Friday News Roundup - Domestic
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The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that the economy was weaker but took no new steps to help. The House and Senate remained at loggerheads over whether to extend the Bush-era tax cuts. Presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney returned from a week-long overseas trip. And Chick-fil-A fans and critics took to the streets following anti-gay marriage comments by the company's president. Greg Ip of The Economist, Julie Hirshfeld Davis of Bloomberg News and Chris Cillizza of The Washington Post join Diane for analysis of the week's top national news stories.
Guests
Chris Cillizza
author of The Fix, a Washington Post politics blog, managing editor of PostPolitics.com and author of a new book, "The Gospel According to The Fix."
Julie Hirschfeld Davis
congressional correspondent for Bloomberg News.
Greg Ip
U.S. economics editor for The Economist and author of "The Little Book of Economics: How the Economy Works in the Real World."
Friday News Roundup Video
Following the unauthorized release of details about the Osama bin Laden raid, the Senate Intelligence Committee backed a bill last week intended to curb security leaks. Chris Cillizza, political blogger for The Washington Post, said the measure limits the number of national security officals who are authorized to speak to the news media. Greg Ip, economics editor for The Economist, said one of the effects of the bill is that reporters might seek less reliable and less knowledgable sources of information for their stories. "The public might end up less informed than before," Ip said.
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Top news stories this week
#1 Democrat Tom Harkin says menstrual cramps good enough reason to trash the first amendment.
#2 President Obama donates $5000 to his own campaign still not enough to pay for Michelle's $6800 jacket.
#3 Hero of the cold war Polish freedom fighter Lech Walesa Endorses Romney, dictators Venezuela's Hugo Chavez and Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Endorses Obama.
#4 Ted Cruz T party favorite wins Texas primary in a major upset proving the T party is far from dead.
#5 Senatorial candidate Elizabeth Warren wants the United States to be more like Communist China.
#6 Fascist democrat mayors in Chicago, Boston and San Fransisco get slammed for their intolerance and abuse of power over politically incorrect views from the owner of Chick-Fil-A
#7 More democrat controlled cities go bankrupt because of self inflicted unsustainable union benefits brought about by corrupt democrat party vote buying.
#8 Democrat senate majority leader Harry Reid slimes republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney with fabricated accusations of not paying taxes for ten years. Media doesn't care if it's true or not and report it anyway in hopes of helping beleaguered Obama.
Top news stories not being covered
#1 National debt about to surpass the 16 trillion dollar mark, no main stream media investigation.
#2 Real unemployment rate 22.5%, no main stream media investigation.
#3 Worst economic recovery in U.S. history, no main stream media investigation.
#4 Under the Obama administration all four years had trillion dollar plus budget deficits, no main stream media investigation.
#5 The White House has delivered its 10-year budget forecast to Congress, and it predicts trillion-dollar deficits for the next decade, no main stream media investigation.
#6 White house directs HHS to remove work requirements for welfare in violation of welfare reform act, no main stream media investigation.
#7 White house directs ICE not to enforce immigration laws in violation of the law, back door amnesty, no main stream media investigation.
#8 Eric Holders justice department found in contempt of Congress with a bipartisan vote, presidential executive privilege improperly used, no main stream media investigation.
#9 Out of wedlock births reach all time high this year, more than 50%, direct cause of much of the poverty rate, crime rate and social problems, no main stream media investigation.
#10 Democrat senate has not done it's job by producing a budget in almost four years, no main stream media investigation.
The list of truly important things not being properly covered or investigated is almost endless. The common thread through all of this is, anything that effects democrats in a negative way is not properly covered or investigated. Truth is main stream media covers nothing in any meaningful way, it's all tabloid journalism. Liberal journalists answer to media bias is to investigate nothing and emphasize liberal political correctness, to do no harm to democrats unless forced to in their stories
It is every American`s right to enjoy their free speech rights.Chick Fil A can be a T-Party right wing hate Corporation,if it so chooses. I choose not to buy from hate mongers. I do not buy anything from Arizona sellers on eBay or Amazon. I don`t buy from Walmart. I will not buy from Church`s Fried Chicken. I didn`t but from Target until they stopped funding T-Party hate groups. I dumped my T-Party barber.I stopped donating to the Susan G.Koman T-Party fund raisers .It is my right to use my free speech.
Besides,the T-Party poo poo `s the idea of a Consumer based economy. They say we are a "Job Creator economy,fueled by tax cuts for the wealthy.So boycotts don`t matter to the rich and fabulous anyhow. I miss the days of 'THE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT'. In my State of Ohio,Corporations routinely threaten to move if we taxpayers don`t divvy up millions in extortion payments.
FROM ME TO ALL GREEDY FASCIST DICTATOR CORPORATIONS. "DON`T LET THE DOOR HIT YA,WHERE THE GOOD LORD SPLIT YA" !!!!
I was in religion class with Dan Cathy of Chick Fil A the fall of 71 at Furman University in Greenville S.C.
Sexual Politics aside as this story has combusted with Fox News and Gov Huckabee the disturbing underbelly is the Cathy's contributions to Focus on the Family and Family Research Council which sustains the underbelly and the fundamentalist wing of the GOP and Tea Party.
I hope Drshow has Giberson and Stephens of the Book The Anointed; and U Colorado's Paul Harvey whose essay on David Barton is spot on; hope they have them on for the hour soon to explore this world that wittingly or no the Cathy's now find themselves entangled in.
Stephen Fox
HARVEY IS AUTHOR OF NEW BOOK on Evangelical Tricksters in the South.
$77,000 taxpayer dollars for Romney`s dancing horse,and the T-Party cuts school lunches for the poorest children,and meal on wheels to the shut ins,all to pay the Romney dancing horse`s dancing lessons. I wonder if all the car elevators were taxpayer funded?
GOOD ON ROMNEY`S T-PARTY VISION FOR THE WEALTHY.BAD NEWS FOR EVERYBODY ELSE.
A very sad day for freedom loving tax payers.
August 2, 2012
After 10 years on the job, the nation's 44,000 airport screeners on Thursday came a giant step closer to having their first-ever collective bargaining agreement.
Their employer, the Transportation Security Administration, and their union, the American Federation of Government Employees, announced they had reached an agreement, subject to ratification by the screeners.
Democrats hailed the agreement, which presidential candidate Barack Obama promised in the closing weeks of the 2008 campaign. They said the agreement could ensure the rights of airport screeners without harming national security
DON`T YOU PEOPLE CARE ABOUT YOUR FAMILIES AND COUNTRY ? WHY AREN`T YOU DEMANDING BOTH POLITICAL PARTIES RELEASE THEIR PLANS TO BRING HOME OUR JOBS FROM CHINA ?
"MADE IN CHINA"......IS BREAKING OUR BACKS....HELLO!!!
Patsy Nomore wrote: "POLITICAL PARTIES RELEASE THEIR PLANS TO BRING HOME OUR JOBS FROM CHINA"
Ever since the first liberals started buying Japanese cars in the late 70's and early 80's. A strong message has been sent to U.S. manufactures, ship your manufacturing overseas we don't care about American jobs, we don't like American made products and we don't want to pay for them.
Generally speaking patriotism and the love of freedom runs out very quickly when it has a price tag, that is the nature of who we have become. In a perfect world we would have totally open free trade and foreign products would gather dust on store shelves.
"In some blue states - where a Democrat has won at least three of the last four presidential contests - foreign cars have as much as 60 percent of the market, as measured by vehicle registrations. It is mostly in red states - Republican strongholds - where domestic cars have 74 percent of the market or more"
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/30/americans-voting-with-th...
partisan politic,I`m sorry you live in a Fox News bubble,but the most expensive designer clothes are made in Bangladesh.The next country to be exploited by Corporations.
That was the case even when I shopped for no name t-shirts.$28 for a slave wage product.On-line I found a Union and U.S.made shirt for $14.
If Americans only spend 1% more on U.S. made goods,it would create 100,000 more jobs... Be Patriotic and save money too !!!!!
Patsy Nomore wrote:"I `m sorry you live in a Fox News bubble"
HA HA HA, you drive a Japanese car, I knew it. There nothing more hypocritical than a liberal democrat.
I bet it's covered with ribbons and flags too. What a joke!
For three years MSNBC's Chris Matthews kept encouraging President OBama to go for a HUGE jobs program. He did not. If the Republicans had a stronger candidate they would stand a better chance
This morning on Morning Joe I heard former Governor of Vermont Howard Dean say that the American public's faith in Congress is down to 8%. Then on Washington Journal the host of the show said that faith in Congress was at an all record low of 12%. Which ever number it is...how low can that number go?
Wasn't FDR reelected during an era of high unemployment? I'm not sure Ronald Reagan was the record breaker.
Regarding the economy and the housing issue: What about those who have participated in price rigging in the housing market and fraudulent LIBOR rates? Who do you think put(ting) all these people out of their homes? The people who committed corruption and fraud got and remain wealthy, the tax payers bail them out and no one gets convicted. These people continue to reap the reward. Yet actual programs to keep people in their homes “cost” too much (bailout) money? How does this jive?
When speaking of all the issues Congress can't compromise on, we need to remind all of the voters of one of the reasons the Republicans won't move....Mitch McConnell's pledge upon Obama's election that their ONLY goal was to assure that Obama would be a one term president.
No way, Bill Clinton is night and day different from Obama. Bill Clinton Jan, 26 1996 state of the union "the era of big government is over"
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=3&ved...
NO, NO, NO - it was NOT subprime lending that is responsible for the depth
of our problems - it was - and still is - Default Credit Swaps - which exponentially increased the damage from subprime lending and caused entire countries to fall into economic ruin - PLEASE get it right - and we have PHIL Graham to thank for default credit swaps - a fact which has completely fallen off the radar.
Chris Ciliza
How about quoting your "Democratic economist friends" also, Chris? Moved off of your middle of the road positions striving to offend no one to imbalance favoring the GOP.
That was a dead give-away.
Paradigm Shift,
Can you get anymore far right paranoid extremist in your comments?"
In regards to your last point - Romney's retort to Reid can be turned on it's head. It's time for Mit to 'put up or shut up' and release more than 2 years of taxes. We know that he paid only 14% in 2011 and has off shore accounts - What is he hiding?
One of your guests keeps suggesting that the current regime wants to prosecute leaks because "lives are at stake." He more accurately should say "LIES are at stake." No one was harmed by Bradley Manning's actions - the only damage was to the fictional story that the Bush/Obama regime has created around the US role, goals, and behavior around the world. For Manning's couragous truth-telling, they want to put him away forever. This is what Daniel Ellsberg, another brave whistleblower, reviled by the then-current criminal regime as a criminal, now recognized as a hero, has to say about Manning's case:
"Accused WikiLeaks whistleblower and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Bradley Manning will spend the rest of his life in prison for telling the public the truth, if US officials get their way. Government conduct, apparently aimed at discouraging whistleblowers, has ignored due process and made a fair trial impossible. But, in the past, outrageous government conduct has led judges to dismiss the charges against whistleblowers. Tell the judge in Bradley’s military Court Martial to do the same!
- Bradley was held in pre-trial solitary confinement for 11 months, in conditions condemned by the UN Rapporteur on Torture as “cruel, inhuman and degrading,” including being stripped and ma
de to stand naked at roll call. This was a clear violation of the US military’s Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ: Article 13). Yet, only worldwide outrage--including over 500,000 Avaaz members signing a petition--ended this illegal treatment.
- Both President Obama and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dempsey have declared publicly, prior to trial, that Bradley “broke the law." Their statements make a mockery of presumption of innocence and have prejudiced the proceedings with Unlawful Command Influence (UCMJ: Article 37).
Part 2:
- Article 10 of the UCMJ promises defendants a speedy trial. However, Bradley was imprisoned for nearly two years before his pretrial proceedings even began, and his court-martial trial has yet to start.
- The prosecution has withheld key evidence which the defense believes will show that Bradley's alleged actions have not damaged US national security. And there is clear evidence that the leaks were motivated entirely by conscience. Yet the military says that Bradley's intention should not even be considered by the court, and that he should be convicted of 'Aiding the Enemy' and sentenced to life in prison, regardless of any moral motive, lack of harm, or overwhelmingly positive results of the disclosures. Against all Justice, this would make any kind of whistleblower defense impossible.
Call on Judge Lind to acknowledge the outrageous government conduct in Bradley’s case, and dismiss the charges against him, and tell President Obama to pardon him in the event of any conviction!
The information released has helped inform public understanding of the realities of the War on Terror, and revealed governmental and corporate corruption and collusion. It has contributed to the ending of the Iraq War and to positive people-power movements such as the Tunisian Revolution and the Occupy Movement. Tens of thousands of regular citizens worldwide have supported Bradley and funded his legal defense (See: www.bradleymanning.org). It is time for US officials to stop obstructing democracy and free Bradley Manning!
Sincerely,
Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers whistleblower.
Center for Constitutional Rights.
Bradley Manning Support Network.
In regards to the idea that big business would put the brakes on the economy to advance their agenda, your guest seem to hold to the notion that Wall Street and Wall Streeter's act rationally. Haven't they seen enough over the last several years to finally accept that an MBA or billion dollar balance sheets doesn't guarantee rationality in business or investing decisions? They may in fact be hedging with trillions of dollars...that's nothing new for them, and perhaps from their perspective quite rational.
Diane just read an email from a listener who said there is extensive documentation as to Chick-fil-A's corporate contributions to orgs. that are actively trying to stop gay marriage. Specifically that they contribute to an organization in Uganda that is making it a crime to be gay, punishable by death. I'd really like verification of this. If true, of course I'd boycott Chick-fil-A, but it does seem that it's one of those things that could easily be written of without any verification and I'm concerned that it was read on air without fact checking.
Don't mean to be disrespectful, but all of these programs about the fundamental economy are simply dishonest. The economy is controlled by a few major forces. The effect of these forces are at the core of the problem. The nature of these forces in the power any may have and the people who control this power are essentially irrelevant. The economy is reshaped to any group that controls 50% or more of the GDP and wealth of the nation. A large labor force is no longer needed to meet the needs of this group. The middle class was the product of this labor shortage and the constant bane of the Rich And Powerful People ("RAPP's.") They are no longer needed to build the modern 10 percenter economy and they are no longer needed to support the 10 percenter economy. The RAPP's only understand "Peasantry" and the RAPP's will do everything necessary to reduce the middle class once more to their proper level of peasants.
partisan politics:
"HA HA HA, you drive a Japanese car, I knew it. There nothing more hypocritical than a liberal democrat."
Where exactly did Pasty say that she drove a Japanese car? You must be very tired at the end of the day jumping to these types of conclusions.
Also, what exactly is the problem with buying a vehicle in the 70's and 80's that were better made, more reliable and better looking than the Ford Pinto or Chevy Vega? This is EXACTLY what you espouse on this site about market forces choosing the winners and losers. American cars were terrible, the Japanese saw a opportunity to make millions and took it. American consumers saw an opportunity to get out from underneath the shoddy cars that were being built. And yet in your world this is a bad thing, destroying American companies, etc.
So which is it? Unregulated Market forces determining winners and losers or market forces for only those companies you approve of? Can't have both
nohoplophobe wrote:
"Michele Davis, when did you stop beating your wife and molesting your children? What are you hiding?"
This is truely disgusting. This in no way advances the discussion or our country.
You can have your difference of opinion to what ever anyone says but as soon as you stoop to this level, I for one will cease to listen. Make your best argument against a person's position, ideas and beliefs, but not the person. This is what this country has run on for over 230 years, not this.
Mike Sergeant wrote: "Where exactly did Pasty say that she drove a Japanese car? You must be very tired at the end of the day jumping to these types of conclusions"
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The stench of liberal hypocrisy precedes them, the response was good enough to draw that conclusion.
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Mike Sergeant wrote: "So which is it? Unregulated Market forces determining winners and losers or market forces for only those companies you approve of? Can't have both"
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Clearly free choice was at the heart Partisan Politics comment, a values choice was made clear.
Mike Sergeant wrote: "This is truely disgusting"
This was to make an obvious point, something you seem to never get.
Finally. Chris Ciliza has shown his hand with his white washing of McConnell's statement that his main objective was to defeat Obama.
Isn't a legislator's main objective to legislate?
The obstructionism of the GOP throughout Obama's 1st term and refusal to "govern" to satisfy that objective was totally ignored with that white washing. Chris, the GOP has empirically proven that their "philosophy" is not to govern. To the GOP the only time goverment is "useful" is when GOP governors need federal money to deal with disasters affecting their states like the drought in the Midwest. Suddenly federal intervention and government assistance is desirable and eagerly sought.
Ciliza finally fell off his supposed middle-of-the-road tight rope while slipping in GOP talking points. He moved to overt GOP protagonist today. There was nothing balanced about his analysis.
I have mixed feelings about gay rights to marry but feel their opportunity for the right to marriage does not affect my own marriage. That out of the way, our society is shifting and change takes time but the President of Chick-fil-a has the right to his point of view. We could debate on whether it was a good idea for him to speak publicly but he does have the right to do so as do people with differing points of view. I wonder though do people that support gay marriage, and wish to institute a boycott of the restaurant chain, have the right to harm the employees that work there. Their jobs could be all that keeps them afloat and the damage to Chick-fil-a could impact whether or not they have a job. Some chains could close if they are deeply impacted by the financial impact of a boycott and the employees are caught in the middle. Everyone has the right to freedom of speech in this country and it should remain that way for both sides of this issue.
nohoplophobe wrote:
Mike Sergeant wrote: "This is truely disgusting"
This was to make an obvious point, something you seem to never get.
Which point? That the Michele beats her wife and molests her children. Yep, that was obvious all right.
Bottom line is that I think some of your ideas are wrong, you believe that some of mine are wrong. This is what makes this country great. I don't think any less of you for having different views. The difference between us is I attack your IDEAS, you attack ME. If you cannot see the "obvious point" here, I think this conversation is over.