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Public opinion and Endless War

Glenn Greenwald
Political elites expend substantial efforts to prevent anti-war sentiment from being heard: and for good reason
President Barack Obama speaks in an airport hanger at Muniz Air National Guard Base, Tuesday, June 14, 2011, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (AP)

Obama’s Puerto Rico visit spurs anger, discontent

Danica Coto
Legislators in the territory's pro-statehood ruling party express resentment after president's short trip
President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, are on the first hole as they play golf at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Saturday, June 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (AP)

Birdies, bogeys and business for Obama, Boehner?

Julie Pace
President, house speaker tee off on pressing policy matters during round of golf
President Barack Obama speaks as he hosts military fathers and their children for a screening of Disney/Pixar movie 'Cars 2' in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex, Wednesday, June 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (AP)

Obama rejects top lawyers’ legal views on Libya

Glenn Greenwald
The growing scandal over Obama's illegal war just got bigger and much more serious
Louie Gohmert

Louie Gohmert says more awful, stupid garbage

Alex Pareene
The man behind "terror babies," "moo goo dog pan" and repealing the 17th Amendment is back, and dumber than ever
(Associated Press)

The right really, really wants Obama to be Jimmy Carter

Steve Kornacki
Why is it that every address Obama delivers is the second coming of the "malaise" speech?
In this photo provided by the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS), a truck piled high with looted items drives past the burning huts of businesses and homesteads in the center of Abyei town, Sudan Saturday, May 28, 2011. Tens of thousands of Sudanese are fleeing from the contested north-south border region of Abyei, and the top U.S. official in the region warned Friday of a humanitarian crisis over the north's invasion. (AP Photo/UNMIS, Stuart Price) EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALES (AP)

US seeks China’s help in Sudan as alarm grows

Matthew Lee
The Obama administration is asking China to use influence with Sudan's president to press for an end to violence
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 16, 2011. Boehner reasserted that the scandal surrounding Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-NY, had become a distraction from the important work in Congress. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia is at right. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (AP)

White House: Boehner inconsistent on war powers

Julie Pace
Carney: Boehner's views "stand in contrast to the views he expressed in 1999"
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The Weiner resignation: our political system in a nutshell

Glenn Greenwald
The Congressman is forced out of office. Bush and Cheney - torture, illegal eavesdropping, Iraq -- were not
In this image taken from TV, showing rebel forces on the front line as they repel government troops, Sunday June 12, 2011, in Dafniya, Libya. as fighting continued on Sunday near Libya's main port of Misrata, a western redoubt of the rebels. Video of the battle shows rebels advancing down a road, firing automatic weapons, guns mounted on pick up trucks, rockets and heavy artillery. (AP Photo/APTN) TV OUT (AP)

Obama report on Libya fails to appease lawmakers

Julie Pace
Administration argues the president does not have to seek congressional approval for its role in NATO-led mission

The mirage of the Obama coalition

Joan Walsh
Can he reassemble the diverse coalition of lefties and Obamacans who fell in love with a "Rorshach test" in 2008?
Rep. Brad Sherman

Rep. Brad Sherman on the illegality of the Libyan War

Glenn Greenwald
The Democrat discusses his bill, passed by the House, to cut off war funds until Obama complies with the law
A plume of smoke and fire is seen after an airstrike in Tripoli, Libya, on Tuesday, June 14, 2011. NATO resumed its airstrike on the Libyan capital of Tripoli late Tuesday, blasting at least two targets just before midnight, after military leaders voiced concerns about sustaining the operations if the alliance mission drags on. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev) (AP)

White House to send Congress Libya report

Julie Pace
Report will include a legal analysis showing Libya campaign to be consistent with the War Powers Resolution
President Barack Obama speaks in an airport hanger at Muniz Air National Guard Base, Tuesday, June 14, 2011, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (AP)

A different kind of candidate and campaign

Glenn Greenwald
Obama claims he doesn't "fill his dinner guest lists primarily with Washington lobbyists and special interests"
Republican presidential hopeful, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty speaks to the media in front of the Cato Institute in Washington, Wednesday, May 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) (Alex Brandon)

Is it time to stick a fork in Tim Pawlenty?

Steve Kornacki
The world's most boring candidate never misses an opportunity to miss an opportunity

Indoctrinate your children at Tea Party summer camp!

Alex Pareene
It's a real thing!
Possible 2012 presidential hopeful, former Republican Gov. Jon Huntsman, Jr., of Utah, speaks to a reporter at a gathering at the home of Nancy and Wally Stickney in Salem, N.H. Friday, June 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) (AP)

Jon Huntsman getting into GOP race

Philip Elliott
The former Utah governor will announce his candidacy next Tuesday
Still from Fox Business' "Follow the Money." Rapper Common was listed among African American White House guests described by Bolling as "Hoods in the House"

Fox Business host: Sorry for racist slams at Obama

Associated Press
Eric Bolling said on his Monday broadcast that he "got a little fast and loose with the language"
Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty answers a question during the first New Hampshire Republican presidential debate at St. Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., Monday, June 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Jim Cole) (AP)

Pawlenty denies he pulled punches on health care

Associated Press
Candidate says he didn't soften criticism of "Obamneycare"
Barack Obama and Herman Cain

Herman Cain still wants you to know that he’s blacker than Obama

Alex Pareene
The 2012 campaign's rising star says the president was raised in Kenya, offers pizza-based foreign policy plan
Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., answers questions from the media as he carries his laundry to a laundromat near his home in the Queens borough of New York, Saturday, June 11, 2011. The 46-year-old congressman acknowledged Friday that he had online contact with a 17-year-old girl from Delaware but said there was nothing inappropriate. (AP Photo/David Karp) (AP)

White House calls Weiner a “distraction” to Obama agenda

Associated Press
President has not said whether he thinks the New York Democrat should resign

On jobs, Romney hits Obama where it hurts

Andrew Leonard
A new ad about jobs from Mitt Romney is mean, unfair, and effective. The president better get used to it
An Egyptian prays on an Arabic slogan reads " Jerusalem for us, Palestine is an Arabic land " during a protest against Israel's closure of Gaza at Tahrir Square, the focal point of Egyptian uprising, in Cairo, Egypt Friday, May 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) (AP)

Hamas rejection bodes poorly for unity talks

Josef Federman
Reconciliation between rival Palestinian factions hits a major snag
FILE - President Barack Obama, center, and Rep. Kendrick Meek, D-Fla., second from right, pose for photos at Jerry's Famous Deli after a fundraiser for Florida Democrats, in this Aug. 18, 2010 file photo taken in Miami Beach, Fla. President Barack Obama has problems in Florida that he didn't have when he won the pivotal swing state in 2008. The challenges show why Obama has been a frequent visitor to the Sunshine State. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, FILE) (AP)

Obama: Economic recovery is “going to take time”

Darlene Superville
President tries to address concerns about his handling of the economy
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