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On Friday, we introduced "Weekend Watchdogs," raising the questions the Sunday talk show hosts should ask their scheduled guests. So, how'd they do? On NBC's Meet The Press, host Tim Russert did not ask Sen. Orrin Hatch how he could say there is "no evidence" of...

Do you ever find yourself watching the Sunday morning talk shows, tearing your hair out because the host isn't asking the most pertinent questions? Let's see what we can do about that. Every Friday in our Weekend Watchdog feature, Common Sense will post suggested...

The conservative movement has long been split on immigration. Nativist conservatives fear diversity and want to keep immigrants out. Corporate conservatives fear paying fair wages and want cheap immigrant labor. As neither camp cares about the well-being of workers on...

Another Bush administration official has been caught fixing scientific reports for the benefit of White House cronies and ideological soul mates. The culprit this time is one Julie MacDonald, the deputy assistant secretary for the Fish and Wildlife Service in the...

It's a tough question for this White House: which scandal to focus on today? Today, they're going for Walter Reed, as President Bush is slated to tour the military hospital. With the Prosecutor Purge scandal getting hotter and hotter, the ploy is to shift attention to...

Much of the focus of the Senate's questioning of Kyle Sampson, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' former chief of staff, is on how Sampson's story squares with other Justice Department and White House officials, especially because Sampson and others risk being busted...

Much of the focus of the Senate's questioning of Kyle Sampson, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' former chief of staff, is on how Sampson's story squares with other Justice Department and White House officials, especially because Sampson and others risk being busted...

After the first round of Kyle Sampson's testimony, what's the news so far? ThinkProgress finds Kyle Sampson making Attorney General Gonzales appear to be a liar. Gonzales had claimed Sampson didn't share key information about the Prosecutor Purge to him and his...

There is more evidence today that the Bush administration’s economic policies are widening the gap between the rich and the poor. University of California at Berkeley professor Emmanuel Saez and Thomas Picketty of the Paris School of Economics released two studies...

There is more evidence today that the Bush administration’s economic policies are widening the gap between the rich and the poor. University of California at Berkeley professor Emmanuel Saez and Thomas Picketty of the Paris School of Economics released two...