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Obama dodges a ‘Christmas wars’ bullet
19 hours ago ago from GetReligion
Unless you have been on another planet for several decades, you have heard the phrase War on Christmas tossed about in the mainstream press and Fox News, too (cue: rim shot and cymbal). Well, imagine the outcry if the beleaguered White House cultural staff had carried through on the following idea for President Barack Obama's first Winter Solstice in the people's house. Please consider this an elaboration on that Pew Forum report (.pdf) ...
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15 hours ago ago from Take Five
The stars and CEOs from Hollywood and Broadway who were eager to descend on the Obama White House for the annual Kennedy Center Honors this past weekend found the place a lot frostier and less hospitable than during the Bush years. ...While President Bush in past years shook every celebrity hand and posed for photos with visitors at the White House reception, the Obamas remained aloof, fleeing to their box at the Kennedy Center. Stunned ...
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21 hours ago ago from Michelle Obama Watch
For everyone that is determined to make the security of the First Family and the White House the responsibility of a Social Secretary, this is for you. An internal Secret Service training document reveals 91 security breaches from 1980 to 2003. According to CNN.com Secret Service spokesman Edwin Donovan confirmed the existence of the internal report, which was first disclosed in the Washington Post on Monday. Donovan would not provide ...
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22 hours ago ago from Technology Liberation Front
The White House announces its open government plans today, live at 11:00 am Eastern , on Whitehouse.gov. But what about the president's promise to run his own White House more transparently? In a post on Cato@Liberty this morning , I look into a new development on the Sunlight Before Signing promise, which he has violated more than 100 times since taking office. At some point earlier this year, the White House began posting links on ...
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18 hours ago ago from Steve and Paula Runyan
Full article here ... The Times article continued: "The lunch conversation inevitably turned to whether the White House would display its crèche, customarily placed in a prominent spot in the East Room. Ms. Rogers, this participant said, replied that the Obamas did not intend to put the manger scene on display — a remark that drew an audible gasp from the tight-knit social secretary sisterhood. (A White House official confirmed that there ...
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Obama to propose using TARP for jobs creation
1 day ago ago from CNN Money
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Obama will propose using some of the $200 billion from the Troubled Asset Relief Program to support creating jobs, White House officials confirmed Monday. (See correction below.) The president, in an economic speech before the Brookings Institution on Tuesday, will argue that the money would be well spent by funding projects to build bridges and roads, weatherize homes, and provide other assistance for small ...
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8 hours ago ago from Washington Post - Politics
President Obama outlined a response to the nation's intensifying job crisis Tuesday that encourages businesses to hire new workers by easing the flow of credit and implementing a series of tax cuts, but leaves important details -- including the cost of the plan -- to be hashed out by Congress. This Story Obama's job-creation ideas build largely on elements of the $787 billion economic stimulus package ...
Related contentNick Jonas Discusses His 'Fascination With The President'
1 hour, 52 minutes ago ago from Rolling Stone
With a nickname like "Mr. President" and a band called the Administration , it's pretty easy to see that Nick Jonas feels some sort of connection to the world of politics. Plus, several of the songs from his side project's debut, Who I Am, reference the White House. So does Nick one day want to leave the entertainment business behind for Washington, D.C.? That might be looking too far into the future. "Not so much [fascinated] with ...
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23 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
(Photo credit: Barackandme.com ) The President is rightly proposing using government money to help hire more Americans. Back at his house, Obama should set an example for Congress by rehiring consumer advocates at the White House Office of Consumer Affairs who have been deposed since the G.W. Bush era. Every other Democratic president since President Kennedy has hired a Special Assistant for Consumer Affairs. Eleven months into his first ...
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