Obama To Finally Propose Taxing Oil by the Barrel
In a move that should have come decades earlier, the Obama administration proposed on Thursday a tax on every barrel of oil produced by companies in the U.S—$10 a pop.
Obama Nominates NY Prosecutor Loretta Lynch for Attorney General
On Saturday, President Obama named New York federal prosecutor Loretta Lynch as his pick for the next attorney general. If confirmed, Lynch would be the first African-American woman to hold the position.
Loretta Lynch, who has served as Brooklyn's chief prosecutor since 2010, is expected to be named by President Obama as the next attorney general, replacing Eric Holder, who said he would resign once a successor was announced. If confirmed, Lynch would become the first black woman to helm the Justice Department.
Obama Administration Still Loves Crazy Old Coot Clint Eastwood
Sure, Clint Eastwood might have made headlines by having a one-sided debate with Invisible Obama, but the President bears him no ill will.
White House Pours One Out for All the Dead Journos, Waterboards the Living
The most recent article from The Nation's Jeremy Scahill profiled the imprisonment of Yemeni journalist Abdulelah Haider Shaye. For covering American cluster bomb strikes in Yemen and the radicalization of Yemeni citizens and their support for Al Qaeda, Shaye has been beaten and tortured, imprisoned for two years and,…
Most Demented Questions from Quora, the Q&A Website the White House Will Soon Use
After the State of the Union address, White House officials will answer questions on Quora, a start-up website that relies on the wisdom of crowds to select the "best" answers to open-ended questions.
All the Powerful People Really Hate New York AG Eric Schneiderman
Things are going about as expected for New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman when he decided to take on the full brunt of the White House and the largest megabanks in the country by trying to investigate the full load of their mortgage-related crimes over the past decade: Somewhat difficultly.
Obama to Keep on Locking People Up Forever
The Obama administration is likely to "establish indefinite detention as a long-term... policy." On the plus side, now that we've abandoned even the pretense of a commitment to universal civil rights, no one will ever die in a terrorist attack.
Bitter Obama Aides Skipping Ex-Colleague Peter Orszag's Wedding
Barack Obama's promiscuous ex-budget director Peter Orszag is marrying ABC reporter Bianna Golodryga this weekend! But three senior White House advisors have turned down their invitations, perhaps because they're bitter about a "controversial" (misinterpreted) op-ed he recently penned. Poor babies.
White House Embarrasses Itself over Andrew Breitbart's Race-Baiting
On Tuesday, Shirley Sherrod, a black USDA employee, resigned, under pressure from the White House, after conservative publisher Andrew Breitbart published a video where she seemed to admit to anti-white discrimination. Except the video shows her saying the exact opposite.
Tim Geithner Displays Basketball Prowess in China
While visiting China, esteemed Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner sunk a three-pointer playing with Beijing's Renmin University's team, providing a great opportunity for news anchors to joke about how Asians are too short to be good at this sport, anyway.
