Friday, August 27, 2010

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Tea Party rally at site of famed King speech raises hackles (AFP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 08:24 AM PDT

Workers assemble the stage and backdrops for Saturday's AFP - Plans by the conservative Tea Party movement for a huge weekend rally at the site and on the anniversary of Martin Luther King's historic "I Have a Dream" speech have drawn fire from the civil rights movement.

Harsh ads fly in tight Nevada US Senate race (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 04:39 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 18, 2010 file photo, Nevada Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle holds a meet and greet at a home in Pahrump, Nev. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken, File)AP - Rape. Scientology. Greedy bankers. Armed militias. A love story gone wrong.

Obama to commemorate Katrina on 5th anniversary (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 02:34 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 28, 2010 file photo, President Barack Obama, accompanied by Plaquemines Parish Billy Nungesser, center, and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, gets a briefing on the oil spill at the U.S. Coast Guard Station in Grand Isle, La. For months, the U.S. government talked with a boot-on-the-neck toughness about BP, with the president wondering aloud about whose butt to kick. But privately, it worked hand-in-hand with the oil giant to cap the runaway Gulf well and chose to effectively be the company's banker — allowing future drilling revenues to potentially be used as collateral for a victim compensation fund. Now, with a new round of investigative hearings set to begin Monday on BP's home turf and the disaster largely off the front pages, there's worry BP PLC could get a slap on the wrist from its behind-the-scenes partner. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)AP - President Barack Obama will use the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina to reaffirm his commitment to the Gulf Coast amid lingering questions over his administration's response to the BP oil spill.

Under attack, Obama holds cards on Afghan pullout date (AFP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 09:06 AM PDT

An Afghan policeman (C) frisks a man as US soldiers from 4th Infantry Division 4 Brigade Alpha Company look on at Khogiani in Langarhar in February 2010. Faced with mounting criticism over Afghanistan, US President Barack Obama is leaving a persistent -- and, some say, strategic -- ambiguity about a July 2011 goal to start withdrawing troops.(AFP/File/Kim Jae-Hwan)AFP - Faced with mounting criticism over Afghanistan, US President Barack Obama is leaving a persistent -- and, some say, strategic -- ambiguity about a July 2011 goal to start withdrawing troops.

How Ken Mehlman’s ‘open secret’ stayed hidden (The Upshot)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 11:13 AM PDT

The Upshot - Ken Mehlman says he only recently concluded that he's gay. The media seems to have reached that conclusion years ago. The Washington Post's Howard Kurtz is one of several journalists to quickly follow up on Mehlman's announcement Wednesday by saying it's been an "open secret" in Washington for years. "This is no longer really a [...]

Washington Post WH reporter heads to NY Times (The Upshot)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 01:34 PM PDT

The Upshot - The White House press corps may look a bit different when President Obama returns from Martha's Vineyard, with a couple of changes in the past two days. Michael Shear, a White House reporter for the Washington Post, is joining the New York Times, according to sources with knowledge of the move. Shear leaves the Post [...]

Former President Jimmy Carter and jailed American land in Boston (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 02:49 PM PDT

Former President Jimmy Carter gives a thumbs up as he walks into a terminal with Aijalon Mahli Gomes in Boston, Massachusetts, August 27, 2010. REUTERS/Adam HungerReuters - Former President Jimmy Carter and an American who had been jailed after crossing into North Korea landed at Boston's Logan International Airport on Friday after the reclusive state released the prisoner.

Muslims, Jews still like Obama as his approval rating slips (AFP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 11:01 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama smiles as he speaks at Ford Motor Company Chicago Assembly Plant in Chicago, Illinois, on August 5. Muslims and Jews in the United States remain among the most ardent supporters of Obama, whose overall job approval ratings have been falling sharply, a Gallup poll showed Friday.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)AFP - Muslims and Jews in the United States remain among the most ardent supporters of President Barack Obama, whose overall job approval ratings have been falling sharply, a Gallup poll showed Friday.

Christie fires education secretary (Politico)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 01:49 PM PDT

Politico - A day after blaming W.H., the governor sacks official for not fixing clerical error that cost state millions.

Obama, Bloomberg talk shop, tee it up (Politico)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 11:18 AM PDT

Politico - POTUS and the mayor mix business with pleasure as Obama's vacation nears its end.

DC's 'truth, honor' rally tests Glenn Beck's power (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 02:10 PM PDT

** IMAGE IN REAR IS NOT OF NEIL ARMSTRONG ** Glenn Beck, right, waves to supporters at the site of the Restoring Honor rally by the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, on Friday, Aug. 27, 2010. The rally will take place on Saturday. Image in the rear is an artist rendition of Astronaut Buzz Aldrin from the Apollo 11 mission to the moon. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - Glenn Beck, the man behind Saturday's rally at the site of Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech, has built an empire around his own voice that grew exponentially with his move to Fox News Channel and President Barack Obama's election to the White House.

US pulls diplomats' children from Monterrey (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 11:57 AM PDT

AP - The State Department is telling U.S. diplomats in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey to remove their children from the area after a shoot-out in front of an American school there and growing threats of kidnapping.

Trial wrapping up for Croat generals (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 04:45 AM PDT

FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2005 file photo former Croatian General Ante Gotovina, right, enters the courtroom for his initial appearance at the courtroom of the Yugoslav War Crimes tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands. In 1995, Gotovina commanded troops involved in one of the most important battles of the Balkans wars, the lightning offensive to seize back the Croatia's Krajina region annexed by rebel Serbs, which Croats celebrate as Operation Storm. With his trial shortly coming to a close, prosecutors argue the four-day blitz was a textbook example of ethnic cleansing, while lawyers for the three generals insist it was a legitimate military campaign that adhered to the laws of war. The verdict, expected later this year, will be a milestone event in the Balkans. For Gotovina, 54, the outcome will mean either a hero's welcome home or decades in prison. (AP Photo/Ed Oudenaarden, Pool, File)AP - To fellow Croatians he's a war hero. For Serbs he's a criminal who lent tacit support to ethnic cleansing. Of one thing there's little doubt: Gen. Ante Gotovina has led a life on the edge.

2 more plead guilty in Obama student loan case (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 03:01 PM PDT

AP - Two more people accused of illegally viewing President Barack Obama's student loan records have pleaded guilty.

MSNBC SWEARS TO ALLAH THAT OBAMA'S NOT A MUSLIM (Ann Coulter)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 02:38 PM PDT

Ann Coulter - MSNBC's Monday programming was dedicated to denouncing Sen. Mitch McConnell's response to a question about whether Obama is a Muslim.

Internal Polls: Spratt's in Trouble, Or Not (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 01:06 PM PDT

CQPolitics.com - Lake Wylie, S.C. - Two days after House Budget Committee Chairman John Spratt (D) headlined a dinner for the Lake North Democratic Forum at the River Hills Country Club, state Sen. Mick Mulvaney (R) was in the same dining room offering an update on the state of the race to a luncheon hosted by a group of local Republican women.

A quarter of Katrina aid money still unspent (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 08:01 AM PDT

The remains of the Brittany Court Condominiums, destroyed in Hurricane Katrina, are seen five years after the storm, in the New Orleans East section of New Orleans, Sunday, Aug. 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)McClatchy Newspapers - BILOXI, Miss. — More than a quarter of the $20 billion in Housing and Urban Development relief funds that were earmarked for Gulf Coast states after Hurricane Katrina remains unspent five years after the storm, a fact noticed by at least one congressional leader who's eager to spend it elsewhere.

Democrats for Optimism (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 10:44 AM PDT

CQPolitics.com - Maryland Rep. Chris Van Hollen, the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, is confident Democrats will retain the majority in Congress on Nov. 2, despite the GOP's optimism about their party's prospects.
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