Submit a Story!
Votes
topics:

vote down flag
iht.com - 11/19/2008
Last-minute Bush abortion ruling causes furor - International Herald Tribune
—
WASHINGTON : A last-minute Bush administration plan to grant sweeping new protections to health care providers who oppose abortion and other procedures on religious or moral grounds has provoked a torrent of objections, including a strenuous protest from the government agency that enforces ...
iht.com - 11/25/2008
Brennan out of running for top intel post - International Herald Tribune
— iht.com — WASHINGTON : John Brennan, President-elect Barack Obama's top adviser on intelligence, took his name out of the... running Tuesday for any intelligence position in the new administration. Brennan wrote in a Nov. 25 letter to Obama that he did not want to ... (more) Brennan out of running for top intel post - ...

Comments vote down TalkLeft found this 11/25/2008found this
iht.com - 11/20/2008
Who's in the running for Obama administration jobs - International Herald Tribune
— iht.com — It's Washington's favorite parlor game during a presidential transition: trying to figure out who'll land a top... spot in the new administration. President-elect Barack Obama is weighing an array of Washington insiders and outsiders, including some ... (more) Who's in the running for Obama administration jobs ...

Comments vote down Swampland found this 11/20/2008found this
politico.com - 11/21/2008
POLITICO 44 | The next president. Minute by Minute
— politico.com — Breaking: President-elect Obama is expected to name New York Federal Reserve President Timothy Geithner as Treasury Secretary... on Monday or earlier. Obama is also expected to announce other members of his economic team, sources say. Read Victoria ... (more) POLITICO 44 | The next president. Minute by Minute

Comments vote down Stop The ACLU found this 11/21/2008found this

Blog Reactions

Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog:  Carol Platt Liebau: Protecting Life -- and Conscience

d r i f t g l a s s:  Dear Conservatives

Comments
Blog Reactions

Carol Platt Liebau: Protecting Life -- and Conscience
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — Witness the press outrage about "last minute Bush abortion rulings." So what are these heinous plans of the President's? Only ensuring that those who decline to perform abortions because of moral or religious convictions aren't the victims of discrimination by those receiving federal money. In the United States, ...

Dear Conservatives
d r i f t g l a s s — ... be finalized by the outgoing administration, many of which would weaken government rules aimed at protecting consumers and the environment. According to the Washington Post, the new rules would be among the most controversial deregulatory steps of the Bush era. They include rules that could weaken workplace safety protections, allow local police to spy in the so-called “war on terror” and make it easier for federal agencies to ignore the Endangered Species Act. ... depriving women of their rights, and pushing along his radical religious agenda -- ...

Related Content
POLITICO 44 | The next president. Minute by Minute
politico.com 11/7/2008 — President-elect Barack Obama will resign his Senate seat effective Sunday, issuing a statement Thursday first to his hometown newspapers saying it was "one of the highest honors and privileges of my life." The full statement: It has been one of the ...
Shoe insult against Bush resounds in Arab world - International Herald Tribune
iht.com 12/16/2008 — BAGHDAD : A day after an Iraqi television journalist threw his shoes at President George W. Bush at a news conference here Sunday, his act of defiance toward the American commander in chief reverberated throughout Iraq and across the Arab world. In ...
Obama preparing comprehensive technology policy - International Herald Tribune
iht.com 11/13/2008 — Barack Obama's Internet-fueled campaign has transformed the way Americans choose a president. Now, the president-elect's administration plans to change the way Americans - and government - use technology. If Obama gets his way, all Americans would ...
A Minute
corner.nationalreview.com 10/16/2008 — they spend on who's being meaner or more dishonest in this campaign is a minute that helps Obama--not because he wins the issue, still less because he deserves to win it, but because it is not what is driving people's votes--and they've spent way more ...
POLITICO 44 | The next president. Minute by Minute
politico.com 12/28/2008 — President-elect Barack Obama spoke on the phone with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice today about the situations in Gaza and South Asia. Obama's call to Secretary Rice lasted about 8 minutes, according to a transition aide who also said the ...
We let Bush down
washingtonmonthly.com 11/6/2008 — WE LET BUSH DOWN.... A friend emailed me last night, telling me that this op-ed from the Wall Street Journal may very well be the single most foolish op-ed ever published in a major American newspaper. That's obviously a difficult...
The When and the Why of Abortion
rossdouthat.theatlantic.com 11/20/2008 — Ed Kilgore : Here is the real deal on abortion policy: activists on both sides of the abortion debate understand yet rarely acknowledge that a critical plurality of Americans don't much like abortion but care a whole lot about when and why abortions ...
U.S. rejects GM's call for help in a merger - International Herald Tribune
iht.com 11/3/2008 — DETROIT : The Treasury Department has turned down a request by General Motors for up to $10 billion to help finance the automaker's possible merger with Chrysler, according to people close to the discussions. Instead of providing new assistance, the ...
Obama should be like Bush
the-reaction.blogspot.com 11/10/2008 — By Michael J.W. Stickings At least according to TNR's Jonathan Cohn. Cohn argues that has actually accomplished a great deal as president, from overhauling the tax code to reforming education to gutting the regulatory state to rewriting ...
U.S. brings support, but not clarity, to Citibank - International Herald Tribune
iht.com 11/25/2008 — NEW YORK : Guarantees that could not be honored thrust the world financial system into its worst crisis since the Great Depression. Will a guarantee by the U.S. government finally restore confidence in the American financial system? Only a week after ...
Will Bush’s midnight rules be reversible? — POLITICO.com: Politics 11/19/2008
The Bush administration is scrambling to approve or change as many federal rules before Bush leaves office.
Will Bush's midnight rules be reversible? (Politico) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 11/19/2008
Politico - Whether it’s relaxing pollution control standards for power plants or allowing loaded weapons into national parks, the Bush Administration is scrambling to approve or change as many federal rules as it can before it hands off ...
Gates, Rice defend US-Iraq security agreement (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 11/19/2008
AP - The security agreement between U.S. and Iraq provides both the time and authority needed for American troops to train Iraqi forces and pursue terrorists, senior Bush administration officials said Wednesday.
After Wall Street Rescue, Bush Changes Course on Federal Intervention — Wash Post Obama Administration 11/20/2008
After pledging more than $1 trillion to rescue financial markets, President Bush has sought a return to his fiscal conservative roots in recent weeks by opposing additional government interventions and extolling the benefits of free markets.
The Bush Administration Is Close to Changing the Endangered Species Act So That an Agency Can Decide Whether It Will Impair a Protected Species' Environment — Wash Post Obama Administration 11/20/2008
The Bush administration is "close" to finalizing a regulatory overhaul of the Endangered Species Act to allow federal agencies to decide whether protected species would be harmed by agency projects, according to the Interior Department.