Inside the Iran Bamboozle
At the moment the president and his advisors are trying to explain how the president went on hyping the Iran nuclear weapons program for months after he got the word it had been shut down. So far the explanations have been pretty weak. Missed the on-camera bamboozling from Bush and his national security advisor? See it right now in today's episode of TPMtv.
The US sanctions against Iran have reached a new level: halting of humanitarian aid through the World Bank.
The World Bank, newly caught up in the Bush administration’s campaign against Iran, has had to suspend payments for earthquake relief, sanitation and other projects there in response to new American sanctions on leading Iranian banks, World Bank officials say.
These new sanctions are announced as French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German chancellor Angela Merkel prepare for their...
Apparently I was born into the wrong family. My whole life, I've dreamed of being President, and just when I thought that my big problem was that I'm not 35 yet, I learn that my future has nothing to do with age: there are just no Smiths in the White House. Clintons, sure. Bushes, of course. Kennedy, Cabot, Hodge, Roosevelt, even someone called Frelinghuysens... just no Smiths. That's not even because they know us and therefore know better, but rather, my parents did a lousy job of marrying into the...
Is Bush about to have another recess appointment? Back in July, Bush's Surgeon General nominee James Holsinger appeared in front of the Senate. Three months later, the committee is still waiting for his questionnaire with a due date of August 10. In case you missed the controversy surrounding this nomination, Think Progress did a summary:
- Holsinger founded Hope Springs Community Church, which “ministers to people who no longer wish to be gay or lesbian.” Holsinger said that he sees...
It was 2006, and the first-ever YearlyKos was just getting underway. The annual circus of liberal wonk was punctuated by a steady round of panels, and at one of them, David “Mudcat” Saunders was asked to speak about the role the Democratic Party will play way down south in Dixie.
He’s a longtime political consultant, credited with Mark Warner’s successful rise to power as the Democratic Governor of Virginia in 2001, and he’s working on the Edwards campaign this cycle. It’s the world of punditry,...
A Chat with Dr. Barnett Rubin, Part II
How are things going in Afghanistan? Have we botched things so badly that the Taliban are about to take over again? And since al Qaeda, the Taliban and nuclear weapons are all in Pakistan, what happens if Pervez Musharraf falls from power? We asked each of those questions to renowned Afghanistan expert Dr. Barnett Rubin in today's episode of TPMtv.
TPMtv: A Chat with John Edwards, Part II
On Friday September 7, John Edwards delivered a major policy address at Pace University in New York City on combating terrorism and the war in Iraq. TPMtv caught up with the 2008 Democratic presidential candidate following his speech and talked to him about how soon he would drawn down US troops in Iraq, what he thinks of the Petraeus progress report, and how he has evolved as a presidential candidate. Yesterday we showed you part I of our interview. Today we...
A Chat with John Edwards, Part I
On Friday September 7, John Edwards delivered a major policy address at Pace University in New York City on combating terrorism and the war in Iraq. TPMtv caught up with the 2008 presidential candidate following his speech and talked to him about the "global war on terror" slogan, his new international anti-terrorism initiative, and what he would do if America found terrorists inside Pakistan. Today we bring you part I of our interview. Stay tuned tomorrow for part II.
Dick Cheney: Lying Liars Edition
Vice President Dick Cheney was interviewed by Larry King last night, so TPMtv did its best to point out a few of the more questionable assertions made by the Vice President.
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