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PolitiFact | Have private-sector jobs grown by 3 million in 22 months, with the best annual totals since 2005?

Politifact rated the Presidents statement about private job growth "half true."  However, the article fails to actualy identify anything that the President said that isnt 100% completely true.

Political Animal - Department of self-defeating arguments

Congressman Dianne Black and 71 other Republican Cosponsors urged Congress to adopt a non-binding resolution condemning the Presidents recess appointments as soon as Congress returns back to Washington from its break.  She fails to explain why this needs to wait for Congress …

Americans Stumble on Math of Big Issues - WSJ.com

Studies show that Americans are typically off by large amounts about many facts underlying their beliefs.  They also suggest that people cling to them when provided facts that dont fit with what they already believe.

Games and Gimmicks in the Senate - NYTimes.com

A legal analysis of the President's recent excercies of the Presdents recess appointment power.

Gingrich fighting massive debt racked up in campaign’s extravagant early days - The Washington Post

Even as he rises in the polls, Newt Gingrich struggles to get out from under the debt his campaign incurred earlier in the campaign for luxery jets and other pricey expenses racked up early in his campaign.

The Dark Secrets That Dolphins Don't Want You to Know

The terrible truth about dolphins...

Winning the argument - Rove's Crossroads mud slinging doesnt stick

Karl Rove's Crossroads GPS group continues is its track record of false and misleading advertising recently falsely accusining Senate candiate Warren of first being to close to the Occupy Wall Street Protests, and when that failed to stick, then accused her of being too clos …

Send In the Clueless - NYTimes.com

The larger point, however, is that whoever finally gets the Republican nomination will be a deeply flawed candidate.  And these flaws won't be an accident, the result of bad luck regarding  who chose to make a run this time; the fact that the party is commi …

Solyndra Was An Anomaly, Independent Report Finds

Political Animal - Private sector jobs picture also improves

A review of recent trends on private employment in the United States.

Election results 2011: Voters signal that GOP overreached

Federal pay gap widens, report says - The Washington Post

A report by the Bureau of Labor found that on average Federal Employees are underpaid by 26.3% compared to similar non-federal jobs.

Only 9% Of President Obama’s News Coverage Positive

A study by the Pew Research Center finds that media coverage of the President is far less positive than its coverage of those seeking the GOP nomination.

Issa aides deny he raised no objection when briefed on ATF gun-trafficking program last year - The Washington Post

Sources say and evidence supports that Rep Issa, a chief and vocal critic of the ATF operation "Fast and Furious" was briefed in detail on the operation in March of 2010 and raised no objection.  Rep Issa denies this story.

Political Animal - Revisiting the 9-9-9 nonsense

Herman Cain's 9-9-9 tax plan does not make any sense at all.

Obama Jobs Plan Prevents 2012 Recession in Survey of Economists - Bloomberg

According to a survey of economists, Obama's jobs plan would help avoid a 2012 recession.

Mitt Romney's "apology" fixation - The Fact Checker - The Washington Post

Mitt Romeny repeatedly makes the false claim that President Obama apologized for America.  It has been repeatedly debunked as false.  When does repeating a falsehood make one a liar?

Bruce Bartlett: Misrepresentations, Regulations and Jobs

Bruce Bartlett, who served George HW Bush, Ronald Reagan, Jack Kemp and Ron Paul expains why he believes the GOP position on jobs is a canard.

Prosecutors Get a Mulligan, Wrongfully Convicted Man Gets Squat

In a 5-4 opinion the Supreme Court overturned a jury verdict awarding an innocent man unjustly imprisoned for over 18 years due to blatant misconduct by the prosecutors.  This innocent man was withing weeks of execution when the evidence of his innocence withheld by the …

Scientists Glimpse Images In Your Mind

A study that sought to decode brain imaging and turn them into watchable movies.

The Disastrous Consequences of Cheneyism

Former Bush administration official Jack Goldsmith examines how Cheney's unilateral approach to government undermined his objectives and weakened the Presidency.

Spokane MLK Day bomber pleads guilty - seattlepi.com

A man with ties to white supremacists pled guilty to an attempted bombing of an MLK parade.

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