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Faiz Shakir / Think Progress:
Cheney's Excuse For Economic Failures Under His Watch: ‘Stuff Happens’ — During an interview with Dick Cheney this morning, CNN host John King asked the former vice president why “we should listen to you” for economic advice. To make his case, King noted the following statistical changes …
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Cheney says Obama reversals risk new terror attacks — WASHINGTON (CNN) — The Obama administration has endangered Americans and opened the country to further attack by reversing Bush administration anti-terrorism policies such as harsh interrogations of suspects, former Vice President Dick Cheney said Sunday.
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Cheney says Obama endangers U.S. — Asked Sunday on CNN if President Obama's policies are making the U.S. less safe, former Vice President Dick Cheney said: “Yes.” — Looking slimmer and relaxed, Cheney told John King on “State of the Union” that Bush administration policies on detention …
Ali Frick / Think Progress:
Cheney fearmongers: Obama is ‘making some choices’ that ‘raise the risk...of another attack.’ — Weeks after President Obama was inaugurated, former Vice President Cheney warned that Obama's policy promises — including closing the Guantanamo Bay prison and ending torture — would lead to a nuclear attack on U.S. soil.
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New York Times:
Administration Is Open to Taxing Health Benefits — WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is signaling to Congress that the president could support taxing some employee health benefits, as several influential lawmakers and many economists favor, to help pay for overhauling the health care system.
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Jennifer Parker / George's Bottom Line:
Summers: AIG Bonus Bombshell ‘Outrageous’ — President Barack Obama's top economics adviser, Lawrence Summers, said that insurance giant American International Group's plan to award senior executives hundreds of millions of dollars in bonuses and retention pay is “outrageous.”
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New York Times:
A.I.G. Planning $100 Million in Bonuses After Huge Bailout — WASHINGTON — Despite being bailed out with more than $170 billion from the Treasury and Federal Reserve, the American International Group is preparing to pay about $100 million in bonuses to executives in the same business unit …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
AIG, BEGONE! — I've written been highly critical of the government bailout of AIG.
AIG, BEGONE! — I've written been highly critical of the government bailout of AIG.
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New York Post:
WITH REPUBLICAN FRIENDS LIKE THESE ... THE MEDIA LOVES CONSERVATIVES, BUT ONLY IF THEY HATE REPUBLICANS — Dear Mainstream Media: — I'm a conservative who believes that other conservatives are fat, drug-stuffed, money-grubbing warthogs like Rush Limbaugh, or scary inbred backwoods retards like Sarah Palin.
BBC:
Pakistan ex-PM ignores ‘arrest’ — Pakistan opposition leader Nawaz Sharif has defied an apparent house arrest order to head for a protest in Lahore. — Describing the order - denied by the government - as “illegal” he left his Lahore home urging people to join him.
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Ronald D. Rotunda / Chicago Tribune:
Some strings attached — Is the stimulus law constitutional? — Last month, Congress enacted the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, popularly called “the stimulus plan.” It gives billions of dollars to the states, but the gift has strings attached. One of its unique provisions changes state constitutions!
James Forsyth / Spectator:
Petraeus Planning 2010 Visit To Iowa — “THE WEEKLY STANDARD has learned that General Petraeus is planning on delivering the commencement address at the University of Iowa in 2010.” — So reports Michael Goldfarb, late of the McCain campaign, on the magazine's blog.
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS NOT DUE.... Wall Street had a nice little rally this week, but former White House Press Secretary Dana Perino hopes President Obama doesn't get too much credit. … I see. Just so we're clear, here's a helpful guide to the rules of market watching, as they relate to partisan politics:
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Walter Pincus / Washington Post:
Mideast Publications Question Obama Over Top Intelligence Pick's Withdrawal — Top Intelligence Pick's Pullout Blamed on ‘Pro-Israel Hawks’ — The Middle East press has questioned President Obama's authority over Arab-Israeli issues since Charles W. Freeman Jr.'s withdrawal from his appointment to a senior intelligence position.
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Monique / HotMES:
Start smoking: It just may save a child's life! — I do realize that most people don't smoke and so they ignore all of the attacks on smokers. It's not you, and you hate those pesky smokers, anyway. They're always polluting your lungs! — I'm a smoker, I guess.
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Post-Rush: Obama's message war — Featured Topics: - Barack Obama - Presidential Transition — Beginning Sunday, the White House will harness every part of the Democratic Party's machinery to defend President Obama's budget and portray Republicans as reflexively political, according to party strategists.
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