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Sunday Roundup

– Stephen Colbert and Anderson Cooper are now BFFs. Matching gold Mizpah necklaces to follow. – NPR’s style guide disallows the term “abortion clinics.” Something that sounds less baby-murdery is preferred. The subject of Schumacher-Matos’s ombudsing was a story by

Anatomy of a White(House)Wash

In a piece on Politico, liberal standard bearer Sally Kohn posted her response to the growing Solyndra scandal, in which the Obama White House aggressively pushed through $535 million in loans to a company that was not financially sound, nor

The Cheat Sheet, September 16

A Politico item suggesting Obama’s Chief of Staff, Bill Daley, may not be up to the job is getting a good deal of buzz. Earlier yesterday, it was an item by James Carville suggesting some administration heads need to start

The Cheat Sheet, September 15

Obama’s new AttackWatch site has been getting a good deal of media attention. Unfortunately, it’s the wrong kind. As Ace of Spades blog points out, major media outlets are pronouncing it the laughing stock of the Internet. As much as

September 11th Roundup

– Party hostess Sally Quinn: However, I will pray this Sunday. I will pray that we as Americans, Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus, Atheists, Agnostics and others can come together to end prejudice, discrimination and hatred. Violence is not more a

How Will the Markets React to Obama's Jobs Speech?

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets090911.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss Barack Obama’s jobs speech, the chances of his proposal passing Congress and

The Obama Hypocrisy on "New Tone"

Barack Obama is nothing less than a hypocrite on his admonitions over public discourse and the latest example of this truth lies in his refusal to condemn the violence-tinged language of Teamsters president Jimmy Hoffa not to mention his similar

Maxine Waters to Obama: Treat Blacks Like Iowans

From Politico: Just hours before President Barack Obama addresses a joint session of Congress on his jobs plan, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) is demanding the nation’s first African-American president prove he cares as much about unemployed blacks as he does

Thursday Roundup: Barbie Couric

– Katie Pavlich: Hi Katie Couric. Barbie wants her logo back. – Yahoo chief sacked after a rough three years. – Oh my. MSNBC expanding their “Lean Forward” campaign, adding dayside anchors for double the fail. Ads include Chuck Todd

MSNBC Trots Out The Token Hispanic Reporter

The GOP Presidential Debate hosted by NBC and Politico at the Reagan Library should be the last time Republicans agree to a debate run by anyone remotely associated with MSNBC. When Brian Williams and John Harris weren’t rephrasing far left

MSNBC Runs SEIU Attack Ad on Republicans During GOP Debate

A commercial break during the GOP Presidential Debate on MSNBC featured a highly partisan attack against Republicans by President Obama’s single largest supporter, the SEIU labor union. The ad focused on jobs, which is ironic considering the candidates kept trying

GOP Debate Open Thread

Tonight, 8 candidates for the GOP nomination will gather at the Reagan Library for the NBC/Politico debate. While there have been other debates and forums, this has the feel of the first “official” one, possibly because it falls right after

Cliché-Based Foreign Policy

US Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, kicked up a political storm this week. On Tuesday, Ros-Lehtinen introduced the United Nations Transparency, Accountability and Reform Act. If passed into law it would place stringent restrictions

NPR Falsely Claims Bachmann, Perry Hostile to Science

This morning, Andrea Seabrook of National Public Radio cast Republican presidential candidates Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry as “against science.” Seabrook’s report cites their support for creationism being taught alongside evolution in schools, and their skepticism about anthropogenic global warming,