Friday's Mini-Report
washingtonmonthly.com 10/17/2008 — FRIDAY'S MINI-REPORT.... Today's edition of quick hits: * The Dow "only" lost 127 points today, following the release of new numbers showing a sharp fall in home construction in September. * The Bush administration and the Maliki government appear to...

Monday's Mini-Report
washingtonmonthly.com 3/2/2009 — MONDAY'S MINI-REPORT.... Today's edition of quick hits: * Let's just say it was an unpleasant day on Wall Street. * AIG gets another $30 billion. (If you missed it, Joe Nocera had a terrific piece over the weekend explaining the...

Monday's Mini-Report
washingtonmonthly.com 4/27/2009 — MONDAY'S MINI-REPORT.... Today's edition of quick hits: * The World Health Organization has issued a phase 4 alert on the swine flu. * There are now a 73 confirmed cases of swine flu worldwide, including 40 in the United States,...

Thursday's Mini-Report
washingtonmonthly.com 2/20/2009 — THURSDAY'S MINI-REPORT.... Today's edition of quick hits: * The Dow Jones closed down at its lowest level in six years. * Disaster averted in California. * The FBI tracked down R. Allen Stanford in Virginia today, and "served him with...

"I saw it on Fox": Dozens of articles on local tea parties report Fox News had a hand in them
mediamatters.org 4/16/2009 — As Media Matters for America has documented , Fox News aggressively promoted the April 15 " FNC Tax Day Tea Parties" and encouraged viewers to get involved with tea party protests across the country. During the lead-up to the April 15 protests, ...

Wednesday's Mini-Report
washingtonmonthly.com 3/19/2009 — WEDNESDAY'S MINI-REPORT.... Today's edition of quick hits: * More from the Fed: "Saying that the recession continues to deepen, the Federal Reserve announced Wednesday that it would pump an extra $1 trillion into the mortgage market and longer-term ...

Tuesday's Mini-Report
washingtonmonthly.com 11/19/2008 — TUESDAY'S MINI-REPORT.... Today's edition of quick hits: * Nice to see a positive day on Wall Street for a change. * Execs from the U.S. auto manufacturers were on the Hill today, with hat in hand. They got an earful...

Monday's Mini-Report
washingtonmonthly.com 12/23/2008 — MONDAY'S MINI-REPORT.... Today's edition of quick hits: * Toyota announced this morning that it expects to post its first annual operating loss in more than 70 years. U.S. markets did not respond well to the news, and finished down again....

Media Matters: Fox News is throwing a party!
mediamatters.org 4/12/2009 — This week's top story Fox News is throwing a party! This week, Media Matters for America released a damning new report that documents in startling detail how Fox News has been promoting anti-Obama "tea party" protests across the country ...

Limbaugh wins again as another GOP congressman backtracks | Midwest Voices
voices.kansascity.com 4/22/2009 — By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist Rush Limbaugh wins again! Just last week, I wrote that Kansas Congressman Todd Tiahrt had been asked at a Kansas City Star Editorial Board meeting whether Limbaugh was the de facto ...

Eric Cantor Is Plotting the GOP's Comeback (U.S. News & World Report) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 4/16/2009
U.S. News & World Report - The shorthand on House Republican Eric Cantor: He's Jewish, southern, a fundraising dynamo--and ambitious. Cantor was elected to the No. 2 spot in the House GOP leadership late last year, signifying a meteoric ascent for ...

3 Lawmakers Report Drop in Donations After Lobby Firm Closes — Wash Post In Congress 4/17/2009
Three senior House Democrats revealed sharp declines in donations for the first quarter of 2009 after the shuttering of a lobbying firm that in previous election cycles helped steer millions of dollars in donations to their political committees from ...

Rep. Jane Harman denies wiretap report — L.A. Times - Politics 4/21/2009
The congresswoman from Venice says she didn't lobby the Justice Department on an espionage case, as reported by Congressional Quarterly. > Rep. Jane Harman ...