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NEWS ABOUT: Van Jones

Van Jones stories: 10 news summaries

White House-Fox Spat Now Involves ... Mao

In old video, communications director Anita Dunn calls Chinese leader a favorite

Oct 16, 09 2:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - That was quick. The White House sent communications director Anita Dunn after Fox over the weekend, and now an old video has surfaced—much to the delight of Glenn Beck and others—in which she calls Mao one of her "favorite political philosophers." In a speech to high... More »

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White House • Fox News • Michelle Malkin • Mother Teresa • Glenn Beck • Mao Zedong • Obama administration • conservative media • Van Jones • Anita Dunn

ANALYSIS

Right's New Quarry: Gay
Ed. Appointee

Fox et al. say Kevin Jennings didn't act on 1980s statutory rape

Oct 2, 09 9:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - One of President Obama’s appointees to the Department of Education has become the latest target for conservatives emboldened by the departures of green-jobs adviser Van Jones and others. Assistant deputy secretary Kevin Jennings is accused of neglecting to report a statutory rape case when he was a teacher in... More »

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Department of Education • Fox News • Michelle Malkin • Sean Hannity • right wingers • political appointee • liberal media • Van Jones • Kevin Jennings • left wing

Analysis

Beck Didn't Need Mainstream Help to Oust Van Jones

Damage was done by the time the New York Times, USA Today, others, even noticed

Sep 14, 09 9:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Traditionally the script goes like this: Pundit attacks someone, the mainstream media notices, and the sap is quickly shown the door. The Van Jones affair was a lot like that, only without that mainstream middleman, writes Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post. Glenn Beck’s assault took out Jones... More »

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American media • Glenn Beck • conservative media • Howard Kurtz • Van Jones

Obama Skirts Accountability With Policy Czars: Hutchison

Rules are being bent to expand executive power, senator writes

Sep 13, 09 2:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration is using its many policy “czars” to skirt the accountability and transparency established by the founding fathers, writes Kay Bailey Hutchison in the Washington Post. The administration has an “unprecedented” 32 czar positions, and “unfortunately,” the senator from Texas writes, “virtually... More »

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Senate • czar • Kay Bailey Hutchison • transparency • separation of powers • President Obama • founding fathers • Van Jones

OPINION

 Van Jones 
 Resignation 
 Rattles the 
 White House 

Van Jones linked to controversial groups and statements

Sep 7, 09 8:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - The resignation of White House environmental adviser Van Jones, which handed President Obama an unwelcome distraction at a tough time, again showed a lapse in the administration's vetting, reports the Washington Post. Support for Jones, considered a highly skilled advocate for the green energy revolution, eroded over the weekend as... More »

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Barack Obama • Van Jones

ANALYSIS

 Thank Beck, 
 Internet for 
 Van Jones 
 Uproar 

Strategy deflected attention from Jones' Beck boycott

Sep 6, 09 2:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - The mainstream media entirely ignored the controversy over now-former Obama adviser Van Jones, who was slyly forced out by Glenn Beck and his online fans, Politico reports. Beck whipped up a fury over Jones—who once signed a 9/11 conspiracy petition—without mentioning that the green jobs czar was also... More »

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media • Google • Internet • White House • September 11 • czar • Glenn Beck • boycott • presidential adviser • conspiracy theory • Twitter • Van Jones

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Newt: Obama 
 School Speech 
 'Good for America' 

Dean: green jobs czar 'brought down'; CDC chief warns of swine flu challenges

Sep 6, 09 12:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Who says bipartisanship in Washington is dead? Today, top Republicans sided with President Obama on both his planned speech to schoolchildren and his strategy in Afghanistan, Politico reports. On Fox News Sunday, Newt Gingrich called Obama’s Tuesday speech “good for America.” On Afghanistan, Tim Pawlenty rejected calls... More »

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Afghanistan • Barack Obama • Newt Gingrich • Howard Dean • US troops • Tim Pawlenty • George Will • Arne Duncan • Van Jones

(AP) - Obama environmental adviser Van Jones is resigning amid controversy over past inflammatory statements. The so-called green jobs czar got into hot water this week when two things surfaced: He called Republicans "assholes" in a video made before he joined the administration, and he signed a petition supporting the "... More »

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resignation • czar • scandal • Obama administration • green jobs • Van Jones • truther

GOP Uses Van Jones to Rebel Against Czars

Republicans say czars are an end-run around congressional vetting

Sep 5, 09 8:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Republicans have groused for months that Barack Obama has too many “czars,” high-ranking, specialized advisers that, they complain, skirt congressional approval. Now they have a poster boy for their objections, Politico reports: Van Jones. This week an old lecture video surfaced in which he called Republicans “assholes,... More »

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czar • confirmation hearings • vetting • Obama administration • Van Jones

Obama Official Regrets Signing 9/11 Conspiracy Petition

Jones also sorry for crude reference to GOP

Sep 4, 09 7:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lately, Van Jones has had a lot of apologizing to do. Obama’s green jobs czar issued a statement yesterday renouncing a statement he signed on 911Truth.org, which demanded an “immediate inquiry into evidence that suggests high-level government officials may have deliberately allowed the September 11th attacks to... More »

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Glenn Beck • conspiracy theory • 9/11 attacks • Obama administration • green jobs • Van Jones

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