In his new book, Tom Ridge will say that members of the Bush administration pressured him to raise the terror alert level for political reasons. A former Bush White House communication director has resorted to name calling to refute the charge. “During the 2004 presidential campaign we were having a…

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Sen. Joe Lieberman caucuses with the Democrats but doesn’t seem anxious to find a solution for uninsured Americans. “And I’m afraid we’ve got to think about putting a lot of that off until the economy is out of recession. There’s no reason we have to do it all now,” Lieberman…

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Instead of discussing the weeks’ news Sunday, Chris Wallace devoted the first segment of “Fox News Sunday” to by trying to prove President Barack Obama’s administration was encouraging veterans to choose to die. “We’re going to do something different here today. Usually we discuss the news, but today we’re going…

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Sen. John McCain believes that President Barack Obama must drop his support for a public insurance option before Republicans will consider supporting reform. “I believe that one of the fundamentals for any agreement would be that the president abandon the government option,” McCain told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos. McCain went on…

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With the help of former WNBA star Sue Wicks, Rachel Maddow demonstrates the way Republicans are trying to change the rules of Congress with the threat of filibuster to keep health care reform from passing. Former DNC chair, Dr. Howard Dean offers further analysis. This video is from MSNBC’s The…

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Veteran White House correspondent Helen Thomas just wants the CIA to “stop the killing.” Thomas asked White House press secretary Robert Gibbs if President Barack Obama planned to put an end to contracts with the firm formally known as Blackwater. The New York Times recently reported that Blackwater had been…

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Jon Stewart went head to head with an insurance industry insider that is attempting to kill President Barack Obama’s efforts at health care reform. Betsy McCaughey is the former Lt. Governor of New York and is partly responsible for the downfall of President Bill Clinton’s health care reform. Her 1994…

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Msnbc’s Rachel Maddow points out the disingenuousness of Karl Rove’s demand of an apology from the media. This video is from MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show, broadcast Aug. 20, 2009. Download video via RawReplay.com…

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According to the Washington Post, Blackwater received millions of dollars to train CIA teams in simulated kidnappings. Author Jeremey Scahill comments on the assassination outsourcing. This video is from MSNBC’s Countdown, broadcast Aug. 20, 2009. Download video via RawReplay.com…

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Former White House counsel John Dean joins Countdown’s Keith Olbermann to discuss the implications of Tom Ridge’s assertion that Bush administration officials pressured him into raising the terror threat level from yellow to orange on the eve of the 2004 presidential election. This video is from MSNBC’s Countdown, broadcast Aug.…

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