A/V Booth | Truthdig http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/ Truthdig, a Web magazine that provides expert in-depth coverage of current affairs as well as a variety of thoughtful, provocative content assembled from a progressive point of view. Editor, Robert Scheer. Publisher, Zuade Kaufman. en editor@truthdig.com Copyright 2009 2009-11-07T00:02:37+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/ http://www.truthdig.com/images/rss_feed_promo.gif Truthdig logo ‘Daily Show’ Insta-Classic: What Lurks Within Glenn Beck? http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/20091106_daily_show_insta-classic_what_lurks_within_glenn_beck/ http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/20091106_daily_show_insta-classic_what_lurks_within_glenn_beck/ acorn, che guevara, comedy central, conspiracy, daily show, fox news, glenn beck, jon stewart, obama, van jones, Stewart

It’s not so much that Jon Stewart is lampooning Glenn Beck for the heck of it that makes this clip from Thursday night’s “Daily Show” so inspired, it’s that he practically out-Glenn-Becks Glenn Beck, all the while stealing a potential conspiracy theory that the excitable Fox News showman might soon have cooked up if left to his own devices.

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]]> 2009-11-07T00:02:37+00:00 ‘Left, Right & Center’: GOP Scores; Unemployment Up; Fort Hood Fallout http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/20091106_left_right_center_gop_scores_unemployment_up_ft_hood_fallout/ http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/20091106_left_right_center_gop_scores_unemployment_up_ft_hood_fallout/ army base, fort hood, gop, health care reform, islam, left right & center, ptsd, shooting, tea party, unemployment, Left, Right & Center

Unemployment reaches 10.2 percent—do we need a bigger stimulus? What do the GOP victories in Virginia and New Jersey mean for both parties? Will the House’s historic health care bill pass, and, if so, why wait till 2013 to implement it?

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]]> 2009-11-06T22:59:23+00:00 Obama to Tribal Nations: ‘You Will Not Be Forgotten’ http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/20091106_obama_to_tribal_nations_you_will_not_be_forgotten/ http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/20091106_obama_to_tribal_nations_you_will_not_be_forgotten/ barack obama, history, indians, interior department, obama, politics, speech, tribes, white house, President Obama

President Obama told a gathering of tribal leaders at a rare Interior Department summit that he intended to devote more time and attention to the concerns of American Indians. In closing, he also addressed the Thursday shooting at Fort Hood.

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]]> 2009-11-06T09:01:40+00:00 Glenn Beck Gets a (Satirical) Drubbing From The Onion http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/20091104_glenn_beck_gets_a_satirical_drubbing_from_the_onion/ http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/20091104_glenn_beck_gets_a_satirical_drubbing_from_the_onion/ fox news, glenn beck, humor, pundit, the onion, Glenn Beck

Wow. It’s eminently clear from this pretty amazing faux news report by The Onion News Network that staffers at that hallowed humor hub really, really don’t like Fox News scenery-chewer Glenn Beck, as they’re willing to go to the very edge of acceptable humor, or perhaps past that, to make their point here.

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]]> 2009-11-05T00:41:27+00:00 ‘Daily Show’: Plouffe Weighs In on Obama’s First Year http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/20091104_daily_show_plouffe_weighs_in_on_obamas_first_year/ http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/20091104_daily_show_plouffe_weighs_in_on_obamas_first_year/ barack obama, campaign, daily show, david plouffe, henry paulson, jon stewart, president, timothy geithner, Plouffe and Stewart

Barack Obama’s top campaign strategist, David Plouffe, paid a visit to “The Daily Show” on Tuesday night, the anniversary of his candidate’s big win, to look back on Obama’s strategy for getting to the White House and how the president has done over the course of his first year. Jon Stewart doesn’t let Plouffe off easy, especially when it comes to Obama’s choice of economic advisers.

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]]> 2009-11-04T21:09:48+00:00 Angry Wordplay With Gov. Schwarzenegger http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/20091103_colbert_report_angry_word_play_with_gov_schwarzenegger/ http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/20091103_colbert_report_angry_word_play_with_gov_schwarzenegger/ , Colbert

Who knew that California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger ate smiley faces for breakfast? State Assemblyman Tom Ammiano may have an inkling that this is the case after provoking the governor—Stephen Colbert’s Alpha Dog of the Week—to the point where Schwarzenegger, or someone in his office, embedded an expletive in an official document.

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]]> 2009-11-03T20:07:58+00:00 Obama Will Deal With Karzai http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/20091101_obama_will_deal_with_karzai/ http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/20091101_obama_will_deal_with_karzai/ abdullah abdullah, afghanistan, corruption, david axelrod, election, face the nation, h1n1, hamid karzai, obama, politics, rush limbaugh, swine flu, war,

The president’s top political adviser, David Axelrod, told CBS News that Abdullah Abdullah’s withdrawal from the Afghan runoff election was a “political decision” and that the White House would “deal with the government that is.”

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]]> 2009-11-02T08:15:59+00:00 ‘The Daily Show’: For Fox Sake! http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/20091030_the_daily_show_for_fox_sake/ http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/20091030_the_daily_show_for_fox_sake/ barack obama, comedy central, daily show, fox news, jon stewart, josef stalin, msnbc, white house, Stewart

The battle between the Obama administration and Fox News hasn’t ended yet (sigh), but luckily, Jon Stewart takes this timely opportunity to dissect what exactly the conservative-leaning channel’s raison d’être is, and here’s a hint: It’s not necessarily the news.

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]]> 2009-10-31T04:10:44+00:00 ‘Left, Right & Center’: Spending for America; Clinton’s Pakistan Gamble http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/20091030_left_right_center_spending_for_america_clintons_pakistan_gamble/ http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/20091030_left_right_center_spending_for_america_clintons_pakistan_gamble/ arianna huffington, economy, health care reform, hillary clinton, left right & center, matt miller, pakistan, robert scheer, tony blankley, Left, Right & Center

Consumer spending drives the real economy, and it has taken a plunge. Did we save the banks at the expense of the people? Also this week: The health care reform bill finally appears on the scene, and Hillary Clinton attempts a precarious balancing act in Pakistan—are either of these developments successful?

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]]> 2009-10-30T22:25:59+00:00 Boehner Decries Health Bill as ‘Government Takeover’ http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/20091029_boehner_decries_health_bill_as_government_takeover/ http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/20091029_boehner_decries_health_bill_as_government_takeover/ bill, democrat, health care reform, house, john boehner, nancy pelosi, public option, republican, Boehner

Thursday’s mass display of Democratic delight over the newly introduced health care reform mega-measure was countered by the sober declaration, courtesy of House Minority Leader John Boehner, that what we have here is “a bill that really is a government takeover of the health care system.” Sigh.

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