DOMA Defense ‘Apology’ Should Have Come From Top of White House Ladder

There has been some walk-back on the Justice Department’s brief in defense of DOMA, which seemed to equate same sex marriage with incest.  As Jake Tapper reports, the qualms come from a staff secretary to the President: In a panel discussion at the liberal American Constitution Society Friday, President Obama’s staff secretary, Lisa Brown, expressed [...]

Right Wing Creaming Over Obama and Iran – Ice Cream, Cream Puffs

While President Obama has rolled out a still-stronger statement on the unrest in Iran, there are some on the right who are more obsessed with cream than with productive diplomacy. First, there was GOP Congressman Dana Rohrbacher’s assertion that President Obama is a “cream puff.“  It’s a nice sound byte, unless you spend a second [...]

Statement from the President on Iran

THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary _____________________________________________________________________________________ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 20, 2009 Statement from the President on Iran The Iranian government must understand that the world is watching. We mourn each and every innocent life that is lost. We call on the Iranian government to stop all violent and unjust actions against [...]

Alex’s First Foray Into the Briefing Room

My goodness, I think I’m still in shock. It’s hard for me to taste things, listening to Coldplay’s “Viva La Vida” on the Metro home almost moved me to tears of happiness, and every so often I break out in a hyena-like “Hahahahahaha!!!!!”, exclamation points and all. It’s definitely P-WHBS: That is, Post-White House Briefing [...]

White House Fly-Killing Station

Note to PETA: Flies spread diseases.  And they’re gross.

Photos and President Obama’s Remarks at Young Men’s Barbecue

I have to get out of here soon, so here are some photos from today’s event, followed by the President’s remarks.  Alex has more, and I’m sure she’ll write in more detail about the event, which featured Chef Bobby Flay sharing his grill with the President, a visit from skateboard-toting mentor Tony Hawk, and the [...]

Took a Test to Become an MC

A few minutes ago, I got to meet an authentic legend.  Darryl McDaniels, 1/3 of rap pioneers Run DMC, was at the White House today for the President’s Father’s Day event, and I caught up to him afterwards, while he was giving another interview, which will air on MSNBC tomorrow night. I spoke with his [...]

Major Garrett Questions President Obama’s Churchgoing Habits

Major Garrett asked Press Secretary Robert Gibbs about President Obama’s worship habits at today’s White House briefing, with a followup by AURN’s April Ryan: Major Garrett:  The prayer breakfast today reminded me of something the President said during the campaign, that he would hope to or he probably would have a church selected for his [...]

Gibbs: President Obama Opposed to Slavery

At today’s White House Press Briefing, Robert Gibbs was asked, by AURN’s April Ryan, about a bill apologizing for slavery: April Ryan: (T)he Senate has unanimously passed a symbolic resolution apologizing for slavery and racial segregation, and sent the measure to the House. This being the first black President — Bill Clinton did not apologize [...]

Cartoon Major Garrett News – Update: We Have a Timetable

Update: Major says “This weekend…if I can figure it out.” Jun 18, 2009 @ 20:22 If you don’t know what #cartoonmajor means, you might just want to skip this one. Fox News White House correspondent Major Garrett is a recent addition to the Twitter community, having joined a couple of weeks ago.  Almost immediately, folks [...]

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