Matt Corley

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Bush: I liberated America’s school children.

By MATT CORLEY

President Bush is fond of saying that he “liberated 50 million people” by taking military action in Iraq and Afghanistan. But the populations of those two ...

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Gonzales claims he can’t get a job because of the ‘rough economy.’

By MATT CORLEY

In April, reports revealed that former attorney general Alberto Gonzales was “unable to interest law firms in adding his name to their roster.” Gonzales ha...

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Lott celebrates his new ability to lobby his friends in the Senate.

By MATT CORLEY

In November 2007, when then-Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS) announced his retirement from Congress, it was believed that Lott resigned at that time in order to “immunize&...

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Pence Challenges Americans To ‘Check’ His Facts: Guess What? He’s Got Them Wrong

By MATT CORLEY

Appearing on CSPAN’s Washington Journal this morning, Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN), the third ranking Republican in the House, repeatedly claimed that the solution to ...

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Timber company backs out of controversial road deal with Forest Service.

By MATT CORLEY

Last week, ThinkProgress noted that Forest Service chief Mark E. Rey, who is a former lobbyist for the timber industry, was trying to “push through a change in U...

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Pew: ‘The overall mood of the public’ has gotten worse under Bush.

By MATT CORLEY

On CBS’ Face The Nation yesterday, host Bob Schieffer asked Vice President Cheney whether Americans were “better off now than we were eight years ago.” Chene...

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Kempthorne spent $235,000 in taxpayer money to renovate his bathroom.

By MATT CORLEY

The Washington Post’s Al Kamen reports today that outgoing Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne recently spent about $235,000 in taxpayer funds to renovate the bat...

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Cheney: Financial Crisis ‘Developed’ Only ‘Over The Last Six Months’

By MATT CORLEY

On CBS’ Face The Nation this morning, host Bob Schieffer asked Vice President Cheney whether Americans were “better off now than we were years ago.” ...

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Bush Administration Trying To Make It Easier To Turn Forests Into Housing Subdivisions

By MATT CORLEY

In yet another potential last minute rule change, “the Bush administration appears poised to push through a change in U.S. Forest Service agreements that would m...

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Suicide bombing in Iraq kills as many as 32 people.

By MATT CORLEY

Outside of Baghdad yesterday, a suicide bomber disrupted a reconciliation gathering, killing as many as 32 people and wounding dozens more. Capt. Muthanna Ahmed, a spo...

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Fox News claims ‘magic negro’ text was ‘inadvertently cleared for air.’

By MATT CORLEY

As ThinkProgress recently noted, Fox News allowed at least one racist message directed toward President-elect Obama to make it on the air during its New Years broadcas...

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Rove: Pardons And Commutations Are ‘Generally…Not Granted Within Five Years After The Offense’

By MATT CORLEY

On Christmas eve, the White House took the unprecedented step of revoking President Bush’s pardon of housing scam artist Isaac Toussie after media reports reveal...

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