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Budget deficit to shrink by $100B this year

Posted by: ST on July 12, 2005 at 11:20 pm » 2 Comments

Gasp! Yes, it’s true . For the first time since President Bush took office, an unexpected leap in tax revenue is about to shrink the federal budget deficit this year, by nearly $100 billion. On Wednesday, White House officials plan to announce that the deficit for the 2005 fiscal year, which ends in September, will [...]

 

Plamegate: Has perception become reality?

Posted by: ST on July 12, 2005 at 6:45 pm » Comments Off

The more information that becomes available about Rove’s conversation with the Time’s Matt Cooper, the more obvious it seems (at least to me, anyway) that not only did Rove not leak Plame’s name, but in fact, Cooper was the one who called Rove – suggesting that Rove wasn’t actively hunting for reporters he could use [...]