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froomkin

  1. OUCH! MT @davidsirota: Obama kill list rationale is word-for-word the same used by George Zimmerman re: Trayvon Martin bit.ly/Ks3DaY
  2. If Danielle is happy, I'm happy. RT @daniellebrian: John Sopko to be Special IG for Afghan Reconstruction! @POGOBlog
  3. Obama will say: "the 21st will be another great American Century." He will then repeat "I see an American Century" 6 times (neocon line!)
  4. Obama will say: "there’s a new feeling about America. I see it everywhere I go… There’s a new confidence in our leadership."
  5. !!!!!!!! RT @Philip_Elliott: CHICAGO (AP) - Patrick Fitzgerald steps down as US attorney for Northern District of Illinois.
  6. Obama will say: "For a decade, we have labored under the dark cloud of war. Now, we can see the light of a new day on the horizon."
  7. Obama: "Today, u step frwd into a diff't world…no Americans fighting in Iraq…bin Laden is no longer a threat... US is leading once more."
  8. Obama will tell cadets that 4 yrs ago US was "engaged in 2 wars. AlQaeda…was entrenched..many questioned [our] capacity for global ldrship"
  9. Obama just started his commencement address to Air Force Academy cadets. Excerpts from prepared text folo
  10. Knowledgeable beat reporters calling bullshit! More please! bit.ly/Jd4Grt