Tag Archives: Obama Administration

The New York Times: President Obama’s 2016 State of The Union Speech

Posted on January 12, 2016 by Derik Schneider

Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat: The New York Times: President Obama’s 2016 State of The Union Speech I believe President Obama, gave one of his best speeches tonight. Because it wasn’t a laundry list of … Continue reading →

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The Washington Monthly: Opinion: Martin Longman: White House Heroin Initiative is a Start

Posted on August 24, 2015 by Derik Schneider

The Washington Monthly: Opinion: Martin Longman: White House Heroin Initiative is a Start This is really something that we should’ve been doing since the so-called War on Drugs started in 1971. But then had we of done that, then maybe … Continue reading →

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Cannabis Culture: Blog: Grant Smith: Meet The New Drug Czar, Not The Same as The Old Drug Czar

Posted on February 25, 2015 by Erik Schneider

Cannabis Culture: Blog: Grant Smith: Meet the New Drug Czar, Not the Same as the Old Drug Czar I guess at least in my perfect world and perhaps in the perfect world of now at least a one half of … Continue reading →

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The New Republic: Noam Scheiber: ‘What My Book Got Wrong About Obama, Summers, Geithner, Recovery’

Posted on November 6, 2014 by Erik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  It is rare at least in the last four years or so that I agree with Noam Scheiber on anything. And four years is most of the time that I’ve been blogging. You see more bipartisan cooperation … Continue reading →

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USA Today: Jonathan Turley: Fighting Pot With Water

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Ederik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  All the evidence that you need to know that Barack Obama is not a Liberal (even though I wish he was) is to look at his administration’s approach when it comes to the failed War on Drugs, … Continue reading →

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PBS NewsHour: Shields * Ponnuru on House GOP vs. Obama, IRS Missing Emails

Posted on June 27, 2014 by kireschneider

Source:The New Democrat  As far as the Republican primary elections last Tuesday, it was a great night for establishment Republicans in Congress. With none of them losing with Representative Jim Lankford winning his primary overwhelmingly. But the biggest victory would … Continue reading →

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PBS NewsHour: Shields & Brooks on Keystone Politics

Posted on April 19, 2014 by kireschneider

Source:The New Democrat  This just in, politicians make policy decisions for political reasons. Now we return you to your normally scheduled programming. The environmental left (to be nice) tend to look at just about any type of economic development as bad … Continue reading →

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