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Obama's Seventy Ninth Week in OfficeThe JournoListThe List" for 7/29/2010  Obama was behind British Prime Minister Cameron's attack on IsraelAmnesty Memo: According to an internal U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services memo going the rounds of Capitol Hill and obtained by National Review, the agency is considering ways in which it could enact “meaningful immigration reform absent legislative action” Is the Jacob Lew story, a tale of corruption?At a briefing today to discuss the administration’s efforts to rescue the auto industry, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs took on conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh—and every other critic “sitting in the cheap...

Obama's Seventy Eigth Week in OfficeThe List" for 7/22/2010 The US government's freeze on new deepwater oil drilling is halting nearly all exploration in the Gulf of Mexico, including shallow water projects, local officials said. 2 Days Ago, Obama "Was Briefed" and "Fully Supports" Vilsack's Decision, Tonight Obama Says Vilsack "Jumped The Gun" Berwick battle escalates: GOP introduces resolution calling recess appointment ‘abuse of power’Britain's prime minister takescommercial airline British Airways, 'business class, to see Obama.  Obama's dog gets private plane for Obama vacation750th solider to die since Obama took over as Commander in Chief.The US rams through UN approval...

Obama's Seventy Seventh Week in OfficeThe List" for 7/15/2010 Fake Obama numbers on jobs.  The White House economic team didn’t actually count how many people got a job thanks to the stimulus. Instead, the number is a projection that relies on the myth that a dollar of government spending creates up to 2.5 dollars of economic growth.An American public relations firm with ties to President Obama has decided not to renew a contract to orchestrate a campaign aimed at breaking the blockade of the Gaza Strip after Jewish organisations expressed dismay at the arrangement. Fenton Communications - which boasts on...

Obama's Seventy Sixth Week in OfficeThe List" for 7/8/2010 Republican and Democratic leaders on the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation are moving toward an authorization bill that would reverse large swaths of President Obama’s proposed changes to NASA’s human space flight programNASA's Muslim outreach: Al Jazeera told firstAccording to the New York Times, prominent K Street lobbyists are buttonholing Obama officials at a Caribou Coffee shop on Pennsylvania Avenue, raising far more than just ethics questions. Caribou Coffee is a Shariah-compliant firm owned by an Islamic bank based in Bahrain. One of its founders and a current adviser...

 Obama's Seventy Fifth Week in OfficeThe List" for 7/1/2010 Obama will host a town hall meeting next month with African youth leaders as part of a U.S. celebration of 50 years of independence being marked this year by 17 African countries. Obama's Supreme Court Nominee, Elena Kagan's Socialist Associations (the Middle Years) White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said that the Senate could pass comprehensive immigration reform legislation if Republicans would cooperate.Obama by way of the EPA has shut down 33% of the country’s refining capacity.Obama's Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism speaks out against "Islamophobia"A former Justice Department...

FDL has learned that in a last minute move, Nancy Pelosi sneaked language into the rule that the House is voting on tonight regarding war funding. Embedded in the rule is the requirement that the House will vote on the deficit commission’s recommendations in the lame duck session if they pass the Senate. The commission, co-chaired by Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson, is packed with members who favor the raising the retirement age to 70, means testing, and private accounts. Many also support investing 20% of the Social Security trust fund in the stock market. It’s ironic that yesterday Pelosi...

 Obama's Seventy Fourth Week in OfficeDocument: Obamacare, Three months of broken promisesThe List" for 6/24/2010 White House welcomes Shariah finance specialist- Obama selects Muslim expert in Islamic transactions as fellowAlmost one year after the Obama legal team at the firm Perkins Coie concluded that Governor Palin’s legal defense fund failed to comply with Alaska law, a new investigator dusted off that report and essentially re-issued it. Why are we not surprised? First, some context. Who is Perkins Coie? The firm is counsel of record for the Democratic National Committee, and other political clients include nearly all Democratic members of the...

Obama's Seventy Third Week in OfficeBritish Petroleum-gateThe List" for 6/17/2010 VIDEO: Obama Breaks His Word to Arizona Governor Jan Brewer-  Obama: We'll get back to you within 2 weeks. Greta: Have you heard anything from the President? Governor Brewer: "We've not heard a word"..The deepwater drilling experts that President Obama consulted on his drilling ban and referenced in his announcement of the ban are now saying that they recommended nothing of the sort.Today, the Coast Guard stopped oil skimming vessels that were hired by the state of Louisiana...because they couldn't verify if the ships had life preservers and fire extinguishers.The...

 Obama's Seventy Second Week in OfficeSestak-GateThe List" for 6/10/2010 Gibbs sidesteps Social Security question Asked about affidavits that Obama's ID was assigned to ConnecticutAttorney General Eric Holder on Thursday announced that the FBI is investigating whether excessive force was used by Border Patrol after an agent fatally shot a 15-year-old Mexican boy on the banks of the Rio GrandeObama and senior administration officials will meet BP Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg next Wednesday, the White House announced on ThursdayObama to Kill NASA's Constellation Program, Despite Congressional Approval: The Obama administration may have found a back door way to kill the Constellation space...

Obama's Seventy First Week in Office .Sestak-Gate (updated file)The List" for 6/3/2010 Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D) said he and White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel discussed how to persuade Rep. Joe Sestak (Pa.) not to challenge Sen. Arlen Specter in the 2010 Democratic primary.Obama's new healthcare law reportedly doesn't allocate nearly enough money to cover the estimated 5.6 million to 7 million Americans with pre-existing medical conditions who will qualify for temporary high-risk insurance pools An analysis by the Center for Studying Health System Change found that the new law “could leave hundreds of thousands of potential participants...