K Street

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• "K" bye: Obama v. Lobbyists

  
  The Political Carnival — Authority: 671
  By GottaLaff I love how President Obama does big things with "little fanfare". All that punditiot blather about "celebrity" this and "attention whore" that just make this sweeter: Hundreds, if not thousands, of lobbyists are likely to be ejected from federal advisory panels as part of a little-noticed ...
  4 days ago

• New Obama policy bars lobbyists from federal advisory panels

  
  Mountain Sage — Authority: 134
  Lobbyists are, of course, up in arms about this rule complaining that this will “neuter the voice of American business.”  The new policy does not bar top corporate officers from sitting on advisor panels as long as they aren’t lobbyists. Lobbyists pushed off advisory panels By Dan Eggen Washington Post ...
  4 days ago

• Lobbyists pushed off federal advisory panels (Obama admits lobbyist are a part of his WH)

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 176
  Hundreds, if not thousands, of lobbyists are likely to be ejected from federal advisory panels as part of a little-noticed initiative by the Obama administration to curb K Streets influence in Washington, according to White House officials and lobbying experts. The new policy -- issued with little fanfare this fall by ...
  4 days ago

• On Whores

  
  ChrisWeigant.com — Authority: 419
  Because some in Washington have apparently latched onto these terms either as a favorite insult to hurl, or as a faux-controversy (while giving Oscar-worthy performances of having the Victorian vapors over hearing the words). Following close behind are charges of "sexism" and "insensitivity" and probably a few other ...
  6 days ago

• DDOT Chat Transcript

  
  the Triangle, not just parking lots anymore... — Authority: 542
  DDOT Director Gabe Klein held a chat today [ transcript ]. Chat is not the medium for highly substantive answers but it is great that our new director values and makes time for dialog with the community. The Mount Vernon Triangle was a topic of several questions from participants ( neither was me ): [ Comment ...
  1 week ago

• Promoting a Cause Through YouTube

  
  K Street Cafe — Authority: 452
  In case you missed, the Hill ran my column “ Promoting a Cause Through YouTube ,” about the State Department’s use of social media as a powerful diplomacy tool used to promote democracy around the world. Much can be learned by studying State’s Democracy Video Challenge user generated content campaign.  ...
  1 week ago

• Social Media and 501(c)(3) – Putting Nonprofit Status at Risk?

  
  K Street Cafe — Authority: 452
  Cross-posted from Mirsky & Kong PLLC A question came up about the new media activities of 501c3 organizations hosting social media platforms for the public (Thank you to Debbie Miller for her assistance with this research): Question: Can a 501c3 private foundation or public charity put its tax-exempt status ...
  2 weeks ago

• Is This New YouTube Tool an Advocacy Dream?

  
  K Street Cafe — Authority: 452
  Today YouTube announced the official launch of YouTube DIRECT , a tool that allows organizations to collect, moderate and then display videos from users directly on their organization’s web site or an associated YouTube channel. The stated intention of the tool is to allow news organizations to develop an array ...
  2 weeks ago

• Kara Visits Facebooks Washington, D.C. Office and Talks Policy!

  
  BoomTown — Authority: 686
  Yesterday, BoomTown paid a visit on the Washington, D.C. office of Facebook to meet its reps in the nation’s capital. Perhaps not surprisingly, the social networking site has a very small–just a trio of on-the-young-side dudes–battening down the hatches from a funky office in a funky section of D.C., in Dupont ...
  2 weeks ago

• Strategery

  
  Corrente — Authority: 624
  [I thought Id update and re-post this, since with HR3962 our GENIUS Dems have really outdone themselves their indefatigable efforts to preserve the two-party system by giving the Republicans ever better odds in 2010 and 2012. Not that it matters to them; theyre all made in Versailles by now anyhow. --lambert] ...
  3 weeks ago

• How the Iraq War Destroyed the US Economy

  
  BlueBloggin — Authority: 542
  by Len Hart, The Existentialist CowboyWars reduce the GDP, destroy jobs, reduce productivity, and increase the trade deficit! If wars are ‘bad’ for the economy, then how are they sold so easily? The quick response: they are sold with focus group tested bullshit!There’s a ‘living’ in killing, we are told! ...
  3 weeks ago

• Fear the Fear Because we’re Fearful of Fear and You Should Be Frightened of Fear Too!

  
  The Vigilant Lens — Authority: 131
  Freedom is at stake patriots!  Fear!  Bowel gurgling diarrhea of fear ought to be spewing out of you and on to your coveralls of freedom!!Fear it!!  Be afraid!!  Feeeaaaaaaarrrrrrrrr…..This bowl of horse shit comes to us from Representative Virginia Foxx of you guessed it, North Carolina.Virgina says she is ...
  4 weeks ago

• The Draft, Brought to You By Hamid Karzai Bush

  
  The Vigilant Lens — Authority: 131
  So our second attempt at a presidential election in Afghanistan did not go so well.  As 24 of you may already know, Karzai was recently “elected” as the commander in chief of our newest acquisition nation building project.  Unfortunately, the Afghan Al Gore known as Abdullah Abdullah, said that the election was ...
  4 weeks ago

• How Foreign Lobbies and Elites Bought the US

  
  BuzzFlash.net: published — Authority: 529
  The area around K Street in Washington, D.C., abounds with lobbyists, many of whom represent foreign governments or entities. Although some major foreign governments continue to work mainly through their embassies in Washington, nearly one hundred countries rely on lobbyists to protect and promote their interests. The ...
  4 weeks ago

• How Foreign Lobbies and Elites ‘Bought’ the US

  
  BlueBloggin — Authority: 542
  by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy FASCISM is a radical and authoritarian nationalist political ideology defined by a corporatist economic ideology enforced by a dictatorial regime which, in turn, is supported by a symbiotic business/corporate community.In pre-war Germany, Hitler held a meeting with his corporate ...
  4 weeks ago

• Examining Breasts Leads to Probing Dicks

  
  The Vigilant Lens — Authority: 131
  Only here in puritanical Merica or puritanical Saudi Arabia, will you find a steady stream of outraged humans, outraged over the bearing of outrageous breasts, during a breast cancer awareness segment on the teevee news.Outrageous!Coincidentally, only here in Merica will you find more self identifying Republicans, ...
  4 weeks ago

• Obama Admin Exempt from Watchdog’s Scrutiny?

  
  RBO — Authority: 527
  RBO has been involved in a major project the past few months. We just came across an interesting bit of news worthy of report.The left-of-center Public Citizen, the Ralph Nader “watchdog” organization founded in 1971, scrutinized the former Bush administration with a magnifying glass — not that that was a bad ...
  4 weeks ago

• My Congressman Is Nuts: Alan Grayson Edition

  
  Big Government — Authority: 816
  Alan Grayson.  How did this clown get elected?  Even Democrats are asking themselves that. The man who delighted in claiming Republicans want the sick to die to save the taxpayers money, was so proud of his obnoxiousness that he started a website to celebrate himself, www.congressmanwithguts.com . No sooner ...
  4 weeks ago

• The Crimson Tide Wont Touch Stalwart Progressives But Tennessee Blue Dogs May Soon Be Working As K Street Whores

  
  DownWithTyranny! — Authority: 638
  You may not think its the big a deal to go from being the guy whos being bribed (a congressman) to the briber (a lobbyist) but its quite a blow to the ego to be defeated and publicly displayed as a whore skirting lax laws you may have voted on yourself. When scurrilous California Republican Congressman Bill Lowery (a ...
  4 weeks ago

• In Defense of Fox News’ Ambush Of “Congressman With Guts” Alan Grayson

  
  Mediaite — Authority: 796
  Yesterday, Mediaite offered a sneak peek at Fox News’ Griff Jenkins ambushing controversial Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson ( D-Fl) outside his office. The first thing I thought when I saw this was that Grayson’s repeated demands that Jenkins make an appointment constituted some particularly weak sauce. On last ...
  4 weeks ago

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