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Washington Post:
White House Adviser Van Jones Resigns Amid Controversy Over Past Activism — White House environmental adviser Van Jones resigned Saturday after weeks of controversy stemming from his past activism. — “On the eve of historic fights for health care and clean energy, opponents of reform …
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Scott / Power Line:
Van Jones's first take on 9/11 — When Obama administration green jobs commissar Van Jones signed on to the Truther statement in 2004, he was concerned that 9/11 might have been an inside job perpetrated by the Bush administration. In the immediate aftermath of 9/11, on September 13, 2001, however, Jones had a different explanation.
Fox News:
Obama ‘Green Jobs’ Adviser Van Jones Resigns Amid Controversy — Van Jones, an administration official specializing in environmentally friendly “green jobs,” has been linked to efforts suggesting a government role in the Sept. 11 terror attacks and to derogatory comments about Republicans.
Think Progress:
Van Jones Resigns — The AP reports that after weeks of constant attacks by the right wing, Van Jones has resigned as Special Advisor for Green Jobs at the Council on Environmental Quality. Below is the letter he sent to chair Nancy Sutley: … On July 23rd, Glenn Beck began his crusade …
Will Lester / Associated Press:
Obama ‘green jobs’ adviser quits amid controversy — WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's adviser Van Jones has resigned amid controversy over past inflammatory statements, the White House said early Sunday. — Jones, an administration official specializing in environmentally friendly …
NBC Washington:
Obama Aide Van Jones Resigns After GOP Attacks — President Obama's environmental adviser Van Jones resigned from his post late Saturday evening after he came under fire for a series of inflammatory statements he made about Republicans, the White House said early Sunday morning.
John / Power Line:
Lights Out for Van Jones — This has to be the last straw: Verum Serum has found that in addition to has other unsavory activities, Van Jones has a past as a record producer. That's right; his “civil rights” group, the Ella Baker Center, produced a handful of CDs between 2002 and 2006.
Anne Bayefsky / National Review:
Obama's UN Gambit: King of the Universe and the Polls — Looking for a quick and easy boost in the polls, President Obama has decided to go to the one place where merit bears no relationship to adulation: the United Nations. On September 24, the president will take the unprecedented step …
Glenn Thrush / The Politico:
Pelosi loath to drop hammer on Rangel — Why is House Speaker Nancy Pelosi refusing a growing chorus of calls to drop the hammer on ethics-challenged Charlie Rangel? — Because, at the moment, doing nothing creates a lot less trouble for Pelosi than doing anything, current and former House aides tell POLITICO.
Tim Rutten / Los Angeles Times:
Calls to boycott Obama's speech to kids offer a disturbing lesson in paranoia — Those who are whipping up hysteria over the president's address are playing a dangerous game with an unhinged segment of public opinion. — While it long ago crossed the borders of reason and civility …
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Obama theme: incompetence? — Mark Tapscott picks up the thread of yesterday's Obamateurism and follows it back through the first seven months of the Barack Obama presidency. The failure to check with school districts on start dates before scheduling a national address to “schoochildren” …
Jenny Anderson / New York Times:
Wall Street Pursues Profit in Bundles of Life Insurance — After the mortgage business imploded last year, Wall Street investment banks began searching for another big idea to make money. They think they may have found one. — The bankers plan to buy “life settlements,” …
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The Politico:
What Obama will say in his address — President Barack Obama plans to reach out to Republicans and reassure — rather than confront — his liberal supporters when he addresses an extraordinary joint session of Congress at 8 p.m. ET Wednesday. — But he will warn lawmakers against seeking …
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Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times:
The Afghanistan Abyss — President Obama has already dispatched an additional 21,000 American troops to Afghanistan and soon will decide whether to send thousands more. That would be a fateful decision for his presidency, and a group of former intelligence officials and other experts …
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Republicans Against Medicare — I knew that despite their recent posturing as the Party of Medicare, most Republicans actually hate Medicare. But I hadn't realized they'd gone on record with this so recently: … Of course to pile ironies onto ironies, providing subsidies to help people enroll in …
Barbarossa / The Jawa Report:
Three Ohio Democrats asked about paying for Obamacare, all walk away — Just in time for Labor Day weekend we bring you this blockbuster video taken by Jawa operative “hourglass” Wednesday evening at an Obamacare rally at the Ohio Expo Center featuring hundreds of Democratic party operatives and union mafia goons.
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