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Down by the old (not the new but the old) Milhous

Thus far, Obama’s approval rating is easily withstanding the white hot intensity of a thousand Watergates, but Real Clear Politics wingnut Carl Cannon (son of Reagan fanboi Lou Cannon) is seeing your ‘gate and raising you a Milhous: Richard Milhous Obama… I don’t think this one will catch on, but what do I know? Folks [Read more...]

Low-wage contractors picket outside federal buildings

A group of food service workers walked off their jobs in the food court of the Ronald Reagan Building Tuesday morning as part of a day-long protest of low wages paid to federal contract employees. A series of protests dubbed … Continue reading ?

The Enduring Legend Of The Bureaucrat Whisperer

The Wall Street Journal opinion page is turning into the go-to source for documenting President Obama's supernatural influence over the thoughts and actions of IRS employees. Reagan DOJ veterans David Rivkin and Lee Casey wrote a May...Show More Summary

The Butler Screenwriter Danny Strong Doesn’t Get Why Anyone Cares That Jane Fonda Is Playing Nancy Reagan

Some conservatives are incensed that Jane Fonda, a woman who basically took up arms against the United States during the Vietnam War, will be portraying American patriot Nancy Reagan in The Butler, an upcoming film about longtime White House butler Cecil Gains. Show More Summary

Low-Wage Workers Strike In Washington, Sixth City In Wave Of Actions

Service workers at four buildings in Washington, D.C., are going on strike Tuesday, putting a human face on a recent report about federally-contracted workers stuck with unlivable wages. Starting at the Ronald Reagan Building and moving through two Smithsonian museums and Union Station, the city’s commuter rail and Amtrak hub, the strikes are the latest [...]

Charles Moore: Margaret Thatcher's First Visit to Washington of the Reagan Presidency

Mrs Thatcher came to realize that Reagan's strengths and mental abilities were very different from her own, but she never lost her underlying admiration for him.

'Did Reagan Finance Genocide in Guatemala?'

The headline is as tendentious as it was predictable. The surprise is that it should appear on a mainstream site like that of ABC News and not some fringe outlet of the fevered left. Indeed, the headline is the holy grail for those legions...Show More Summary

David Gregory To Peggy Noonan: Reagan's Scandals Were Worse

HuffPost Radio: BOTH SIDES NOW: The InsaneStream Media Says 'It's the Scandals, Stupid'

What a week for Republicans! It started with Obama fighting off simultaneous scandals and 24 coming back this Fall. But as Spitzer and Reagan discuss, by Friday the Scandals Scorecard revealed more smoke than fire. Who'll tell FOX?

HuffPost Radio: BOTH SIDES NOW: The InsaneStream Media Says 'It's the Scandals, Stupid'

What a week for Republicans! It started with Obama fighting off simultaneous scandals and 24 coming back this Fall. But as Spitzer and Reagan discuss, by Friday the Scandals Scorecard revealed more smoke than fire. Who'll tell FOX?

Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Why the Public Should Yawn Over Alleged Obama Scandals

there's the almost ritual expectation by the public that second term presidents will be dogged by some scandal. This was the case with Eisenhower, Nixon, of course, Reagan, Clinton and George W. Bush. This shouldn't surprise.

Faith and Work: Author Shares Life Lessons, Leadership Skills From Ronald Reagan

Lessons on leadership and Reagan's life told by best-selling author and speaker Margot Morrell in Reagan's Journey, highlights the fact that, "even storied careers have ups and downs. Ronald Reagan's was no exception. Throughout hisShow More Summary

Reagan and Argentina’s Dirty War

FAIR TV: The IRS & Obama's Scandal Trifecta, Matthews Praises Reagan, Newseum Scandal

What should we make of the so-called "trifecta" of scandals hitting the Obama White House? And what questions should we ask about the IRS/Tea Party story? Also this week: Chris Matthews wants Obama to take charge– just like the union-busting Ronald Reagan. Show More Summary

Former Enron Trader John Arnold Is Going To Save The World

The Wall Street Journal's Brad Reagan has a monster profile of hedge funder and former Enron natgas trader John Arnold about his plan to change the way billionaires donate their money. Arnold's plan, Reagan writes, is to take on massive...Show More Summary

President Obama and the Frothing Hyenas

PRESIDENT OBAMA fires the acting (interim) head of the IRS, appoints Daniel I. Erfel from the OMB, but that’s scene as “damage control.” What would Ronald Reagan have done? Whatever it was it would have been enough. After all, he got away with Iran-Contra. George W. Bush got away with secret torture chambers and lying [...]Show More Summary

US Airways route award update

A quick update on the route award actions before the U.S. Department of Transportation that effect US Airways and Charlotte: • DCA route award. A set of slots at Washington Reagan National Airport (DCA) that US Airways was hoping to obtain were instead awarded to Southwest Airlines for Houston Hobby service. Us Airways said that [...]

Ronald Reagan, President Of Leisure

Yes, that is a real picture of Ronald Reagan wearing sweatpants on Air Force One. You’re welcome. Ronald Reagan, President Of Leisure is a post from: The Inquisitr Ronald Reagan, President Of Leisure is a post from: The Inquisitr

Pickering still seeks his day on the Hill

Former Ambassador Thomas Pickering, a veteran diplomat from the Reagan and Bush administrations, co-authored the independent report on the Benghazi attack, and is eager to provide additional information to lawmakers investigating September's deadly violence. It's proving to be m …

Bombing Kills 15 in Kabul, 6 Americans: Is this What Winning Looks Like? (+ VICE video)

Gulbuddin Hikmatyar’s Hizb-i Islami [the Islamic Party] guerrilla group bombed a military convoy in Kabul this morning, killing 15, including 6 Americans. The Reagan administration gave Hikmatyar billions in the 1980s because he was effective in fighting the Soviets in Afghanistan, but in 2001 the old guerrilla switched sides and allied with the Taliban in [...]