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Friday Talking Points [56] -- Turkeys Everywhere!

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

While today is not officially Turkey Day, I will warn you in advance that it's going to be a theme running through today's column, like gravy through ...

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The Subversion of Irreversibility: Bush's Final Assault on Endangered Species

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

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Jeff Schweitzer

Plants and animals currently protected by law from the impacts of dams, highways and other large-scale projects will no longer be if Bush has his way on his way out.

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Bush Signs Extension For Jobless Benefits

AP | MARCY GORDON | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Federal regulators will guarantee as much as $1.4 trillion in U.S. banks' debt in a bid to get the distressed financial system pump...

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Passing the Torch

Jeff Danziger | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics

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Jeff Danziger

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Midnight Regulations: The Bush Administration's Final Right-Wing Tweaks

ProPublica | Joaquin Sapien and Jesse Nankin | Posted 11.20.2008 | Green

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Here is a rundown of rules and regulations that the Bush administration is pushing through the rulemaking process in its waning days. We will update t...

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Holder Could Be GOP Target

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Eric Holder's sterling credentials are one thing, but politics is another. A political appointment to a top spot is generally a pro forma affair; it may be anything but that with Holder.

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Reading The Pictures: Obama's Art Of War

Michael Shaw | Posted 11.19.2008 | Media

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Michael Shaw

2008-11-19-lieberman.jpg Now that the Obama era is underway, consider this the first illustration (and casualty) of the new art of war.

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236.com: President Bush Is Making Laws Faster Than President-Elect Obama Can Promise To Rescind Them

236.com | Posted 11.18.2008 | Politics

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President Bush is pushing through a ruling that will make it more difficult for women to get contraceptives. The loosening of restrictions makes it ea...

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Memo To Right-Wing: Withdrawal Timetable Now Doubleplusgood

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

I'm on a lot of strange press lists, so I get a lot of strange press releases, but this is the first time I've ever gotten one from another dimension, I have to admit.

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Bush Skipping O'Hare Runway Debut

Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz | Posted 11.17.2008 | Chicago

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It looks like George W. Bush will not be stopping by Barack Obama's hometown later this week, after all. City officials had been really, really, real...

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The New World Economy

Zachary Karabell | Posted 11.17.2008 | Business

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Zachary Karabell

The financial balance of power is shifting. China, Brazil, even Japan can all claim more sound economies than the United States. They expect a voice, and they are not asking permission.

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Obama Should Take a Hard Look at Bush's Terrorism Executive Orders

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

A start and end point should be the 31 Bush executive orders that deal with Iraq and the terrorism war.

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Lament for G20 Failure to Help People Worst Hit by Crisis

Kumi Naidoo | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics

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Kumi Naidoo

The G20 has failed to consider the plight of the people who have been least responsible for this global financial crisis but who are suffering the most, men women and children in developing countries.

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Friday Talking Points [55] -- "Bretton Woods II"? Not Quite.

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

I have to begin here today by stomping all over a cutesy term the media has come up with for the upcoming economic "summit" George W. Bush is holding ...

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The Bush Legacy: Haunted By Mistakes

Markus Ziener | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics

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Markus Ziener

Bush's presidency may someday be seen in a milder light, because in the last two years of his administration, he was able to pull off an inconspicuous, but in many ways fundamental, change of course.

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Wild Horses Heading to the Gallows as Cowboy Prez Exits

Deanne Stillman | Posted 11.11.2008 | Green

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Deanne Stillman

The Bureau of Land Management -- tasked with overseeing the country's mustang populations -- recommends euthanasia as a tool in handling wild horse populations.

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Jason Linkins

Laura Bush Having Greater Success Than George Shopping Memoir

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.11.2008 | Politics

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President Bush's plans to pen a memoir of his time in office may have been curtailed, but he's not going to be able to take comfort in the fact that a...

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Washington Overreacts

Alan Schram | Posted 11.10.2008 | Business

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Alan Schram

Have you noticed our politicians so often do exactly the wrong thing? They mean well, but in their haste to propitiate us, the voters, they cause more damage than good.

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Obama and the End of Social Security Privatization

Mark Miller | Posted 11.05.2008 | Business

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Mark Miller

President-elect Obama made clear during the campaign that he flat-out opposes privatization of any kind, and the Congress won't go there, either. So, what type of solution will emerge?

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Expat No More? Proud to be an American Abroad

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics

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Vivian Norris de Montaigu

This election was an international one, and we Americans have sent a strong message to the entire planet that we not only want change, but that we can and have taken back our country.

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President Obama: Israel Is Ready for You

Yoav Sivan | Posted 11.04.2008 | Politics

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Yoav Sivan

After eight years of failed American policy in the Middle East, President Obama has the chance to reassert constructive American leadership in one of the most complex geopolitical regions of the world.

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In Paris, Obama May Be The Only Antidote to W-Induced Shame

Jessica Roy | Posted 11.04.2008 | Politics

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Jessica Roy

One of the first things French people ask me after I tell them I am American is if I am voting for Obama. One guy actually tried to buy the Obama shirt I picked up at the DNC right off my back.

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Bush Defeats McCain

Jeff Danziger | Posted 11.04.2008 | Politics

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Jeff Danziger

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The New Know Nothings

Larry Beinhart | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics

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Larry Beinhart

The Republican Party likes to remember Abraham Lincoln. And so they should. It's a nice memory and brings credit to them. But there is another strand that runs through their history.

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My Review of my own version of "W," as dreamt by me, in trailer form

Joshuah Bearman | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics

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Joshuah Bearman

OK, so this might be a little weird, but I'm sharing it anyhow. A little while ago I dreamt my own version of Oliver Stone's "W." But here's the even ...

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