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Talking Points Memo. Talking Points Memo ( TPM) is a liberal political news and opinion website created and run by Josh Marshall that debuted on November 12, 2000. The name is a reference to the memo (short list) consisting of the issues (points) discussed by one's side in a debate or used to support a position taken on an issue. [1]
Crooks and Liars, a self-described liberal political blog, [1] was started by John Amato in September 2004. [2] Amato, known as the "Vlogfather," was a pioneer of video blogging, which he turned to after an injury undermined his saxophone career during a hiatus from a reunion tour with Duran Duran. [3] [4] Amato said he started the site ...
Benen's articles and op-eds have appeared in a variety of publications, including The New York Times, [10] the Washington Monthly, The American Prospect, The Huffington Post, and the New York Daily News. He has been a contributor to Talking Points Memo, Crooks and Liars, The Guardian, AlterNet, Political Wire, and Seven Days .
Torture Memos. The January 9, 2002 memo draft. A set of legal memoranda known as the " Torture Memos " (officially the Memorandum Regarding Military Interrogation of Alien Unlawful Combatants Held Outside The United States) were drafted by John Yoo as Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the United States and signed in August 2002 by Assistant ...
The K Street Project was an effort by the Republican Party (GOP) to pressure Washington lobbying firms to hire Republicans in top positions, and to reward loyal GOP lobbyists with access to influential officials, an arrangement known as crony capitalism. It was launched in 1995 by Republican strategist Grover Norquist and then- House majority ...
The Northwest Progressive Institute named its annual awards to the region's best liberal bloggers after Neiwert. [3] He edited the political blog Crooks And Liars from 2008 to 2012. As of 2018, Neiwert worked with the Southern Poverty Law Center as their Pacific Northwest correspondent. [4] His book, And Hell Followed With Her: Crossing the Dark Side of the American Border, won the 2014 ...
Howard Klein (born February 20, 1948) is an American writer, political activist, media personality, and former record label executive, DJ, and producer. He was the President of Reprise Records from 1989 to 2001. He appears occasionally as himself in music and political related film documentaries and has received accolades for his stance against ...
The Other Side of Immigration is based on interviews with people in Mexican towns where up to half of the population has gone to work in the United States. The first half of the film looks at the social, economic, and political causes of migration from Mexico to the US. The second half of the film looks at the impact of remittances in Mexican communities and the effects of emigration on ...