Jon Stewart host a mock roast starring the cast of Timothy Geithner’s Senate confirmation hearing. This video is from Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, broadcast Jan. 29, 2009. Download video via RawReplay.com…
John Yoo, a former member of the Justice Department who wrote the first rationalization that torture is legal, said in the Wall Street Journal that the United States must torture people and referred to it as the “Bush system.” Keith Olbermann explains in “Still Bushed” segment. This video is from…
Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., talked with Keith Olberamann about Karl Rove’s refusal to testify before the House Judiciary Committee on the claim that he is protected by executive privilege given to him by President George Bush. This video is from MSNBC’s Countdown, broadcast Jan. 29, 2009. Download video via RawReplay.com…
President Obama expressed outrage at Wall Street firms who paid out big bonuses as they were asking for a bailout from taxpayers. Obama called the bonuses “the height of irresponsibility” and “shameful.” Obama was speaking to reporters after meeting Treasury Secretary Geithner. This video is from CNN’s Newsroom, broadcast Jan.…
Speaking at his Illinois senate impeachment trial, Gov. Rod Blagojevich said that if he was being impeached then Sens. Ted Kennedy, John McCain and President Obama’s Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, should also be fired. RAW STORY has more details here. This video is from CNN.com, broadcast Jan. 29, 2009.…
Condoleeza Rice told hosts of ABC’s The View that she was angry by charges that President Bush didn’t help victims of Katrina because they were black. “What really did make me angry was the implication that some people made that somehow President Bush allowed this to happen because these people…
Bill O’Reilly told Karl Rove that he could hide from a Congressional subpoena at Fox News. “If you need a place to hide out, we have it here at the Factor. We have all kinds of tunnels and places we can put you,” O’Reilly said. This video is from Fox’s…
President Obama sign his first bill into law. The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act fixes a Supreme Court ruling that limit the amount of time an employee can sue for pay discrimination. This video is from CNN.com, broadcast Jan. 29, 2009. Download video via RawReplay.com…
The House of Representatives has passed the latest stimulus plan, but no Republicans voted in favor of the bill. What happened to President Obama’s vow of bi-partisanship? Rachel Maddow is joined by Rep. Pete DeFazio, D-OR. This video is from MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show, broadcast Jan. 28, 2009. Download…
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told CNN’s Suzanne Malveaux that he hopes relations with the Muslim world will not be derailed by allegations that a CIA officer drugged and raped two Muslim women in Algeria. Gibbs said that these kinds of things are not going to be tolerated by…