Posts Tagged ‘Sarah Palin’
LiveBlog for Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
• Charlie Pierce, author of “Idiot America,” calls in at 7:30am Pacific to riff on the news of the day.
• Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) calls in at 8:30am Pacific to talk about health care reform and the economy.
• President Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao emerged from hours of intense talks today determined to marshal their combined clout on crucial issues, but still showing divisions over economic, security, and human rights issues that have long bedeviled the two powers.
• Sarah Palin told Oprah Winfrey yesterday that she doesn’t have her sights set on the 2012 presidency. She said that she’s concentrating on 2010 and making sure that there are issues to tackle
• Some American conservative commentators are seizing on President Obama’s bow to Japan’s emperor during the weekend, accusing the U.S. commander in chief of groveling to a foreign leader.
• Investors kept the stock market’s upward momentum going yesterday, sending shares sharply higher after retail sales rebounded more than expected in October and the dollar extended its slide. The Dow jumped 136 points yesterday to a new 13-month high.
Tags: Barack Obama, Charlie Pierce, Dow Jones, Eliot Engel, Hu Jintao, Oprah Winfrey, Sarah Palin
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LiveBlog for Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
• Lester Brown, Founder of the Earth Policy Institute and author of “Plan B 4.0,” calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about the need for immediate environmental action.
• Karl Frisch, Senior Fellow at Media Matters for America, calls in at 7:05am Pacific to co-host Right Wing World.
• Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) calls in at 7:30am Pacific to talk about health care reform.
• Hal Sparks joins us in studio at 8:05am Pacific for another edition of “Humpdays With Hal.”
• Comedian Margaret Cho calls in at 8:30am Pacific to talk about her upcoming shows and the release of her new concert DVD, “Beautiful.”
• President Obama has sought to spend no more than $900 billion over a 10-year period on health care reform. Yesterday, however, House Dem leaders received a new cost estimate of $871 billion from congressional budget umpires who measured a bill with a a robust public option.
• President Obama spoke with Afghan President Hamid Karzai yesterday and congratulated him for accepting the report of the UN-backed Election Complaint Commission which ruled that he garnered under 50% of the vote in the August election after vote fraud had been factored in, mandating a recount.
• Oprah Winfrey announced yesterday that Sarah Palin will appear on her show on Monday, November 16th.
Tags: Afghanistan, Allyson Schwartz, Barack Obama, Earth Policy Institute, Hal Sparks, Hamid Karzai, Health Care Reform, Karl Frisch, Lester Brown, Margaret Cho, Media Matters for America, Oprah Winfrey, Sarah Palin
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LiveBlog for Monday, July 27, 2009
Monday, July 27th, 2009
• The Rude Pundit (Lee Papa) calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about heath care reform and the arrest of Professor Gates.
• Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) calls in at 7:30am Pacific to talk about health care reform, the economy, housing, and protections for consumers.
• Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND), a key senator in health care reform negotiations, said yesterday that his party lacks the votes to pass a bill through Congress on its own. Conrad is one of a handful of Senate Finance Committee members negotiating a compromise bill that would be the first bipartisan health care proposal.
• President Obama said Friday he spoke with the police officer who arrested a Harvard professor and told the officer he did not mean to malign the Cambridge Police department when he said police acted stupidly. Obama, the officer, and the professor have all agreed to sit down and have a beer together.
• Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin gave her final speech as Alaska’s governor yesterday before stepping down from her post, telling a Fairbanks crowd that she is resigning “to chart a new course to advance the state.”
• 4 years after his seventh Tour de France win, Lance Armstrong capped his return with an impressive 3rd place finish. Armstrong’s rival and teammate Alberto Contador won the race on Sunday.
Tags: Barack Obama, Kent Conrad, Lee Papa, Maxine Waters, Rude Pundit, Sarah Palin
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LiveBlog for Thursday, July 23, 2009
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
• Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD) calls in at 6:30am Pacific to handicap the president’s health care reform press conference last night.
• Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI) calls in at 7:30am Pacific to talk to us about the president’s health care reform press conference last night.
• Eric Boehlert, Senior Fellow at Media Matters for America, calls in at 8:30am Pacific to talk about “Birthers,” people who are still demanding to see President Obama’s birth certificate.
• President Obama sought last night to rally support for sweeping health care legislation he’s struggling to push through Congress, expressing support for a surtax on families making more than $1 million a year to help pay for it. He also vowed to reject any measure “primarily funded through taxing middle-class families.”
• Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) announced yesterday he plans to vote for Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor, bucking the views of most of his conservative GOP colleagues. Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss) announced yesterday that they plan to oppose the judge.
• The Senate yesterday narrowly rejected a controversial measure to allow people to carry concealed weapons from state to state. The measure would have required each of the 48 states that currently allow concealed firearms to honor permits issued in other states.
• Outgoing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is rejecting allegations she broke state ethics laws by letting supporters set up a legal defense fund for her.
Tags: Barack Obama, Donna Edwards, Eric Boehlert, Jon Kyl, Lindsey Graham, Media Matters for America, Ron Kind, Sarah Palin, Thad Cochran
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LiveBlog for Monday, July 6, 2009
Monday, July 6th, 2009
• The Stephanie Miller Show returns to KPHX-AM 1480 in Phoenix today!
• “The Rude Pundit,” Lee Papa, calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about his blog at RudePundit.Blogspot.com, about Palin’s resignation, and how George Washington would kick the teabaggers’ asses.
• The FBI, in a rare response to rampant rumors on the internet, said it is not investigating Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on public corruption charges. The speculation began almost immediately after Palin’s unexpected announcement on Friday that she would step down as Alaska’s chief executive with 18 months left in her term.
• Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev end a seven-year hiatus in U.S.-Russian summitry with a meeting in Moscow today, each declaring his determination to further cut nuclear arsenals and repair a badly damaged relationship.
• Listings for tickets to the Michael Jackson memorial service at Los Angeles’ Staples Center tomorrow appeared on eBay and Craigslist as soon as winners were notified yesterday. One listing asked for a “Buy It Now” price of $20,000.
• Vice President Biden said the Obama administration “misread how bad the economy was” but stands by its stimulus package and believes the plan will create more jobs as the pace of its spending picks up. Biden said the nation’s 9.5 percent unemployment rate is “much too high.”
Tags: Barack Obama, Dmitry Medvedev, FBI, Joe Biden, KPHX, Lee Papa, Michael Jackson, Sarah Palin, The Rude Pundit
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Steph on MSNBC’s “The Ed Show” – T 6/16/09
LiveBlog for Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
• Johnny Symons, director of “Ask Not” (a new Don’t Ask Don’t Tell documentary that will air on PBS), calls in at 7:30am Pacific to talk about his film.
• Comedian Hal Sparks calls in at 8:06am Pacific to talk about the news of the day.
• Iranian authorities agreed yesterday to recount disputed presidential votes as the country faced intensifying unrest in the wake of a claimed victory by incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that opponents say was the result of a rigged ballot. His opponent, Mir Hossein Moussavi, rejected the vote recount, instead calling for a fresh election.
• State radio in Iran reported today that clashes in Tehran left seven people dead during an “unauthorized gathering” at a mass rally over alleged election fraud.
• Health care reform should mean all Americans can get coverage while allowing doctors to heal patients instead of being bureaucrats, President Obama told the American Medical Association yesterday. Obama called an overhaul of the ailing health care system the most important issue for the nation’s long-term economic stability.
• On last night’s “Late Show with David Letterman,” Letterman offered a full apology to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her family for the joke he told last week about Alex Rodriguez knocking up her daughter. He said the joke was “beyond flawed,” and that his intent was completely meaningless compared to the perception.
Tags: Alex Rodriguez, American Medical Association, Ask Not, Barack Obama, Bristol Palin, David Letterman, Hal Sparks, Johnny Symons, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Moussavi, PBS, Sarah Palin, Willow Palin
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Steph on HLN – F 6/12/09
LiveBlog for Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
• Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about the stimulus package and the Dems’ health care reform plan.
• Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) calls in at 8:05am Pacific to talk about helping families save their homes, the economy, the Lakers, and other news of the day.
• Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) calls in at 8:30am Pacific to talk about the stimulus plan and health care reform.
• Eager to show action on the ailing economy, President Obama promised yesterday to speed federal money into hundreds of public works projects this summer, vowing that 600,000 jobs will be created or saved.
• House Dems said yesterday that their emerging health care reform legislation will include a government-run insurance option as well as plans offered by private companies. The government would require all plans to contain a minimum benefit and no applicant could be rejected for pre-existing conditions, now could they be charged a higher premium.
• The U.S. Supreme Court has turned down a challenge to the Defense Department policy forbidding gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military, granting a request by the Obama administration.
• Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin appeared at a GOP congressional fundraiser last night, ending a will-she-or-won’t-she mystery that overshadowed the event and frustrated the GOP.
Tags: Allyson Schwartz, Barack Obama, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Health Care Reform, Jan Schakowsky, Maxine Waters, Sarah Palin, Stimulus Plan
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LiveBlog for Monday, February 9, 2009
Monday, February 9th, 2009
XM Satellite Radio is now carrying all three hours of The Stephanie Miller Show live from 9am to Noon Eastern!!! Now, even if your city or town doesn’t have a Steph affiliate, you can hear her wherever you go. Be sure to check it out on America Left XM167!
• The Senate is poised to pass a compromise $827 billion version of the economic stimulus bill as soon as tomorrow. The legislation would have to be reconciled with the very different $819 billion version already approved by the house.
• In an effort to build support for his signature economic stimulus plan, President Obama is setting off for Indiana today, holding his first prime-time news conference tonight and heading to Florida tomorrow. In both states, he will be working to counter GOP criticism of his jobs creation package and take greater control of the debate.
• Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Alabama), the ranking Republican on the Senate Banking Committee, warned yesterday that Obama’s jobs creation effort will lead to “financial disaster.” He added that America will “pay dearly.”
• Vice President Joe Biden emphasized a “new tone” in Washington and around the world as he delivered his first major speech Saturday in Munich, Germany. He told delegates at a security conference that the U.S. will work “preventatively, not pre-emptively” whenever possible to avoid conflict, and will at the same time “vigorously defend” the nation’s security.
• Todd Palin and nine aides were found in contempt Friday by the Alaska Senate for failing to appear to testify in the Legislature’s “troopergate” investigation of his wife, Gov. Sarah Palin. But a Senate resolution said no one should be punished because the 10 did submit statements to the investigator.
Tags: Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Richard Shelby, Sarah Palin, Todd Palin
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