Rehabilitation Act such that a discriminatory compensation decision occurs each time compensation is paid per that decision. In other words, each receipt of a paycheck would start a new statute of limitations running, regardless of when the actual discriminatory decision was made or impleme
The Bush administration reacted boldly to the news that wholesale prices increased by 1.1 percent last month, the second largest increase in 33 years.“Our economy is not experiencing inflation,” said chief economic spokesperson Buck Uberalles, “Like melting polar ice caps, our temporary economic downtown, and recent violence in Iraq, this is an anomalous spike that people are trying to turn into a crisis for political advantage.”Uberalles acknowledged that the inflation spike, however temporary, did require government action to alleviate any short-lived suffering.“Effective immediately,” he announced, “Supermarkets will begin passing out magnifying glasses and tweezers so that families will be able to more efficiently open increasingly downsized items like cereal boxes, candy
