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MemoryHole.txt If you know what a robots.txt file is, take a look at the White House’s. Why would they do this [disable outside searching and archiving of White House material…

Rice Watch Day 3 Via Josh Marshall, this from Rice’s top aide Stephen Hadley in a Tuesday, July 22, 2003 White House Q&A: Question: But as of memo number two,…

…come at the expense of another white person, because the quotas bind. Under a bonus system, if the marginal white student had worked a little bit harder and gained admission,…

…to contact elected officials. White House Comment Line: (202) 456.1111 White House Email: president@whitehouse.gov, vice.president@whitehouse.gov. Contacting your House Representative: http://www.house.gov/writerep/ Contacting your Senator: http://www.senate.gov/ Thanks, the good reverend [email protected] AB…

…and (2) doesn’t want to be seen answering unscripted questions, as this quote illustrates: White House officials promised a wide-ranging exchange, and as Monday’s meeting began Bush repeatedly said he…

Choosing sides not Sides

White House for more than two consecutive terms. The regularity with which control of the White House changes hands also suggests that the playing field may tip in the GOP’s…

Some background on Ferguson, Missouri

…crisis Ferguson represents. For in truth, African-Americans face substantial obstacles in Missouri. The four-year high-school graduation rate for African-Americans is 76 percent (as of 2009/2010). (The white graduation rate is…

Ferguson and policy

…First, public housing was segregated, purposely, by the federal government, so that what were previously somewhat integrated neighborhoods in urban areas were separated into separate black and white public housing…