The Importance of Fracking on Earth Day
Lower gas prices probably helped President Obama get re-elected too.
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Obama Urges Britain to Remain in European Union, Says UK Could Go to Back of Trade Deal Line
London Mayor Boris Johnson blames Obama's position on "ancestral dislike" for British empire
The Permanent Security State
Presidents come and go, but the national security bureaucracy never leaves.
The Limits to President Obama's Authority on Immigration Executive Orders
Is the president enforcing laws not as Congress wrote them, but as he wishes them to have been written?
Elizabeth Warren Whines About Ted Cruz Whining About Running for President
It's whining all the way down.
Saudi Arabia's Alleged 9/11 Connection Just One of Many Reasons the U.S. Ally is a Problem
It's past time to have the "Where is this relationship going?" conversation.
The DAPA Debacle Shows Obama Has Failed as a Unifier
The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments today in the backdrop of a deeply divided country
Obama's Faint Praise of Hillary is Either Machiavellian or Dumb
The president characterizes his former secretary of state's use of a private email server as "careless," but under the law it's negligence.
Would President Trump Be Bound by the Paris Climate Agreement?
President Obama will officially sign Paris Climate Agreement on Earth Day.
Why Merrick Garland Should NOT Be on the Supreme Court
Libertarian legal eagle Randy Barnett explains why Garland's deference to Congress is a deal breaker.
Obama Admits Haphazard U.S. Intervention in Libya 'Worst Mistake' of His Presidency
Says it taught him to make sure interventions included plans for the aftermath.
President Obama Uses Panama Papers to Condemn Government Corruption Demand More Power for Government
Panama Papers illustrate how lucrative politics and government is, and shouldn't be a reason to make it even more so.
Pot Smokers at White House Protest Obama's Disinterest in Reclassifying Marijuana
The president prefers to pretend that rescheduling requires congressional action.
Obama's Mercy Still Pales Next to Richard Nixon's
Obama has granted about 1 percent of commutation petitions, compared to Nixon's 7 percent.
Gary Johnson Has High Hopes President Obama Will Reclassify Marijuana
The once and possibly future Libertarian presidential candidate thinks Obama will remove marijuana's Schedule I classification before he leaves office.
Obama Screws, Skewers the Media, But They Do Love Him So
The president who has prosecuted more whistleblowers than all other combined tells the press to do its job better.
Bill Clinton Denounces "the awful legacy of the last eight years" Under Obama
Which of course, includes Hillary's contributions and all of Obama's presidency.
Dems & Reps Are Melting Down. These Two Tweets Help Explain Why
GOP frontrunner Donald Trump is a seriously deranged male chauvinist pig, while Obama praises Cuban education.
Reforming Corporate Taxation Is a Bipartisan Issue
The U.S.'s insanely high corporate tax rate is bad policy.
Ted Cruz Wages Jihad on Truth
Senator scaremongers to deflect from his lack of a real plan to deal with ISIS.
Obama in Cuba: "I Have Come to Bury the Last Remnant of the Cold War"
President tells Cuban people the US will not impose any system on them; calls on Castro to "not fear" democracy.
Brussels Attacks Give Cruz Another Occasion to Slam Obama for Refusing to Say 'Radical Islamic Terrorism'
The Texas senator seems to think the phrase has magical powers.
Raul Castro Denies Cuba Holds Political Prisoners at Press Conference with President Obama
Dictator makes incredible claim a day after scores of dissidents were arrested.
No, Ted Cruz, Obama's Cuba Trip Is Not 'Appeasement'
Demagogic Cuban-American demagogues in support of a failed policy
GOP Senator: Economic Liberty Will Free Cubans Faster Than Embargo (Duh)
"The economic agenda *is* the human rights agenda," says Arizona's Jeff Flake.
5 Great Quotes By GOP Sen. Jeff Flake on America's Failed Cuba Policy
"These aren't sanctions on *Cubans*," he says, "they are sanctions on *Americans.*"
Merrick Garland: "To the Right of Scalia on Criminal Justice"
"If 'right of Scalia' is what a Democratic nominee looks like, maybe we'll get better from President Trump."
On Commutations, DOJ Blames Volunteer Lawyers for Failing to Do Its Job
A big backlog of prisoners seeking shorter sentences has gotten a lot bigger.
4 Things to Know About Sri Srinivasan, Obama's Potential Nominee to Replace Scalia on the Supreme Court
Examining the record of a possible SCOTUS nominee.
President Obama Wants a Back Door on Your Phone. But Not on His.
Secure communications for me, but not for thee.
Obama to SXSW: Government Has Failed You But You Should Trust It Anyway
The president delivered a keynote to Austin's tech confab this afternoon.
Obama Administration to Expand Unconstitutional Warrantless NSA Spying on Americans
The new surveillance rules have nothing to do with stopping terrorism.
Sen. Jeff Flake on Why GOP Cuba Policy Is Wrong
"I have no idea," Lech Walesa told the Arizona Republican, "why you guys have a museum of socialism 90 miles from your shore & you won't let anybody visit it."
Obama Administration Working on Drone War Transparency… By Offering Numbers of People Killed
Don't hold your breath on the government identifying who they're actually killing-often they don't know
Obama Renews Declaration that Venezuela is a National Security Threat
But it's more just a desperately poor nation suffering from socialist mismanagement and oppression.
Obama Proposes Basic Plan to Close Gitmo, Needs Congress to Approve
Doesn't appear to be doing much to get Congress on board.
After Scalia, Obama Faces Tough Choices on Nomination
Will Obama go for a fight that will mobilize the Democratic base, or choose a candidate who has some distantly plausible chance of confirmation?
Republicans Shouldn't Fear a Supreme Court Fight
Republicans stand to lose more if they don't fight an Obama nomination
